"Relation of Astronomy to other Sciences, Culture and Society" meeting is devoted to the role of astronomy in science, culture and other fields of human activity and development of these fields due to the knowledge obtained from the Universe. In modern era, astronomy is probably the field of science, which plays a leading role in the formation and development of interdisciplinary sciences. For a long time the astrophysics has reached high level of development, recently new
science disciplines have been created, such as astrochemistry, astrobiology, astroinformatics, astrolinguistics, archaeoastronomy plays important role in culture and in the heritage of nations, chronologies and calendars created on the basis of astronomical knowledge, etc. Astronomy also plays an important role in the development of scientific tourism and scientific journalism.
The meeting is aimed at the development of problems of interdisciplinary sciences in Armenia and preparation of a basis for further possible collaborations by means of presentations of available modern knowledge in various areas by experts from different professions and by joint discussions.

Topics
· Astronomical heritage of Armenian
· Ancient astronomy
· Astronomy in the Middle Ages
· Astronomy in ancient cultures
· Ethnoastronomy
· Astronomical bases of Philosophy
· Religion and Astronomy
· The problem of Extraterrestrial Intelligence
· Solar activity and global warming
· Astronomy and Astrology
· Practical use of Astronomy
· Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics
· Astronomy and Space Flights
· Astronomy in Folklore and Poetry
· Astronomy in Arts
· Astronomy in Fashion
· Astrolinguistics
· Astroheraldry

· Scientific Tourism
· Scientific Journalism
· Amateur Astronomy
· Astronomical Education
· Popular Astronomy

Organizers and sponsors

Organizers

National Academy of Sciences RA (NAS RA)
NAS RA Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS)
RA Ministry of Education and Science
RA State Committee for Science (SCS)
RA Ministry of Culture
Yerevan State University (YSU)
"Matenadaran" Institute of ancient manuscripts after Mesrop Mashtots

Sponsors

National Academy of Sciences RA (NAS RA)
NAS RA Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS)
RA State Committee for Science (SCS)
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
Radik Martirosyan (NAS RA) – Chair
Armen Ashotyan (RA Ministry of Education and Science)
Yuri Chilingaryan (NAS RA)
Haik Harutyunian (BAO, ArAS)
Samvel Harutyunyan (SCS)
Areg Mickaelian (BAO, ArAS)
Elena Nikoghosyan (BAO, ArAS)
Elma Parsamian (BAO, ArAS)
Hasmik Poghosyan (RA Ministry of Culture)
Aram Simonyan (YSU)
Yuri Suvaryan (NAS RA)
Hrachya Tamrazyan (Matenadaran)

Registration

To register please complete the online registration form, including title and abstract of the presented talk/poster and submit to the meeting organizers (Areg Mickaelian aregmick@yahoo.am, Sona Farmanyan sona.farmanyan@mail.ru):

Proceedings of meeting

The Proceedings of the meeting will be published as an individual book by NAS RA publishing house. The deadline for submission of papers is November 30, 2014. Haik Harutyunian and Areg Mickaelian are the editors. Number of allocated pages:

Invited talks 10 pages
Contributed talks 6 pages
Posters 2 pages
Details will be given during the meeting.

Dates and deadlines

02.08.2014 Meeting webpage and First Announcement
07.09.2014 Deadline for registration and submission of contributions
14.09.2014 Notification of authors on the acceptance of contributions
19.09.2014 Meeting program availabe
07-09.10.2014 Meeting "Relation of Astronomy to other Sciences, Culture and Society"
30.11.2014 Deadline for submission of papers for the Proceedings

Contacts

Official webpage: http://www.aras.am/Meetings/RASCS/index.html
Areg Mickaelian – Co-Chair of LOC
Phone: 010-525505, 091-195914, e-mail: aregmick@yahoo.am
Sona Farmanyan
Phone: 010-525505, 055-911307, e-mail: sona.farmanyan@mail.ru