Conference Organisers:

• Dept. of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• Astronomical Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondřejov, Czech Republic
• Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia

Affiliated Institutes:

• Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium Brno, Czech Republic
• Observatory and Planetarium of Johann Palisa, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
• Variable Star and Exoplanet Section of Czech Astronomical Society

The conference is sponsored under the auspices of the rector of Masaryk University, Petr Fiala and the governor of South Moravian region, Michal Hašek.