The HEAD Frontier Seminar Series

Upcoming Meetings:

The Nineteenth Divisional Meeting of the HEAD

• 2022 March 13-17, William Penn Omni, Pittsburgh, PA.  The William Penn Omni is an historic hotel, first opened in 1916, a Pittsburgh landmark, and rumored to be haunted (stay away from the 22nd floor).  It was designed by renowned architects Benno Janssen, and Franklin Abbott. Built by Henry Clay Frick, one of Pittsburgh’s wealthiest industrialists, the hotel combines the style of the great Old World hotels of Europe with the sophisticated technology offered by the 21st century.

• September 14, 2021: We're now soliciting special sessions, splinter meetings and town halls for the 19th meeting.  Submissions can be entered at the MIRA submission portal.  The deadlines are

  • Special Session proposals due 11 November
  • Town Hall proposals due 11 November
  • Splinter Meeting proposals due 13 December

The Twentieth Divisional Meeting of the HEAD

• 2023 March 26-30, Hilton Waikaloa Village, Hawaii

The Twenty-First Divisional Meeting of the HEAD 

• 2024 Apr 7-11, Horsehoe Bay Resort, Texas (Total Solar Eclipse, Monday April 8, 2024) 

This list serves as a partial archive of recent HEAD meetings. Access to Web sites of past HEAD meetings, including abstracts and programs, is presently subject to availability on remote servers.

NOTE: The AAS is in the process of moving past-meeting pages from the old AAS website to the new site. As we make progress, we'll add more links to the below meetings.

The 18th Divisional Meeting, 2020 September 13-17, Tucson, AZ; Cancelled. The 18th Divisional meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division was scheduled to be held at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa.  However, Due to the corona virus pandemic, this meeting has been cancelled.  The HEAD Executive Committee considered holding the 18th meeting as a meeting-in-a-meeting at the 238th AAS meeting in June 2021 in Anchorage.  However, since the decision was made that the 238th meeting will be held online because of the CoVID pandemic, the HEAD Executive Committee has decided not to participate in the virtual meeting.  Thus we made the decision to cancel the 18th Divisional meeting 

HEAD Seventeenth Divisional Meeting, 2019 March 17-21, Monterey, CA, Portola Hotel & Spa, Monterey Bay. This meeting celebrated the 20th anniversaries of the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton, and the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, as well as the 50th anniversary of the HEAD.   Videos available at the HEAD17 Youtube Playlist.

HEAD Special Meeting on High Energy Astrophysics in the 2020’s and Beyond, March 18-21, 2018, Rosemont, IL. The purpose of this HEAD special meeting is to provide a forum to identify the key areas of discovery for astronomy and particularly high energy astrophysics in the next decade, and to explore ways of advocating high energy astrophysics to the decadal survey panel.

HEAD Sixteenth Divisional Meeting, 2017, Sun Valley, Idaho, August 20-24, 2017. Sun Valley is on the path of totality of the 2017 solar eclipse which will occur on August 21. See the photos and experience a total solar eclipse.

HEAD Fifteenth Divisional Meeting, 2016, Naples Grande Hotel, Naples, Florida, April 3-7, 2016

HEAD Special Meeting on High Energy Large- and Medium-Class Space Missions in the 2020s, Marriott Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, June 29 - July 1, 2015.

HEAD Fourteenth Divisional Meeting, 2014, Marriott Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, August 17 - 21, 2014

HEAD Thirteenth Divisional Meeting, 2013, Portola Hotel and Spa, Monterey, California, April 7 - 11, 2013

HEAD Twelfth Divisional Meeting, 2011, Marriott Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island, September 7-10, 2011

HEAD Eleventh Divisional Meeting, 2010, Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawaii's Big Island, March 1-4, 2010 The HEAD Eleventh Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Tenth Divisional Meeting, 2008, Los Angeles, CA, Spring, 2008. The HEAD Tenth Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Ninth Divisional Meeting, 2006, San Francisco, CA, 4 - 7 October, 2006. The HEAD Ninth Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Eighth Divisional Meeting, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 8 - 11 September, 2004. The HEAD Eighth Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Seventh Divisional Meeting, 2003, Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, 23 - 26 March, 2003. The HEAD Seventh Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Sixth Divisional Meeting, 2002, Joint Meeting of HEAD and APS Division of Astrophysics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 20 - 23 April, 2002. The HEAD Sixth Divisional Meeting program is available.

HEAD Fifth Divisional Meeting, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 6 - 10 November, 2000. The HEAD Fifth Divisional Meeting program is available.

Summaries of recent HEAD Executive Committee and Business meetings:

• HEAD Business Meeting, Honolulu HI, January 2020
• HEAD Business Meeting, Seattle WA, January 2019
• HEAD Business Meeting, Washington DC, January 2018
• HEAD Business Meeting presentation, Grapevine TX, January 2017
• HEAD Business Meeting presentation, Kissimmee, FL, January 2016
• HEAD Business Meeting presentation, Seattle WA, January 2015
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Seattle WA, January 2015
• HEAD Business Meeting presentation, Washington DC, January 2014
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Washington DC, January 2014
• HEAD Business Meeting presentation, Long Beach CA, January 2013
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Long Beach CA, January 2013
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Austin TX, January 2012
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Hawaii, March 2010
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Washington DC, January 2010
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Long Beach, CA January 2009
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Los Angeles, CA March 2008
• HEAD Business Meeting, Austin, TX January 2008
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Austin, TX January 2008
• HEAD Business Meeting, Seattle, WA January 2007
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Seattle, WA January 2007
• HEAD Business Meeting, Washington DC, January 2006
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Washington DC, January 2006
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 2004
• HEAD Business Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2004
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2004
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, March 2003
• HEAD Business Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2003
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2003
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, April 2002
• HEAD Business Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2002
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2002
• HEAD Business Meeting, San Diego, January 2001
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, San Diego, January 2001
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Honolulu, November 2000
• HEAD Business Meeting, Atlanta, January 2000
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Atlanta, January 2000
• HEAD Executive/Business Meetings, Austin, January 1999
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, San Diego, June 1998
• HEAD Executive/Business Meetings, Washington, January 1998
• HEAD Executive Committee Meeting, Winston-Salem, June 1997
• HEAD Business Meeting, Toronto, January 1997
• HEAD Executive/Business Meetings, San Antonio, January 1996
• HEAD Business Meeting, Pittsburgh, June 1995
• HEAD Executive/Business Meeting, Tucson, January1995