| 29 February 2008 | Distribution of First Announcement and Call for Contributions |
| 16 June 2008 | Abstract submission deadline |
| 17 June 2008 | Selection of the Contributions to be included in the programme (based on the submitted abstracts) and notification of authors on acceptance |
 3 September 2008 |
Publication on the Web of Preliminary Programme with registration and hotel reservation forms |
| 22 September 2008 | Deadline for hotel reservations (release of block booking) and pre-registration |
| 3 November 2008 |
Deadline for submission of Final Papers, i.e. full paper (max. 8 pages) or presentation viewgraphs (max. 12 pages), written in English or French |
| 11 – 13 November 2008 | ASTRA 2008 Workshop |
