XXIX General Assembly IAU (http://astronomy2015.org), Hawai, August 3-14, 2015

The focus meeting FM12 (http://astronomy2015.org/focus_meeting_12): “Bridging Laboratory Astrophysics and Astronomy” covers the following topics:

• Atoms in interstellar matter, stellar spectra, stellar and planetary atmospheres, interplanetary plasma and heliosphere, meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust, space and high-energy astrophysics.
• Molecules in interstellar matter, stellar spectra, stellar and planetary atmospheres, meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust, astrochemistry and bioastronomy.
• Dust and ices in interstellar matter, planetary surfaces, meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust, astrochemistry and bioastronomy.
• Plasmas in interstellar matter, stellar spectra, stellar atmospheres, interplanetary plasma and heliosphere, meteors, space and high-energy astrophysics, meteorites and interplanetary dust.
• Nuclei and particles in stellar spectra, stellar atmospheres, space and high-energy astrophysics.

FM12 includes many relevant talks to the VAMDC Consortium activities and the VAMDC Consortium is represented (IAU-VAMDC-2015).