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Royal Astronomical Society Special Discussion Meeting |
The International Year of Astronomy
1030 - 1530 Friday 11 December 2009
(Geological Society Lecture Theatre, Burlington House)
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a watershed for astronomy outreach worldwide. From Telescopes for Schools to Twitter Star parties, from Moonwatches to public exhibitions of art and images, from planetarium shows like 'We Are Astronomers' to Dark Sky Parks, this meeting provides an opportunity to describe what has been achieved in the thousands of events, activities and projects that have been happening throughout IYA2009 in the UK.
This event is free to RAS members. For non-members it is £15 / £5 for students, collected at the door.
Programme
1030 Ian Robson: Welcome and Introduction
1040 Steve Owens: IYA2009 in the UK - the overview
1100 Robin Scagell: The Society for Popular Astronomy's contribution to IYA2009
1115 Jerry Stone: IYA2009 from the amateur astronomy society view (Letchworth and District AS)
1130 Joanne Foo: IYA2009 at the Science Centres
1145 Marek Kukula: IYA2009 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
1200 Tim O'Brien: IYA2009 in the North-West
1215 Julia Gaudelli: IYA2009 from the amateur astronomy society view (Guildford AS)
1230 Robert Hill: IYA2009 in Northern Ireland
1245 Lunch and posters
1400 Helen Walker: She is an Astronomer
1415 Keith Muir: Dark Sky Parks
1430 Adrian West: Twitter comes to IYA2009
1445 Paul Mowbray: "We Are Astronomers" planetarium show
1500 Robert Priddey: "The Starry Messenger"
1515 Chris Lintott: IYA2009, the new media, and the future of astronomy public engagement
1530 Paul Murdin: Meeting Summary
1535 Tea
Organiser:
Ian Robson, (ATC)
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