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Programme - version 5.0

Updated on 19 March 2010

Please also check the Extra meetings page and the Social events page.

Monday, March 15th

Time
Speaker
Title
900
Phil Charles
Welcome and Intro
915
Ian Robson
Welcome and C55 progress and plans (ppt 471KB)
945
Pedro Russo
Before, Behind and Beyond the IYA2009 (ppt 39MB)
1005
Nicola Loaring
SAAO and IYA2009, lessons and legacy (ppt 17MB)
1025
coffee
1100
Sylvia Torres-Peimbert
IYA 2009 IN MEXICO (ppt 55MB)
1120
Augusto Damineli
IYA2009 in Brazil - past and future (ppt 8MB)
1140
Kaz Sekiguchi
Evaluations and future plans of IYA2009 activities in Japan (ppt 7 MB)
1200
Montse Villar Martin
IYA2009 in Spain (ppt 4MB)
1220
discussion
1230
lunch
1400
Connie Walker
Beyond IYA2009: Communicating Dark Skies Awareness with the Public (ppt 18MB)
1420
Stefano Sandrelli
The universe inside: a project of astronomy for professional artists (ppt 12MB)
1440
José Francisco Salgado
The Planets and Pictures World Tour
1500
Nuno Gomes
GalileoMobile Project (ppt 9MB)
1520
discussion
1530
tea
1600
Anthony Lelliot
Communication of Astronomy Education Research (ppt 4MB)
1620
Marek Kukula
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: pioneering new audiences for IYA and beyond (ppt 21MB)
1640
Areg Michaelian IYA2009 in Armenia (ppt 5MB)
1700
discussion
1715
close
SAAO Welcome

Tuesday, March 16th

Time
Speaker
Title
900
Steve Owens
The IYA2009 in the UK (ppt 18MB)
920
Jim Hesser
Footsteps To The Future: IYA Outcomes in Canada (ppt 19MB)
940
Lee Seo-Gu
IYA2009 activities and survey results of public opinion for the astronomy. - In case of republic of KOREA (ppt 21MB)
1000
Mariana Espinosa
IYA in Mexico, much more than a World Record Guinness (ppt 77MB)
1020
discussion
1030
coffee
1100
Steven Tingay
Communicating astronomy via engagement with Australian indigenous artists (ppt 93MB)
1120
Chris Engelbrecht
Blending Bush and Stars: The SkyRanger course (ppt 11MB)
1140
John Goldsmith
Cosmos, Culture and Landscape: Learning and Sharing Indigenous Sky Knowledge (ppt 22MB)
1200
Sivuyile Manxoyi
Communicating astronomy to an African community: movement towards a communication model for the developing countries (ppt 114MB)
1220
discussion
1230
lunch
1400
Pamela Gay
Digital Dialogues: Listening to the Public Communicate Back (ppt 17MB)
1420
Valeria Cappelli
“Sneakers and ladders”, Galileo & Television in the WEB 2.0 era (ppt 4MB)
1440
Megan Argo
The Jodcast (ppt 24MB)
1500
Cameron Hummels
Urban Astronomy: Outreach in the Big Apple (pdf 6MB)
1520
discussion
1530
tea
1600
Juan Pardo
Eine Kleine Astronomische Musik: Mixing live music, literature and astronomy (ppt 45MB)
1620
Anita Heward
Spotlight on the Solar System - An Overview of Outreach and Dissemination Activities by Europlanet RI (ppt 4MB)
1640
Delia Santiago
Your Moon:  Connect with Lunar Science (ppt 7MB)
1700
Kentaro Yaji
Communicating Solar Satelite Hinode data to the Public (ppt 14MB)
1720
discussion
1730
close

Wednesday, March 17th

Time
Speaker
Title
900
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Managing astronomy outreach (pdf 2MB)
920
Lars Holm Nielsen
Managing astronomy outreach web content (pdf 2MB)
940
Carolina Ödman
Networked astronomy and New Media: an emerging discipline (ppt 62MB)
1000
Megan and Kim
FETTU (ppt 13MB)
1020
discussion
1030
coffee
1100
Avivah Yamani
Implementation of Web 2.0 for education and popularisation in Indonesia (pdf 48MB)
1120
Virgiliu Pop
World Space Week and Yuris Night as Means of Communicating Astronomy with the Romanian Public (ppt 6MB)
1140
Daniel Pomarede
Three-dimensional Visualization of Astrophysical Simulations and its role in Communicating Astronomy with the Public (ppt 14MB)
1200
Jamal Mimouni
Astronomers as SSRs (Society Science Relays) (pdf 3 MB)
1220
discussion
1230
lunch
1400
Rick Fienberg
Long Live the Galileoscope! (pps 23MB)
1420
Junichi Watanabe
The Number is the matter: Great Success of IYA activities in Japan (ppt 7MB)
1440
Blakesley Burkhart
Universe in the Park: A Gateway to
Astronomy (pptx 26MB))
1500
Janice Harvey
Hawaii IYA2009 Brings Astronomy to Hawaii's Public (pptx 178MB)
1520
discussion
1530
tea
1600
Lara Albanese
Astronomy and Multiculturality (pptx 5MB)
1620
Amelia Ortiz-Gil
Astronomical activities with disabled people during IYA 2009 in Spain (pdf 17MB)
1640
Paul Baki
Communicating Astronomy to Communities (pdf 2MB)
1700
Case Rijsdijk
Real Space or Cyberspace (ppt 14MB)
1720
discussion
1740
close
Conference Dinner

Thursday, March 18th

Time Speaker Title
900 Urama Johnson AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIETAL IMPACT OF FOUR DECADES OF ASTRONOMY IN NIGERIA (ppt 297MB)
920 Ray Jayawardhana CoolCosmos: Taking Astronomy Underground (pdf 32MB)
940 Bruce Dorminey The Quest for Context (ppt 871KB)
1000 Prospery Simpemba Astronomers Without Borders (ppt 9MB)
1020 discussion
1030 coffee
1100 Jin Zhu CAP Activities in China (ppt 41MB)
1120 Sze-leung Cheung Dark Sky Awareness Program in Hong Kong (pptx 21MB)
1140 Femke Boekhorst Communicating radio astronomy with the public - An overview of outreach activities at ASTRON (ppt 52MB)
1200 Brian Abbott Digital Universe and WISE: Visualizing a NASA Mission (pptx 20MB)
1220 discussion
1230 lunch
Social afternoon / evening

Friday, March 19th

Time Speaker Title
900 George Miley Astronomy for Development: Building on IYA 2009 (pptx 14MB)
920 Cecilia Scorza UNAWE as a motor of cultural and social integration in a German inner-city (ppt 13MB)
940 Rosa Doran The Galileo Teacher Training Program beyond 2009 (ppt 45MB)
1000 Nicolas Cretton Communicating astronomy in schools (pdf 4MB)
1020 discussion
1030 coffee
1100 Renee Hlozek Crossing the divide: bridging the gap between astronomy students and the public
1120 Yael Naze Europlanet nodes : a network to improve communication (ppt 3MB)
1140 Andrea Bernagozzi SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION: THE OAVdA EXPERIENCE (ppt 8MB)
1200 Marta Entradas Training for communicating astronomy - Europlanet and ESConet (ppt 8MB)
1220 discussion
1230 lunch
1400 Alfred Rosenberg González TeleAstronomía
1420 Luis Cuesta Astronomical outreach activities of INTA: PARTNeR and RTRCAB (ppt 14MB and ppt 12MB)
1440 Riwaj Pokhrel Impact of Astronomical Outreach in Nepalese Society (ppt 3MB)
1500 Ruby Van Rooyen Radio Astronomy and the Public (pdf 41MB)
1520 discussion
1530 Carter Emmart The World Immersed Within Astronomy
1550 Dennis Crabtree close (ppt 373KB)
1600 tea