Meetings & Global Events

• 08–12 September 2008: JENAM2008, New Challenges to European Astronomy. Wien, Austria.
• 15–16 January 2009: IYA2009 Opening Event. UNESCO, Paris, France.
• 19–23 January 2009: IAU Symposium 260: "The Rôle of Astronomy in Society and Culture". UNESCO, Paris, France.
  
• 2-5 April 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy 
• 20 -23 April 2009: European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
• 03 - 14 August 2009: IAU`s XXVII General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  
• 10 - 13 August 2009: Conference "Astronomy and Civilization", Budapest, Hungary
• 24 - 27 August 2009: Conference: Kepler's Heritage in the Space Age, Prague, Czech Republic
• 25 - 31 October 2009: The European Society for Astronomy in Culture 17th Annual Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt
• 9-10 January 2010: Astronomy Beyond 2009 - Closing Ceremony of the IYA2009

National Opening Ceremonies

• Republic of Korea: 15 January 2009
• Belgium: 16 January 2009
• Taiwan: 18 January
  
• Philippines: 19 January 2009
• Germany: 20 January 2009
  
• Brazil: 20-28 January 2009 (The opening events of IYA2009 in Brazil will take place in 50 different cities)
• Spain: 
  • 27 January 2009: Official Openning of IYA2009 (Madrid)
  • 19 February 2009: Openning for the general public (Cuenca)
    
• Slovenia: 27 January 2009
• Malta: 27 January 2009
• Portugal: 31 January 2009
• Switzerland: 5 February
  
• Hong Kong: 7 February 2009
• Morocco: 14 February 2009
  
• Nicaragua: 12 February 2009
• Macedonia: 26 February 2009
• Argentina: 20 March 2009
  
  

 

 

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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.