IYA2009 Secretariat
The central hub of the IAU activities for the IYA2009 is the Secretariat. This was established to coordinate activities during the planning, execution and evaluation of the Year. The Secretariat will liaise continuously with the National Nodes, Task Groups, Partners and Organisational Associates, the media and the general public to ensure the progress of IYA2009 at all levels.
Secretariat's Mission Statement
- To assure the correct implementation of the IYA2009 vision, goals and objectives.
- To plan, execute, coordinate and evaluate the global IYA2009 activities, projects and events.
- To liaise continuously with the Single Points of Contacts, Task Groups, Official Partners, Sponsors, Associates, Media Partners and Event Sponsors to ensure the progress of IYA2009 at all levels.
- To serve the astronomy community, media and society with respect to all global IYA2009 issues.
Address
IAU IYA2009 Secretariat
ESO education and Public Outreach Department
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
D-85748 Garching bei München
Germany
E-mail: iya2009@eso.org
IAU Coordinator for IYA2009
Pedro Russo Pedro coordinates the implementation of IYA2009 globally. He is the first point of contact for international matters concerning IYA2009. Pedro supports external requests from Single Points of Contact, journalists, scientists and the general public, prepares generic and event-related outreach material and interfaces with the hundreds of national and organisational IYA2009 nodes. Bio He obtained his university degree in applied mathematics/physics/astronomy and his Master's Degree in geophysics from the University of Porto, Portugal. Before assuming his current position, as IAU Coordinator for IYA2009, he spent one year and half working with data from the Venus Monitoring Camera onboard ESA's Venus Express. In the meanwhile Pedro has been working with different international organisations, like Europlanet (European Planetology Network), IAU Commission 55: Communicating Astronomy with the Public, EGU Earth and Space Science Informatics Division and IAF Science and Society Committee. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal. Contact details |
IYA2009 Coordination Assistant
Mariana Barrosa Contact details |
IYA2009 Staff Writer
Lee Pullen Lee is a science communicator from the United Kingdom. He specialises in science writing and designing / implementing outreach projects. Examples of recent work include writing articles for NASA's web-magazine and Space.com, directing the first science festival to be held in the Welsh Valleys and lecturing undergraduate science communication students. In addition, he is the Coordinator and Editor of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Cornerstone project "Cosmic Diary". His personal webpage can be viewed here. Email: lpullen@eso.org
IYA2009 Secretariat Manager
Lars Lindberg Christensen Lars manages the IYA2009 Secretariat, i.e. oversees the strategy of the project, the budget (including fundraising) and ensures a smooth daily workflow. Bio Lars is a science communication specialist heading the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre group and the IAU Press Office in Munich, Germany. There, he is responsible for public outreach and education for the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in Europe and for the IAU Press Office global activities. He obtained his Master's Degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Before assuming his current position, he spent a decade working as a science communicator and technical specialist for Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen. Contact details E-mail: lars@eso.org Phone: +49 (0) 89 320 06 306 Fax: +49 (0) 89 320 2362 |
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/about_us/heic/group.html