IAU GA2009 - Special Session - The International Year of Astronomy 2009

IAU`s XXVII General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Special Session - The International Year of Astronomy 2009
3 - 5 August 2009

The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, thereby engaging a personal sense of wonder and discovery.

Eight months after the official kick off of IYA2009, this IAU GA Special Session on IYA2009 is an ideal opportunity to showcase what the countries, institutions and projects worldwide are implementing during 2009, and offers a last-minute chance for stakeholders to exchange ideas and resources.

SOC:

Catherine Cesarsky (France) (catherine.cesarsky@cea.fr) (Chair)
Ian Robson (UK), eir@roe.ac.uk
Dennis Crabtree (Canada), dcrabtree@gemini.edu
Lars Lindberg Christensen (Denmark - ESA/ESO), lars@eso.org
Claus Madsen (Denmark - ESO), cmadsen@eso.org
Norio Kaifu (Japan), Kaifunorio@aol.com
Ian Corbett (IAU - UK), icorbett@eso.org
Doug Isbell (USA), disbell@noao.edu
Susana Deustua (USA), deustua@aas.org
Robert Hill (UK), rob@spaceconnections.net
Kevin Govender (South Africa), kg@saao.ac.za
Mary Kay Hemenway (USA), marykay@astro.as.utexas.edu
Yolanda Berenguer (UNESCO), Y.Berenguer@unesco.org
Pedro Russo (IAU - Portugal), prusso@eso.org

Editors of the proceedings:
Catherine Cesarsky, Lars Lindberg Christensen and Pedro Russo

List of scientific programme topics:

Communicating astronomy with the public
Astronomy education
Cooperation and development
IYA2009 global projects (Cornerstones and Special projects)
IYA2009 national activities
Astronomy and new media
The impact and legacy of IYA2009

Programme

SpS2 IYA2009 Programme	Title	Speaker
3 August
Session 1
11h00 - 11h15	Welcome IAU	C. Cesarsky
11h15 - 11h30	Welcome UNESCO	Y. Berenguer
11h30 - 12h00	Coordinating IYA2009	P. Russo, L Lindberg Christensen
12:00 - 12:30	The International Year of Planet Earth - Lessons learnt (Invited Talk)	Ed de Mulder
Session 2
14h00 - 14h12	FAQs in Astronomy	Aniket Sule
14h12 - 14h18	Introduction: National Activities	Session Chair
14h18 - 14h30	Brazil	Tasso Augusto Napoleão
14h30 - 14h42	Tanzania	Noorali Tayabali Jiwaji
14h42 - 14h54	USA	Pamela L Gay
14h54 - 15h06	France	Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
15h06 - 15h18	Mexico	Silvia Torres-Peimbert
15h18 - 15h26	Russia	Oleg Yu. Malkov
15h30	End of the Session
Session 3
16h00 - 16h12	Spain	Montse Villar Martin
16h12 - 16h24	Ukraine	Iryna B.Vavilova
16h24 - 16h36	Japan	Norio Kaifu
16h36 - 16h48	Chile	Patricio Michel Rojo
16h48 - 17h00	South Africa	Kevindran Govender
17h00 - 17h12	Romania	Magda Stavinschi
17h12 - 17h24	Philippines	Cynthia Pajadan Celebre
17h30	End session
4 August
Session 4
11h00 - 11h15	UNESCO Starlight Reserves for Professional Observatories?	Malcolm G. Smith
11h15 - 11h24	The Sky of the World	Lara Albanese
11h24 - 11h36	Introduction: Organisational Nodes
11h36 - 11h48	European Southern Observatory	Lars Lindberg Christensen
11h48 - 12h00	International Planetarium Society	Alexandre Cherman
12h00 - 12h30	Astronomy and media: Rewards and problems (invited talk)	Andre Brahic
5 August
9h00 - 10h30	Invited Discourse: The legacies of Galileo	Franco Pacini
Session 5
11.00 - 11.12	Astronomical Society of the Pacific	Bruce Partridge
11.12 - 11.24	Astronomia.pl Portal Activity in 2008-2009	Krzysztof Czart
11.24 - 11.42	Special Projects	Mariana Barrosa
Cornerstones
11h42 - 11h54	100 Hours of Astronomy	Mike Simmons
11h54 - 12h06	The Galileoscope	Richard Tresch Fienberg
12h06 - 12h18	Cosmic Diary	Mariana Barrosa
12h18 - 12h30	The Portal to the Universe	Lars Lindberg Christensen
Session 6
14h00 - 14h12	She is an Astronomer	Helen Joan Walker
14h12 - 14h24	Dark Skies Awareness	Constance Elaine Walker
14h24 - 14h36	Astro & World Heritage	Anna Pavlovna Sidorenko
14h36 - 14h48	Galileo Teacher Training Program	Rosa Doran
14h48 - 15h00	Universe Awareness	Carolina Johanna Ödman
15h00 - 15h12	From Earth to the Universe	Megan Marie Watzke
15h12 - 15h24	Developing Astronomy Globally	Kevindran Govender
15h30	End session
Session 7
16h00 - 16h30	IYA2009 legacy towards IAU strategic plan on astronomy for the developing world (invited talk)	George Miley
16h30 - 16h45	IYA 2009 evaluation	P. Russo, L. Lindberg Christensen, M. Barrosa
16h45 - 17h00	IYA2009 legacy & conclusions	C. Cesarsky
17h00 - 17h30	General discussion	S. Deustua

Posters

New Astronomical Observatory in Morocco: Contribution to research and education (Zouhair Benkhaldoun)
Space Sciences in the Developing Countries: Position and Potential (Babagana Abubakar)
IYA-2009 activities in Armenia (Areg Martin Mickaelian)
Joyful and Scientific aspects of Astrophotography (Mojtaba Taheri , Mohammad Javad Ajdadi , Sara Khalafinejad)
IYA2009 in Cuba (Oscar Alvarez)
Astronomical Society of Shiraz University and similar societies (Sara Khalafinejad , Saeed Hojjatpanah, Fatemeh Kamali)
IYA2009 - URUGUAY (Tabare Gallardo)
OA-UNI: an Astronomical Observatory at the Peruvian Andes (Erick Meza , José Ricra , Antonio Pereyra)
The UNI - Astronomy Group, twenty three years of astronomical outreach in Perú (Erick Meza , José Ricra , William Cori , Antonio Pereyra)
The secrets of the birth and the death of Galileo Galilei (Elena A. Gavryuseva)
The Role of Langitselatan as the Media on Astronomy Education in Indonesia (Avivah Yamani , Ferry M Simatupang , Aldino Adry Baskoro , Emanuel Sungging Mumpuni)
Ecuador taking part of the IYA2009 celebration (Ericson Daniel Lopez)
IGP's activities for the IYA2009 (Jesús Antonio Dalmau Cam , José Kaname Ishitsuka Iba)
IYA Activities at the University of Texas at Austin (Mary Kay Hemenway)
1000 telescopes for 1000 schools in the UK (Helen Joan Walker , Helen Joan Walker , Helen Joan Walker)
Australian Aboriginal Astronomy: Comets, Meteors, and Cosmic Impacts (Duane W. Hamacher)
Noche de las Estrellas, a Massive Celebration in Mexico (Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Jose Franco , Irene Cruz-Gonzalez , Barbara Pichardo)
Pakistan Celebrates IYA2009 (Malik Ghulam Murtaza)
The Activities of Infini-To for the IYA 2009 (Piero Galeotti)
Sky Observation and Astronomy Teaching in the Tertiary Level in India (Rabindra Kumar Bhattacharyya)
IYA 2009 in Albania (Mimoza Hafizi)
Education in Astronomy: Discussing Science Technology and Society (Artur Justiniano Junior)
The Multiverse and the mind: Exploring cosmology s new infinities (D. Kala Perkins)
The You are Galileo! Telescopes (Hidehiko Agata)
IYA2009/PERU: the UNMSM will establish the Astronomy career as homage to IAU (Maria Luisa Aguilar Hurtado)
Developing Astronomy at the Brazilian Pantanal region (Telma C. Couto da Silva , Marcos G. G. C. Lima , Celio R. Pinheiro , Denilton C. Gaio , Shozo Shiraiwa)
Activities of the IYA2009 in Argentina (Olga I. Pintado)
The Astronomy Club in an isolated school in Argentina (Olga I. Pintado , Analia Juarez , Lidia Salvatierra , Carola Gomez)
Japanese IYA2009 Activities (Kazuhiro Sekiguchi)
Encouraging Spanish speaking children to explore the Universe with UNAWE en Español (Rosa M. Ros , Carolina Ödman)
International Year of Astronomy 2009 Activities in India (Ranjeev Misra , Dipankar Bhattacharya)
International Year of Astronomy 2009 Activities in Turkey (Ali Alpar)
Non-scientists' Perception of Telescopes and the Light They Collect (Erika D. Grundstrom, Roger S. Taylor)
The IYA09 activities and approaches of IIA (Prajval Shastri , Sabyasachi Chatterjee)
The international year of astronomy in Minas Gerais. The activities of Center of Sciences Gaia: itinerant planetarium (Peter Leroy Faria)
Students As Starry Messengers For IYA2009-Puerto Rico (Carmen Pantoja , Mayra E. Lebrón)
The International Year of Astronomy in Puerto Rico -- Progress Report (Mayra E. Lebrón , Carmen Pantoja , Daniel Altschuler , José Alonso)
IYA2009-Puerto Rico activities for visually impaired public (Carmen Pantoja , Gloria Maria Isidro , Mayra E. Lebrón)