Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. DANIEL STEINBERG:
Dear all,
Below is an announcement the executive director of ASP asked me to pass around. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific organization that has dedicated all its annual meetings to education. We have much in common with their community. Their theme this year is “Science Education and Public Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future.” Sounds like something we’d all be interested in.
As many of you know, my education career began in astronomy education, and I feel there is much to be learned from their community and vice versa. I encourage you all to attend if you can.
Best regards,
Daniel Steinberg, PhD
PCCM Education Outreach Director
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ASP MEETING REMINDER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dear Colleague:
Greetings from the staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific! We wanted to provide an update on our plans and activities for the 2009 meeting of the ASP scheduled from September 12-16 at the Westin SFO Hotel in sunny Millbrae, California:
1) The conference theme is "Science Education and Public Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future," with presentations and posters to be organized under four theme strands:
•Building on the Momentum of the International Year of Astronomy.
•Connecting the Sciences in the Year of Science.
•Refining our Practice.
•Bridging to the Future.
The theme strands provide opportunities to share our best practices and experiences, to reach out and connect to other science disciplines for some "cross-pollination" and making new connections, and to look forward at how we can meet the challenges of the education and public outreach future landscape together. Come join the discussion, prepared to share and learn!
2) The Early Bird Registration Deadline and Abstract Submission Deadline have been extended to June 15, 2009, to accommodate the Memorial Day Holiday, the busyness of school terms ending, and to provide additional time for us to extend an invitation to additional science education and outreach communities--providing additional time for you to plan your presentation and poster proposals and to take advantage of the discounted Early Bird rate.
3) Registration for the weekend workshops is open; check out the descriptions for workshops for formal and informal educators and amateur astronomers. Thanks to the Spitzer Space Center, a limited number of scholarships of up to $300 are available to eligible participants; go to the workshops and scholarships pages on the web site for details, and the registration information page to register. Please feel free to share the information with formal and informal educators and amateurs that you know who may be interested in attending.
4) In addition to workshops, the Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) will be meeting on Saturday, September 12 as part of the pre-meeting weekend activities; the day-long meeting promises to be a great place to network with amateur astronomers and to experience some great talks, demonstrations and exhibits. Go to the workshops page for information and the registration information page to register for this event, and check back for more details as the meeting schedule develops.
5) Sunday afternoon, September 13, is reserved for a SETI Speaker Series featuring scientists and researchers from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Speakers include Drs. Frank Drake, Seth Shostak, Margaret Race, and John Jenkins. Hear current and mind-expanding discussions on the Drake Equation at 50, what those alien critters might look like and why it's useful to speculate about them, initial results and data from the Kepler Mission to see if we're finding their home worlds yet, and what on Earth we do if we start to actually find them. Registered conference participants, Sunday workshop attendees, and ASP and SETI members are all admitted at no additional charge, so come hear the latest on our search for Others.
6) For our plenary sessions, we're planning for a series of provocative discussions during the meeting proper relating to the conference theme strands and designed to get the cerebral juices flowing and discussion ignited. The discussions will be centered on the following questions:
•IYA: Can We Keep the Party Going?
•Year of Science: Will Science "Speciation" Endanger Science Learning or Enhance it?
•Refining our Practice: Can We Really Make an Impact?
•The Future is Here: Can EPO Navigate the Digital Age?
Come join in the discussions, and watch for word of the speakers who will lead them.
7) We will also be hosting at the conference venue the small traveling From the Earth to The Universe (FETTU) exhibit of astronomical images. FETTU is a program of the International Year of Astronomy, and this version of the exhibit has been developed and traveled by the NASA Ames Nasa Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) and a consortium of Bay Area organizations including Sonoma State University, the SETI Institute, the Center for Science Education, the ASP, and Lockheed Martin with support from such missions as SOFIA, SWIFT, Kepler, the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope, and others. The images are beautiful and we're very pleased to have it on display for the conferees.
All this and more--including information on reserving rooms at the conference hotel--can be found by going to the meeting site at: http://www.mailermailer.com/rd?http://www.astrosociety.org/events/m....
Please join us this September in the San Francisco Bay Area, during the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of Science, and the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, as we look forward and consider how, working together, we can advance a future of science literacy, enlightenment and achievement!
Best Wishes,
The ASP Staff
Dear all,
Below is an announcement the executive director of ASP asked me to pass around. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific organization that has dedicated all its annual meetings to education. We have much in common with their community. Their theme this year is “Science Education and Public Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future.” Sounds like something we’d all be interested in.
As many of you know, my education career began in astronomy education, and I feel there is much to be learned from their community and vice versa. I encourage you all to attend if you can.
Best regards,
Daniel Steinberg, PhD
PCCM Education Outreach Director
*********************************************************************************************************************************************
ASP MEETING REMINDER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dear Colleague:
Greetings from the staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific! We wanted to provide an update on our plans and activities for the 2009 meeting of the ASP scheduled from September 12-16 at the Westin SFO Hotel in sunny Millbrae, California:
1) The conference theme is "Science Education and Public Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future," with presentations and posters to be organized under four theme strands:
•Building on the Momentum of the International Year of Astronomy.
•Connecting the Sciences in the Year of Science.
•Refining our Practice.
•Bridging to the Future.
The theme strands provide opportunities to share our best practices and experiences, to reach out and connect to other science disciplines for some "cross-pollination" and making new connections, and to look forward at how we can meet the challenges of the education and public outreach future landscape together. Come join the discussion, prepared to share and learn!
2) The Early Bird Registration Deadline and Abstract Submission Deadline have been extended to June 15, 2009, to accommodate the Memorial Day Holiday, the busyness of school terms ending, and to provide additional time for us to extend an invitation to additional science education and outreach communities--providing additional time for you to plan your presentation and poster proposals and to take advantage of the discounted Early Bird rate.
3) Registration for the weekend workshops is open; check out the descriptions for workshops for formal and informal educators and amateur astronomers. Thanks to the Spitzer Space Center, a limited number of scholarships of up to $300 are available to eligible participants; go to the workshops and scholarships pages on the web site for details, and the registration information page to register. Please feel free to share the information with formal and informal educators and amateurs that you know who may be interested in attending.
4) In addition to workshops, the Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) will be meeting on Saturday, September 12 as part of the pre-meeting weekend activities; the day-long meeting promises to be a great place to network with amateur astronomers and to experience some great talks, demonstrations and exhibits. Go to the workshops page for information and the registration information page to register for this event, and check back for more details as the meeting schedule develops.
5) Sunday afternoon, September 13, is reserved for a SETI Speaker Series featuring scientists and researchers from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Speakers include Drs. Frank Drake, Seth Shostak, Margaret Race, and John Jenkins. Hear current and mind-expanding discussions on the Drake Equation at 50, what those alien critters might look like and why it's useful to speculate about them, initial results and data from the Kepler Mission to see if we're finding their home worlds yet, and what on Earth we do if we start to actually find them. Registered conference participants, Sunday workshop attendees, and ASP and SETI members are all admitted at no additional charge, so come hear the latest on our search for Others.
6) For our plenary sessions, we're planning for a series of provocative discussions during the meeting proper relating to the conference theme strands and designed to get the cerebral juices flowing and discussion ignited. The discussions will be centered on the following questions:
•IYA: Can We Keep the Party Going?
•Year of Science: Will Science "Speciation" Endanger Science Learning or Enhance it?
•Refining our Practice: Can We Really Make an Impact?
•The Future is Here: Can EPO Navigate the Digital Age?
Come join in the discussions, and watch for word of the speakers who will lead them.
7) We will also be hosting at the conference venue the small traveling From the Earth to The Universe (FETTU) exhibit of astronomical images. FETTU is a program of the International Year of Astronomy, and this version of the exhibit has been developed and traveled by the NASA Ames Nasa Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) and a consortium of Bay Area organizations including Sonoma State University, the SETI Institute, the Center for Science Education, the ASP, and Lockheed Martin with support from such missions as SOFIA, SWIFT, Kepler, the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope, and others. The images are beautiful and we're very pleased to have it on display for the conferees.
All this and more--including information on reserving rooms at the conference hotel--can be found by going to the meeting site at: http://www.mailermailer.com/rd?http://www.astrosociety.org/events/m....
Please join us this September in the San Francisco Bay Area, during the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of Science, and the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, as we look forward and consider how, working together, we can advance a future of science literacy, enlightenment and achievement!
Best Wishes,
The ASP Staff
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