Posted 1 week, 2 days ago at 11:14 am. 0 comments
A provisional schedule for the conference has now been posted on the Programme page of the website. If you are speaking at the conference then you should soon get an email with more details. If you were expecting to speak but have not received anything then please get in touch and let us know.
The .Astronomy Conference is now going full steam ahead and we are trying to move things along this week, so expect more updates as the days go by.
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago at 10:45 am. 2 comments
Being a conference about new media and similar technologies, many of our speakers have blogs. If you’re not yet into the astronomy blogging scene, then we’ve managed to snag a fabulous selection for you to start off. Our speakers write a very large chunk of the most regularly read blogs that are out there on the topic of space and astronomy.
So here’s a list of the blogs of our speakers. You never know, even if you are a regular reader of astronomy online, this may still contain some gem you knew nothing about.
WillGater.com (Will Gater)
Will is a science writer, specializing in astronomy, working for BBC Sky at Night magazine in the UK. He has also written for Astronomy Now as well as being astronomy writer for Devon Life and Somerset Life. He holds a degree in astrophysics from UCL and is currently co-hosting the BBC Sky at Night Podcast.
Star Stryder (Pamela Gay)
Pamela is an astronomer, writer, and podcaster. She can regularly be heard on Astronomy Cast and she sits on the faculty at SIUE. She is a strong science advocate and describes herself as a “nocturnal voyeur, diligently stalking the heavens”.
The e-Astronomer (Andy Lawrence)
Andy is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, located at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. He studies quasars, observational cosmology, and “big, big sky surveys”. He leads the massive UKIDDS (infrared) survey and the innovative AstroGrid project (the UK arm of the virtual observatory).
Chris Lintott’s Universe and Space Across the Pond (Chris Lintott)
Chris is most familiar as the co-presenter of the extremely long-running BBC astronomy program The Sky at Night. He obtained his PhD at UCL and now works at Oxford. He also writes an astronomy column for The Times and can sometimes be spotted penning articles on the BBC News website as well. He isalso PI of the Galaxy Zoo project, which he will talking about at the conference.
Astronomy Blog (Stuart Lowe)
Stuart says his blog was “set up as somewhere to write about astronomy and astrophysics related stuff”. He covers a great sample of the astronomy mainstream but admits a bias toward the radio end of the spectrum. He is based at Manchester’s Jodrell Bank telescope and is a big internet voice in matters of astronomy communication and public understanding of science through his blog and as part of the Jodcast.
Bad Astronomy (Phil Plait)
Phil received his PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia in 1994. He is a full time science writer and internet behemoth, who was blogging about astronomy (and debunking bad science) long before the word blogging existed. He used to work in science education and outreach and continues his passion for this through his website and books.
The Planetary Society (Emily Lakdawalla)
Emily writes for The Planetary Society, which was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman. Dedicated to exploring the solar system and seeking life beyond Earth, The Planetary Society is non-governmental and nonprofit and is funded by the support of its members. They provide excellent coverage of current space events and engage in more public outreach activities than pretty much any other organisation.
Orbiting Frog (Robert Simpson)
Yeah, this one is me. It is because of my own blog and interactions with the good folks of the internet, that I have decided to run this conference so it really had to make the list. Through Orbiting Frog I have become involved with several projects and it is my own positive experience with the internet that has made me want to spread the word on this exciting and ever-changing new medium.
Carnival of Space (Universe Today)
I will post more preliminary material in the coming weeks before the conference, if you want to find even more blogs about astronomy, I’d recommend checking out the Carnival of Space, a weekly collection of astronomy and space writing taken from blogs all over this fine internet of ours. It is now into its 60th edition, and is a really great way of finding the best picks of the week.
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago at 1:33 pm. 0 comments
It has been really great to see the reaction to the .astronomy conference. We have had a lot of interest and enquiries are still streaming in. We are about half way to our total delegate count now, so if you want to reserve a space, fill our the pre-registration form on the site. We have also confirmed the cost of registration as £50, which includes a copy of the conference proceedings.
Some of our talks will be given via live video feeds from across the atlantic and interest in the conference has been global. To illustrate this, you can see a map of the last 500 website visitors and how they are spread over the globe. This is pretty representative of the English speaking countries of the world and shows that we have, apparently, a global audience.
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago at 10:26 am. 0 comments
Pre-registration is now open for the .astronomy conference. Registration will cost £50, although full registration is not yet possible. If you wish to reserve a space and to be contacted when full registration has begun then you can fill out the form on the Registration page.
Posted 3 months ago at 3:14 pm. 0 comments
This website is currently being developed by Robert Simpson in preparation for the .astronomy conference in September 2008 to be held at Cardiff University. Please feel free to browse the site, but bear in mind that, just for a short while, this is not complete.
If you have any queries about the conference, or would like to attend, please get in touch. For more information see our page about .astronomy.
