Programme

What follows is a provisional programme of events for the conference. We are still in the process of confirming dates and times with various speakers so until nearer the beginning of the conference this should be taken as a guideline.

Monday 22nd September 2008

1000: Coffee

1100: Session A: Citizen Astronomy

• Galaxy Zoo (Chris Lintott)
• Faulkes Telescope (Paul Roche)
• Social Networking (Edward Gomez)

1230: Lunch

1330: Poster Session

1500: Session B: Citizen Astronomy

• Not Just Pretty Pictures (Fraser Lewis)
• Today I am Galileo, Tomorrow I am Darwin (Rosa Doran)
• Passengers on Voyages of Exploration (Emily Lakdawalla) [via video]

1630: End of Day’s Sessions

1800: Meet for Conference Dinner

1830: Doctor Who Exhibition

1930: Dinner in Cardiff Bay

 

Tuesday 23rd September 2008

0900: International Year of Astronomy 2009 (Ian Robson)

0945: Session C: Tools and Technology

• Astronomy: Out of the Armchair (Alasdair Allan)
• Paperscope (Mark Holliman)

1030: Coffee

1100: Session D: Tools and Technology

• Robotic Telescope Networks (Iain Steele)
• Drowning in Data: VO to the Rescue (Andy Lawrence)

1230: Lunch

1400: Session E: New Media

• The Jodcast (Nick Rattenbury)
• Astronomy Blogging (Phil Plait) [via video]

1530: Coffee

1600: Session F: New Media

• International Year of Astronomy: New Media (Pamela Gay) [via video]
• Google Sky (Carol Christian & Alberto Conti) [via video]

1730: End of Day’s Sessions

 

Wednesday 24th September 2008

0900: Session G: New Media

• AstroTwitter (Stuart Lowe)
• Hacking the Sky (Robert Simpson)
• Astronomia (Jan Pomierny)

1030: Coffee

1100: Session H: Tools and Technology

• VO Futures (Jonathan Tedds)
• Pairitel (Joshua Bloom) [via video]

1200: Conference Summary

1330: End of Conference