In April 2018, a special session (#23) held at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool highlighted African-Europe collaborations in Astronomy and Space Science. The session, organised by Mirjana Pović (ESSTI) and Vanessa McBride (OAD) comprised two invited presentations and fourteen short contributed talks to give a continent wide overview of Africa-Europe […]
Author Archives: Ram Venugopal
Participating Municipalities in Astrofest Tausa – 7 de mayo Sutatausa- 8 de mayo La Palma- 19 de julio Guachetá- 16 de agosto Cucunubá- 17 de agosto Agua de Dios- 21 de septiembre Chocontá- 20 y 21 de octubre Project website
Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference (CAP) 2018 was held from March 24-28 in Fukuoka, Japan. More than 400 participants from 53 countries participated in one of the largest CAP conferences ever. The OAD was represented by Dr Wanda Diaz-Merced and Ramasamy Venugopal. Dr. Merced gave a keynote on “Human factors to foster equal participation” […]
Short videos on the work being done by Global Himalayan Expedition to electrify remote communities in the Himalayas in India. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmgVU1QJ6Y[/embedyt] [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJzd6Hxnmzw[/embedyt]
After the success of the First Arab Winter School for astrophysics (FAWSA) on 2017 in Marrakech and the Second Arab Winter School for Astrophysics (AWSA-II) on 2018 in Ifrane, Morocco, we are pleased to announce the Third ArAS School for Astrophysics (ArAS SfA-3) that will be held in Beirut, Lebanon from 12 to 18 November 2018. Website: http://awsa.ar-as.org/sfa3/ Deadline: June 15, […]