Dark Sky Tourism: An engine for sustainable socio-economic development Dark skies are an essential part of the scientific, cultural and natural heritage of humanity. Dark sky areas also offer unique and sustainable tourism experiences, alongside numerous benefits for local communities. In this workshop we discussed some astro tourism case studies from around the world. Programme […]
Category Archives: Events
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Jun
Jun
The Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Summit will be held virtually from June 14 to June 18, 2021. Within the content of this Summit the African Astronomical Society (AfAS) and the International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU OAD) will present a dedicated session entitled “Africa-EU Astronomy Collaborations: Towards the First IAU-General Assembly on […]
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Jun
Jun
DARA Big Data, in conjunction with TU Kenya, IAU OAD and IDIA, are organising a 5 day Big Data School and Hackathon event. It will be held 26-30 July on campus at the Technical University of Kenya in Nairobi. The event will feature 2 days of programming, data science and machine learning tutorials, followed by […]
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Jun
Jun
OAD at IST Africa 2021 Conference OAD Big Data Fellow, Dr Nikhita Madhanpall, gave a talk on “Big Data Analytics Capacity Building with Radio Astronomy” at the IST-Africa 2021 conference held from 10 – 14 May, 2021. The conference was the 16th in an annual series of Ministerial Level Technology Research and Innovation Conferences. IST-Africa […]
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OAD Director Kevin Govender participated in a panel discussion on “A Proposal for an International Year of Planetary Defense” at the 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference Online Event held on 30 April 2021, hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in collaboration with the European Space Agency.
