EAsia-ROAD actively engaged in the OAD Steering Committee meeting, which was conducted virtually on January 29, 2024.
From December 2023 to April 2024, EAsia-ROAD participated in a significant temporary exhibition at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum titled “The Beauty of Technology: A 90-Year Astronomical Theme Exhibition Illustrated by ‘Popular Science’.”
Members of the EAsia-ROAD committee engaged in productive discussions with peers from the Shanghai Planetarium, focusing on strategies for science teacher training in rural areas.
EAsia-ROAD is in the process of organizing the “Astro Ecology Activity” slated for 2024.
The office hosted the first “try-out” of the C-Link Programme, a 1-hour virtual link-up based on astronomy that took place between primary schools in Armenia, Ethiopia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Nigeria.
Areg Mickaelian Public interviews and TV programson various problems of astronomy
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory (AbAO), Georgia: Reconstruction works, installation of new telescopes, etc.
Interdisciplinary studies: collaboration on Astroinformatics between BAO and Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems (IIAP); mutual visits on 23.01.2024 and 28.03.2024
Scientific (Astro) Tourism activities at BAO; visits of thousands of pupils, students and other visitors to BAO 2.6m and 1m telescopes, Planetarium and Viktor Ambartsumian house-museum, night observations with small telescopes