September
12-16, 2009
Westin SFO, Millbrae, California
Save
the date for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's 120th Anniversary
celebration!
Lodging
Notice: We've filled our room block at the conference
hotel, the Westin SFO, but the hotel has agreed to add rooms
and extend the conference group rate through August 26. So
if you haven't yet reserved your room, please check out the
lodging page and plan to
do so by August 26. |
The
preliminary meeting schedule can be found on the Meeting
Schedule page.
Registration
is now open for the 2009 ASP meeting to be held in the San
Francisco Bay Area at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel,
1 Old Bayshore Highway in Millbrae, California. The theme of the
2009 gathering will be "Science Education and Outreach: Forging
a Path to the Future."
Abstract
Submission Deadline has passed.
The
meeting proper begins on Sunday evening, September 13, with the
annual members' meeting and the opening reception. Meeting sessions
begin on Monday, September 14, with the annual awards banquet
held on Tuesday evening, September 15. The meeting will conclude
the early evening of Wednesday, September 16.
In addition, the meeting will be preceded by hands-on workshops
scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, September 12-13, for formal
and informal educators, with a separate daily workshop registration
fee from the meeting registration fee.
Workshop
Registration is open. Go to the workshops
page for a description of weekend workshops for formal
and informal educators and amateur astronomers. |
In
addition to workshops, the Astronomical Association of Northern
California will be meeting on Saturday, September 12; go to the
workshops page for information
and the registration information
page to register; check back for more details as the meeting
schedule develops.
Also, Sunday afternoon, September 13, is reserved for a SETI Speaker
Series featuring scientists and researchers from the SETI Institute
in Mountain View, California. Speakers include Drs. Frank Drake,
Seth Shostak, Margaret Race, and John Jenkins. Hear current and
mind-expanding discussions on the Drake Equation at 50, what those
alien critters might look like and why it's useful to speculate
about them, initial results and data from the Kepler Mission to
see if we're finding their home worlds yet, and what on
Earth we do if we start to actually find them.
We're
also planning for a series of provocative plenary discussions
during the meeting proper relating to the conference theme strands
and designed to get the cerebral juices flowing and discussion
ignited. The discussions will be centered on the following questions:
- IYA:
Can We Keep the Party Going?
-
Year of Science: Will Science "Speciation" Endanger
Science Learning or Enhance it?
-
Refining our Practice: Can we Really Make an Impact?
-
The Future is Here: Can EPO Navigate the Digital Age?
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Come join
in the discussion, and watch for word of the speakers who will
lead it.
Click
on the links to find information and details on hotel
reservations, meeting
registration, exhibiting,
submitting poster and presentation
abstracts, and submitting proceedings
write-ups. Be sure to sign
up to receive more information and meeting alerts, and check
back frequently as information is added.
Please join us in September in the San Francisco Bay Area, during
the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of
Science, and the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, as we look forward and consider how, working
together, we can advance a future of science literacy, enlightenment
and achievement!
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