XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AUGUST 03 - 14, 2009 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil



Press Office & Media Information


The Press Office for the IAU General Assembly will be responsible for the contact with the press and the media, providing information and material related to the meeting and to Astronomy, in general.

Press facilities

The IAU will operate a Press Room (R1.14) on all week days from 9:00 to 18:00, a Press Conference Room (R1.13), and a Press Interview Room (R1.12) at the ground floor of the SulAmérica Convention Center. It will have hard-wired and wireless internet hubs for the convenience of reporters who are filing to a deadline. The Interview Room is available to the media for one-on-one interviews, and is reserved and scheduled as requests are received. The Press Room will also have a fixed-net telephone (+55 21 3293-6754 or +55 21 3293-6755), printer, access to copying machine etc. We encourage Public Information Officers and scientists to provide hard copies of press releases, background brochures, visuals etc. The IAU Press Office will update a wall with newspaper clippings.

The Press Office will be closed during the weekend Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 August.

Media Accreditation / Journalist Registration

Registered Journalists

Press briefings and other interesting events (20/07)

Press Kit

Photos and images

IAU press releases

Here is the present (by June, 2008) composition of the official press office related to the IAU`s XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Press Office - XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2009:







National Organizing Committee - NOC
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