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XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AUGUST 03 - 14, 2009 -
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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6- Stand of the XXVII General Assembly in MEARIM (Jun 04, 2008)
5- The program for the XXVII General Assembly (Mar 27, 2008)
4- Promotion of the XXVII GA in international meetings (Mar 27, 2008)
3- IAU Executive Assistant, Mme. Monique Léger-Orine (Jan 23, 2008)
2- UN declares 2009 the International Year of Astronomy (Dec 20, 2007)
1- Second visit of IAU's Executive Committee (Jul 07, 2007)
6- Stand of the XXVII General Assembly in MEARIM
Posted June 04, 2008
Funded by a grant from the Brazilian Tourism Board, EMBRATUR, Prof.
Cássio Leandro Dal Ri Barbosa (UNIVAP) and Ms. Renata Pozza
(JZ Congressos) participated of the First Middle East-Africa IAU Regional
Meeting (MEARIM), held at Cairo, Egypt, April 5th to 10th, 2008. The meeting
had the attendance of 200 participants (50 from Egypt and 150 from other
countries in Africa, Europe and North America), all of which demonstrated
a vivid interest in the coming XXVII General Assembly to be held in Rio,
Brazil, 2009.
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5- The program for the XXVII General Assembly
Posted March 27, 2008
The annual meeting of IAU`s Executive Committee, having the presence
of the presidents of the 12 IAU Divisions, to occur May, 28th to 30th
in Oslo, Norway, will decide the Symposia, Joint Discussions and Special
Sessions that will integrate the scientific program of IAU`s XXVII General
Assembly 2009. The decision should be announced in June 2008. For a list
of the proposed meetings in 2009, click
here
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4- Promotion of the XXVII GA in international meetings
Posted March 27, 2008
The Brazilian Tourism Board, EMBRATUR, and Rio Convention Bureau are
supporting our event, for outreach and promotion "in loco" of XXVII
IAU's GA, in three different astronomical meetings:
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3- IAU Executive Assistant, Mme.
Monique Léger-Orine
Posted January 23, 2008
Unfortunately, the IAU Executive Assistant, Mme. Monique Léger-Orine
(1943-2008), passed away in 22 January, 2008, in Paris. In the photo below,
taken during the visit of IAU's Executive Committee in August, 2007,
she is the 5th person from right to left. In the detail. she is
between Dr. Beatriz Barbuy and Dr. Robert Williams. Her good will to help,
experience, dedication and competence, having participated of seven former
IAU General Assemblies, will certainly be missed in the organization of the
coming GA in Rio. Read more
here.
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2- The UN declares 2009 the International Year of Astronomy
Posted December 20, 2007
Paris: Early in the morning (CET) of December 20, 2007,
the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) proclaimed 2009 the
International Year of Astronomy. The
Resolution was submitted by Italy, Galileo Galileis home country.
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is an initiative of the
International Astronomical Union and UNESCO. Read more
here.
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1- Second visit of IAU's Executive Committee, August, 2007
Posted July 07, 2007
From August, 21th to 24th, 2007, the IAU Executive Commmitte, represented
by the IAU President, Dr. Catherine J. Cesarsky, the President-Elect,
Dr. Robert Williams, the General Secretary, Dr. Karel A. van der
Hucht, and the head of IAU's secretariat, Ms. Monique Orine, will visit
Rio and meet with the National Organizing Committee, NOC, as part of
the continuing preparations of the XXVII General Assembly.
On the opportunity, we'll perform
a new inspection of the refurbished convention center RioCentro, while hosting another
scientific meeting of similar proportions of IAU's XXVII GA (the
13th
International Congress of Imumunology), promoted by
JZ
Congressos, the same promoter of the XXVII IAU's GA.
Similarly, a visit is scheduled to the recently built convention center
CidadeNova, in order to make final inspection and
decisions regarding installations and logistics.
The time of the year matches
almost precisely the one when the XXVII GA will be held and the
weather is, very probably, similar to the one the participants
will experiment in 2009.
The first visit of the IAU's Executive Committee happened from
September, 20th to 21th, 2006, when Dr. Oddbjørn Engvold (the
former General Secretary), Dr. Karel A. van der Hucht (at that
time the Assistant General Secretary), and Dr. Catherine J. Cesarsky
(then, the President-Elect) visited Rio for the first meetings and
arrangements with the NOC.
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National Organizing Committee - NOC
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www.astronomy2009.com.br
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