The XXXI General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) was held from 2-11 August, 2022 in Busan, Korea and online. It was the first hybrid General Assembly, with around 1200 in-person participants and around 700 attending online. The conference included seven symposia, 10 multi-session Focus Meetings, as well as meetings of IAU Offices, Divisions, […]
Category Archives: Events
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May
May
DARA Big Data, in conjunction with the University of Mauritius (UOM), IAU OAD and IDIA, are organising a Big Data School and Hackathon event, from June 21-24 on campus at the UOM. The event will feature presentations from industry experts, tutorials in data science and machine learning and a sentiment analysis hackathon where participants can […]
2022, Big Data Hackathons, Events, Flagship 3
Registration Open for Africa Women in Data Science Event #IWD2022
11
Jan
Jan
The OAD and its partners are organizing the “Africa Women in Data Science” event from 8-10 March 2022, which coincides with International Women’s Day. The event is organized by DARA Big Data (Development in Africa through Radio Astronomy) supported by Newton Fund, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Inter-University Institute For Data Intensive Astronomy […]
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Sep
Sep
The IAU Offices Family Meeting was held online from 20 – 22 July, 2021, bringing together the global networks of the 4 IAU Offices. The meeting report contains a summary of the 30+ sessions on astronomy education, teaching, outreach, equity, and more. The IAU co-hosts four offices around the world – the Office for Astronomy […]
2021, Events
“Let Us Put Our Minds & Hearts Together to Serve Society”: OAD Director at IAU General Assembly
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Aug
Aug
While the XXXI IAU General Assembly has been postponed to 2022, the Business sessions were organized virtually on August 23 and 26 this week. A pre-meeting session was held before the business session on each day with short talks by each of the IAU Offices, Executive Committee Working Groups, and several prize winners. In […]