EA-ROAD organized Inspiring Stars Exhibition and Inclusion Workshop at Kotebe Metropolitan University (KMU) in collaboration with IAU-Inspiring star flagship program coordinator Dr. Wanda Diaz (OAD) , KMU, ESSTI and ESSS
EA-ROAD participated on the ‘Astronomy in Africa Business Meeting’ from 25-26 March 2019 in Cape Town and contributed to the establishment of the African Astronomical Society (AfAS)
EA-ROAD participated in the 14th General Assembly of the Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS) and the 1st ESSTI African Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences (AFIPS) International Workshop
EA-ROAD organized and celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th Feb 2019 at Addis Ababa Ethiopia, in collaboration with ESSTI and ESSS
Meetings were held to plan for the establishment of an Optical Observatory in Kenya
EA-ROAD in collaboration with ESSTI and ESSS organized a 100 hours of Astronomy event under the Ethiopian Sky from 11-13 Jan 2019 in Addis Ababa
Development of mini-telescopes for science-related educational events by Yunnan Astronomical Observatories
Mars colony population modeling and population planning student research activities, funded by the Dubai Future Foundation, in Suzhou
Public lectures on “The Wandering Earth” by Dr. Xiaoying Pang (Wandering Earth is a Chinese sci-fi movie hit), in Suzhou
Solar eclipse and astronomical observatory visit by high school students and university students to Chile in July 2019, in collaboration with the Guangdong Astronomy Network
Eddington @ Sundy: 100 years later is one of the IAU100 projects celebrating the anniversary of the 1919 Solar Eclipse observations which experimentally confirmed Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
100 Hours of Astronomy: 43 events were promoted in 3 countries (25 in Brazil, 1 in Mozambique and 17 in Portugal)
São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, Mozambique, East Timor and Brazil participated in the Eratosthenes Experiment in which 77 countries participated. Brazil was the country with most schools enrolled worldwide, 238 (30% of total)
Special Talk by Sze-leung Cheung, OAO Coordinator, on Public Outreach Activities under OAO in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The talk was tailored for NARIT Public Outreach Team to get exposed to OAO approaches on public outreach in all aspects and engaged to some of common areas of interests.
2nd Asian SKA Initiative on Neutron Stars (ASIONS) Meeting and SKA Workshop was held 26-30 January 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with 45 participants (mainly from Southeast Asia)
High Optical Technology Workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 24-28 March 2019 with 35 participants from Southeast Asia
Lao-Thai Basic Astronomy Training and Stargazing was held from 1-3 April 2019 for school teachers and students at National University of Laos
Undergraduate astronomy programmes started in Burkina Faso; several talks were conducted and outreach to Universities, High Schools and Basic Schools
The 6th National Conference of Astronomical Society of Nigeria (ASN) was held last year at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti
Nigeria acquired a 15cm Lunt Solar Telescope for solar studies; a planetarium was opened at Afe Babalola University; a space bus was acquired by Afe Babalola University
