The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) will support 19 projects around the world in 2023, funded by the International Astronomical Union, for a total of €124,011. These projects will address various socio-economic and sustainable-development challenges using astronomy-related interventions. The OAD is organizing an onboarding sessions for the project teams to meet the OAD, Regional Offices and the various networks.
PROGRAM
20 – 22 Feb 2023
same link for all sessions https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81715389120?pwd=MS9YQytQL1dhUjJhU2pkbEZmT1hOQT09
All times are in UTC
| Date | Time UTC | Session | Speakers |
| 20 Feb 2023 | 13:00 – 15:00 | ||
| Welcome | Kevin Govender, OAD | ||
| Introductions by OAD & Regions | OAD team and Regions | ||
| Introductions by project teams | Projects | ||
| Introduction to IAU (10 min) Slides | Vanessa McBride, OAD | ||
| IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (10 min) Slides | OAO | ||
| IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (10 min) Slides | OAE | ||
| IAU Office for Young Astronomers (10 min) Slides | OYA | ||
| IAU Centre for Protection of Dark and Quiet Skies from Satellite Constellation Interference (10 min) Slides | CPS | ||
| 21 Feb 2023 | 13:00 – 15:00 | Flagship themes & Fundraising | |
| Astronomy for socio economic development (15 min) Slides | Ramasamy Venugopal, OAD | ||
| Astronomy and Mental health (15 min) Slides | Dominic Vertue, OAD | ||
| Big data hackathons (15 min) Slides | Nikhita Madhanpall, DARA OAD Big Data Fellow | ||
| BRICS astronomy (15 min) | Duduzile Kubheka, BRICS astronomy coordinator | ||
| Fundraising for projects (1 hour) Slides | Genevieve Marshall, fundraiser | ||
| 22 Feb 2023 | 13:00 – 14:00 | Experience sharing by past projects & Reporting requirements | |
| LAMPS: Leveraging local AstronoMy site to Promote STEM, Madagascar Slides | Zara Randriamanakoto | ||
| Guide training workshop for tribal students, India Slides | Shweta Kulkarni | ||
| Education for All: promoting education in internally displaced communities in Burkina Faso Slides | Amidou Sorgho | ||
| Asteroids workshop, Chile Slides | Javiera Rey | ||
| Impact, Communications & Reporting Slides | Ramasamy Venugopal, OAD | ||
| 24 Feb 2023 | 12:00 – 14:00 | Final presentations by 2022 OAD projects | |
| https://www.astro4dev.org/projects-presentation-day-2022-projects/ |