Sharing One Sky III: SDSS, APOGEE, and Astronomy Outreach
November 2 – 3, 2019
Hotel Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile
https://sharing-one-sky-iii.tumblr.com/
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The focus of the workshop is astronomy education and public outreach, with a particular focus on sharing strategies and methods, creating cross-cultural and multi-lingual ventures, forming E/PO collaborations, and exploiting the science and international reach of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) — which is operating from parallel sites in the U.S. and Chile — for fostering these activities. We wish to bring together astronomers, educators, and journalists to achieve the above objectives, and also formulate methods by which we can promote the public face of SDSS and APOGEE within Chile, across the Americas and beyond.
VENUE
The conference will be located in the Hotel Antofagasta, in Antofagasta, Chile. This is the same venue where the XVIth Latin American Regional Meeting of the IAU (LARIM) is happening. For additional information about the LARIM, the venue, and Antofagasta city, we invite you to visit the LARIM website:
www.sochias.cl/larim2019
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Steven Majewski (University of Virginia)
Maria Argudo-Fernández (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)
Manuela Zoccali (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Javier Alonso (Universidad de Antofagasta)
Jura Borissova (Universidad de Valparaíso)
Radostin Kurtev (Universidad de Valparaíso)
David Whelan (Austin College) (Chair)
Rachael Beaton (The Carnegie Observatories)
Karen Masters (Haverford College)
Anne-Marie Weijmans (University of St Andrews)
Britt Lundgren (University of North Carolina – Asheville)
Rita Tojeiro (University of St Andrews)
Mariana Cano Diaz (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Maria Argudo-Fernández (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso) (Chair)
Christian Nitschelm (Universidad de Antofagasta)
Eduardo Unda-Sanzana (Universidad de Antofagasta)
Jura Borissova (Universidad de Valparaíso)
Radostin Kurtev (Universidad de Valparaíso)
REGISTRATION/LODGING
Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations in Antofagasta. However the hotel of the venue offers a reduced price for participants.
Attendees should also please register for the workshop on the registration form goo.gl/2AS3Mw not later than 1.10.2019, or cut/paste the information below and emailing us using the form in ‘Contact Us’ at the right.
Name:
Institution:
Email address:
I request to make a contributed talk/poster:
Title and abstract of your contribution:
I am interested in the Apogee Plate workshop (yes/no):
I am interested in the training on Voyages & Sciserver (yes/no):
I am interested in the training on Astronomy & Inclusion (yes/no):
I am interested in the training on ZooUniverse (yes/no):
I am interested in the AstroAventura activity (yes/no):
I would like to be considered for one of the travel grants (Only for school teachers) (yes/no):
Sponsors: Conference funded by the Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation in partnership with the Vice President for Research and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Open Astronomy Schools IAU100 Global Project, as well as the University of Antofagasta, the University of Valparaiso, and the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS).
*Poster image: Map of DIB absorption strength from SDSS infrared and optical spectroscopy (Lan et al. 2015; Zasowski et al. 2015). Image Credit: T. W. Lan
