The 2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education

The 2020 Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education will focus on an overview of education world wide.
It will be a fully online, virtual experience that will take place 6 – 9 October 2020.

Official homepage of the 2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop

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Final Agenda of the 2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education

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2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education

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Hopin guide for attendees (PDF)

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The opening day of the workshop will also include the official opening ceremony of the OAE. Over the following days, the workshop will offer sessions on

Making astronomy education equitable, diverse and inclusive
Astronomy education within the IAU
Astronomy education in low-tech environments
Astronomy education resources
Astronomy education around the world

Most sessions will be offered more than once, to allow for participants from different time zones.

The confirmed speakers for the opening event are:

Ewine van Dishoeck, President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Leiden University
Theresia Bauer, MdL, Chair of the Carl Zeiss Foundation Administration, Minister for Science, Research and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Beate Spiegel, Managing Director of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
Kenneth Young, Chairman of the Shaw Prize Council and Vice Chair of its Board of Adjudicators, Shaw Prize Foundation
Teresa Lago, General Secretary of the IAU
Keynote: Svein Sjøberg, University of Oslo

Confirmed speakers for the different sessions of the workshop itself are:

Hidehiko Agata, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
Paulo Bretones, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo
Lina Canas, IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
Tawanda Chingozha, IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
Olayinka Fagbemiro, National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria
Michael Fitzgerald, Edith Cowan University Perth
Amelia Ortiz Gil, University of Valencia
Kevin Govender, IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
Teresa Lago, General Secretary of the IAU
Markus Pössel, IAU Office of Astronomy for Education
João Retre, Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Portugal
Pedro Russo, Leiden University
Cecilia Scorza, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München