From kg at astro4dev.org Wed Jun 28 15:17:34 2017 From: kg at astro4dev.org (Kevin Govender) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:17:34 +0200 Subject: [AstroNet] Second Announcement: .Astronomy 9, Cape Town, 14-17 Nov 2017 Message-ID: Second Announcement .Astronomy 9 Cape Town, South Africa 14-17 November 2017 We are very excited to be hosting the ninth .Astronomy (pronounced "dot Astronomy") conference in Cape Town from the 14-17 November 2017! Astronomy is driven forward by new technology, and today, software is developing more rapidly than it ever has. .Astronomy explores the questions on how new technologies can help astronomical research, education, and outreach. The event will include a series of talks, multiple unconference sessions, and a full day working on interesting, useful, innovative projects. Much of the content will be driven by the conference participants in a dynamic environment to maximize sharing, learning, and producing. In addition, we will also have a Day Zero to introduce participants to the .Astronomy format and offer tutorials on the latest tools. Please see the website for more information about the program and invited speakers: http://dotastronomy9.saao.ac.za/. In addition, the pre-registration form is available as well and will be open until 1 July. The form is available at https://tinyurl.com/dotastro9. The conference will be limited to ~60 participants, and as such, we ask each participant to provide the reason why they want to attend and what they might contribute. We highly encourage people from traditionally underrepresented groups in astronomy to apply. If you have any questions, please email crawford at saao.ac.za. The event will be hosted at the South African Astronomical Observatory jointly with the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development. There will be some funding available to support participation especially for students and researchers from developing countries. We hope that you will be able to join us in Cape Town from 14-17 November 2017 for .Astronomy 9! Thank you, Steve Crawford on behalf of the organizing committee -- Kevin Govender IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: