<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Dear Friends,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This year UNAWE will not organise an international workshop in the Netherlands but we will take advantage of existing meetings. The biggest upcoming international meeting is of course the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU GA) that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 3 - 14, 2009. Two weeks of and intense conference on all aspects of astronomy will bring together a few thousand professional astronomers from around the world:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/">http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/</a></div><div><br></div><div>On this occasion, UNAWE will hold its 4th International Multidisciplinary Workshop on the week-end of August 8-9, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro. We will hold this event in a different location from the main conference venue as this is an independent event. More information about the UNAWE workshop will follow.</div><div><br></div><div>The reason I am contacting you all today is to encourage you to try to come to the IAU GA and see how things like voting Pluto out actually happen... For that, you will need an invitation letter from your national IAU representatives or an IAU member. This is usually just a formality for, e.g. astronomy students but it is needed to complete the registration process. I also encourage you to submit abstracts to the sessions relevant to your work, e.g. "SpS4 Astronomy Education between Past and Future" as this is a great opportunity to present your work. Proceedings are published for each session.</div><div><br></div><div>If you need financial support to come to the IAU GA, the IAU has a limited number of travel grants. You can find the relevant information for the IAU grants here:</div><div><a href="http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/iaugrants.html">http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/iaugrants.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>The deadline for the grant applications and cheap registration is March 1st!</b></div><div><br></div><div>Note that you do not need to register to the IAU GA to take part in the UNAWE workshop but we are unfortunately not in a position to sponsor any participants this year. I will send you more information about the workshop soon.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards to you all,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Carolina</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>-- </div><div>Dr. Carolina Ödman</div><div>Universe Awareness</div><div><a href="mailto:carolina.odman@unawe.org">carolina.odman@unawe.org</a></div><div><a href="http://www.unawe.org/">http://www.unawe.org/</a></div><div>IYA2009 Netherlands</div><div><a href="http://www.jaarvandesterrenkunde.nl/">http://www.jaarvandesterrenkunde.nl/</a></div><div>tel +31 (0)71 527 58 16</div><div>fax +31 (0)71 527 57 43</div><div>mob +31 641 275 298</div><div>skype carolune_</div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>