Convention 2009

2009 AGM & Convention

The 2009 FAS Convention was held at the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0HA, on October 3rd 2009. Tickets £8.00 on the door. As part of your ticket each delegate will get a free FAS Astrocalendar 2009/2010.

Map and directions. Entrance will be at the front of the Hoyle building (IoA reception).

The FAS 2009 AGM will be held at 1.45pm

Speakers

Dr Haley Gomez – “Herschel: unveiling the cool Universe”

Damian Peach – “Planetary observing”

Dr Chris Lintott – “Galaxy Zoo”

Lord Prof Martin Rees – “What will the next generation of telescopes tell us?”

Provisional Programme

8.00 Doors open for traders

9.00 Doors open to public

9.50 Introductory remarks from FAS President, Richard Sargent

10.00 Dr Haley Gomez – “Herschel: unveiling the cool Universe”

11.00 Damian Peach – “Planetary observing”

12:00pm Lunch

1:45pm FAS AGM- the agenda for the AGM, the draft 2008 minutes and the FAS accounts are available as pdfs.

2:30 Dr Chris Lintott – “Galaxy Zoo” Title TBC

3:30 Tea and coffee Break

4.00 Raffle draw and presentation of Eric Zucker award

4:15 Lord Prof Martin Rees – “What will the next generation of telescopes tell us?”

5:15 FAS President: closing remarks

Traders and Displays

Modern Astronomy

Astronomia

The Space Station

Letchworth & District AS

Nene Valley AS

Astronomica

Cambridge University Press

Science Replicas

AWR Technology

Jack Martin

Society for History of Astronomy

The Society for Popular Astronomy

The British Astronomical Association

Glover House

Green Witch

Raffle

The ‘legendary’ FAS Raffle will take place, tickets will be available from the registration desk.

Refreshments

During the breaks tea & coffee will be provided. For lunch we suggest the best thing todo is bring a packed lunch as there is no food available on site, however, of course Cambridge is a short drive away for those who are prepared to go off-site.