{"id":191,"date":"2012-08-29T09:16:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2012-08-29T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:16:59","slug":"convention-2001","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/convention\/convention-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2001 Convention took place on Saturday 13th October, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Astronomy Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Programme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
08.00hrs.<\/td>\nOpen to traders (Access is available beforehand if required but no FAS members will be available until 08.30hrs).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09.00hrs.<\/td>\nOpen to public<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.00hrs.<\/td>\nWelcome from FAS President, Malcolm Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.05hrs<\/td>\nDr Helen Walker (RAL): “RAL, Space Science and Satellites”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.35hrs<\/td>\nAGM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.05hrs.<\/td>\nCoffee\/tea break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.30hrs<\/td>\nProfessor Joseph Silk (Oxford): “The Creation of the Elements necessary for Life: From the Big Bang to Galaxies”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.30hrs<\/td>\nLunch\/1st tour of RAL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.15hrs<\/td>\nLunch\/2nd tour of RAL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.00hrs<\/td>\nDr Monica Grady (Natural History Museum): “Life and Meteorites”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.00hrs<\/td>\nCoffee\/tea break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.30hrs<\/td>\nDr Barrie Jones (OU): “Habitats: Planets & Life Beyond the Solar System”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.30hrs<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.40hrs.<\/td>\nDr Alan Penny (RAL): “Finding Life on Planets Orbiting Other Stars”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.40hrs<\/td>\nClosing address<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.00hrs.<\/td>\nClose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Trade Stands<\/h3>\n

Astronomy Now<\/a>
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\nLambda Publications<\/a>
\nAndromeda Books<\/a>
\nAurora Books<\/a>
\nDavid Hinds Ltd<\/a><\/p>\n

Society Stands<\/h3>\n

Abingdon AS<\/a>
\nNewbury AS<\/a>
\nReading AS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2001 Convention took place on Saturday 13th October, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire. Sponsored by Astronomy Now Programme 08.00hrs. Open to traders (Access is available beforehand if required but no FAS members will be available until 08.30hrs). 09.00hrs. Open to public 10.00hrs. Welcome from FAS President, Malcolm Jones 10.05hrs Dr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/author\/fasadmin\/","display_name":"fasadmin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 14 years ago","modified":"Updated 14 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 29 August, 2012","modified":"Updated on 29 August, 2012"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 29 August, 2012 9:16 am","modified":"Updated on 29 August, 2012 9:16 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9NBna-35","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/196"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}