{"id":4301,"date":"2026-02-07T15:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:56:21","slug":"announcement-convention-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/announcement-convention-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement Convention 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The FAS 2026 conference will be held on 27 June at Cardiff University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our theme for this year is &#8220;Ancient Tech, Modern Challenges, and the Future of STEM&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details <a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/convention-2026\/\">here<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets on sale soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 26%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We are delighted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlightoptics.com\/\">First Light Optics<\/a> are the Gold Sponsor for the convention.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4011 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FLO_Logo_2018_Subheading-750x500.jpg 750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAS 2026 conference will be held on 27 June at Cardiff University. Our theme for this year is &#8220;Ancient Tech, Modern Challenges, and the Future of STEM&#8221; Full details here Tickets on sale soon. We are delighted that First Light Optics are the Gold Sponsor for the convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Clare Lauwerys","author_link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/author\/clare_lauwerys\/"},"featured_img":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/category\/conventions\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Conventions<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Conventions<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 months ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 7 February, 2026","modified":"Updated on 16 February, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 7 February, 2026 3:42 pm","modified":"Updated on 16 February, 2026 11:56 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NBna-17n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4321,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions\/4321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}