ASTRONOMY

YOURS TO DISCOVERTHE UNIVERSE

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF

Opening CeremonyParis, 15–16 January 2009

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Message from UNESCO Director-General

As lead UN agency for the Year, UNESCO will work with the International Astronomical Union and other partners to make the initiative a success. In particular, we will encourage citizens of the world, especially young people, to learn more about the Universe in which we live and to explore the links that astron-omy provides between the scientific and cultural spheres.

UNESCO’s Member States give high importance to science education as a driver of sustainable development and eco-nomic growth. Astronomy, the ‘first science’, teaches us about the basic sciences – mathematics, physics – which are fun-damental to understanding the Universe, its stars and plan-ets, including the Earth. The UNESCO Space Education Pro-gramme encourages the introduction of astronomy and other space-related subjects into the school curriculum and will implement activities that enhance knowledge in these fields through the IYA2009 Cornerstone Projects.

Under the World Heritage and Astronomy Initiative, UNESCO works to raise awareness of the importance of astronomical heritage worldwide, in terms of its enrichment of human his-tory, the promotion of cultural diversity and the enhancement of international exchange. From World Heritage sites such as the ancient Neolithic monuments of Stonehenge, to the most recent Large Hadron Collider experiment led by the European

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Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) which aims to throw light on the origin of the Universe, people have always looked to the sky for answers to the questions ‘How did we get here’ and ‘Why are we here’.

The sky belongs to everybody. Astronomy is and can be an instrument to promote peace and understanding among nations and as such is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission. I wish all of you every success for the Year.

Koïchiro Matsuura

Message from IAU President

Dear friends, colleagues and astronomy enthusiasts,

Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy 2009! It has taken many years of planning and organising, but we are finally ready to embark on what is destined to be a year full of discov-ery and wonder.

The International Astronomical Union launched 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) under the theme, The Universe, Yours to Discover. IYA2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the first astronomical observation through a tel-escope by Galileo Galilei. Proclaimed by the UN and endorsed by UNESCO, IYA2009 has already captured the imagination of countless individuals.

This Opening Ceremony will certainly launch the Year in style. There are representatives present from over 100 countries, including students specially selected to attend. Nobel prize winners and top scientists are on hand to lend their expertise, and we will even have a live video conference with the Euro-pean Very Large Telescope in Chile, to hear from researchers at the cutting-edge of science.

This ceremony, and indeed the entire IYA2009, would not have reached this stage without the support of thousands of groups and individuals around the world. In particular, I would like to thank our Global Sponsors, Thales Alenia Space and Celestron, whose belief in IYA2009 has been unwavering.

I would also like to take this opportunity to give thanks to the many Organisational Associates who have pulled together to make the Year possible. Our Media Partners have been busy helping to spread the message of IYA2009 far and wide, so I offer my sincere thanks to them. Astronomy is one of the oldest fundamental sciences, yet continues to make a profound impact on our culture and is a powerful expression of the human intellect. This is the year in which we can all make a difference, popularising astronomy as never before and bringing it to the masses. Remember that this Opening Ceremony is merely the beginning; the best is yet to come. The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is yours to discover!

Catherine Cesarsky

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Programme

Thursday, 15 January

8 a.m.– 9 a.m. Registration and open visit to the exhibitions in the Miro Hall

Morning session

9 a.m.- 10.15 a.m. – Inauguration

Opening remarks by UNESCO Director-General, Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura•International Year of Astronomy: Vision and Goals by Mrs Catherine Cesarsky, President, International Astronomical Union•Remarks by Reynald Seznec, President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space•Greetings by government ministers and important personalities•

10.15 a.m.– 10.45 a.m. Coffee break

10.45 a.m.– 12 p.m. Astronomy: History and Culture

Chair: Jean-Claude CarrièreThe Skies of the World, a Multicultural Experience, Franco Pacini (Italy)•The First Astronomers: Astronomy over Four Millennia, Juan Antonio Belmonte (Spain)•Mayan Astronomy, Julieta Fierro (Mexico)•Islamic Astronomy, George Saliba (USA)•Astronomical Exploration and the Public Imagination, Baruch Blumberg (USA)•

12 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. From Galileo (400 years) to Apollo (40 years)

Chair: Jean-Claude CarrièreFrom Galileo to Einstein, Françoise Balibar (France)•

12.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Lunch break

Afternoon session

2 p.m.– 3 p.m. (continuation of From Galileo (400 years)…) Chair: Tim de Zeeuw

The New Frontier: The Exploration of the Solar System, André Brahic (France)•Echoes of Creation: Discovery of the Big Bang Fossil Radiation, Robert Wilson (USA)•

3 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Modern Astronomy: Discoveries on our OriginsFrom a “simple” beginning to our complex cosmos, Lord Martin Rees (UK)•

3.30 p.m.– 4 p.m. Coffee break

4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. (continuation of Modern Astronomy…)

Chair: Jan PalousA Multitude of Worlds: Extrasolar planets, Michel Mayor (Switzerland)•IYA2009: Astronomy for Humankind, Cornerstones and Universe Awareness, Kevin Govender (South Africa)•Video and news from the South Pole Concordia Research Station, presented by Yves Frenot, Institut Paul Emile Victor (France)•

Evening

7.30 p.m.- 9.30 p.m. Reception at the Palais de la DécouverteVideo clip of “Around the World, Around the Sky” by Robert Pansard-Besson (France)•Film of the Adler Planetarium presented by José-Francisco Salgado (USA) with the music “The Planets” by G. Holst •

Friday, 16 January

8.30 a.m.– 9.00 a.m. Open visit to the exhibitions in the Miro Hall

Morning session

9.00 a.m.- 9.30 a.m. Video-conference with work stations

Chair: Beatriz BarbuyLive video-conference with astronomers in the European Very Large Telescope in Paranal, Chile •Virtual visit of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and imaging session using one of the 8m telescopes•

9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. (continuation of Modern Astronomy…)The Biggest Question of All: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life, André Brack (France)•The Question of Parallel Universe, Hubert Reeves (Canada)•

10.30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Coffee break

11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Stars: Life and Death

Chair: Gang ZhaoPulsars: Progress and Puzzles, Jocelyn Bell Burnell (UK)•Beautiful Death for a Star: Planetary Nebulae, Sylvia Torres-Peimbert (Mexico)•Cosmic Explosions: The Violent Supernovae, Ken’ichi Nomoto (Japan)•

12.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Lunch break

Afternoon session

2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Black holes and SpaceReport from the Abyss: Massive Black Holes, Reinhard Genzel (Germany)•Astronomy from Space: The Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, Jonathan Gardner (USA)•Cosmic Vision, David Southwood (ESA)•Closing remarks by Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO•

3.30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Coffee break

4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Remote observing and VLBI (3 parallel sessions)Remote observing in Hawaii with Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) •HI-21 cm radio observation of the Milky Way with Salsa Telescope in Onsala, Sweden•Global e-VLBI demonstration•(One cosmic source will be observed continuously for 24 hours with radio telescopes on 6 continents, streaming data in real •time to the correlator in the Netherlands via high-bandwidth fibre networks.)

Evening

6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Reception at the Foyer of Room I hosted by UNESCO

7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Cultural event“Sun Rings” performance by the Kronos Quartet with the participation of the UNESCO Choir•

Eagle Nebula(NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope)

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Juan Antonio Belmonte (Spain)The First Astronomers: Astronomy Over Four Millenia

What do the prehistoric dolmens of the Iberian Peninsula, the cyclopean constructions of the ancient Mediterranean islands, the moai of Easter Island or the Egyptian pyramids have in common? Undoubtedly, they all are magnificent structures built with gigantic stones, but they are also linked by the long-term aim of their constructors for a correct orientation in time and space. Astronomy was the simplest tool to achieve that pur-pose. In our short presentation, we will provide a few sketches of how humanity has looked at the sky for thousands of years to create calendars or to orient sacred buildings appropriately, in an ongoing search for the metaphysical aspects of life, death and renewal.

BiographyDr. Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés is an astronomer at the Insti-tuto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain) where he has lectured on the history of astronomy and archaeoastronomy, and he carries out research into exoplanets, stellar physics and cultural astronomy. He has published or edited a dozen books and authored nearly 200 publications on those subjects. Cur-rently, he is President of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) and of the Spanish Time Allocation Commit-tee (CAT) of the Canarian observatories. In recent years he has carried out extensive research on the astronomical traditions of ancient civilisations, concentrating on the ancient Mediter-ranean cultures, notably in Egypt. He was born in Murcia (Spain) in 1962, graduated in physics from Barcelona University in 1985 and obtained his PhD in astrophysics at La Laguna University in 1989.

Julieta Fierro (Mexico)Mayan Astronomy

The Mayan culture spread across a vast area, including South-East Mexico and part of Central America. Their society was governed by the demands of seasonal rains and slave-labour, since they had no draft or pack animals. Therefore, they needed a precise and empirical calendar to organise many aspects of their lives, including agriculture, commerce and the siting of buildings.

Mayan astronomers used the Sun and the planets for their cal-endar. They were especially interested in Venus; evidence sug-gests that they reported its transit on one of the bas-reliefs at the Mayapan site. They also constructed observatories such as the Caracol to study certain alignments. Ball games and the layout of the ball courts in the area were also linked to astro-nomical alignments such as the equinoxes. However, the most popular event is the “descent of the serpent” at Chichen-Itza, where a shadow cast by the largest pyramid simulates a snake during the equinoxes.

BiographyDr Fierro holds a research position at the Astronomy Institute of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She is dedi-cated to outreach, and has written 40 popular science books, two of which include topics on Mayan astronomy. She appears every week on television and radio and writes articles on the importance of informal public education. She has received dozens of awards, including the Kalinga Prize for the Populari-zation of Science at UNESCO in Paris.

George Saliba (USA)Islamic Astronomy

In this illustrated talk, I will discuss the main astronomical issues that were raised in Islamic civilisation and their criti-cal relationship to the preceding Greek astronomical theory. I will also illustrate the resulting proposed alternatives to Greek astronomy and their impact on European astronomy at the time of the Renaissance. The main focus will deal with the relation-ship between Copernican and Islamic astronomy, which I have already touched upon in my latest book, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance, 2007 (Cambridge MA: MIT Press).

BiographyGeorge Saliba is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University (New York).

Professor Saliba studies the development of scientific ideas from late antiquity up until early modern times, with a special focus on the various planetary theories that were developed within the Islamic civilisation and the impact of such theories on early European astronomy.

His recent research deals with some of the latest findings regarding the transmission of astronomical and mathematical ideas from the Islamic world to Renaissance Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Franco Pacini (Italy)The Skies Of The World, A Multicultural Experience

People have always been fascinated by the stars and by celes-tial phenomena. Different civilisations have projected their beliefs, their hopes and fears onto the sky. Astronomy offers various opportunities to promote multicultural respect, espe-cially among children. We shall summarise one particular example of this activity, developed at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory in Florence.

BiographyFranco Pacini is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Florence (Italy) and has carried out research, mostly in high energy astrophysics, in Italy, France, the United States and at the European Southern Observatory. He was Director of the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory between 1978 and 2001, and President of the International Astronomical Union from 2001 to 2003. He is a member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Notably, he predicted the existence of strongly magnetised, rotating neutron stars in 1967, before the discovery of pulsars. Together with Martin Harwit, in 1975, he has also interpreted ultraluminous infrared galaxies as evolutionary stages of mas-sive star formation. He is a strong promoter of astronomical education, especially among children.

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Françoise Balibar (France)From Galileo To Einstein

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei, by pointing his tel-escope at the Moon and planets in the night sky, and highly influenced by Copernicus’s train of thought, made the obser-vations that abolished the previously well-established cosmic separation between the Earth (a place for decay, death and sin) and the Heavens (a world of intrinsic and absolute perfec-tion). As Koyré put it, humanity had taken a definite step towards emancipation — from a closed world, enclosed in a crystal sphere, rotating about a centre, to an infinite Universe, the uni-form open expanse of acentric Euclidean space. Mathematics that, up to then, had been restricted to the understanding of the movements of celestial objects became relevant to terrestrial phenomena. Three hundred years later, Albert Einstein, hav-ing worked out his general theory of relativity, realised that his theory, first intended as one of gravitation, was in fact a theory of the Universe itself, making cosmology a branch of phys-ics. Trying to carry through Mach’s principle in the framework of his theory, Einstein built a static Universe in which matter is evenly distributed, as a possible solution of the mathematical equations of gravitation, provided they include a constant (the so-called cosmological term). This had the effect that this first relativistic model of Universe, although it extends from eternity to eternity, thereby excluding any idea of creation by any tran-scendental will or power, implies that matter is distributed in a topologically closed three-dimensional space — in contrast to the topologically open Euclidean space provided by Galileo’s theory.

So the way from Galileo to Einstein can appear as a return to the closed world from which humanity is supposed to have escaped, with so much sound and fury, three hundred years earlier. As we all know, physics (and therefore humanity) has found a way out of this paradox. There is still a lesson to be learned from this story, a lesson about the way the worldview one inherits is entwined with scientific practice, for better or for worse. A lesson about not being mistaken by the “purity” of scientific knowledge.

BiographyF. Balibar was born in 1941. She is Professor Emeritus in Phys-ics at Paris Diderot University.

She was in charge of the French edition and translation of the selected works of Albert Einstein, Oeuvres choisies (6 vol.), 1985-1995, (Paris: Le Seuil/ CNRS). She is a co-author with Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond of Quantique Rudiments, 1st edition, 1984, (Paris: Inter-Editions, now available at Dunod) and trans-lated into English, Quantics: Rudiments in Quantum Physics, 1990, (Amsterdam: North Holland). Her most recent book (in collaboraton with Raffaella Toncelli) is Einstein, Newton, Poin-caré. Une histoire de principes, 2008, (Paris:Belin).

André Brahic (France)The New Frontier: The Exploration Of The Solar System

For the first time in history, we are leaving our terrestrial cra-dle using robotic space probes. For centuries, the planets of the Solar System were only points of light in the sky. Now, they are revealing many diverse phenomena and an unsuspected wealth of information. Gamma and X-rays, ultraviolet and infra-red radiation, radio and millimetre waves, all invisible to our eyes, are now captured by our instruments and we are discov-ering an active Universe, far from the serene vision of the visible sky. The exploration of the Solar System is a way to a better understanding of our own Earth from comparisons between the planets. We are living through the third major revolution in our knowledge of the sky after those of the Ancient Greeks and the scientific renaissance of the 17th century. Endless com-parisons between theory and observations are the only way to progress.

In the 1980s, the giant planets were visited by the Voyager probes, which revealed fascinating worlds. Both spacecraft have now left the Solar System and are moving into interstellar space.

The Cassini–Huygens mission reached Saturn on 1 July 2004 and is currently studying the rings, the satellites and the planet itself showing unexpected geysers on Enceladus, lakes on Titan, mountains on Iapetus, bizarre shapes in the rings, gigan-tic Saturnian cyclones, strange small satellites, arcs around Saturn and many other wonders.

Now, after centuries of controversy, we have a better under-standing of the origin of the planets and are on the eve of dis-covering other Earths and, maybe, even new kinds of life over the next few centuries.

BiographyAndré Brahic is a Professor at the University of Paris Diderot and a Senior Scientist at the French Atomic Energy Committee (C.E.A.). He first worked on supernovae, the theory of chaos and galactic dynamics in the 1960s. In the 1970s he proposed the first model of velocity dispersion in Saturn’s rings. He dis-covered the rings of Neptune in 1984. He was a co-investigator of the Voyager missions and he is now a member of the Cas-sini Imaging Team. He is currently studying planetary rings and the formation of the Solar System.

Over the past 40 years, André Brahic has published more than 200 articles. He is one of the pioneers of French planetology. He has chaired a number of committees associated with space science, culture and education. These include, in the 1990s, chairing the Society of French Professional Astronomers and of the planetologists of the International Astronomical Union. He was a member of the committee in charge of the definition of the word “planet”. Thirty years ago his name was given to an asteroid located 2.8 astronomical units from Earth. He has founded three laboratories and has been the thesis advisor for many students. He is known for his active promotion of scien-tific culture. He has participated in several hundred television shows and radio broadcasts. He is also the author of several books for general readership, including, in 2000, the best-sell-ing Enfants du Soleil, translated into eight languages. His last book Lumières d’Étoiles was published in 2008 with Isabelle Grenier. Among several awards and honours, he received the Carl Sagan prize in 2000 and the Jean Perrin prize for science communication in 2006.

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Robert W. Wilson (USA)Echoes Of Creation: Discovery Of The Big-Bang Fossil Radiation

Prior to the 20th century, cosmology was the study of objects in the Universe, not the physics of the Universe as a whole. In this talk I will briefly review the development of cosmology in the first half of the 20th century. I will then discuss the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Arno and me at Bell Labs and several near misses, which preceded us. I will close with an overview of the current understanding of our Universe.

BiographyRobert W. Wilson is a Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Astro-physical Observatory of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge Massachusetts. He is technical leader of the Sub-Millimeter Array, a recently completed 8 ele-ment synthesis radio telescope.

Dr. Wilson received a BA from Rice University in 1957 and a PhD from the Caltech in 1962. After a one year postdoc at the Caltech, he joined Bell Laboratories. From 1977 until 1994 Dr. Wilson was Head of the Radio Physics Research Dept. in Hol-mdel, NJ.

His early work was in the fields of Galactic radio astronomy and precision measurement of radio source strengths. He was a co-discoverer in 1964 of the 3K cosmic background radiation which originated in the Big Bang and for which he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1970 he and his co-workers discovered a number of interstellar molecules including carbon monoxide in the 2-3 mm band. This opened up the study of molecular clouds and star-forming regions.

He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Astronomical Union, the International Union of Radio Science, the American Physical Society and the National Academy of Sciences.

Martin Rees (UK)From A “Simple” Beginning To Our Complex Cosmos

Our Universe started off in a hot, dense and almost uniform state. As it expanded and cooled, the first atoms formed. Structures then emerged, leading to the formation of galaxies, stars and planets. Thanks to the use of ever more powerful tel-escopes on the ground and in space (allied to more powerful computers) astronomers are starting to understand the proper-ties of the complex cosmos in which we live.

BiographyMartin Rees is Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, Astronomer Royal, and President of the Royal Society. He has, with many collaborators, contributed to our understanding of galaxy formation, black holes, cosmol-ogy and high energy astrophysics.

The author of more than 500 research papers, Martin Rees has made important contributions to the origin of cosmic micro-wave background radiation, as well as to galaxy clustering and formation. His studies of the distribution of quasars proved to be a nail in the coffin of the steady state theory. He was one of the first to propose that enormous black holes power quasars. He is also a well-respected author of books on astronomy and science, intended for general readership.

Martin Rees is the winner of a large number of rewards and prizes, among them the Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2001) and the Crafoord Prize in 2005 with James Gunn and James Pee-bles.

On 22 July 2005, he was elevated to a life peerage, sitting as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. On 6 September, he was created Baron Rees of Ludlow.

Michel G. Mayor (Switzerland)A Multitude Of Worlds: Extrasolar Planets

The discovery of planets orbiting other stars has turned an old philosophical discussion on the plurality of worlds into an object of study in current astrophysics. Over the last thirteen years more than 300 exoplanets have been detected, with masses covering the range of gaseous giant planets, icy planets and recently, rocky planets. These discoveries have revealed the impressive diversity of exoplanet orbital properties. Such diver-sity has induced a profound revision in the theory of the forma-tion mechanisms of planetary systems. Combining observa-tions from various techniques, we have already acquired an insight into the internal structure of these exoplanets, as well as the very first characteristics of their atmosphere. But are we able to detect planets similar to our Earth?

BiographyDr. Michel G. Mayor, born in Switzerland, is a Professor of Astronomy at Geneva University. He is the co-discoverer, with Didier Queloz, of the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, and has discovered more than 100 additional planets and planetary systems. Among his recent discoveries is a planetary system with three “Super-Earths”.

From 1998 to 2004, he was the Director of the Geneva Observ-atory. Dr. Mayor is the Principal Investigator of a large survey to search for planets in the Southern Hemisphere at the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile. Part of this survey is devoted to the search for Earth-like planets.

Dr. Mayor has served on numerous astronomy committees and boards. In 2006, he was the founding president of the IAU commission on exoplanets. He was the Swiss delegate to the ESO Council from 2003-7, and from 1998-1991, President of the IAU Commission 33 on Structure and Dynamics of the Galactic System. He has authored or co-authored several hun-dred scientific publications.

Among his many awards and recognitions, mention must be made of the 2000 Balzan Prize, the 2004 Albert Einstein Medal and in 2005, the Shaw Prize in Astronomy. In 2008 he was named an Associate Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Professor Mayor is a foreign Associate of the French Academy of Sciences.

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Kevin Govender (South Africa)Astronomy For Humankind, Cornerstones And Universe Awareness

In our quest for answers to the greatest mysteries of the Uni-verse it is our responsibility as human beings not to overlook the challenges faced by life on our own planet. This presen-tation addresses the question of what astronomy, and thus IYA2009, means for the development of humanity. Even though astronomy may appear remote from someone with an empty stomach, it has always managed to remain an integral part of cultures and traditions across the world, regardless of ethnic-ity, nationality or economic standing. Perhaps that is because astronomy has the innate ability to inspire people and to stimu-late our natural human curiosity. The IYA2009 is an opportunity to use this great unifying, inspiring and stimulating subject to impact directly on the minds of people all over the world, spe-cifically in developing regions, and more specifically the very young.

BiographyKevin Govender is the manager of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) Collateral Benefits Programme at the South African Astronomical Observatory. He is the single point of contact for the International Year of Astronomy in South Africa, and Chair of the regional task group for the development of Astronomy in Africa. He is also Chair of one of the 11 Global Cornerstone projects for the International Year of Astronomy, entitled Developing Astronomy Globally, and a member of the Executive Committee Working Group for the global co-ordina-tion of the International Year of Astronomy.

José-Francisco Salgado (USA)Astronomical Pictures At An Exhibition

This is a suite of high definition videos that takes viewers through a virtual gallery featuring awe-inspiring, art-like images and science visualisations of the cosmos as well as Salga-do’s own astronomy-inspired artwork. As the camera moves towards the works of art, audience members find themselves entering space through pictures and flying past Earth, planets, stars, black holes and galaxies. As in his earlier production, on Gustav Holst’s The Planets, Dr Salgado pays close attention to the tone and tempo of the music, resulting in an experience in which the music and visuals reinforce each other instead of competing for the viewer’s attention.

BiographyDr José-Francisco Salgado is an astronomer and science vis-ualiser at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Formally trained in physics (BS, Univ. of Puerto Rico) and astronomy (PhD, Univ. of Michigan), he uses his skills in astronomy education and the visual arts to create multimedia works that communicate sci-ence in engaging ways. His education and outreach efforts include Spanish-language programmes, an Emmy-nominated astronomy TV news segment, and critically acclaimed astron-omy video suites created to accompany live performances of classical music concerts. By the end of 2009, the video suites will have been presented more than 25 times in ten countries. Lately Salgado, an avid photographer, has been experiment-ing with high dynamic range imaging, time-lapse, infrared, and fisheye photography, as well as with stereoscopic photogra-phy and video to enhance his multimedia works. Through his artwork, Salgado seeks to create visually appealing images to provoke curiosity and a sense of wonder about the Earth and the Universe. His artwork, video work, photographs, and illustrations have been published in magazines and science books, and shown in San Juan, Chicago, Philadelphia, Walnut Creek (San Francisco Bay Area), Belgrade, Melbourne, Athens, and Piestany (Slovakia). He is currently working on concepts for more video suites, which will be produced by his company Vectors & Pixels Unlimited.

André Brack (France)The Biggest Question Of All: The Search For Extraterrestrial Life

The search for a second genesis is supported by the long-last-ing popular questions “Is there life out there?”, “Are we alone?” as well as by the scientific need to understand the origin of terrestrial life. By demonstrating, in 1953, that it was possible to form amino acids from a mixture of simple gases, Stanley Miller raised the ambitious hope that chemists would be able to recreate primitive life in a test tube. Despite the tremendous efforts of chemists, the dream has not yet been accomplished. The chances of success will obviously depend upon the sim-plicity of the chemical reactions leading to life. The discovery of a second genesis of life on another celestial body would dem-onstrate the ubiquity of living matter and would suggest rather simple origins of life. What should we look for, where and how? These are the questions that will be addressed.

BiographyAndré Brack is an astrobiologist. He is the honorary direc-tor of research at CNRS, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, where he established an exobiology team. Together with his team he continues to search for extraterrestrial life and to study the origins of life. A former President of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life and former President-founder of the European Network of Astrobiology, he is an hon-orary member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute and expert for exobiology at CNES, the French space agency.

Baruch S. Blumberg (NASA, USA)Astronomical Exploration And The Public Imagination

Astronomical exploration responds to the human need to understand its place in nature and in the cosmos. Society is prepared to fund the instruments needed to continue the endless quest urged on by the limitless reach of the human imagination. The search is reaching to the possible origins of the universe and to the origins of life. Parallel with the probes into space time are the biological investigations at molecular and atomic dimensions, to the beginnings of organic life from space matter and to the origins of the genome, that contain much of their history within them.

BiographyBaruch S. Blumberg is a Distinguished Scientist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA and University Professor of Medicine and Anthropology at the U. of Pennsylvania. He served as the Founding Director of NASA Astrobiology Institute (1999–2002), Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator (2000-2001), and as Principal Scientist of the NASA Division of Fun-damental Space Biology (2003-2004). He was on the staff of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, (1957 to 1964), Associate Director for Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center (1964-1986) and Master of Balliol College, Oxford Uni-versity (1989 to 1994). He earned an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University NY (1951), and a D. Phil (Biochemistry) from Oxford U. (1957). He has been President of the American Philosophical Society since 2005.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize (1976) for “discoveries con-cerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases” and specifically for the discovery of the Hepatitis B Virus. In 1993, he and his co-inventor Irving Mill-man, were elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their invention of the hepatitis B vaccine and the diagnostic test for hepatitis B. He has been a Visiting Professor in India (Bangalore), U. Singapore, U. of Kentucky, Indiana U., the U. of Otago, New Zealand, and Stanford U.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell (UK)Pulsars - Progress And Puzzles

This talk will review our understanding of pulsars (neutron stars) and point to some of the current fascinating puzzles about these objects.

Biography Jocelyn Bell Burnell is best known for her role in the discovery of pulsars. She is a Visiting Professor in Astrophysics, University of Oxford, with a continuing fascination with pulsars/neutron stars. She is the first female President of the UK’s Institute of Physics.

Silvia Torres-Peimbert (Mexico)A Beautiful Death For A Star: Planetary Nebulae

Planetary nebulae are glowing shells of gas that have attracted the attention of astronomers and the general public for their beauty and diversity. They are the final stages in the life of inter-mediate mass stars similar to the Sun. With larger and better telescopes, observations at all wavelengths and more powerful modelling capabilities, we have acquired a better understand-ing of these objects. The talk will focus on recent results on this topic.

BiographyS. Torres-Peimbert is Professor at the Instituto de Astronomia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. She obtained her Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley in 1969. Since then she has returned to her home country and been working at the University of Mexico in Mexico City.

Positions in Societies: Vice-President of the International Astro-nomical Union (2000-6), Council of the American Astronomical Society (1988-90); Board of Directors of the Astronomical Soci-ety of the Pacific (1981-84).

Honours: Academic Medal, Sociedad Mexicana de Fisica; Premio Universidad Nacional, UNAM; Premio Nacional de Ciencias.

Other activities: Editor of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (1974-98) and of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Serie de Conferencias) (2001-).

Membership: Mexican Academy of Sciences; Mexican Physical Society; American Astronomical Society; Astronomical Society of the Pacific; International Astronomical Union; Academy of Sciences for the Developing World.

Ken’ichi Nomoto (Japan)Cosmic Explosions: The Violent Supernovae

The supernova of the year 1572 marked a milestone in the his-tory of science: Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe concluded from his accurate observations of the “new star” in Cassiopeia that it must be located far beyond the Moon. This contradiction to the Aristotelian ideal that change in the sky could only occur in the sub-lunar regime ultimately led to the abandoning of the idea of the immutability of the heavens. Besides the general importance of supernovae as the main producers of heavy ele-ments and as probes for the physics of the Universe, using the light echoes of the explosion to look back in time and reveal what exactly happened in November 1572 make our findings highly appealing to a broad scientific and non-scientific audi-ence.

Using very modern spectral observations with the 8.2 m Sub-aru telescope, it is now possible to study the light echo of the supernova of 1572, which Tycho Brahe observed with the naked eye. These results, published in Nature, and their impli-cations are also directly connected to the current hot topic of cosmology.

BiographyKen’ichi Nomoto is Professor of Astronomy at the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), Uni-versity of Tokyo. He graduated with a PhD from the Dept. of Astronomy, University of Tokyo. His main research areas are theoretical studies of stellar evolution, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and the origin of the elements.

Awards: Nishina Memorial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize

Hubert Reeves (France)The Question Of Parallel Universes

Are there other universes, distinct and separate from our own? This question is highly topical today among physicists and cosmologists. What are the arguments in favour of the exist-ence of a “multiverse” in which our world is just one among an infinite number of other universes where the laws of physics could be different? What is the credibility of these arguments? Where do we stand today on this subject?

BiographyHubert Reeves is an astrophysicist. He graduated with a BS from the Université Montreal in 1953, obtained an MSc from McGill University, Montreal 1955, and a PhD from Cornell Uni-versity, Ithaca, NY in 1960. He was Scientific Adviser to the NASA Institute for Space Studies, New York, 1960-64 and Directeur de Recherches at the Centre National de la Recher-che Scientifique, CNRS, Paris, 1965, and Associate Professor at the Physics Department, Université de Montreal.

His subjects of research are mainly nuclear astrophysics, cos-mology, the origin of the chemical elements, the Solar system and the Universe. Hubert Reeves devotes a substantial fraction of his time to public outreach, and has written a great number of best-sellers. He also frequently participates in television shows, such as the Night of the Stars, with a wide success.

He is now deeply involved in the preservation of our living envi-ronment, advocating actions for sustainable development. He is President of the Ligue ROC pour la Préservation de la Faune Sauvage.

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SpeakersThe Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree star cluster

ESO (MPG/ESO 2.2 m WFI)

Jonathan P. Gardner (NASA)Astronomy From Space: The Hubble, Herschel And James Webb Space Telescopes

Space-based astronomy is going through a renaissance, with three Great Observatories currently flying: Hubble in the visible and ultraviolet, Spitzer in the infrared and Chandra in X-rays. The future looks equally bright. The final servicing mission to Hubble will take place in 2009 and promises to make the observatory more capable than ever, with two new cameras, and a refurbishment that will allow it to last at least five years. The upcoming launch of the Herschel Space Telescope will open the far-infrared to explore the cool and dusty Universe. We also look forward to the launch of the James Webb Space Tel-escope in 2013, which will provide a successor to both Hubble and Spitzer. In this talk I will discuss some of the highlights of scientific discovery made with space telescopes in the last ten years and reveal the exciting promise of the next ten years.

BiographyJonathan P. Gardner is the Chief of the Observational Cosmol-ogy Lab and the Deputy Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He got his PhD in 1992 from the University of Hawaii, studying cosmology and the evolution of galaxies using infra-red detectors that were being tested for use in the Hubble Space Telescope. After graduate school, Dr. Gardner won a NATO fellowship to pursue postdoctoral research at the Uni-versity of Durham in the north of England. In 1996 he came to Goddard just before astronauts installed the infrared detectors in Hubble. In addition to conducting research with data from Hubble, Dr. Gardner also helps with the plans for Hubble’s successor. The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch early in the next decade, is designed to study galaxy formation and evolution in the infrared, reaching backwards in time to detect and identify the first light from stars and galaxies in the early history of the Universe.

David Southwood (ESA)Cosmic Vision – the scientific programme of ESA

Since the 1970s, ESA has coordinated Europe’s space sci-ence aspirations through a concrete programme of ambitious projects aimed at the understanding of the Universe we live in. ESA’s Horizon 2000, Horizon 2000 Plus and Cosmic Vision are consecutive long-term programmes, each spanning about a decade, that have given birth to a wide spectrum of scientific missions in different fields of space research. These range from the deep investigation of the Sun and its influence on Earth, to scientific exploration of the planets and the minor bodies of the Solar System such as comets and asteroids, to the study of the distant Universe and of the phenomena that take place in it.

Major achievements include the first close encounter of Giotto with a comet, the furthest ever landing in the Solar System with Huygens on Titan, the discovery of water-ice beneath the surface of Mars with Mars Express, the first amazing close-up pictures of the Sun with SOHO, as well as the most detailed insights into powerful and exotic phenomena such as superno-vae explosions and black holes with XMM-Newton and Integral — just to mention a few.

Cosmic Vision 2015-2025, the next slot in ESA’s scientific pro-gramme, encompasses advanced missions that will address, with new means, the fundamental questions: “How did we get from the Big Bang to where we are now?”, “Are there other worlds elsewhere?”

Future plans range from detailed studies of the Sun and solar-terrestrial system, a sample return from a primitive body, searches for extrasolar planets, to a search for dark energy. A return to the outer Solar System and a long-term exploration of Mars are envisaged with NASA. Major steps in astrophysics under study are a major world X-Ray observatory and a gravita-tional wave observatory.

BiographyDavid Southwood obtained a PhD in Physics at Imperial Col-lege, London, UK. After postdoctoral work in the USA he fol-lowed an academic career at Imperial College, ending by being head of the Blackett Laboratory from 1994 to 1997. Over the past 35 years, Professor Southwood has worked on various space missions, including, most recently, being Prin-cipal Investigator of the Cassini magnetometer (MAG) through build and cruise phases of the mission (i.e. until to 2004). His research interests include geophysics and planetary science. He first joined ESA in 1997 as Head of Earth Observation Strat-egy, and originated the present Earth Science programme of the agency. After a year in academia, as Regents Profes-sor at UCLA, at ISSI, Bern, and then at Imperial College, he came back to ESA in May 2001 to lead the Agency’s Science programme. He was appointed ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration in spring 2008.

Reinhard Genzel (Germany)Report From The Abyss: Massive Black Holes

Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many galaxies harbour central mass concentrations that may be in the form of black holes with masses between a few mil-lion to a few billion times the mass of the Sun. Measurements over the past two decades, employing adaptive optics imag-ing and spectroscopy on large ground-based telescopes now confirm the existence of such a massive black hole in the cen-tre of our Milky Way, beyond any reasonable doubt. These data also provide key insights into the properties and environment of the black hole. I will also briefly discuss the cosmological evolution of massive black holes.

BiographyProfessor Reinhard Genzel was born on 24 March 1952, in Bad Homburg, Germany. He is presently Managing Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany and a Scientific Member of the Max-Planck Society; a Full Professor in the Physics Department of the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA and an Honorary Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.

His main research interests are massive black holes and star formation in galaxies, the Galactic Centre, galaxy formation and evolution, infrared/submillimetre spectroscopy and high resolution imaging and spatial interferometry. Among many awards and honours, he has received the Balzan Prize for Infra-red Astronomy, the Petrie Prize of the Canadian Astronomical Society, the Einstein-Medaille der Albert-Einstein Gesellschaft, and the Shaw Prize from the Shaw Prize Foundation, Hong Kong.

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Exhibitions

Jewel of the southern hemisphereESO

Astronomy: crossroads of science and culture

This exhibition (15 to 23 January) accompanies the launch-ing of the IYA2009 on 15 and 16 January 2009 and the Inter-national Symposium on the Role of Astronomy in Culture and Society which will take place in UNESCO from 19 to 23 January 2009. It will feature exhibits of different actors in the field of astronomy and space science, and works of art and heritage inspired by astronomy.

Exhibitors

IYA2009 Cornerstone Project: from Earth to the Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

European Space Agency (ESA)

European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO)

Global e-VLBI

BAADER PLANETARIUM GMBH

Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES)

The World at Night (TWAN)

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation

International Advisory Committee

* Jean Audouze (Com. Science UNESCO)

* Marcio Barbosa (UNESCO)

* Beatriz Barbuy (IAU)

* Leopoldo Benacchio (IAU)

* Alec Boksenberg (IAU)

* Mrs Catherine Cesarsky (IAU Pres.)

* Francoise Combes (AMA09)

* Ron Ekers (IAU)

* Michael Feast (IAU)

* John Huchra (AAS)

* Norio Kaifu (IAU)

* Joachim Krautter (EAS)

* Gopal Krishna (IAU)

* Jan Palous (IAU)

* Jean-Loup Puget (AMA09) * Gang Zhao (CAS)

Initiative for the International Association of Dark-Sky Parks

The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias

Starlight Initiative

Artistic exhibition

An artistic exhibition is being organised within the IAU Sym-posium 260 “The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture” (19-23 January), featuring sculptures, paintings, photo-graphs, videos, from a wide variety of artists from around the world, and all inspired by astronomical phenomena.

Publishers/Media

RedshiftHistory ChannelCosmotoons, IncEDPsciencesWileyBEDI Thomas LibrariesCambridge University PressImperial College PressDunod

Organising Committee * Jean Audouze (Com. Science UNESCO)

* Yolanda Berenguer (UNESCO)

* Mrs Catherine Cesarsky (IAU Pres.)

* Francoise Combes (Chair)

* Walter Erdelen (UNESCO)

* Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (AMA09)

* Claus Madsen (ESO)

* Olivier Marco (AMA09)

* Ian Robson (IAU, Com 55)

* Anna Sidorenko-Dulom (UNESCO)

Organising Committees

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Social Programme Practical Information

Location and dates

The opening ceremony for the International Year of Astronomy will take place on 15–16 January 2009, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.

The address is

Maison de l’UNESCO 125 rue de Suffren 75 007 PARIS

Metro (subway): • SEGURstation(line10)• CAMBRONNEstation(lines6and8)

The Gum 29 nebulaESO

Thursday 15 January

Evening 19:30-21:30

Reception at the Palais de la Découverte

Video clip of “Around the World, Around the Sky” by Robert Pansard-Besson (France)

Film of the Adler Planetarium presented by José-Fran-cisco Salgado (USA) with the music “The Planets” by G. Holst

Friday 16 January

Cocktail reception: 18:00-19:30

Closing ceremony: 19:30-21:30 (open to all)

Cultural event: “Sun Rings” performance by the Kronos Quartet with the participation of the UNESCO Choir

UNESCO Entrance

Metro SegurMetro

Cambronne

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European Southern Observatorywww.eso.org

American Astronomical Society www.aas.org

PlanetarianJournal of the International Planetarium Society www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian

L’Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers www.insu.cnrs.fr

Canadian Astronomical Societywww.casca.ca Sky & Telescope

www.skyandtelescope.com

Sterrewacht Leidenwww.strw.leidenuniv.nl

National Research Council Canadawww.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main _ e.html Astronomy Now

www.astronomynow.com

Swiss Academy of Scienceswww.scnat.ch

European Astronomical Societywww.eas.unige.ch

Science & TechnologyFacilities Councilwww.scitech.ac.uk

Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain)www.mec.es

Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie www.astronomie.nl

The Society for Popular Astronomywww.popastro.com/home.htm

Physics Worldwww.physicsworld.com

National Astronomical Observatory of Japanwww.nao.ac.jp/E

Astronomy Ireland www.astronomy.ie

European Science Foundationwww.esf.org

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt www.dlr.de

The Planetary Societywww.planetary.org

Armagh Planetariumwww.armaghplanet.com

International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network www.icranet.org

Nordic Optical Telescopewww.not.iac.es

National Aeronautics and Space Administrationwww.nasa.gov

Redshiftwww.redshift-live.com

Centre National d’Etudes Spatialeswww.cnes.fr/

Seed Magazinehttp://seedmagazine.com

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agencywww.jaxa.jp

Indian Space Research Organisation www.isro.org

Sky at Night Magazinewww.skyatnightmagazine.com

NASA Lunar Science Institutehttp://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov

Cosmotoonswww.cosmotoons.com

Wiley-VCHwww.wiley-vch.de

Springerwww.www.springer.com

Italian Space Agencywww.asi.it/en

Taffy Entertainmentwww.taffyentertainment.com

Historywww.history.com

AthenawebThe European Science Films Portalwww.athenaweb.org

Cluster Universewww.universe-cluster.de

National Radio Astronomy Observatorywww.nrao.edu

European Space Agencywww.esa.int

Astronomíawww.astronomia-e.com

IYA2009 Organisational AssociatesTarantula Nebula

ESO

IYA2009 Media Partners

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The Region Around MWC 147 ESO

List of ParticipantsOpening Ceremony Sponsors

Palais de la Découverte

Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche

INSU-CNRS (Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers du CNRS)

Observatoire de Paris

CEA (Centre Energie Atomique)

CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales)

ESA (European Space Agency)

CFHT (Canada France Hawaii Telescope)

Région Ile-de-France

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Jayanta Agnes Christiane Mark Hidehiko Maria Luisa Masashi Muhammad Hamid Abdulrazzak Yousif Saleh N. A. Mohammed Yousif Minella Zlad Emilio Jean-michel Ali Omaima R. Y. Rodrigo Oscar Keith Victor Catarina Roni Georges Johannes Michaela Eliette Katrini Simon Asma Kalju Salim Erika Edwin Paola Michel Ester Akio Jonh Ciro Gonzalo Salvatore Homero Douglas Jean-eudes Patrick Armelle Ozgun Martin Victoria Diana Jean Maxime Margaret Luis Fernando Marieke Jonathan Paul Emily Francoise Laurence Kataryna Wladimir Eduardo Francesco Jean Marcio Beatriz Agnes Marie-line Mariana Pierre William Peter Jean-louis Bayartungalag Cyrille Patrick Danielle Danielle Eric

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Nepal Sanskrit University Observatoire de Strasbourg Observatoire de Paris National Radio Astronomy Observatory National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Facultad de Ciencias Unesco Delegation Japan Unesco Ambassador Kuwait University of Sharjah Unesco delegation of Kuwait Ministry of Education Oman Astronomical Society University of Yemen Ministry Of Social Development Unesco Science Sector Unesco Saudi Arabia Dlg President of Spanish Astronomical Society Observatoire de Paris, LUTH Turkish Astronomical Society Unesco delegation of Sudan University of Yemen Royal Observatory of Belgium Ministerio de Ciencia Unesco IOC Brazilian Astronomy Olympiad Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Grenoble Unesco BPI Unesco Ambassador Greece Copenhagen University Unesco Czech delegation National Observatory of Chile Faculty of Science Unesco Pakistan delegation Tartu Observatory ESA, ESTEC Universidad Lisandro Alvarado Universidad Lisandro Alvarado Journaliste scientifique Thales Alenia Space University of Paris Unesco ERC IYA2009 FETTU Cornerstone COPUOS Chair ESO, European Southern Observatory Science Sector Unesco delegation of Mexico Hedberg Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Observatoire de Paris Comite Jeux Mathematiques Unesco BPI Erciyes University Max Planck Institute University of Nairobi University of Nairobi Astrophysical Institute Compositeur New Zealand Commission for UNESCO Paraguay Ambassador NOVA, Research School for Astronomy Unesco ODG University of Nairobi Astronomy Now Université Paris-Diderot L’Oreal-UNESCO Unesco Delegation Poland University of Quito Dir World Heritage Center L’Haÿ-les-Roses Unesco Sao Paolo University Unesco BPI Clair d’etoiles & Brin d’jardin IYA2009 Secretariat Universite de Picardie NASA Kapteyn Institute, Groningen Ecole Polytechnique National University of Mongolia Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur Unesco Goodwill Ambassador l’Astronomie (SAF) L’Astronomie (SAF) Ambassador of Belgium for Space Policy

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List of ParticipantsList of Participants

BELAMINE BELEVAN-MCBRIDE BELHAJ BELL BURNELL BELMONTE BEN ISMAIL BEN MAAOUIA BENACCHIO BENEDETTI BENEST BENVENUTI BERENGUEL BERENGUER BERGERON BERNABEU BERNAL BERNARD BERTOLA BHATTARAI BHAUMIK BIELECKI BIGOT BILTEANU BIRLAN BIVER BJARKASON BLANC BLONDEEL BLONDIN BLUMBERG BOBIS BOGNAR-SIMON BOKSENBERG BONNET BONNET- BIDAUD BONNEVILLE BORDERIE BOS BOTTARO BOTTI BOUCHET BOUCHET BOUCHET BOUDON BOUGERET BOURDON BOURGUIGNON BOYARCHUK BOZIC BRACHET BRACK BRADBURY BRAGASON BRAHIC BRECHIGNAC BREDNER BREKKE BRIAND BRIOT BROCHET - MOUGINOT BROOKS BROUILLET BRZEZINSKI BUAT BUCHER BURGARELLA BURNETT BURY BUSTAMANTE BUTOR CALCIONI CAMPBELL CAMPBELL CANDAU CANNAT CAPARROS CARBUNE CARIAS CARLEVAN CARLSON CARR CARRIERE CASOLI

CASSE CASSESE CAULIER CAUSSE CAVAROZ CELEBRE CELLINO CELNIKIER CESARSKY CESARSKY CHAMBAUD CHAMBENOIT CHAMBON CHAMINADE CHANIN CHARIOT CHARLEBOIS CHARLOT CHARLOT CHATY CHATZICHRISTOU CHAUVIN CHEN CHEN CHENET CHEUNG CHIANG CHIANG-JOO CHOCHOL CHOI CHOMAZ CHRISTIE CHRISTOPHE CHUN CIROU CLAIR CLAIR CLEMENT COLDEFY COLLIN COMBES COMBETTE CONSOLMAGNO COOPER CORBETT CORDERO-DI-MON-TEZEMOLO COULOMBE COURTILLOT COURTIN COUSTENIS COUTELLIER COX CRAWFORD CRUZ CUILLANDRE CULLINS D’ AUBERT D’ ESCATHA D’AUVIGNY D’ORVILLE DA SILVA DAIGNE DAMAS DAOU DARBY DAVIES DE CAMBRA DE GORTER DE JESUS DE JONGE DE LA COTARDIERE DE LA GUARDIA DE SOUZA-GOMES DE WARESQUIEL DE ZEEUW DEMORY DEMY DENIS DENISSUK DENNEFELD DENTIN DEUSTUA

Lassaad Harry Zakaria Jocelyn Juan Antonio Mohamed Hedi Naoufel Leopoldo Arnaud Daniel Piero Victor Yolanda Jacqueline Guillermo Patricio Gabriel Francesco Suresh Mani Sandrine Bernard Liviu Mirel Nicolas Elvar Karl Michel Catherine Sophie- Andree Baruch Laurence Kristina Alec Roger-maurice Jean- Marc Richard Olivier Patrick Denis Thierry Francois Ghislaine Patrice Vincent Jean-louis Brigitte Anne Aleksandr Nikola Gerard Andre Kim Saevar Helgi André Catherine Eberhard Paal Carine Danielle Celine Anathea Nathalie Aleksander Véronique Bruno Denis Nicholas Patrick Mario Patrick Maria Carla Katharine Jennifer Anne Guillaume Rocio Victor Marcos Philippe David Kim Jean-claude Fabienne

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Garik Ernst Jon Anatoliy Guillaume Petr Mireille Jean- Michel Michel Andreas Sonja Noorali Xavier Jean Jacques Bruno Theo Edward Nicolaj Stacey Paul Nikola Janis Sidonie Stavros Shadia Johanes Martin Niloufar Javid A. R. Abudul Waheed Sadegh Chon- Hong Oskar Ulrik Hyun Ji Tamara Dan Kris Nikolaj Mouhamed Nakis Peter Uros Kimberly Yoshihide Joachim Philippe Gopal Irina Frederic Remi Pierre Olivier Ryan Andras Sujit Michel Dave Michelle Anders Sophia Pascale Guy Anna Nella Yveline Jean- Pierre Mayra Benedicte Yueh- Ning Kai Yan Olivier Jean-louis Dominique Eleni Jean Louis Helene Emily Pierre Dominique Agnès Thibaut Jean-francois Kam- Cheung

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MONCADA GOMEZ MONTAGNIER MOREAU MOREAU MOREL MORRIS MORRISON MOSCATO MOUETTE MOULIN MOUSSA EL-KHADUM MRAD MUEHLE MUELLER MULLER WIRTH MUMINOVIC MUNOZ GOMEZ MURUGAIYAN MWEWA NAEYE NALECJ NARANJO NARANJO NETTING NEVENZEEL NOMOTO NORDSTROM NWEYEE OBULJEN OCHOA ODMAN OGER OKEKE OKOUMA OLIVEIRA FILHO OLIVEIRA SARAIVA OLLIVIER OSSAKEDJOMBO-NGOUA OUASSYOUN OUESLATI OVERFELD PACINI PADMANABHAN PAGANI PALOUS PANAJOTOVIC-CVETKOVIC PANAYI PANDOLFO PANOV PANSARD-BESSON PANTOJA PARTALOVSKI PASTORELLI PATZAK PAUL PEKEUR PELOSOF PENA GUERRERO PENNYPACKER PERERA PERKINS PERROTT PESKIREVIC PESTEL PESTONI PETIT PETRUSHEVSKA PHUYAL PICKERSGILL PIEDNOEL PIERCE-PRICE PIERI PILBRATT PINEAU PINEDA DE CARIAS PINTADO PIOLTI PIRCHER PISKUNOV PITTS POMPEA PONCY POPOVA

PORTEFAIX POSCH POSCH POULAT POUSSET PRASAD ARYAL PREVIT PROUST PUGET PULLEN PUSPITARINI PUY QUIRRENBACH RAFFRAY RAGUIDEAU RANJAN CHAKRABORTY RAO REES REEVES REINKE REUTER REVAH REYES HERNON REYSS RICKMAN RIEU RIGHI STEELE RIZZO ROBERT ROBERTS ROBIN ROBSON ROCCA RODRIGO RODRIGUEZ ROJO ROLON ROS ROSE ROSSLER ROSSWALL ROUAN ROUSSEAU ROYER RUATTI RUFFINI RUGGLES RUSSO RUUSALEPP SABET SACKETT SAHAL-BRECHOT SAHLMANN SAHOVIC SAINCT SAITO SAKASHITA SALGADO SALIBA SALVADOR JUNCO SAM-VARGAS SAMSON SAMUS SAN SEGUNDO SANCHEZ SANDARS SANE SANJURJO SARKER SARKER SAROJINY SARRADO SARTORETTI SASAGAWA SAUVAGEOT SAYYAD SCAFFIDI SCHAAF SCHILLING SCHMIDT SCHNEEGANS SCHNEIDER SCHOENHERR

Nancy Yasmin M. Olivier Nicole Philippe Philip David Giuseppe Jean Annie Djaffar Yousser Stefanie Andreas Philipp Muhamed Saturnino Pascale Melody Robert Maciej Orlando Michel Ruth Keimpe Ken’ichi Birgitta Nwe Andrej Julian Carolina Francis Pius Patrice Kepler De Souza Maria De Fatima Jean- Pierre Gisele Zohra Abdelkader Gunter Franco Ajith Laurent Jan Tatjana Photini Michele Kiril Robert Carmen Filip Jean Margarete Stephan Nicolette Michal Maria Carl Mohan Kala Yvette Ljubomir Marie Jose Silvia Jean Francois Tanja Bebika Annemarie Eric Douglas Lidia Goeran Deanna Maria Cristina Olga Stephanie Marc Nikolai Derrick Stephen Joel Ekaterina

Julie Thomas Thomas Jean Pierre Monique Bharat Jean-pierre Dominique Jean-loup Lee Lucky Denis Andreas Brigitte Joelle Bhanu Kishore Martin Hubert Niklas Vivien Isaac Lilian Helene Hans Nguyen-quang Elena Silvana Francois-xavier Scott Christophe Ian Brigitte Rafael Julian Patricio Juan Carlos Rosa Maria Tracy Mechtild Thomas Daniel Gerald Monique Christian Remo Clive Pedro Mare Fariba Penny Sylvie Johannes Almir Herve Yuriko Suzuka Jose Francisco George Ana Isabel Susanna Dijana Nicolay Maria Francisco Martins Pierre Pablo Villar F. R. Abdul Motaleb Saddul Hauzaree David Paola Hikaru Nicolas Ahmed Alessandra Thomas Govert Gregory Susan Jean Gabriele

nancymoncada1991@yahoo.com m.montagnier@unesco.org omoreau@cg59.fr nj.moreau@free.fr Morel.Philippe@wanadoo.fr pmorris@consultpm.eu David.Morrison@nasa.gov dl.italia@unesco.org mouette@iap.fr annie.moulin@iafastro.org b.moussa-elkhadoum@ unesco.org y.mrad@unesco.org muehle@jive.nl andreas.mueller@universe-cluster.de p.muller-wirth@unesco.org muhamed_muminovic@yahoo.co.uk s.munoz-gomez@unesco.org p.murugaiyan@unesco.org bubumelo4lf89@yahoo.co.uk. rnaeye@skyandtelescope.com m.nalecj@unesco.org naranjo@ula.ve mnaranjo@orange.fr ruth.a.netting@nasa.gov nevenzeel@astro.rug.nl nomoto@astron.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp birgitta@astro.ku.dk y.berenguer3@unesco.org andrej.o@sezampro.yu venezuela.dl2@unesco.org odman@strw.leidenuniv.nl astro@logique.jussieu.fr okekepius@yahoo.com okouma@hotmail.com Kepler@if.ufrgs.br fatima@if.ufrgs.br jpo752@wanadoo.fr dl.gabon@unesco.org Zohra.Ouassyoun@cnrs-dir.fr Abdelkader.Oueslati@cst.rnu.tn unesco@amb-allemagne.fr pacini@arcetri.astro.it ajith.physics@gmail.com laurent.pagani@obspm.fr palous@ig.cas.cz dl.serbie@unesco.org delcypunesco@leventisparis.com michele.pandolfo@wanadoo.fr kpanov@astro.bas.bg robertpansard-besson@club-internet.fr cpantoja@ltp.upr.clu.edu filipmhz@yahoo.com c.magail2@unesco.org m.patzak@unesco.org stephan.paul@ph.tum.de nikkipekeur@gmail.com israel-unesco@paris.mfa.gov.il guerrero@astroscu.unam.mx crpennypacker@lbl.gov m.perera@unesco.org quasar9@mac.com yper006@ec.auckland.ac.nz bata@magic.fr mjp@cijm.org staruccia89@hotmail.com jean-francois.petit@thalesaleniaspace.com cassiopeiait@gmail.com science@gmail.com apickers@uwo.ca eric.piednoel@cieletespace.fr dpiercep@eso.org pieri@iap.fr Goeran.Pilbratt@esa.int dpineau@uvic.ca mcarias@cablecolor.hn opintado@tucbbs.com.ar centre.culturel@orange.fr marc.pircher@cnes.fr piskunov@astro.uu.se dpitts@fi.edu spompea@noao.edu joel.poncy@thalesaleniaspace.com Popova_EV@gov.ru

jportefaix@planetariumvv.com posch@astro.univie.ac.at dl.austria@unesco.org jeanpierrepoulat@yahoo.fr moniquepousset@wanadoo.fr abc@gmail.com jean-pierre.previt@wanadoo.fr dominique.proust@obspm.fr Jean-Loup.Puget@ias.u-psud.fr lpullen@eso.org lu_pus22@yahoo.com Denis.Puy@graal.univ-montp2.fr A.Quirrenbach@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de Brigitte.RAFFRAY@cea.fr joelle.raguideau@cnrs-dir.fr bhanuranjan@yahoo.com k.rao@unesco.org mjr@ast.cam.ac.uk hreeves@club-internet.fr Niklas.Reinke@dlr.de vreuter@iap.fr irevah@noos.fr reyes_lilian@yahoo.com helene_reyss@hotmail.com hans@astro.uu.se Nguyen-Quang.Rieu@obspm.fr elena.righi-steele@ec.europa.eu silvanarizzo@libero.it fxrobert@dunod.com manager@explorescientific.com christophe.robin@thalesgroup.com eir@roe.ac.uk rocca@iap.fr rodrigo@orgc.csic.es Julian.Rodriguez@obspm.fr pato@oan.cl jcrolon@ing.una.py ros@mat.upc.edu cladswell@mac.com m.rossler@unesco.org thomas.rosswall@icsu.org daniel.rouan@obspm.fr gerald-rousseau@wanadoo.fr monique.royer@cnrs-dir.fr ruatti@imcce.fr ruffini@icra.it rug@leicester.ac.uk prusso@eso.org mare@aai.ee fpayervand@gmail.com chief.scientist@innovation.gov.au sylvie.sahal-brechot@obspm.fr jsahlman@eso.org dl.bosnie-herzegovine@unesco.org herve.sainct@thalesaleniaspace.com yurikosai@gmail.com dljpn.all1@unesco.org josefrancisco@vectorsandpixels.com gsaliba@columbia.edu niti_ana3@yahoo.es s.sam-vargas@unesco.org dijana.samson@cea.fr samus@sai.msu.ru dl.hispania@unesco.org director@iac.es Martins.Sandars@gmail.com p.sane@unesco.org pablovillar_@hotmail.com frsarker@yahoo.com bangladoot.paris@free.fr sarojiny.saddul@gmail.com david.sarrado@neuf.fr paola.sartoretti@obspm.fr y.berenguer1.unesco.org medas.info@medas.fr a.sayyad@unesco.org alessandra.scaffidi@inaf.it t.schaaf@unesco.org mail@govertschilling.nl Gregory.K.Schmidt@nasa.gov s.schneegans@unesco.org jean.schneider@obspm.fr gschoenherr@aip.de

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University of Honduras Unesco Forum Departemental des Sciences I.U. Pure & Applied Chemistry President de la SAF Abeilles Editions Nasa Lunar Institute Unesco Ambassador Italy Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris International Astronautical Federation Science Sector Unesco ERC Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe Universe Cluster Unesco BPI Astronomical Society Orion Sarajevo Unesco D/BPI Unesco Science Sector University of Zambia Sky and Telescope Unesco Science Sector Science Faculty ADASTA NASA Kapteyn Institute, Groningen University University of Tokyo University of Copenhagen Unesco Delegation Myanmar Faculty of Mathematics Unesco Delegation Venezuela Leiden Observatory Société Astronomique SAF University of Nigeria, Nsukka Head, Gabon National Node University of Porto Alegre University of Porto Alegre Professeur au Collège de Médecine Unesco delegation of Gabon INSU-CNRS Science City Unesco delegation of Germany Firenze Observatory SGAC IYA 2009 competition winner Observatoire de Paris Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Unesco Serbia delegation Unesco Delegation Cyprus Arts-au-Vert - Trans Rhein Art Pres Bulgarian Astronomy Committee Arkab Productions University of Puerto Rico Cyril and Methodius University Unesco Monaco delegation Unesco Science Sector Universe Cluster University of Cape Town Unesco Delegation Israel Universidad Nacional de Mexico (UNAM) President of Global HOU, Berkeley Unesco Science Sector Pacific Palisades Post Auckland University Journal Paris-Belgrade Comite Jeux Mathematiques University of Geneva Thales Alenia Space University of Trieste Takshashila Academy University of Western Ontario Ciel et Espace ESO European Southern Observatory IAP ESA European Space Agency University of Victoria Universidad de Honduras INSUGEO-CONICET Centre Culturel Charentonneau CNES Uppsala University Franklin Institute Science Museum NOAO National Optical Observatory Thales Alenia Space Administration of the President of Russian Federation

Planetarium de Vaulx-en-Velin Astronomy Institute Unesco delegation of Austria Société Astronomique SAF Societe Astronomique de Bordeaux Takshashila Academy Societe d’Astronomie de Rennes Observatoire de Meudon Institute of Space Astronomy IYA2009 Secretariat University of Indonesia University of Montpellier Heidelberg University CEA, Saclay CNRS ATN Bangla TV Channel World Heritage Center Cambridge Institute Astrophysics Department CEA DLR IAU Secretariat COSPAR Universidad de Puerto Rico Société Astronomique SAF Uppsala Astronomical Observatory Observatoire de Paris European Commission Commissione Nazionale Italiana UNESCO Dunod Editions Explore Scientific Thales Group Royal Observatory of Edinburgh Institut d’Astrophysique President of Spanish Research Council Univ. of Colombia National Observatory of Chile University of Paraguay Technical University of Catalonia Cook and associates World Heritage Center ICSU Observatoire de Paris, LESIA Astronomie en Chinonais CNRS, Centre National Recherche Scientifique Observatoire de Paris IMCCE University La Sapienza University of Leicester IYA2009 Coordinator Stellaarium Visitor Center Editor of Nojum magazine Chief Scientist of Australia Observatoire de Paris, LERMA ESO European Southern Observatory Unesco Ambassador Bosnia-Herzegovnia Thales Alenia Space University of Tsukuba Unesco Delegation Japan Adler Planetarium Columbia University Astrophysics Faculty Unesco Science Sector CEA, Saclay Inst of Astronomy RAS Unesco Spain delegation Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Director University of Latvia ADG/SHS Astrophysics Faculty Bangladesh Astronomical Society Unesco Delegation Bangladesh Mauritius Institute of Education Tomblaine Observatoire de Paris - GEPI Space Science Research MEDAS Unesco ADG/ERC INAF Unesco Science Sector Science journalist/writer Nasa Lunar Institute Unesco Science Sector Observatoire de Paris Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam

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SEGHOUANI SEGUIN SEKIGUCHI SENIOR SERRES SETTI SEZNEC SHAH SHAH HAKIMYAR SHIDA SHIELDS SHIVAEI SICLET SIDORENKO-DULOM SIGMUNDSSON SIMM SIMMONS SINGER SINGH SIREY SIWICKI SKORBAKK SMIT SMITH SMITS SOPOVA SOULIER SOUM SOUTHWOOD SPIRO SPITE STAAL STANIC STANLEY STARKENBURG STAVINSCHI STEENSNAES STEENSNAES STEINBACH STEINHAUSL STOJANOVSKI STONNER STREETER STRUBS SUBASIC SUCHAN SUCHET SULTAN SUN SUNG SVECHKAREV SWARUP SWINGS SZOLLOSI-NAGY SZOMORU TAFRESHI TAHANI TAKVORIAN TAMBU TANAKA TANVUAI TAUBER TEIXEIRA DE LIMA TER HAAR THACOOR-SIDAYA THAKORE THEUREAU THIBAULT THIERY THIONBIANO THUILLOT TIAO TIDJANI-SERPOS TITEI TITKOV TOBIN TOMAN TOMEZZOLI TOMUKUM TONER TORRES TORRES-PEIMBERT TREFOURET

TUDORICA URBANCOK VACHER VALLE VALLS-GABAUD VALOUR VAN DER HUCHT VAN DER HUCHT-EMSBROEK VAN DER WOLK VAN DRIEL-GESZTELYI VAN LANGEVELDE VANAMO-SANTACRUZ VANGIONI VARGAS VARGAS VARGAS ROSARIO VATTOLO VAUCLAIR VAUGLIN VAVILOVA VEILLET VERDOES KLEIJN VERKOUTER VESTRHEIM VIARD VIDAL-MADJAR VIDOJEVIC VIGROUX VILKS VILLANUEVA VILLAR MARTIN VILLONE VOLONTE VONDRAK VYAS WAGNER WAHYUDIN WAINSCOAT WALKER WALKER WALKER WANKERL WATANABE WATZKE WERNLI WEST WICKRAMASINGHE WIGBELS WILGENBUS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS WILSON WING-SHAN CHEUNG WINSA WOLE WYATT XU YADAV YANG YATSKIV YELLES-CHAOUCHE YOSHIKAWA YUN ZAHIR AZIZ ZAHN ZANG-ATANGANA ZHAO ZHU ZIDANI ZINNECKER ZOUHAIR ZOULIAS

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