• ABOUT

     
    The Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Conference is the only large-scale, international conference for astronomy communication. The conference is targeted towards professionals from science communication, informal education, planetaria and science centres, as well as professional and amateur astronomers, journalists and creative personalities.
     
    CAP 2024 will be the 11th in the series of conferences organised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), through Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public, and the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO). Since 2003, CAP conferences have facilitated the exchange of ideas and best practices. The conference helps strengthen the local community of professionals by connecting them to the global network. In 2024, the 11th will be hosted by La Cité de l'espace, Toulouse, France.
     


    International Astronomical Union  / Commission C2 — Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP)
    Founded in 1919, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the world’s largest professional body for astronomers. It is an international astronomical organisation that brings together more than 10,000 professional astronomers from almost 100 countries. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. The IAU also serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and the surface features on them.
    The IAU Commission C2 aims to encourage and enable a much larger fraction of the astronomical community to take an active role in explaining what astronomers do (and why) to our fellow citizens. It encourages international collaborations, endorses standards, best practices and requirements, and furthers the recognition of outreach and public communication of all levels of astronomy.
     
    IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
    The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO) is a joint project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). The mission of the OAO is to engage the public in astronomy through access to astronomical information and communication of the science of astronomy. This is implemented through a network of IAU National Outreach Coordinators (NOCs) and the IAU’s public engagement initiatives. The work of the OAO is about building bridges between the IAU and the global astronomy community of amateur astronomers, outreach professionals, educators, communicators, and the general public, and through international collaboration, to make the science of astronomy accessible to all.

  • IMPORTANT DATES



     

    Dec. 20, 
    2023

     

    abstracts,  grants and early registration open

    February 15 29
    2024

     

    deadline for abstracts and grant

    March 31, April 5 

     

    announcement of abstracts and grants selection

    April 21, 2024

     

    regular registration open

    May 31,
    2024

     

    deadline to request visa invitation letter

    June 15, 2024

     

    final program announced

  • VENUE

     
    The conference will be organised in hybrid mode. The in-person venue will be at Cité de l’espace, Toulouse, France and arrangements will be made for virtual participation.

    THE CITÉ DE L’ESPACE, A UNIQUE PLACE OF SCIENTIFIC CULTURE 

    Where missions meet educational, scientific and recreational, Cité de l’espace is a unique venue, the European leader as regards dissemination of space and astronomy culture to the general public.

    Its desire? To stimulate curiosity, arouse the desire to know more, stimulate scientific careers make space, astronomy and scientific culture accessible to all whether they are curious, contemplative, dreamers or enthusiasts.
  • Cité de l’espace is a scientific culture venue which brings together:
    ·       4000 m² of permanents and temporary exhibitions
    ·       4 hectares of scientific gardens
    ·       More than 250 exhibition features make space accessible to everyone, including a moonrock, many life-size space ships, a mir space station, a life-size ariane 5 rocket, two mobile life-size martian rovers.
    ·       1 planetarium
    ·       1 IMAX 3D hall
    ·       LuneXplorer a unique facility where visitors can experience a flight…to the Moon

    Getting to Cité de l'espace  MAPS 
     
  • Cité de l’Espace has range of accessible services  and safe places.
    Cité de l’Espace includes 4 hectares of gardens with numerous spacecraft (Lunar Module, satellites, MIR station, Ariane 5, Chang’e-4, etc.) to discover or admire.
    Our entertainment and shows are all accessible.
    Please Note: If you have any special requests for accessibility, language support etc. please do indicate your need when registering. You may also email us any special requirements to  cap2024@semeccel.com  
    Our entire site is accessible to wheelchair users.

    You can check all the Cité de l’espace informations on the documents or on the venue's website
  • Organisers


    Scientific Organising Committee (SOC)
    - Avivah Yamani, Indonesia,
    - Dongni Chen, China
    - Eleni Thomai Chatzichristou, Greece
    - J.E. Chase, UK
    - Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Japan
    - Kelly Blumenthal, Japan/USA
    - Kimberly Kowal Arcand, USA,
    - Lucie Leboulleux, France
    - Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, India
    - Pierre Henriquet, France
    - Ramasamy Venugopal, South Africa/India
    - Samir Dhurde, India
    - Sylvain Bouley, France
    - Vinicius Oliveira, Brazil

    Cité de l'espace team (LOC)
    - Chair: Christophe CHAFFARDON, Director of Education, Science and Events 
    - Co-Chair: Ines PRIETO, Head of international and institutional affairs
    - Olivia TRONCHE, Cultural events projects leader, CAP24 project manager
    - Julie FAURE, Astronomy and Planetarium coordinator
    - Olivier LECANTE, Head of technics : CAP 24 technical aspects and on-line conference, 
    - Guadalupe RAMIREZ, Head of Partnerships : CAP24 sponsoring
    - Laure RAUZY, Head of communication, CAP24 Communications

    Toulouse Métropole convention bureau
    - Yannick KERVICHE, events coordinator

    Special advisors
    - Sylvie VAUCLAIR, astrophysicist, Emeritus Professor, vice-president of the C2 IAU commission Communicating Astronomy with the Public
    - Julien MALZAC, astrophysicist IRAP, IAU correspondant for France  
    - Angela PEREZ HENAO, Planetarium astronomy coordinator, CAP 16 organizing team
    - Mark SUBARRAO, Lead of NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA, former IPS President
     
  • IAU code of conduct

     
    All attendees of CAP 2024 are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees throughout the symposium. We value the participation of every member of the community and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience.
    We ask all the participants to follow the IAU Code of Conduct to provide everyone with a harassment-free experience during the conference.
    This code of conduct applies to all conference spaces, including online (Zoom etc.).


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