Schedule
The Programme
of the meeting and the abstract book are available via corresponding links.
Special session programmes:
NOT session:
14:00-14:20 Seppo Mattila: NOT update (incl. NTE)
14:20-14:30 Karri Muinonen: NOT and ESA S2P
14:30-15:00 discussion about the NOT funding situation and future
Educational session:
15:20 Karri Muinonen: Introduction
15:30 Emilia Kilpua: University-High School collaboration in Space Science (10+5)
15:45 Ilya Usoskin: IAU activities (10+5)
16:00 Kirsi Lehto: Astrobiology to support science education (10+5)
16:15 Pasi Nurmi: ESO and IAU OAO activities in Finland (10+5)
16:30 Terhi Mäntylä: Astronomy in teacher education (15+5)
16:50-17:30 Discussion session
Topic 1: How to promote the role of astronomy in teacher education?
Topic 2: University-High School collaboration
Other programmes:
The conference dinner is scheduled for Monday evening 19:00-21:00 and
will take place at M/S Rhea
The annual meeting of the society will take place on Tuesday at 16:00-17:00.
On Tuesday evening (17:00-19:00) we organize visit to Acceleration Lab of University of Jyväskylä. We will walk from the conference place to Acceleration Lab, the distance is about 2.5km. The visit is for free.
On Wednesday after the official program finishes there is the possibility to visit Hankasalmi Observatory. The bus picks us up from the conference place at 14 and we will be back at 17:30. Also this visit is for free.
Invited speakers
Prof. Christian Knigge, University of Southampton
Dr. Timo Prusti, European Space Agency
Prof. Heino Falcke, Radboud University Nijmegen