September 12-16, 2009
Westin SFO, Millbrae, California

Save the date for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's 120th Anniversary celebration!

The 2009 ASP conference will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, 1 Old Bayshore Highway in Millbrae, California. The meeting will begin with hands-on workshops for formal and informal astronomy and science educators on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13. The annual members' meeting will be held on the evening of Sunday, September 13 prior to the opening reception. The meeting proper will begin Monday, September 14, with the annual awards banquet held on Tuesday evening, September 15. The conference will conclude the early evening of Wednesday, September 16.

The theme of the 2009 gathering will be "Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future." Information and details will be posted here in the coming weeks, including hotel information, registration information, and guidelines for submitting poster and presentation abstracts as these and other details are finalized. Be sure to sign up to receive more information and conference alerts, and check back frequently as information is added.

Please join us next September in the San Francisco Bay Area, during the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of Science, and the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, as we look forward and consider how, working together, we can advance a future of science literacy, enlightenment and achievement!

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