Just around the corner!
Join us August 21 and take a journey across four dynamic themes — Questioning, Investigating, Adapting, and Connecting.
Engage with world-class thought leaders as they delve into the big questions:
What groundbreaking discoveries await us?
How will advancements in astronomy revolutionize our understanding?
What strategies do we need to thrive in this new reality?
How do we honor cultural astronomy with the power of shared narratives?
Symposium Features:
Affordable
Carbon Neutral
Scholarships Available
Recordings of panels and Q&A
Special film event the evening before the symposium
Conference Details
Our one-day virtual symposium features four panels of invited guests exploring the Big Questions remaining to investigate, Big Astronomy and how it will facilitate answering the open questions, how we adapt to Big Challenges in society, and creating Big Connections to share our stories and perspectives.
Each panel is followed by a Q&A section and the opportunity to explore further in breakout rooms.
Registration Open Through August 21!
$69
Scholarship Applications Available
Guest Panelists
Panel 1 - Questioning: What’s next in Space Science and Astronomy?
Moderator I Hakeem M. Oluseyi I CEO, ASP
Panelists:
- Nathalie Cabrol I SETI Institute
- Expanding Views on Habitability and Life
- David Grinspoon I NASA
- Ethan Siegel I Starts With A Bang/Big Think
- Rewinding the clock to the beginning of the Universe
- Kate Storey-Fisher I Stanford / KIPAC
- Can mapping the cosmos reveal the nature of dark energy?
Panel 2 - How are we Investigating the Universe?
Moderator I Andrew Fraknoi I Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco
Panelists:
- Sukanta Bose I Washington State University
- Uncovering cosmic secrets with gravitational waves from colliding black holes and neutron stars
- Clare Higgs I NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
- Making Greatest Ever Cosmic Movie with the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
- Steph LaMassa I Space Telescope Science Institute
- How JWST is Changing our Perception of Neighboring Worlds to Galaxies Far Away
- Rob Zellem I NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Exoplanet Watch: Inviting Citizen Scientists to Observe Transiting Exoplanets
Panel 3 - How are we Adapting to a New Reality
Moderator I Jimmy Negus I Colorado State University
Panelists:
- Dara Norman I American Astronomical Society
- The Importance of Science Advocacy
- Meredith Rawls I University of Washington and IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky
- Science Through a Swarm of Satellites
- Dakotah Tyler I UCLA
- Ann Zabludoff I University of Arizona and Steward Observatory
- Will Humans Make the Greatest Astronomy Discoveries of the Future?
Panel 4 - Connecting: Sharing the Story of the Quest to Know the Universe
Moderator I Yasmin Catricheo I Associated Universities Inc.
Panelists:
- Kat Gardner-Vandy I Oklahoma State University
- Connecting our Ways of Knowing: Science Engagement and Collaborations with Indigenous Communities
- Jarita Holbrook - CfA, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Where sits Cultural Astronomy?
- Kal Mannis I Arizona Science Center
- Bring the WOW of astronomy to rural communities
- Moiya McTier I Media Moiya
- Building Worlds, Building Minds
Join the ASP for a special film showing honoring Cree Elder & Indigenous Astronomer Wilfred Buck in conversation with Daniella Scalice, Communications and Engagement Lead for the NASA Astrobiology Program.
Pre-Symposium Special Event
"Wilfred Buck" - a hybrid Documentary Film
Wednesday Evening, August 20
5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET - virtual live streaming event
96 min running time, plus a conversation with special guests, post film
Free and Open to the Public
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