This is the 11^th Global Hands-on Universe Meeting organized in 2008 by NUCLIO in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting will be divided in two parts that complement each other. From 16^th to the 18^th sessions on Global-HOU resources (Workshop) and from the 20^th to the 23^rd presentations and posters (Meeting). The 19^th will be devoted to a tour visiting Sintra and Óbidos, two very nice ancient towns near Lisbon.

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The location of the workshop has changed. Please check out the Location & Travel page for details.

Poster

You can now download the A3 Poster here:

• JPEG Version (1.9 MB)
• PDF Version (1.6 MB)

Main Topics

Workshop (July 16^th -18^th)

• GHOU@IYA2009 activities
• Galileo Teacher Training Program (IYA2009 cornerstone)
• Astronomical Software ( Salsa J, Stellarium, Astrometrica, ...)
• GHOU campaigns (Asteroid search, Supernova follow-up, ...)
• Robotic telescopes
• GHOU Resources
• Hands-on Activities

Meeting (July 20^th -23^rd)

• Hands-on Universe Around the Globe
• IYA2009 / Galileo Teacher Training Programme
• Telescopes and Mining Astronomical Database for Education
• Teacher Education/Development and Science@schools
• Global Projects and Campaigns
• Astronomy EPO and the community
• Resources - Online, physical materials and distribution

Local Organizing Committee

• Rosa Doran (Co-Chair, NUCLIO)
• Carl Pennypacker (Co-Chair, UC Berkeley)
• Maria José Ribeiro Gomes (CFNUL)
• Luísa Almeida (NUCLIO)
• Leonor Cabral (NUCLIO)
• Carlos Santos (NUCLIO)
• José Saraiva (NUCLIO)
• Miguel Moreira (NUCLIO)
• Carolina Sousa (NUCLIO)
• Mário Ramos (NUCLIO)
• Grom Matthies (NUCLIO)

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Carl Pennypacker (U.C. Berkeley)
• Roger Ferlet (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
• Lech Mankiewicz (Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk)
• Rosa Doran (Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia)
• Toshihiro Handa (University of Tokyo)
• Honfeng Guo (National Astronomical Observatories of China)
• Susan Murabana (Africa HOU)
• Pedro Russo (IYA2009 Coordinator)
• João Fernandes (Universidade de Coimbra)
• João Caraça (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian)
• Nuno Crato (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)
• Filipe Duarte Santos (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa)