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August 11-14 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
published October 08, 2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
published October 08, 2010
This meeting marks the the International Year of Astronomy by reviewing the extent to which astronomers are achieving the optimal rate of astronomical discovery. Can we identify and overcome the limits to progress? What steps can be taken to accelerate the rate of expansion of astronomical knowledge? What lessons can be learnt both from the recent and distant past?
As the public announcements regarding the 2009 IYA have emphasized, new astronomical discoveries are currently being made at an extraordinary rate, while the invention of the telescope ushered in an equally momentous “golden age of discovery” 400 years ago.
The meeting addresses a range of potential limits to progress—paradigmatic, technological, organizational, and political—examining each issue both from modern and historical perspectives, and drawing lessons to guide future progress. The program focusses on how astronomy actually progresses, using careful historical studies and real data, rather than anecdotes and folklore.
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Introduction: Accelerating the Rate of Astronomical Discovery
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| Session 1: BACK TO THE FUTURE |
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Discovery and the Culture of Astronomy
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Back to the Future
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Rapid Progress and Limitation of Observational Astronomy in Japan
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| Session 2: CREATIVITY and INNOVATION |
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Scope and Training for Amateur Astronomers of Developing Countries for contribution towards Astronomical Discovery
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The Exploration of the Unknown
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| Session 3: FUTURE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION |
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Big and Small
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Expert prognosis of the future of astronomy
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Major Radio Astronomy Telescope RT70-Suffa: Preparation for Future
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| Session 4: DATA AND INFORMATION |
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Making access to astronomical software more efficient
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Using large surveys, multiwavelength catalogs, and databases for new discoveries
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Towards a Resource-Centric Data Network for Astronomy
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| Session 5: USING TELESCOPES |
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Next-generation astronomy
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The Stagnation of Contemporary Stellar Astronomy
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Reflections on the discovery of pulsars
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Time allocation scheme for the WSO-UV mission
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| Session 6: DISCRIMINATION |
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The Legacy of Discrimination
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Astronomy and Development in Southern Africa
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Catching them young: The need for education-research connect in astronomically developing countries
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| Session 8: EDUCATION |
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Astronomy heritage for Education
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New trends in outreach
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What PhD students really want
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| Session 9: CROSS-FERTILISATION AND COLLABORATION |
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The Role of Provenance Management in Accelerating the Rate of Astronomical Research
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Cross-disciplinary research in modern astronomy
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| Session 10: ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE |
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The influence of society on astronomical discovery
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Indigenous astronomies and progress in modern astronomy
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