Symposium Topics:

  • Women in Astronomy

  • Surveys, Catalogues, Databases and the Virtual Observatory

  • The Solar System

  • Spectroscopy and Photometry

  • Education

  • Variable Stars




Scientific Program

Confirmed Speakers:

Helmut Abt, NOAO
Sidney Barnes, Lowell Obs.
William Bidelman, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Bonnie Buratti, JPL
David DeVorkin, Smithsonian Institution
David Dunham, John Hopkins APL
Nancy Evans, CfA
Lor Gehret, Princeton IAS
Martha Hanner, Univ. Mass.
Gretchen Harris, Univ. Waterloo
Arne Henden, AAVSO
Peggy Kidwell, Smithsonian Institution
Patricia Knezek, WIYN
Kristine Larsen, Central Conn. St. Univ.


Carlos López, UNSJ, Argentina
John Lee, Middletown, Conn.
Phillip Lu, Western Conn. St. Univ.
A.G. Davis Philip, Union College
Melissa McGrath, NASA HQ
Horace Smith, Michigan St. Univ.
Vladimir Strelnitsky, Maria Mitchell Obs.
Matthew Templeton, AAVSO
Arthur Upgren, Wesleyan Univ.
Wayne Warren, Towson St. Univ.
Barbara Welther, CfA
Lee Anne Willson, Iowa St. Univ.
Robert Wing, Ohio St. Univ.
Robert Zinn, Yale Univ.