LIVING THE IDEA - ONE PEOPLE, ONE SKY

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Oct 19

2013

by Johannes Stübler

Some personal impressions from CAP2013 in Warsaw

One week meeting, listening and talking to people doing astronomy outreach programms everytime and everywhere around the globe.

That happened at CAP2013 in Warsaw.

Where else someone could feel better the joining spirit of astronomy and of our all ONE SKY ?

So this was one of the reasons for me to join CAP first time. Of course, knowing that some AWB-people will join it, was one more reason to fly to Poland - the homecountry of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Following some of my personal photographic impressions ......

A nice monument near the center of Warsaw remembering one of the most famous astronomers of the world who changed the view of our world

Nice nightview from the Technical University in Warsaw

Welcome-cocktail at the Institute of Physics

Above: Oana Sandu (ESO), Avivah Yamani (Indonesia);Thomas Fok,Sze-leung Cheung (Hongkong), Mike & Thilina
Bottom: Joe Mike Simmons, Mike, Enrique Torres (Venezuela), Marcelo (Brasil)

CAP2013 - conference at Copernicus-Centre Warsaw

Above my little CAP2013 postersession

My personal "Two Pillars" supporting my efforts to make the idea living. To my right - Mike Simmons CEO and president of AWB, to my left - Babak Tafreshi director and founder of TWAN

Some special guests visiting my little postersession ......

Kevin  Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development)

Rick Fienberg the inventor of the slogan: "One people,one sky" (AAS)

"Mr. IYA2009" - Pedro Russo

Edward Gomez (LCOGT)

Lars Lindberg Christensen (ESO)

Rosa Doran (GTTP) Conny Walker (GLOBEATNIGHT)

Marcelo Souza from Brazil

..... on his left side Thilina from Sri Lanka

Jacob Ashong, Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana)

Prospery Simpemba

Sarah (NC Ghana)  together with our new AWB-NC for Nigeria: Olayinka Fagbemiro

It was really great to meet so many wonderful  people ..........

... so finally I want to say: "Let's hope for a big world AWB-meeting in the future, hopefully coming soon !" ;-)

Best Regards

Joe