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May. Canadian Association of Science Centres, 11th Annual Conference. http://www.canadiansciencecentres.ca/main.htm; Contact: ian@ianmclennan.com 3-5 May. IFF’13, Immersive Film Festival, Third edition, Centro Multimeios, Espinho, Portugal. Organization Navegar Foundation. http://iff.multimeios.pt/ 4 - 6 May. GDP 2013, Annual meeting of German speaking planetaria, Planetarium Klagenfurt, Austria. www.gdp-planetarium.org www.planetarium-klagenfurt.at 9-12 May. Association of French Speaking Planetariums (APLF), Yearly Meeting, St. Michel l’Observatoire, France. www.aplf-planetariums.org 10 May. Annular solar eclipse (n Australia, Solomon is, c Pacific). 19-22 May. American Alliance of Museum (AAM), Annual Meeting & Museum Expo, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. www.aam-us.org 30 May – 1st June. 7th FullDome Festival in the Jena Zeiss-Planetarium. Jena, Germany. Contact: Schorcht Volkmar, schorcht@zeiss.de www.fulldome-festival.de 6-8 June. “Dreams, the spirit of innovation”, ECSITE Annual Conference (European Network of Science Centres and Museums), Universeum, Gothenburg, Sweden, www.ecsite.net 24-28 June. 8th World Conference of Science Journalist (WCSJ), Helsinki, Finland. www.wcsj2013.org 25-29 June. Southeastern Planetarium Association (SEPA), Annual conference, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. www.sepadomes.org 17-20 July. Middle
Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS), Annual Conference. Ausherman Planetarium,
Earth and Space Science Laboratory, Frederick County Public 20-24 July. Annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Jose, California, USA. Contact: Andrew Fraknoi, fraknoiandrew@fhda.edu www.astrosociety.org 29 July – 2 August. Spitz Summer Institute, Spitz, Inc. Chadds Ford (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, USA. Annual event focusing on planetarium education. Includes instruction in Starry Night software, curriculum and live lessons, teaching with SciDome digital planetariums. Beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. www.spitzinc.com/institute. Contact: jtowne@spitzinc.com 31 July – 2 August. Digistar Users Group Conference, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA. http://departments.colgate.edu/vislab/dug2013.asp 9-10 August. International Planetarium Society Council Meeting, Bolzano, Italy. 13-16 August. Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS), Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida, USA. http://LIPSymposium.org 31 August. Deadline for the applicants of "An experience in Italy for a French Speaking Planetarium Operator", in collaboration with APLF. http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Planetari/Week_in_Italy/Week_Italy.htm 5-7 September. Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival (IFFF2013), Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo, Hawaii, USA. The festival will feature 25-30 full length full dome programs in 2D and stereoscopic 3D. http://www.imiloahawaii.org/168/ifff 6-8 September.
Nordic Planetarium Association Biennial Conference, AHHAA Science Center,
Tartu, Estonia. Conference language English. 15 September. Deadline for the applicants of "A Week in Italy for an American Planetarium Operator", in collaboration with IPS Portable Planetarium Committee. http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Planetari/Week_in_Italy/Week_Italy.htm 18-20 September. Western Alliance Conference (Pacific Planetarium Association, Southwestern Association of Planetariums, Great Plains Planetarium Association and Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association), Science City and Gottlieb Planetarium, Kansas City, MO, USA. Contact: jdunn1@unl.edu http://www.wacdomes.org/2013/WAC2013.html 22-26 September. Meeting of the Association of Brazilian Planetarium (ABP), Brazil. www.planetarios.org.br Contact: contato@planetarios.org.br 27-28 September. British Association of Planetaria (BAP), 2013 annual meeting, International Centre for Life (Newcastle-on-Tyne), United Kingdom. http//bapconference.org.uk/ Contact: Dr Jenny Shipway, president@planetaria.org.uk 14-18 October.
Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2013 (CAP 2013), Challenges
in Communication of Astronomy and Space Exploration, Warsaw, Poland. 16-19
October. Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), GLPA Conference,
Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois, USA. Contact: Sheldon Schafer,
sschafer@lakeview-museum.org
. www.glpaweb.org 19-22 October. Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference, Explora, NM Museum of Natural History & Science, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. www.astc.org 21-23 October. The First Russian Full-Dome Festival.Yaroslavl, the Tereshkova Cultural and Education Center . Contact: en_tihomirova@mail.ru; almp@post.ru; http://www.yarplaneta.ru/ 3 November. Hybrid solar eclipse (Atlantic, c Africa). 11 December. The Stratoscript Compendium Ring 2013, a scripting competition open to everybody by LSS-Planetarium. Contact: lionel.ruiz@live.fr
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16 March. International Day of Planetaria. www.dayofplanetaria.org 17-19 March. 7th Science Center World Summit, Technopolis, Mechelen and Brussels, Belgium. Partners: Technopolis, Flemish science center, Mechelen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels. www.technopolis.be 31 March. Deadline for application for scholarship funds (IPS support Beijing Conference attendance by individuals). www.ips-planetarium.org April. Italian Association of Planetaria (PlanIt), XXIX National Conference, Milan Planetarium, Italy, and 4th Full-Dome Italian Festival. During the conference Skype session for planetarians from other countries. www.planetari.org 29 April. Annular solar eclipse (Antarctica). 1-5 May. Three languages - The same sky, Symposium of Planetariums 2014 Lucerne, Switzerland (in planning). June. International Planetarium Society Council Meeting, Beijing, China. 23-27 June. 22nd International Planetarium Society Conference, Beijing Planetarium, China. www.ips2014.org, contact mail Dr. Zhu Jin, jinzhu@bjp.org.cn 18-21 October. Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. www.astc.org
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CONFERENCES 2013 13-17 February. IMERSA Summit 2013. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado, USA. www.imersa.org 17 March. International Day of Planetaria. www.dayofplanetaria.org 18-21 March. Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA), 2013 Film Expo and Digital Symposium, Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas, USA. www.giantscreencinema.com 23 March. Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), Michigan State Meeting open to all planetarians, Abrams Planetarium, East Lansing, USA. Contact: John French - frenchj@msu.edu 13-14 April. Italian Association of Planetaria (PLANIT), XXVIII National Conference, Italy, and 3rd Full-Dome Italian Festival. During the conference Skype session for planetarians from other countries. www.planetaritaliani.it. Contact: osservatorio@serafinozani.it 22-23 April. The Australasian Planetarium Society (APS), Meeting 2013. Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Australia. http://apsplanetarium.com/ 26-27 April. Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), Wisconsin/Minnesota State Meeting open to all planetarians, University of Minnesota - Moorhead Planetarium, Moorhead, USA. Contact: Dave Weinrich - dave.l.weinrich@gmail.com 27
April. Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), Illinois State Meeting
open to all planetarians, ISU Planetarium, Normal, USA. Contact: Tom
Willmitch - trwillm@ilstu.edu 27 April. Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), Ohio State Meeting open to all planetarians, Boonshoft Museum Planetarium, Dayton, USA. Contacts: Cheri Adams (cadams@boonshoftmuseum.org) and Scott Oldfield (Scott.Oldfield@vbcsd.com) 27 April. Earth Day at Spitz Inc., including lecture by Earth2Ocean's President Dr. Ellen Prager, The Layered Earth Dome software and curriculum, digital planetarium demonstrations. Noon to 4:30 at Spitz in Chadds Ford, PA, USA. RSVP to this free event to jtowne@spitzinc.com by 19 April.
3-5 February. 3rd IMERSA Fulldome Summit, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado, USA. Contact: Dan Neafus, dan.neafus@dmns.org 18 March. International Day of Planetaria. www.dayofplanetaria.org March 20-21.
Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA), 2012 European Film Expo Co-hosted
by Euromax, Parc du Futuroscope, Poitiers, France. 23-25 March. International seminar “60th anniversary of Kiev Planetarium”, Kiev Planetarium, Ukraine. Mail: kyivpla60@ukr.net; www.planet.org.ua 31 March. Deadline for application for scholarship funds (IPS support Baton Rouge Conference attendance by individuals). www.ips-planetarium.org 14-15 April. Brembate di Sopra, Bergamo, Italy. Italian Association of Planetaria (PLANIT), XXVII National Conference, Italy, and 2nd Full-Dome Italian Festival. During the conference Skype session for planetarians from other countries. www.planetaritaliani.it. Contact: osservatorio@serafinozani.it 18-20 April, “Quality, Honesty and Beauty in science and technology communication”, PCST – International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, XII issue, Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy. 3-5
May. Canadian Association of Science Centres, 10th Annual Conference,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 5-7 May. ADP 2012, Annual meeting of German speaking planetaria, Planetarium Wolfsburg, Germany www.planetarium-wolfsburg.de 8-12 May: 6th FullDome Festival in the Jena Zeiss-Planetarium. Jena, Germany. The 6th FullDome Festival again will show full-length feature shows, lots of student works and clips of independent and professional producers. The main topic of the Festival will be "Dissolving Space" - How to use fulldome content to make the dome invisible. An international jury will present FullDome Awards for the best entries. Contact: Schorcht Volkmar, schorcht@zeiss.de 17-20 May. Association of French Speaking Planetariums (APLF), Yearly Meeting, Planétarium de Bretagne, Pleumeur-Bodou, France, France. www.aplf-planetariums.org 20 May. Annular solar eclipse (China, Japan, Pacific, w U.S). 31 May – 2 June. ECSITE Annual Conference (European Network of Science Centres and Museums), Cité de l’Espace, Toulouse, France www.ecsite.net 5-6 June. Transit of Venus. 11-15 July. ESOF 2012, Euroscience Open Forum, Dublin city of science 2012, www.dublinscience2012.ie 21-22 July. Southeastern Planetarium Association (SEPA), 2012 conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. www.sepadomes.org 21-22 June.
Tecnoplanetario 2012, Spanish and Portugal Planetarium Meeting, Parc
Astronòmic Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain. Contact: info@parcastronomic.cat July, International Planetarium Society Council Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 21 July, International Planetarium Society Council Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 22-26
July. 21st International Planetarium Society Conference, Irene Pennington
Planetarium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA www.IPS2012.com 27-28
July. DomeFest, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. www.domefest.org 6-10 August. Spitz Summer Institute, Spitz, Inc. Chadds Ford (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, USA, annual event focusing on planetarium education. Includes instruction in Starry Night real time software, curriculum and live lessons/teaching with SciDome digital planetariums. Beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. www.spitzinc.com/institute 7-9 August.
Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium, University of Notre Dame's,
Jordan Hall of Science and Digital Visualization Theater, Notre Dame,
Indiana, USA. 31 August. Deadline for the applicants of "An experience in Italy for a French Speaking Planetarium Operator", in collaboration with APLF. http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Planetari/Week_in_Italy/Week_Italy.htm September. Second Edition of the Workshop of Fulldome Production, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact: alexandre.cherman@gmail.com 5-7 September. Symposium 2012 for Museum and Media professionals. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado, USA. Contact: Dan.neafus@dmns.org www.dmns.org 7-8 September. British Association of Planetaria (BAP), annual meeting, National Space Centre, Leicester, United Kigdom. Contact: Dr Jenny Shipway, president@planetaria.org.uk; 12-15 September. Digistar Users Group Conference, Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. http://www.digistardomes.org/2012_Conference.html 13-16 September. Mae Jemison, astronaut, invites everyone to attend the 100 Year Starship 2012 Public Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA. 100yss.org 15 September. Deadline for the applicants of "A Week in Italy for an American Planetarium Operator", in collaboration with IPS Portable Planetarium Committee. http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Planetari/Week_in_Italy/Week_Italy.htm
18-20 September. Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA), International
Conference and Trade Show, Esquire IMAX Theatre, Sacramento, California,
USA. 30 September. Deadline for the applicants of "An experience in Italy for a British Planetarium Operator", in collaboration with BAP. 2-5 October. Workshop in Immersive Cinema (WIC), Espinho, Portugal. Organization Navegar Foundation. Contact: Lina Canas, lina@multimeios.pt 5-7 October. Immersive Film Festival (IFF), Espinho, Portugal. Organization Navegar Foundation. Contact: Lina Canas, lina@multimeios.pt 13-16 October. Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), “Advancing the field of informal science education”, Annual Conference, COSI, Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio, USA. www.astc.org 24-27 October.
Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA), Annual conference, North
Hills High School Planetarium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 13 November. Total solar eclipse (n Australia, s Pacific). 16-17 November.
FULLDOME UK, The National Space Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom. Contact:
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