Meetings & Global Events

• 08–12 September 2008: JENAM2008, New Challenges to European Astronomy. Wien, Austria.
• 15–16 January 2009: IYA2009 Opening Event. UNESCO, Paris, France.
• 19–23 January 2009: IAU Symposium 260: "The Rôle of Astronomy in Society and Culture". UNESCO, Paris, France.
  
• 03 - 14 August 2009: IAU`s XXVII General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  
• 25 - 31 October 2009: The European Society for Astronomy in Culture 17th Annual Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt

National Opening Ceremonies

• Belgium: 16 January 2009
  
• Taiwan: 18 January
  
• Philippines: 19 January 2009
• Germany: 20 January 2009
  
• Brazil: 20-28 January 2009 (The opening events of IYA2009 in Brazil will take place in 50 different cities)
• Spain: 
  • 27 January 2009: Official Openning of IYA2009 (Madrid)
  • 19 February 2009: Openning for the general public (Cuenca)
    
• Portugal: 31 January 2009
• Switzerland: 5 February
  
• Hong Kong: 7 February 2009
  

Check when IYA2009 starts around the world

National Nodes: 135
Organisational Nodes: 32
National Websites: 87
Cornerstone Projects: 11
Special Task Groups: 11
Special Projects:6

Global Sponsors: