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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada General Assembly June 28 to July 1, 2012 Edmonton |
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Thursday June 28, 2012 | ||
| 1300 - 1700 | Registration Desk | Lister Foyer |
| 1900 - 2130 | National Council BBQ | Alumni House |
Friday June 29, 2012 | ||
| 0900 - 1800 | Registration Desk | Lister Foyer |
| 0900 - 1200 | National Council Meeting 1 | CCIS L1-047 |
| 1200 - 1230 | Lunch for National Council | CCIS L1-047 |
| 1230 - 1500 | National Council Meeting 1 | CCIS L1-047 |
| 1300 - 1700 | Commercial Vendor Displays | CCIS L1 Lobby |
| 1300 - 1700 | Poster and Project Displays | CCIS L1 Lobby |
| 1500 - 1700 | University of
Alberta Physics Colloquium Featuring Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell GA delegates welcome to attend. |
CCIS L1-140 |
| 1900 - 1930 | Invited Talk
Featured speaker: Dr. Martin Connors "Earth's Trojan Asteroid: A Space Odyssey to a Space Oddity" |
CCIS L1-160 |
| 1930 - 2130 | Wine & Cheese Reception | CCIS West Atrium |
| 2030 - 2130 | Song Contest | CCIS West Atrium |
| 2030 - 2300 | Murphy Images | CCIS
Observatory 5-240 |
| 2030 - 2300 | Observatory Tours | CCIS
Observatory 5-240 |
Saturday June 30, 2012 | ||
| 0900 - 1300 | Registration Desk | Lister Foyer |
| 0900 - 1600 | Commercial Vendor Displays | CCIS L1 Lobby |
| 0900 - 1600 | Poster and Project Displays | CCIS L1 Lobby |
| 0900 - 1200 | Paper Sessions 1 | CCIS L1-160 |
| 1200 - 1300 | Saturday Luncheon | outside CCIS L1-160 |
| 1300 - 1600 | Paper Sessions 2 | CCIS L1-160 |
| 1730 - 1900 | Dinner before Hogg Lecture (Informal BBQ) | CCIS South Patio |
| 1930 - 2100 | Helen Sawyer Hogg Public Lecture
featuring Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell "Will the world end in 2012? The astronomical evidence." |
CCIS 1-430 |
| 2100 - 2200 | Reception | outside CCIS 1-430 |
Sunday July 1, 2012 | ||
| 0900 - 1600 | Commercial Vendor Displays | Lister Centre |
| 0900 - 1000 | General Assembly (Annual General Meeting) | Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 1000 - 1200 | National Council Meeting 2 | Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 1300 - 1530 | Light Pollution Abatement Session | Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 1600 - 1700 | East vs West Game | Field near Lister |
| 1800 - 1830 | Group Photo | Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 1830 - 1930 | Cocktails (cash bar) | Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 1930 - 2230 | Closing Banquet
Featured speaker: Dr. Christopher Herd "When the Sky Falls: Meteorites as Probes of Other Planetary Bodies" |
Lister Maple Leaf Room |
| 2230 - 2330 | Canada Day Fireworks | See Canada Day in program booklet |
Monday July 2, 2012 |
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| Full Day Tours | ||
| 0830 - 2200 | Whitecourt Meteorite Crater | |
| 0900 - 1800 |
Elk Island National Park and Ukrainian Village if desired |
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| 0945 - 1800 | Fort Edmonton Park | |
| Half Day Tours | ||
| 0900 - 1300 | Jurassic Forest | |
| 1330 - 1800 | TELUS World of Science | |