The European Forum of Astronomical Communities is a platform of the EAS to discuss the development of underrepresented astronomy communities in Europe and present the current and new networking opportunities available to European astronomers. The forum launched during EWASS 2017 in Prague and has been held every year since then.


Summary of Goals:

• Maintain the EAS Forum as a platform for discussing ways to support underrepresented astronomical communities in Europe, especially concerning their potential to participate in major infrastructures and outreach programmes, and to increase internationalization.
• Support the professionalisation of astronomy communities in Europe by identifying ways to increase opportunities and access to training, mentoring, exchange schemes, secondments and fellowships, travel and research grants, and to increase diversity in the field.
• Present current research, outreach, industrial and educational networking activities in the field of astronomy available in Europe

Programme

The program will be composed of invited speakers as well as contributed talks. We also foresee short poster presentations.

• ESO: Access to astronomical research infrastructure
• ESA opportunities for science and industry
• Astrobiology and Europlanet networks
• Opportunities within the OPTICON-RadioNET Pilot
• European Interferometry Initiative
• European COST actions in astronomy
• Activities of the IAU in Europe
• IAU Junior Members (JMs)
• Outreach and educational activities

Invited speakers

Preliminary list:

• Gerry Gilmore, John Davies, Heidi Korhonen (ORP) - Opportunities within new OPTICON-RadioNET Pilot
• Robert Beswick, Izabela Rottmann (ORP) - Opportunities in radio astronomy within new OPTICON-RadioNET Pilot
• David Buscher, Claudia Paladini (EII) ? European Interferometry Initiative.
• Wolf Geppert (US, SE) - European Astrobiology Institute
• Lukasz Wyrzykowski (Uni.Warsaw, PL) - Small telescopes from CEE countries in large, international projects
• Hannah Stacey (MPA, DE), Camilo Delgado-Correal (Uni.Ferrara, IT) - WG of IAU Junior Members
• Michelle Willebrands (IAU, OAD) - European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development
• Milena Ratajczak (Uni.Warsaw, PL) - Outreach activities in astronomy and space themes in Europe
• Carme Jordi (Uni.Barcelona, SP), Andreja Gomboc (UNG, SL) - MW Gaia COST action
• Grazina Tautvaisiene, Edita Stonkut? - Europlanet
• Maja Kazmierczak-Barthel (DSI, GE) - Data archives related workshops
• Kateryna Frantseva (Leiden) - IAU programm for Visehrad ??
• Ivanka Stateva (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Inclusiveness Target Countries

Scientific organisers

Wolf Geppert - Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre (SE); Gerry Gilmore - University of Cambridge (UK); Agata Karska - Nicolaus Copernicus University (PL); Markus Kissler-Patig - ESA; Carme Jordi - University of Barcelona (SP); Claudia Paladini - ESO; Milena Ratajczak - University of Warsaw (PL); Edita Stonkute - University of Vilnius (LT); Grazina Tautvaisiene - University of Vilnius (LT); Nicholas Walton - University of Cambridge (UK); Lukasz Wyrzykowski - University of Warsaw (PL) - Chair

Contact

Lukasz Wyrzykowski, lw AT astrouw.edu.pl