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1 8. IAU XXVIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY Plenary Hall B, Chinese National Convention Centre (CNCC) 8.1. INAUGURAL CEREMONY Tuesday August , 14:00-16:00 Display of images displaying the world's observatories at night provided by The World at Night ( Chinese Drum Performance Opening Address by Robert Williams, President of the IAU Welcome addresses by invitees of Senior Government Officials Presentation of Sponsors Classic Dance of Qin Dynasty Ancient Traditional Musical Instrument Performance Introduction of Patricia Gruber by Robert Williams and response Introduction of 2012 Gruber Foundation Fellow Anna-Lisa Varri Award of 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize to Charles Bennett Presentation by Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: Astronomy - Amazing Subject, Amazing Universe. Presentation by Ding-qiang Su: Understanding Astronomy in China through Recent Major Projects. Chinese Long Ribbon Dance Flying Apsaras Tibet Dance Chinese Silk Acrobatics Butterfly Love, Winner of Italian Golden Circus Festival and China National Acrobatic Contest Performance by NAOC staff - 天梦 (Dream of Heaven) Address by Xiangqun Cui, President of the Chinese Astronomical Society 8.2. FIRST SESSION Tuesday August 21, 16:30-18:00 Chaired by Robert Williams, President of the IAU. 1. Welcome by Robert Williams, President of the IAU 2. Listing of representatives of National Members 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Reminder of voting rules 5. Appointment of Official Tellers 6. Admission of New National Members 7. Revisions to Statutes and Bye-Laws 8. Report of the Executive Committee 9. Report of the Special Nominating Committee 10. Presentation of Proposed Changes to Divisional Structure 11. Proposals to host XXX General Assembly 2018 After the conclusion of the session Professor Dov Jaron (ICSU Board Member) will give a short introduction to the work of ICSU, the International Council for Science. Welcome Reception in the exhibition and poster areas on levels 3 and 4 from 18:00-19:30.
2 8.3. SECOND SESSION Thursday August 30 14:00-16:00 Chaired by Robert Williams, President of the IAU 12. Welcome by Robert Williams, President of the IAU 13. Individual Members admitted by Executive Committee 14. Deceased members followed by 1 minute silence 15. Tribute to Franco Pacini, President Appointment of Official Tellers 17. Proposed Changes to Divisional Structure 18. Resolutions (voting by Individual Members) 18.1 B1 on guidelines for the designations and specifications of optical and infrared astronomical photometric passbands B2 on the re-definition of the astronomical unit of length B3 on the establishment of an International NEO Early Warning System B4 on the restructuring of the IAU Divisions. 19. Proposed Division Presidents and Vice-Presidents 20. Proposed Commission Presidents and Vice-Presidents 21. Financial Matters 21.1 Report of Finance Sub-Committee on Accounts 21.2 Report of Finance Sub-Committee on Budget 21.3 Formal votes on Accounts and Budget 22. Election of Members of Finance and Membership Committees 23. Appointment of Resolutions Committee Appointment of the Special Nominating Committee Election of Executive Committee Dates and Place of XXX General Assembly Any Other Business 8.4. CLOSING CEREMONY Thursday August 30, 16:30-18:00 Welcome by Noiro Kaifu, President Invitation to XXIX General Assembly, Hawai i, August 2015 Retiring Addresses Robert Williams Ian Corbett Incoming Addresses Norio Kaifu Tierry Montmerle Traditional Chinese Thousand Hand Dance Performance by the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Closing Remarks by Gang Zhao, Co-chair, NOC and LOC of the IAU XXVIII General Assembly Ceremony to hand the IAU flag to the hosts of the next General Assembly Vote of Thanks by Norio Kaifu
3 9. ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS 9.1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EC91-1 Sunday August 19 9:30-17:30 NAOC EC91-2 Thursday August 23 8:30-10:00 VIP 4-3 EC91-3 Wednesday August 29 10:30-12:30 VIP 4-3 EC92 Saturday September 1 8:30-17:30 NAOC 9.2. NATIONAL MEMBERS National Representatives National Representatives Meeting Monday August 20 14:00-15:00 Room 402B National Representatives Meeting Wednesday August 29 14:00-15:00 Room 402B Finance Committee Finance Sub-Committee Meeting Monday August 20 14:00-15:00 Room 403 Finance Committee Meeting Monday August 20 15:00-16:00 Room 402B Finance Sub-Committee Meeting Wednesday August 29 16:00-18:00 VIP 4-3 Finance Committee Meeting Wednesday August 29 15:00-16:00 Room 402B Nominating Committee Nominating Committee Meeting Monday August 20 16:00-17:00 Room 402B Nominating Committee Meeting Wednesday August 29 16:00-17:00 Room 402B 9.3. DIVISION PRESIDENTS Outgoing EC91-1 Sunday August 19 09:30-17:30 NAOC Incoming EC92 Saturday September 1 08:30-17:30 NAOC
4 9.4. COMMISSION PRESIDENTS Outgoing meeting Monday August 20 17:00-18:00 Room 402B Incoming meeting Wednesday August 29 17:00-18:00 Room 402B 9.5. MEETINGS OF DIVISIONS, COMMISSIONS AND WORKING GROUPS Division I Division I 29 14:00-15:30 Room 406 Comm 4 Ephemerides 27 08:30-10:00 Room 402B Comm 7 Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy 28 18:00-20:00 NAOC Comm 8 Astrometry 27 18:00-20:00 NAOC 29 16:00-19:30 Room 406 Comm 19 Rotation of the Earth: business 29 08:30-10:00 Room 402B Rotation of the Earth: science 30 08:30-12:30 Room 402B Comm 31 Time 28 18:00-20:00 NAOC Comm 52 Relativity in Fundamental 28 08:30-10:00 Room 402B Astronomy 29 08:30-10:00 Room 402B WG - Numerical Standards/SOFA 30 18:00-20:00 NAOC WG- Cartographic Coordinates/Div III 27 16:00-18:00 Room 402B WG-Natural Satellites/Div III 28 14:00-15:30 Room 402B WG ST 28 08:30-10:00 Room Division II Division II 23 16:00-18:00 Room 406 Comm 10 Solar Activity 23 14:00-16:00 Room 406 Comm 12 Solar Radiation and Structure 22 14:00-15:30 Room 405 Comm 49 Interplanetary Plasma and Heliosphere 23 14:00-15:30 Room 405 WG-Int. Collaboration on Space Weather 23 08:30-12:30 Room 403 WG-Solar Minima 23 14:00-18:00 Room Division III Division III 24 16:00-18:00 Room 306B 30 08:30-10:00 Room 403 Comm 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets 29 14:00-18:00 Room 405 Comm16 Physical Study of Planets & Satellites 27 08:30-10:00 Room 403 Comm 20 Position and Motion of Minor Planets, Comets and Satellites 24 14:00-15:30 Room 306B Comm 22 Meteors, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust 24 14:00-15:30 Room 403 Comm 51 Bio-Astronomy: business 27 18:00-20:00 NAOC Comm 51 Bio-Astronomy: science 29 08:30-10:00 Room 405 Comm 53 Extra-Solar Planets 28 18:00-20:00 NAOC WG-Small Bodies Nomenclature 28 14:00-15:30 Room 408 WG-Planetary Systems Nomenclature 29 08:30-12:30 Room 403 WG NEO 31 16:00-18:00 Room 306B
5 Division IV Division IV (with Div V) 24 14:00-15:30 Room 402B Comm 26 Double and Multiple Stars 28 14:00-18:00 Room 402B Comm 29 Stellar Spectra 24 08:30-10:00 Room 403 Comm 36 Theory of Stellar Atmospheres 27 14:00-18:00 Room 405 Comm 45 Stellar Classification 24 16:00-18:00 Room 403 WG-Massive Stars 22 16:00-18:00 Room 405 WG-Abundancies in Red Giants 24 10:30-12:30 Room 403 WG-Active B-type Stars/Div IV 22 14:00-18:00 Room 408 WG-Ap and Related Stars/Div IV 23 14:00-18:00 Room Division V Division V 24 08:30-12:30 Room 402B Comm 27 Variable Stars & Comm 42 Close Binary Stars 24 08:30-12:30 Room 402B Div IV-V joint meeting 24 14:00-18:00 Room 402B Division VI Comm 34 Interstellar Matter 29 12:30-14:00 Room 402B WG-Planetary Nebulae 30 10:30-12:30 Room Division VII Division VII 24 16:00-18:00 Room 406 Comm 33 Structure & Dynamics of the 24 14:00-15:30 Room 406 Galactic System 28 16:00-18:00 VIP 4-3 Comm 37 Star Clusters & Associations 24 10:30-12:30 Room :00-18:00 Room 306A Division VIII Division VIII 23 12:30-14:00 Room 402B Comm 28 Galaxies 23 12:30-14:00 Room 402B Comm 47 Cosmology 27 18:00-20:00 NAOC WG-Supernovae 22 14:00-18:00 Room :30-12:30 Room Division IX Comm 25 Astronomical Photometry And Polarimetry 28 14:00-18:00 Room 403 Comm 25 WG-IR Astronomy 29 14:00-18:00 Room 403 Comm 30 Radial Velocities 28 08:30-12:30 VIP 4-3 Comm 54 Optical and IR Interferometry 24 10:30-12:30 Room 405 WG-Astronomy from the Moon/Div IX, X, XI 22 16:00-18:00 Room
6 Division X Division X 22 08:30-12:30 Room 405 WG-Interference Mitigation 22 14: Room 406 WG-Astronomy from the Moon/Div IX, X, XI 22 16:00-18:00 Room 406 WG-Historic Radio Astronomy/Div XII 27 08:30-10:00 Room :00-18:00 Room 408 IUCAF 24 14:00-15:30 Room 305 Evolutionary Map of Universe (EMU) 28 08:30-18:00 Room Division XI Division XI 23 12:30-14:00 Room 406 WG-Astronomy from the Moon/Div IX, X, XI 22 16:00-18:00 Room Division XII Comm :30-12:30 Room 403 Comm 5 WG-Astronomical Data 28 08:30-10:00 Room 403 Comm 5 WG-Nomenclature 27 16:00-18:00 Room 403 Comm 5 WG-Libraries 23 08:30-18:00 Room :30-18:00 Room 409 Comm 5 WG-FITS Data Format 28 10:30-12:30 Room 402B Comm 5 WG-Virtual Observatories 27 14:00-15:30 Room 403 Comm 5 TF-Photographic Plates 28 16:00-18:00 Room 408 Comm 6 Astronomical Telegrams 24 08:30-12:30 Room 405 Comm 14 Atomic & Molecular Data 24 14:00-18:00 Room 405 Comm 41 History of Astronomy business 22 14:00-15:30 Room 402B Science :00-18:00 Room 402B Science :30-18:00 Room 402B Comm 41 WG-Historical Instruments 28 10:30-18:00 Room 405 Comm 41 WG-Astronomy & World Heritage 24 08:30-18:00 VIP 4-3 Comm 46 Astronomy Education & 23 14:00-18:00 VIP 4-3 Development 28 14:00-18:00 Room 405 Comm 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites 27 16:00-18:00 Room 409 Comm 55 Communicating Astronomy with the public 27 10:30-12:30 Room 402B SEC Working Group FLSF 28 18:00-20:00 NAOC SpS10 ASSE 30 10:30-18:00 Room 405 Women in Astronomy Working Group 27 10:30-12:00 Room 408
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