Astronomy
It's late December. Christmas is past, universities are on winter break, and New Year's is just around the corner. It's a special time of year for astronomers in particular, because...
... next week is the AAS Meeting!!!
It's sometimes said that a year's worth of astronomy gets done in the last week of the year, and that probably isn't too far off. However, my poster is already ready to go, since I'm recycling one from a previous conference. But the conference I presented it at last wasn't a pure astronomy conference, so I'm not cheating, right?
I always find the January AAS Meeting to be overwhelming in size. It's hard to take in everything. Then again, if you compare the 3000 or so who descend on the AAS Meeting to the tens of thousands who go to the AGU Meeting every year, maybe I shouldn't complain.
I'm not alone in my feelings about big meetings. Science Woman feels the same way about the AGU.
Yeah, that sounds about right. So, on Sunday I'll be off to Long Beach, pre-displayed poster on hand, off to meet and greet. You know, it's funny, we women are supposed to be such social animals, always chatting with our friends and using our great communication skills. Yet, when it comes to the networking that leads to opportunities and success, we somehow get left our of the loop. What's with that anyway?
- Milk At The Seattle American Astronomical Society Meeting
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- 215th Aas: Meg Urry
The AAS Meeting was so big, I've asked a few people to help me summarize their thoughts and impressions of the meeting. I'll be posting them over the next days and weeks. Just to prove that I'm not the only one who felt overwhelmed by the...
- Wia 2009: Thursday
The problem with trying to live-blog this meeting is that it becomes immediately apparent when I missed talks. I was busy networking: that's my excuse and I'm standing by it. I've discovered that there are at least a couple of people live-tweeting...
- Aas 213th Meeting: Icwip Poster
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Astronomy
AAS Meeting
It's late December. Christmas is past, universities are on winter break, and New Year's is just around the corner. It's a special time of year for astronomers in particular, because...
... next week is the AAS Meeting!!!
It's sometimes said that a year's worth of astronomy gets done in the last week of the year, and that probably isn't too far off. However, my poster is already ready to go, since I'm recycling one from a previous conference. But the conference I presented it at last wasn't a pure astronomy conference, so I'm not cheating, right?
I always find the January AAS Meeting to be overwhelming in size. It's hard to take in everything. Then again, if you compare the 3000 or so who descend on the AAS Meeting to the tens of thousands who go to the AGU Meeting every year, maybe I shouldn't complain.
I'm not alone in my feelings about big meetings. Science Woman feels the same way about the AGU.
It's not the science, it's the meeting (people). As DrugMonkey says over and over again, it's all about the networking.
So this AGU, my poster was the excuse to spend the money on the plane ticket, hotel, registration and food. (San Francisco is not cheap!) And this AGU, I did listen to some really amazing scientific talks and read some excellent posters. But mostly, I wanted to talk to the movers and shakers and rising stars in my subdisciplines.
Yeah, that sounds about right. So, on Sunday I'll be off to Long Beach, pre-displayed poster on hand, off to meet and greet. You know, it's funny, we women are supposed to be such social animals, always chatting with our friends and using our great communication skills. Yet, when it comes to the networking that leads to opportunities and success, we somehow get left our of the loop. What's with that anyway?
- Milk At The Seattle American Astronomical Society Meeting
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- 215th Aas: Kartik Sheth
The next in the series of posts about the AAS Meeting comes from Kartik Sheth, member of the AAS's Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. Here's Kartik's entry: The most amazing thing happened at this AAS for me. All of a sudden...
- 215th Aas: Meg Urry
The AAS Meeting was so big, I've asked a few people to help me summarize their thoughts and impressions of the meeting. I'll be posting them over the next days and weeks. Just to prove that I'm not the only one who felt overwhelmed by the...
- Wia 2009: Thursday
The problem with trying to live-blog this meeting is that it becomes immediately apparent when I missed talks. I was busy networking: that's my excuse and I'm standing by it. I've discovered that there are at least a couple of people live-tweeting...
- Aas 213th Meeting: Icwip Poster
The AAS Meeting is over, and I'm back home now. But, before moving on, I wanted to bring your attention to the poster put together by the glamorous and talented Emily Freeland about the 3rd IUPAP Conference on Women in Astronomy, which happened last...