All the information about the closing Ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The Ceremony is held in Padova, Italy, on 9 and 10 january 2010

 

committees and Secretariat

Franco Pacini
Chairman, Università di Firenze and ex IAU President

International Commitee

Mario Alì
Foreign Office of the Italian Ministry of Education, Head

Yolanda Berenguer
UNESCO, Space Education Programme Coordinator

Annalisa Celotti
INAF- Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, vice President

Catherine Cesarsky
Past IAU President

Walter Erdelen
UNESCO, Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences

Vincenzo Milanesi
Università degli Studi di Padova, Past Rector

George Miley
IAU Executive Commitee

Anna Sidorenko
UNESCO, World Heritage Centre

Robert Williams
IAU President

Country Committee

Enrico Cappellaro
Chairman, INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Director

Piero Benvenuti
ASI – Italian Space Agency

Roberto Buonanno
SAIt – Italian Astronomical Society, President

Francesca Matteucci
Accademia dei Lincei and Università di Trieste

Piero Rafanelli
Università degli Studi di Padova - Dep. of Astronomy, Director

Giovanni Strazzulla
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania, Director

Edoardo Vesentini
Italian Committee for Galilean celebrations, President

Flavio Zanonato
Mayor of Padova

Secretariat

Leopoldo Benacchio
Italian IYA2009 SPOC, INAF

Caterina Boccato
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Valeria Cappelli
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Chiara Di Benedetto
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Mauro D'Onofrio
Università degli Studi di Padova – Dept. of Astronomy

Simone Zaggia
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova