Meetings

After careful consideration, and based on the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus in the US and its impact on our community's (in)ability to travel, we’ve made the decision to transition AAS 237 to a virtual meeting.

Astrobites has published summaries of many of the plenary talks and press briefings from throughout the 236th AAS meeting.

Hear brief reports from the Society's officers and get to know our new leaders during the annual members' meeting at June’s virtual summer conference.

Executive Officer Kevin Marvel describes some of the tools we plan to use for our virtual 236th meeting and how those tools will enable us to conduct a remarkably complete summer meeting online rather than in person.

AAS Executive Officer Kevin Marvel comments on the April meeting of the Board of Trustees, at which the decision was made to proceed with a virtual summer meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In response to the coronavirus outbreak and the increasing steps being taken to limit the spread, the AAS Board of Trustees has decided to convert the 236th AAS meeting to a fully virtual conference, 1-3 June 2020.

As a service to the community, the AAS is compiling a list of live-streamed astronomy presentations and events — both those intended for professional astronomers and those intended for a wider audience.

We are looking into converting the 236th AAS meeting to a fully virtual conference in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Wisconsin's declaration of a public health emergency.

Here's a preview of the 236th AAS meeting, to be held jointly with the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division in Madison, Wisconsin, 31 May - 4 June 2020. Registration and abstract submission are now open!