Virtual Observatory and Education Sessions at the May 2011 Interop Meeting

Note this preliminary programme is up for discussion and is liable to change.

Virtual Observatory and Education Sessions: Preliminary Schedule

Speaker	Title
Yan Xu	Bridging the Gaps between Astronomy Research and Science Education
Giulia Iafrate	Combining virtual and remote observing for kids
Enrique Solano Marquez	E&O activities in the Spanish VO. Examples of Pro-Am collaborations
Chenzhou CUI	EPO activities from China-VO
Yan Xu	Highlights from session I
George Djorgovski	Immersive VR as an Education and Outreach Platform
George Djorgovski	Information Technology, Computational Methodology and Reinventing the Academia in the 21st Century
Massimo Ramella	Introduction
	Open Discussion
André Schaaf	Outreach VO with a multi-touch screen
SESSION I
SESSION II
SESSION III
Nicola Vittorio	The Italian project: Progetto Lauree Scientifiche
Alyssa Goodman and Yan Xu	The World Wide Telescope Ambassadors Program
Brandon Lawton	VAO and education
M.T. Fulco and A. Mercurio	VO at school
Massimo Ramella	VO for teachers and students: making it a lasting resource
Ajit Kembhavi	VO India and education