A Symposium on Amateur-Professional Partnership in Astronomy Education and Research; Toronto, Canada, July 4-7, 1999

太平洋天文学会、加拿大皇家天文学会和美国变星星星观测者协会联合举办了一次研讨会，探讨在天文学研究和教育方面进行合作的广泛机会。 该专题讨论会将使专业和业余天文学家能够会面并共同工作。研讨会将于一九九九年七月五日至七日在加拿大多伦多举行。 本次活动将汇集来自业余和专业团体的代表，以考虑现有的合作伙伴关系，突出新的合作领域，并制定战略，以发展，扩大和加强具体的合作计划。 将有关于研究合作的会议，重点是科学动机以及如何利用业余爱好者可用的快速发展的技术。 教育伙伴关系会议将强调未来行动的必要性，分析成功的方案，并鼓励开发新的方案。 研讨会的形式将通过总结演讲、小组讨论、小组讨论和海报展示的组合来优化与会者的互动。 主要会议将包括：业余-专业伙伴关系的历史;模范伙伴关系（在变星、彗星、太阳和其他主题等研究领域）;发展中领域的研究伙伴关系（SETI、伽马射线爆发、超新星等）;讨论了如何建立、促进和资助伙伴关系;使天文学家走进教室和参与非正式教育项目的技巧;促进学生的研究经验;以及有效利用媒体。将为业余天文学家和教育工作者参加专题讨论会提供支助，该奖项由数学和物理科学局天文科学处和跨学科活动办公室资助。

AST 99-05808HavlenThe Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Royal Astronomical Society ofCanada and the American Association of Variable Star Observers have jointly Organized a symposium to explore the extensive opportunities for cooperative programs in astronomy research and education. The symposium will make it possible for professional and amateur astronomers to meet and work together. The symposium will take place in Toronto, Canada, on July 5-7, 1999. This event will bring together representatives from amateur and professional groups to consider existing partnerships, highlight new areas for collaboration, and devise strategies to develop, expand, and enhance specific cooperative programs. There will be sessions on research collaborations that will focus on scientific motivations and how to exploit the rapidly evolving technologies available to amateurs. The education partnership sessions will emphasize the need for future actions, analyze successful programs, and encourage the development of new ones. The format of the symposium will optimize participant interaction through a combination of summary talks, panel discussions, small group discussions, and poster presentations. The major sessions will include: the history of amateur-professional partnerships; exemplary partnerships (in such areas of research as on variable stars, comets, the Sun, and other topics); research partnerships in developing areas (SETI, gamma-ray bursters, supernovae, etc.); discussions on how to form, facilitate, and fund partnerships; techniques for bringing astronomers into classrooms and participating in informal education projects; promoting research experiences for students; and making effective use of the media. Support for the participation of amateur astronomers and educators to attend the symposium will be provided.This award is funded by support from the Division of Astronomical Sciences and the Office of Interdisciplinary Activities in the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.****