personal welcome + introductions

[JimVolp]

Hi all,

I'd like to welcome the new people who are going to help us
reach our ambitious target namely to break last years record
(which itself was a record).

So, we want (much) more than 550 events in 63 countries!


Perhaps it is nice to start of with introducing ourselves...

My name is Jim Volp, I currently live in Spain where I work on
Mars Express Science Operations. I am married and have 2
daughters. Apart from World Space Week I am involved in a
few other projects and several IAF Committees. My ambition
is to engage young people with an interest in space.

Let's get going for 2009...

greetings from Colmenarejo, Madrid,

Jim

[crell]

Continuing with introductions...

My name is Laura Swift Lind. I currently live in Logan and just got married. I am working on getting a planetarium established in Cache Valley and trying to help the Jr Engineering program survive budget cuts. My goal is to get kids excited about science and space exploration.

Laura Swift Lind
A Planetarium for Cache Valley
http://cachestarhouse.org
sfc...@yahoo.com


As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. And as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. - Einstein


http://members.fortunecity.com/acrell

[Ayodele Faiyetole]

Here's my bio:


Ayodele A. Faiyetole is an alumnus of the International Space
University (ISU) Space Studies Program (2003) and the M.Sc. Space
Management (2004) program in Strasbourg, France. He was funded as a
Federal Government of Nigeria Overseas Scholar. Ayodele was nominated
and elected a Governing Member of ISU for 2004/2005. He has also won a
US National Science Foundation (NSF) scholarship to complete the
NASA/UCAR (NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
UCAR: University Cooperation for Atmospheric Research) Heliophysics I
2007 program in Boulder, CO, USA. Ayodele is the lead founder and the
interim secretary of African Alumni of International Space University
(ISU-AA).

He is the founder of EarthSpace®, the leader in evolving Scientific
but People-Oriented Education (SPOE) in Africa. This SPOE concept
(Scientific but people-oriented education [© 2007 COSPAR. Published by
Elsevier] and multicultural adaptations of international Heliophysical
year education resources: a perspective from a developing country,)
was published in the prestigious COSPAR journal of Advances in Space
Research. He is also the creator of the Young EarthSpace Scientists
(YESS!) program: a global mentoring & networking forum for developing,
educating & training future SPACE and EARTH scientists, non-scientists
and environment friendly leaders from the cradle (multicultural &
interdisciplinary fashioned research-based education from a global
perspective). This YESS! program was inaugurated on the 10th of
October, 2007, in collaboration with Stanford University Solar Center,
Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Ayodele dedicates his time to contribute toward regional and
international space development. He leads private level space advocacy
in Africa. His professional contributions to African space programs,
climate change awareness, and renewable energy have been published in
several newspapers. He joined his colleagues Dr. Dirk Englund,
Elizabeth Edwards and Yuki D. Takahashi from Harvard, Stanford, and UC
Berkeley, respectively to co-found Innovations to Society
(http://innovationstosociety.org), a US registered nonprofit
organization dedicated to making available affordable efficient
lighting to the least-advantaged 2 billion people in the
underdeveloped nations.

Mr. Faiyetole is a nominee for the 2009 Todd B. Hawley Award. An award
created to honor alumni of International Space University who most
carries on the pioneering, courageous, dedicated and visionary
leadership qualities of Todd B. Hawley.
http://www.isu-usa.org/todd-hawley-award

With rgds, AA

--
Ayodele A. Faiyetole
Innovations to Society (ITS)
http://innovationstosociety.org
P.O. Box 20200, Ikeja, Lagos, NGA
Tel: +234(0)803.2455.663; (0)1.8790.288
Innovative Technologies for a New World

[Jim Volp]

Hi all,

Apart from Ayodele, Laura and myself, please introduce yourselves.

Thank you.

Jim

2009/7/31 Ayodele Faiyetole <ayodele....@googlemail.com>

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The theme for World Space Week, October 4-10, 2009 is "Space for Education."
Let's build on the great momentum of WSW 2007 and 2008 with even more events
in 2009!  http://www.worldspaceweek.org/calendar_2009.php

Please begin planning events and inviting others to do the same.

And especially given this year's theme, please invite teachers to inspire students
about learning using space during WSW 2009. Thank you.

[Sotira Trifourki]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Sotira Trifourki <soti...@googlemail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

Here's my introduction,

I'm currently President of the Association for Astronomy Education in the UK and my background is in Astrophysics and Plasma Cosmology.

About 4 years ago after my son started school I set up a social enterprise called "Cosmos Media" which is a science communication company specialising in space and astronomy education. This involves providing bespoke education programmes for around 700 schools in the UK and focuses on providing children from the ages of 4 to 18 with STEM experiences.

I also provide teacher training programmes and workshops and I am currently developing resources and materials for the Galileo Teacher Training Programme which is one of the global cornerstone projects of IYA 2009.

Some of the projects I have been involved with include the international Famelab competion and the Beautiful Science Network which is supported by the British Council to train and support the next generation of enthusiastic scientists in developing their skills in public outreach, and developing a new online journal called the "Science Newspaper" which aims to act as a platform to bring scientists, the media and the public together as a network, and also publishes news stories, experiances and events.

I'm also based at the Yorkshire Planetarium as their guest astronomer which provides live presenter led shows for the general public and schools.

As UK coordinator for WSW I hope to help make WSW 2009 the biggest and best so far, by bringing together everyone involved in space and astronomy education and outreach.. 

That's as much as I can think of right now!

All the best,
Sotira Trifourki