National Astronomy Meeting 2021
The Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting will now be held online due to Covid-19.
University of Bath: 19th - 23rd July 2021
The Royal Astronomical Society is proud to present the National Astronomy Meeting, NAM2021, to be hosted by the University of Bath from Monday 19th July to Friday 23rd July, 2021. This meeting was originally planned for July 2020, but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the University of Bath have decided to hold NAM 2021 as a virtual conference.
The meeting will bring together members of the UK’s astronomy/astrophysics, UK Solar Physics (UKSP), and Magnetosphere Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) communities, and presenting a wide-reaching programme to reflect the diversity and interests of these communities. You can find an overview of the programme, and further details on the parallel sessions and special lunches/discussion sessions taking place on these webpages.
That's a Wrap!
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That brings us to the end of NAM 2021! Thanks to all who presented their work this week, it has been inspiring to hear the work that is going on within our communities, and great to see all of the ongoing discussions taking place.
Thanks to our sponsors for supporting the conference, and the Royal Astronomical Society for their invaluable input and support behind the scenes, which extended our NAM programme to evening concerts, and fireside chats.
We'd also like to thank all of our LOC for their hard work in organising and running this conference, the SOC, the MIST council and the University of Bath Public Engagement team for ensuring that we had a diverse and balanced programme, and the NAMbassadors for their assistance with technical support.
And lastly, thanks to you all for participating in this conference as session convenors, chairs, presenters and audience members, and see you at NAM 2022, hosted by the University of Warwick.
Re-watch NAM evening events
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If you missed our evening events during NAM, or just wish to refresh you memory, the Presidential Address, Awards Ceremony, Public Minerva Lecture, and several of the Public Engagement activities are all available to watch at the links below:
Minerva Lecture by Prof Andrew Coates on Current and Future Mars Missions
When Art and Science Collide
Plenary Speakers - YouTube Recordings
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All NAM 2021 plenary lectures are available to watch at the links below
Prof Stephon Solomon Alexander - The Jazz of Physics: The link between music and the structure of the Universe
Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Caroline Herschel in Bath and women in astronomy in today
Dr Nicolas Bonne - The Tactile Universe: Accessible astrophysics public engagement with the vision impaired community
Dr Eoin Carley - The shocking radio sun: Observations of solar eruptive events in a new era of radio interferometry
Prof Yvonne Elsworth - The benefits of a slow steady heart beat
Prof Sandra Faber - A Schematic Model for Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Quenching
Prof Victoria Kaspi - Fast Radio Bursts or Why I Finally Left the Galaxy
Prof Scott Tremaine - Comets, unseen planets, and the outer fringes of the solar system
Sponsors
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The NAM2021 Local Organising Committee would like to thank the following for their sponsorship of this conference:
All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.
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