Wednesday, 11 July
10:30 Reception & Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Opening remarks
11:30 – 12:00 Introduction to the Workshop Objectives and Participants
Session Best Practice Chair: Silvia Casu – INAF Cagliari
12:00 – 12:35 Tania Johnston, ESO Supernova – Germany (Invited Speaker)
Expectation vs reality of tourist visits to professional observatories
12:35 – 12:55 Stefania Varano, INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna – Italy
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Session Best Practice Chair: Tania Johnston – ESO Supernova
14:30 – 15:05 Stefano Giovanardi, Rome Planetarium – Italy (Invited Speaker)
15:05 – 15:25 Claudio C. Mallamaci, National University of San Juan – Argentina
July 2, 2019: Helios’ corona shines in the skies of Chile and Argentina
15:25 – 15:45 Emanuele Pace – OPC and Firenze University
15:45 – 16:30 Coffee Break
Session Intercultural Chair: Adriana Postiglione, Roma Tre University – Italy
16:30 – 17:05 Sona Farmanyan, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory – Armenia (Invited Speaker)
Tour product development in Astro Tourism
17:05 – 17:25 Germano Bruno Afonso, Centro Universitário Internacional UNINTER – Brasil
The Milky Way and the Indigenous Way (Cancelled)
17:25 – 17:55 Giangiacomo Gandolfi, SIA – Planetario di Roma
19:00 – 20:30 Welcome Drink – Visit to Casa Sola winery
Thursday, 12 July
Session Inclusion Chair: Stefania Varano, INAF Bologna
09:00 – 09:35 Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Universidad de Valencia – Spain (Invited Speaker)
A Universal Design of Learning approach to astronomical activities with the public
09:35 – 09:55 Andrea Alimenti, Associazione Pontina di Astronomia – Italy
“Stelle per Tutti”: inclusive science communication among Italian amateur astronomers community
09:55 – 10:15 Olayinka Fagbemiro, National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja – Nigeria
Astronomy as a tool for gender inclusion in astro-tourism
10:15 – 10:35 Emanuele Pace – OPC and Firenze University
Stars beyond darkness: an astronomy experience for blind people (Visit on site)
10:35 – 10:55 Stefano Sandrelli, INAF – Italy
Martina Tremenda’s adventures in space: labs and theatre for kids
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Session Best Practices Chair: Laura Daricello, INAF Palermo
11:30 – 11:50 Angelo Adamo, INAF-OAPA, Palermo – Italy
Picking up brooms, collecting photons
11:50 – 12:10 Chatief Kunjaya, Universitas Ma Chung – Indonesia
The Potential of Astro-tourism in Indonesia: a Geographic, Climatic and Cultural perspective
12:10 – 12:30 Federico Di Giacomo, Il planetario.it Bologna, Italy
A Journey in Dante’s cosmology with a 3D Planetarium
12:30 – 12:50 Anna Maria Sambuco, Stella Errante – Italy
The journey as an astronomical tool for knowledge and tourism
12:50 – 14:15 Lunch
Session Best Practices Chair: Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Universidad de Valencia
14:15 – 14:50 Giuliano Tallone, Regional Tourism Agency – Lazio Region (Invited Speaker)
The Sky above Rome: experiences in astronomy public outreach in the region of the Eternal City.
14:50 – 15:10 Caterina Boccato, INAF Padova – Italy
Education & Public Outreach activities in Asiago Observing facilities
15:10 – 15:30 Marco Valdes Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
VISIONS: from research to outreach
15:30 – 15:50 Ilaria De Angelis, Roma Tre University, Italy
Under the sky of the Regional Natural Parks of Lazio
15:50 – 16:30 Coffee Break
Session Intercultural Chair: Laura Daricello, INAF Palermo
16:30 – 17:05 Chiara Di Benedetto, Bas Bleu – Italy (Invited Speaker)
Science as cultural project: an astro-touristic guide to Padova
17:05 – 17:25 Alessandra Zanazzi, INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
The astro-tourism project in Florence
17:25 – 17:45 Adriana Postiglione, Roma Tre University – Italy
Ecomuseum: from Cosmos to Earth to life to culture
17:45 – 18:05 Antonio Di Trapani, INAF Palermo – Italy
In the footsteps of Father Secchi, a Jesuit astronomer in Palermo: a cultural walking tour
19:30 – 22:30 Social dinner at the Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti
Friday, 13 July
Session Best Practices Chair: Alessandra Zanazzi, INAF Arcetri
10:00 – 10:35 Renzo Turatto, OCSE, Italy (Invited Speaker)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development promoting policies for astro-tourism
10:35 – 10:55 Giulia Amodeo, INAF Palermo – Italy
The ASTROSMART project – An experiment of scientific tourism at INAF – OAPa
10:55 – 11:15 Silvia Casu, INAF Cagliari, Italy
Astrotourism in Sardinia: challenges and opportunities
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Round table & discussion Chair: Renzo Turatto
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Final discussion and drawing up of a guidelines
16:00 THE END: DON’T PANIC!
So let’s have a bite to eat.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is just around.
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