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    • Community Session
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    • Welcome Reception
    • NAM 5-a-side football
    • One-man play: "Sir Isaac Remembers......"
    • NAM quiz night
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  • Media
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    • Super Stars Competition
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    • Astro Pop-up Stall
    • AstroArt-ORIGINS exhibition
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    • Schools Astronomy Day
    • Celebration Space
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  • NAM 2023
    • Code of Conduct
    • Contacts
    • Registration
    • Grants & Bursaries
    • Exhibitors
  • Science
    • Block Schedule
    • Plenary Talks
    • Parallel Sessions
    • Community Session
    • Posters
  • Social
    • Welcome Reception
    • NAM 5-a-side football
    • One-man play: "Sir Isaac Remembers......"
    • NAM quiz night
    • Conference & RAS Awards Dinner
  • Media
  • Outreach
    • Super Stars Competition
    • Astronomy on Tap
    • Astro Pop-up Stall
    • AstroArt-ORIGINS exhibition
    • Public Talks
    • Schools Astronomy Day
    • Celebration Space
  • Cardiff
    • Travel
    • Accommodation
    • Local Area
    • Venue
    • Childcare
JWST image of the Tarantula Nebula
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
JWST image of L1527 protostar and outflow
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI)
Black hole distortion of light
Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC
JWST Deep field image
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
JWST image of NGC628 spiral galaxy
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc of HL Tauri
Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Parallel sessions

Details of session

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2023-03-29 14:39:00
EDI in Astronomy and Geophysics
Sheila Kanani, Jasmine Sandhu, Ben Fernando
Regular
The EDI session will discuss equality, inclusion and diversity topics in astronomy and geophysics, in addition to the lunch time plenary session.

This session will address a variety of themes, which affect students and staff alike, including (but not limited to) gender, disability, neurodiversity, race, religion, socio-economic background, age and sexual orientation and the intersections between them.

The session talks will cover a variety of issues, and discuss the statistics of minority representation, the initiatives in place to improve conditions, and how bullying and harassment within universities can be combatted. The session will host speakers from outside of astronomy and academia, including expert trainers in EDI issues. The session will also present and discuss recent results to relevant surveys. This session will be a place to discuss positive and negative experiences for the community, where everyone is very welcome.

The main goals of this session are:
- Stimulate an atmosphere of openness and welcoming for the entire community.
- Highlight areas of inequity and lack of diversity.
- Promote positive resolutions to issues of diversity and equality. Particularly encouraging training, workshops and awareness.
- Highlight best practices for universities, research institutions and other employers for dealing with bullying and harassment, in order to create the best departments where people can do their best research.
- Discuss equity initiatives and how they have contributed to the improvement of working conditions.
Professional

 

Tuesday 4th July

09:00 - 09:05 Welcome
09:05 - 09:20  MIST Awards Taskforce
09:20 - 09:30 Carys Herbert - Advancing diversity and inclusion in astronomy education: insights from our experience
09:30 - 09:40 Annie Lennox - A Review of Diversity in Space Science Nomenclature
09:40 - 09:50 EQUATOR project
09:50 - 10:00 Mathieu Isidro - Three years on from BLM: lessons learned working towards greater equality, diversity, and inclusion in a new international organisation
10:00 - 10:10 Vivienne Wild - Imposter phenomenon in undergraduate physics and astronomy: A proposed intervention
10:10 - 10:30 Panel

 

11:00 - 11:05 Welcome back
11:05 - 11:20 Scopes4SEN
11:20 - 11:30 Emma Alexander - A sense of comMOONity: observing the New Crescent Moon and its role in the Islamic calendar.
11:30 - 11:40 Olivia Keenan - Decolonising the Curriculum in Physics - a call to action
11:40 - 11:50 Osnat Katz - Astronomy for All - All for Astronomy? Diversity and demographics in UK amateur astronomy
11:50 - 12:00 Sophie Bartlett - Moving from 'interest' to 'identity': young people's aspirations in astronomy and space
12:00 - 12:30 Panel

 

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 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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