INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY, 2009

The first meeting for the national Single Points of Contact (SPoCs) has taken place with 63 SPoCs identified out of 80 IAU countries (an excellent return). The webcast and all presentations are available at ... http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/iya_eso/programme.html An "activities bank" is now being compiled at ... http://www.astronomy2009.org/content/view/122/50/ The next major event for IYA2009 is a meeting, CAP2007, to be held in Athens (Greece), 8-11 October 2007. See ... http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2007/index.html