The deadline for early-bird registration for the XXXI IAU General Assembly (IAUGA2022) has been extended to 28 March 2022, in light of the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is scheduled to take place on 2–11 August 2022 in Busan, South Korea, and is currently planned to go ahead as a hybrid meeting.

However, if the meeting needs to be changed to a fully virtual format as a result of travel restrictions caused by COVID-19 in the coming months, in-person registrants will be fully refunded. In that case, they will be able to register again by paying the virtual registration fees.

Information on entry requirements and COVID-19-related restrictions in Korea can be found on the VISA page. More details about registration and the event in general can be found on the FAQ page.

Please note that the first two weeks of August are the busiest holiday period in South Korea. In-person attendees are therefore strongly advised to reserve their accommodations as soon as possible.

Important Dates (all 23:59 in Korean Standard Time)

• KAS grant application has ended:                      28 February 2022
• Early-bird registration ends:                               28 March 2022
• Regular abstract submission ends:                    31 March 2022
• IAU grant application ends:                                31 March 2022
• Regular Registration ends:                                 31 May 2022
• Abstract submission for e-talks/e-posters ends: 31 May 2022
• Registration can be changed from
  in-person to virtual (and vice-versa):                  until 30 June 2022
• Late Registration ends:                                      11 August 2022

Invited Discourse Speakers

• Klaus Pontoppidan (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA): “Early science with the James Webb Space Telescope”
• Sherry Suyu (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics /Technical University of Munich, Germany): “The Hubble Tension”
• Hiroyuki Maehara (National Astronomical Observatory, Japan): “Superflares and super coronal mass ejections on solar-type stars”

Public Lecturers

• Shep Doeleman (Center for Astrophysics, USA): “Imaging a Supermassive Black Hole”
• Brian Schmidt (Australian National University, Australia): “The State of the Universe”

More information

The IAU is the international astronomical organisation that brings together more than 12 000 active professional astronomers from more than 100 countries worldwide. Its mission is to promote and safeguard astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation. The IAU also serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and the surface features on them. Founded in 1919, the IAU is the world's largest professional body for astronomers.

Links

• FAQ page

Contacts

Hyesung Kang
IAUGA2022 National Organizing Committee
Tel: +82-42-865-3395
Email: sec@iauga2022.org 

Lars Lindberg Christensen
IAU Director of Communications
Cell: +1 520 461 0433/+49 173 38 72 621
Email: lars.christensen@noirlab.edu