WG5 Workshop: Breaking Barriers: Inspiring the Next Generation
The WG5 workshop (hosted will be the University of Santiago de Compostela) will be held May 23 - 25, 2022. Participation is in-person or online for this hybrid format meeting.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 March 2022
Deadline for on-site participation registration: 31 March 2022
Full details are available on the meeting webpage
Outline of the workshop
The workshop “Breaking Barriers: Inspiring the Next Generation” is about bringing the astronomical community together and get inspired by the way data from the Gaia mission is used in the different areas of astronomy.
The main purpose of the meeting is the development and implementation of the following plans:
- Framework of Research Coordination Action
- Training Plan
- Impact and Inclusion Plan
- Dissemination Plan
This includes tasks such as: impact of future advances on our understanding of the Milky Way, effective implementation of inclusion policies (such as geography, gender, age), outreach and advertising activities, and training tasks for future generations of astrometry experts.