ASTRONOMY IN THE UAE - 2ND COLLOQUIUM
AL-AIN ROTANA HOTEL - MAY 09, 2002
Morning Session
- 8:30 - 9:00: Informal Light Breakfast
- 9:00 - 9:10: Opening Words:
Prof. Al-Sharhan (Dean Faculty of Science, UAEU)
- 9:10 - 9:35: Synthetic Light-Curve of X-ray Binaries of Possible Neutron Star or Black Hole Component:
Hamid Al-Naimy (UAEU)
- 9:35 - 10:00 Gamma Rays from Compact Binary Sources:
Nidhal Guessoum (AUS)
- 10:00 - 10:25 Statistical Bias in GRB Distributions:
Walid Azzam (UAEU)
COFFEE BREAK 10:30 - 10:45
- 10:45 - 11:10 Radio Observation of Hot Spots:
Ilias Fernini (UAEU)
- 11:10 - 11:35 The Jordan Radio Telescope:
Basim Bulos (AUS)
- 11:35 - 12:00 Solar Illumination as Cause of the Equinoctial Preference
for Geomagnetic Activity: Abdelhaq M. Hamza
(UAEU)
- 12:00 - 12:25 Galactic Cosmic Rays: Ismail Sabbah
(Kuwait Univ.)
LUNCH 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Afternoon Session
- 2:00 - 2:20 Astronomy in Japan:
Yushy Hyakutake (Zadco, AbuDhabi)
- 2:20 - 2:40 Astronomy Without a Telescope:
Colin Henshaw (British Astronomical Association)
- 2:40 - 3:00 Observing off the Road in the Gulf Region:
Randall Penney (PDORC Ras al-Hamra Astronomical Sec.)
- 3:00 - 3:20 Quantifying the Astronomical Visibility and Atmospheric Conditions of
Oman Mountains: Saleh S. Al-Shedhani (Qaboos University)
COFFEE BREAK 3:20 - 4:00 -
- 4:00 - 4:20 Special Program Construction Techniques for Planetarium Presenters:
Marwan Shwaiki (PDO Planetarium, Oman)
- 4:20 - 4:50 Observatories/Planetariums in Kuwait:
Mona Anber & Yusuf Khaled (Kuwait Astronomical Association)
- 4:50 - 5:10 Observatories in Saudi Arabia:
Moataz Kurdi (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology)
- 5:10 - 5:30 Astronomy in the UAE: Past, Present, and Future:
Hasan Ahmed Harriri (Dubai Astronomical Association)
- 5:30 - 6:15 Panel Discussion:
Advance of Astronomy in the Gulf: the Case for an Astronomical Society of UAE & Oman
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