Wednesday, July 17th 2024
8:30 AM – ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING
4:30 PM – DINNER available at hotel
6:00 PM – Coach leaves for GOTTLIEB PLANETARIUM AT UNION STATION
9:00 PM – Coach returns to DoubleTree
Thursday, July 18th 2024
8:00 AM – BUFFET BREAKFAST
9:00 AM – OPENING REMARKS Carroll Iorg
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:30 AM – ALLISON KIRKPATRICK – The James Webb Space Telescope: Revealing the Secrets of an Invisible Universe
11:30 AM – JEN WINTER – When’s The Next One? – Keeping The Dream Alive Between Eclipses
12:30 PM – BUFFET LUNCH
1:30 PM – KEIVAN STASSUN – New Methods for Measuring The Fundamental Properties of Stars and Exoplanets
2:30 PM – RYAN MADERAK – Topic TBD
3:30 PM – BREAK
4:00 PM – ROBERT REEVES – Topic TBD
5:00 PM – DINNER available at hotel
6:00 PM – Coach leaves for LINDA HALL LIBRARY, DAVID LEVY Presentation and Rare Books Room
9:00 PM – Coach returns to DoubleTree
Friday, July 19th 2024
8:00 AM – BUFFET BREAKFAST
9:00 AM – MITCH CLOUD and JENA DUNHAM – Exploring Space with Ham Radio
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:30 AM – PRESIDENT’S PANEL
11:30 AM – RYAN GOODSON – Topic TBD
12:30 PM – BUFFET LUNCH book signing, DAVID LEVY
1:30 PM – AL YOUTH AWARDS
2:30 PM – AL BUSINESS MEETING
3:30 PM – SCOTT HARRINGTON – Topic TDB
3:30 PM – AL OBSERVING AWARDS COORDINATION MEETING committee only
4:30 PM – Coach leaves for STAR-B-Q at Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
7:30 PM – Coach leaves for POWELL OBSERVATORY, RACHEL CIONITTI – Dark Matter and Dark Energy and Stargazing
10:00 PM – Coach returns to DoubleTree
Saturday, July 20th 2024
8:00 AM – BUFFET BREAKFAST
9:00 AM – GARRETT PARKINS – Artemis Mission
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:30 AM – BILL WREN – Topic TDB
11:30 AM – TIM RUSS – Topic TBD
12:30 PM – BUFFET LUNCH autograph session, TIM RUSS
1:30 PM – DAVID MCCALLLIE – Live-Stacking at Powell Observatory
2:30 PM – STUART RILEY – Solar Observation – Solar Photography
3:30 PM – BREAK
4:00 PM – DAVE WALDEN – Collimation Workshop
5:00 PM – AWARDS BANQUET Waldo Jazz Collective: Keynote Speaker, STEPHON ALEXANDER Topic TBD