Solarfest 2018 ?

hi,
i was just wondering if there is one this year? no mention of it on the DIAS website ?
Stephen.

Stephen,
Solarfest 2018 is confirmed for Saturday 16th June.
Details re Solarfesat are generally more up to date on the Solarfest Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/Solarfest-223930147635707/
We hope to announce the final speaker list and schedule shortly.
We are planning the day around the following times:
10:30 Registration - Tea/Coffee
10:50 Welcome Address
11:00 - 17:00 Talks
We will also announce details shortly on how to book your FREE tickets.
Regards,
Michael.

thanks michael.

Schedule updated below:

Friday Night
19:00 Gates Open
19:30 Sam Green (DIAS) & John Flannery (IAS) will present a talk on the history of Parallax and the 150th anniversary of the Grubb Telescope.

Saturday:
10:30 Registration
10:50 Welcome Address
11:00 Ronan Newman 'Clouds at the Edge of Space: An insight to their History, Formation & link to Solar Minimum'
11:45 Shane Maloney (TCD) – ESA Solar Orbiter
12:30 Ciara Maguire (TCD) and Oisin Creaner (DIAS) - I-LOFAR
13:15 Live Classical Music by Sarah Joyce / Observatory Tour / Bring Your Own Picnic
14:30 US Solar Eclipse Report: Michael O'Connell (IFAS)
Phd Session:
15:10 Sam Green (DIAS)
15:30 Maria Moutzouri (DIAS)
15:50 Samuel McKeague (DCU)
16:10 Camille Stock (DIAS)
16:30 Q&A Session – All Speakers
16:45 Conference Close with Poetry Reading by Sarah Joyce
17:00 onwards: Informal get together - pizza (€10 pp)

Sunday:
12:00 Registration
12:30 to 14:30 Family orientated talks by John Flannery (IAS) and Kevin Smith (MAG). Observatory Tour by Sam Green (DIAS)

Free Tickets for Solarfest can now be booked at the link below:

payments.dias.ie/index.php?main_page=ind...emuitpp4gg89vr6goh02