This years Astro-Expo 2005 which is being run in association with the Discover Science and Engineering project, the British Council Ireland, and DCU Astrosoc. promises to be even more exciting and mind blowing than last years Astro-Expo 2004(read the report).  Many exhibitors have booked space for Astronomy Ireland's flagship event.   The list of exhibitors and lecturers promises to be a mouth-watering mix of the bizarre, the interesting and the truly amazing.  Entry to the exhibition is totally free but there is a charge of €5 for lectures OR €10 for three lectures OR €15 for six lectures over the 2 days.
One of the highlights of this years will be The Solar System Exhibition which is being brought in from Manchester by the British Council Ireland for the exhibition.   

                   
                                   Credit: British Council

Another feature will be the RoverBot challenge.  It is a test of skill.  Have you got the guts, the skill and the sheer determination to save the stranded mother ship?

It is certainly not an event to be missed as you can see from the list below.   Why not make a weekend of it!!

The ANNUAL ASTRONOMY IRELAND DINNER - meet all Astro-Expo speakers as guests on the Saturday night

 Provisional List of Exhibitors

• British Council Ireland (Solar System Exhibition & RoverBot Challenge)
• University of Glamorgan, Wales.
• Inishowen Planetarium, Donegal.
• European Space Agency 
• Armagh Planetarium
• Astronomy Ireland
• Astronomy and Space Shop
• Astrosoc - DCU Astronomy Club
• Brownstown Observatory (Meath)
• Kingsland Observatory (Roscommon)
• DCU Astrophysics
• Irish Skeptics Society
• Natures Treasures (Meteorites etc)
• NUI Galway Astrophysics 
• NUI Maynooth Astrophysics
• UCD Astrophysics
• UFO Society

Provisional List of Lectures and Lecturers (Liable to change)

1:00pm "Black Holes - The Irish Connection" 
by Prof. Mike Redfern NUI Galway.

3:00pm "String Theory Cosmology" 
by Dr. Oisin MacConamha, Imperial College, London.

5:00pm "Comets in the Classroom and Other Tales from Texas"
by Larry D. Barr, Assistant Planetarium Director. Tarleton State University, Stephenville,
Texas, U.S.A.

Sunday 20 November

1:00pm "Selling Science" 
by Ash McFadden, Inishowen Planetarium, Donegal.

3:00pm "Galaxy Classification System" 
by Allan Trow, University of Glamorgan.  

5:00 "Einstein and the Cosmos" 
by Aidan Smoker, School of Physics, UCD.

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