Press Release

NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Press release 19.01.2023

EUROPEAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING IN SWITZERLAND

On January 18-19, the European Astronomical Society (EAS) committee held a meeting at the Geneva Observatory (Versoix, Switzerland). Among the invited participants was the acting president of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS) Areg Mickaelian.

Such meetings are traditional and bring together the EAS council members and the presidents of national astronomical societies. EAS President Roger Davies (United Kingdom), Vice Presidents Sara Lucatello (Italy) and Lex Caper (Netherlands), EAS Secretary Ina Dominguez (Spain) and others were present.

The meeting covered various topics, namely EAS membership, annual meetings, awards, support for young astronomers, connection with national astronomical societies, etc. Areg Mickaelian presented the last year activities and events of the ArAS.

The EAS was founded in 1990 and currently includes 31 national astronomical and about 1400 members. ArAS has been a member of EAS since 2001.

This year's EAS annual meeting will take place on July 10-14 in Krakow, Poland, and the 2024 meeting will be held on July 1-5 in Padua, Italy. It is interesting to note, that in 2007, the EAS meeting was held in Armenia, which was an exceptional phenomenon both in terms of its significance and scale.

Meline Asryan