Special Events

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2023

5 - 9 juillet 2023: Universe on Tour. Munich, Germany.

2022

1 septembre - 8 décembre 2022: ESO at 60: Feet on the ground, eyes on the skies. various locations.

2020

6 octobre 2020: Global Engineering Careers in Science & Space, online event..

2019

24 - 29 juin 2019: Starmus V. Zurich, Switzerland.

2018

13 octobre 2018: Open House Day 2018. Garching bei München, Germany.
5 - 7 septembre 2018: Cumbre chilena de difusión de la Astronomía. Concepcion, Chile.
30 juin 2018: Asteroid Day. Garching bei München, Germany.
7 juin 2018: SOCHIAS Inclusive talk. Santiago, Chile.
27 mai 2018: Heritage Day in Chile. Santiago, Chile.
17 mai 2018: Inauguration of the ESA Our Place in Space temporary exhibition inside the ESO Supernova. Garching bei München, Germany.
28 avril 2018: ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre opening. Garching bei München, Germany.
26 avril 2018: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
13 - 15 avril 2018: Puerto de Ideas - Antofagasta 2018. Antofagasta, Chile.
16 mars 2018: ESO - ALMA Open House Day 2018. Santiago, Chile.
16 mars 2018: Astroday La Serena 2018. La Serena, Chile.

2017

26 décembre 2017 - 1 janvier 2018: Fifth ESO Astronomy Winter Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
5 - 8 décembre 2017: Festival Internacional de Innovación Social (FiiS) - Edición Santiago. Santiago, Chile.
27 novembre 2017: Münchner Wissenschaftstage. Munich, Germany.
26 octobre 2017: Exposicion Awesome Universe en el Liceo Benjamin Munoz Gamero de Puerto Octay. Puerto Octay, Chile.
21 octobre 2017: Open House Day at ESO. Garching bei München, Germany.
19 - 21 octobre 2017: XX Congreso Internacional de Astronomia Amateur (CIAA). Calle Larga, Chile.
12 - 14 octobre 2017: Festival Internacional de Innovacion Social (FiiS) - Edicion Antofagasta. Antofagasta, Chile.
7 - 8 octobre 2017: XI Fiesta de la Ciencia y Tecnologia. Santiago, Chile.
29 - 30 septembre 2017: Ciencia Fest 2017. Santiago, Chile.
6 - 20 août 2017: Summer AstroCamp, the Centre for Environmental Education and Interpretation of the Corno de Bico Protected Landscape. Portugal.
20 juillet 2017: V Escuela Astronomica de Invierno / Charlas Publicas 2017. Antofagasta, Chile.
26 mai 2017: Extremely Large Telescope First Stone Ceremony. Cerro Armazones, Chile.
27 avril 2017: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
26 avril 2017: Ingeniosas 2017. Temuco, Chile.
24 - 29 janvier 2017: Expo Región de Coquimbo 2017. Coquimbo, Chile.
23 - 26 janvier 2017: XIV Annual Meeting of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS). Maitencillo, Chile.
18 janvier 2017: ELT Mirrors and Sensors contracts ceremony. Garching bei München, Germany.

2016

26 décembre 2016 - 1 janvier 2017: Fourth ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
22 octobre 2016: Open House Day at ESO. Garching by München, Germany.
23 - 27 juillet 2016: EIROforum sessions at ESOF (European Science Open Forum) Conference. Manchester, United Kingdom.
18 - 22 juillet 2016: Escuela astronómica de invierno 2016. Antofagasta, Chile.
1 juillet 2016: Teacher Training on Kepler’s Laws and Modern Astronomy, at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
29 mai 2016: ESO invita a recorrer el Observatorio Foster en el Día del Patrimonio 2016. Santiago, Chile.
28 mai 2016: Invitación a charla ""Cielos oscuros de Chile, patrimonio de la humanidad". Santiago, Chile.
25 mai 2016: E-ELT Dome and Main Structure Contract Ceremony. Garching bei München, Germany.
7 - 12 mai 2016: #MeetESO, ESO's first social media gathering. Chile.
28 avril 2016: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
26 avril 2016: First Light Event for VLT’s Four New Lasers. Paranal Observatory, Chile.
14 avril 2016: International Career Day. Lausanne, Switzerland.
15 janvier - 30 avril 2016: Pale Red Dot outreach campaign, online.

2015

26 décembre 2015 - 1 janvier 2016: Third ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy, Italy.
23 - 24 novembre 2015: EU-UNAWE and Deutsche Museum Teacher Training. Deutsche Museum, München, Germany.
7 - 10 septembre 2015: ESO exhibition at 37th Polish Astronomical Society Assembly. Poznań, Poland.
27 juin 2015: Open House at ESO for the Long Night of Science. Garching by München, Germany.
22 - 26 juin 2015: ESO exhibition at the The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS). La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
18 - 19 juin 2015: Workshop on public awareness of large scale facilities - Expectations - Experiences - Examples. ESO Headquarters, Garching by München, Germany.
31 mai 2015: ESO invita a recorrer el Observatorio Foster en el Día del Patrimonio 2015. Santiago, Chile.
7 mai 2015: Talk: A blast from the past. Speaker: Wolfgang Kerzendorf. Bavaria International School, Haimhausen, Germany.
23 avril 2015: Girls’ Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
20 mars 2015: Día de la Astronomía 2015: jornada de puertas abiertas ESO-ALMA. Santiago, Chile.
6 - 7 mars 2015: Lehrerfortbildung Sternentwicklung. Garching bei München, Germany.
24 février 2015: Groundbreaking Ceremony for ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. Garching bei München, Germany.
23 janvier 2015: Lange Nacht der Architektur. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.

2014

26 décembre 2014 - 1 janvier 2015: Second ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
24 novembre 2014: Tools for Technology Transfer — An ASTRONET Workshop. ESO Headquarters, Garching by München, Germany.
15 novembre 2014: A talk by Joe Liske on ESO and the E-ELT. House of Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.
11 octobre 2014: ESO Open House Day, ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
8 - 11 octobre 2014: 8va Fiesta de la Ciencia EXPLORA. Santiago, Chile.
7 octobre 2014: Reapertura de la exhibición ESO "Una ventana al Universo" . Antofagasta, Chile.
19 septembre 2014: Talk by Joe Liske about the European Extremely Large Telescope — Space Camp New Zealand. Canterbury, New Zealand.
19 juin 2014: E-ELT Groundbreaking event — broadcasted live. Chile.
27 avril 2014: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
6 avril 2014: Astronomy lecture on "The European Extremely Large Telescope". Mumbai, India.

2013

26 - 31 décembre 2013: ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
30 novembre 2013: A talk by Mirko Krumpe as part of the "Chilean Night" event, The Society of the Archenhold-Sternwarte. Berlin, Germany.
25 - 30 novembre 2013: XIV Latin American Regional IAU Meeting. Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
8 novembre 2013: ESO 50th Anniversary in Chile. Santiago, Chile.
30 octobre 2013: ESO Family day in Vitacura. Santiago, Chile.
29 octobre - 4 décembre 2013: Eventos culturales 50 años de ESO en Chile. Santiago, Chile.
19 octobre 2013: ESO Open House Day, ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
14 - 18 octobre 2013: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2013 (CAP 2013). Warsaw, Poland.
8 - 13 octobre 2013: Fiesta Chile: Laboratorio Natural. Santiago, Chile.
29 septembre 2013: CERN Open Days. Geneva, Switzerland.
27 - 29 septembre 2013: Débuter l'astrophotographie sans télescope: capturer le mouvement des étoiles, Alexandre Santerne, festival Ciel en Fête. Toulouse, France.
26 - 30 septembre 2013: AstroMaster La Palma, International Workshop about Advanced Timelapse imaging & processing & Landscape astrophotography with ESO Photo Ambassadors Babak Tafreshi and Christoph Malin. La Palma, Spain.
14 août 2013: Picnic cinematografic inedit, în rol principal - stelele, Pelicula Culturală. Timisoara, Romania.
10 août 2013: Débuter l'astrophotographie sans télescope: capturer le mouvement des étoiles, Alexandre Santerne. Puimichel, France.
6 août 2013: Astrónomos de ESO y ALMA hablarán sobre las estrellas en segundo “Café con-Ciencias”. Santiago, Chile.
23 juillet - 6 août 2013: Costruiamo il Telescopio del Futuro, Osservatorio Astronomico INAF di Padova. Padova, Italy.
22 juillet - 22 décembre 2013: ESO 50th Anniversary in Chile Events. Chile.
13 juillet - 24 août 2013: Mostra fotografica Staordinario Universo, Museo dell’Acqua. Kaberlaba – Asiago, Italy.
10 juillet 2013: ESO Photo Ambassador: when art photography helps science outreach, Alexandre Santerne. Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal.
20 juin 2013: Astrónomos de ESO hablarán sobre exoplanetas en el primer “Café con-Ciencias”. Santiago, Chile.
17 - 18 juin 2013: Astronomy Education & Public Outreach: the European perspective — An ASTRONET Workshop. Heidelberg, Germany.
25 - 27 janvier 2013: Cumbre CELAC-UE. Santiago, Chile.

2012

10 décembre 2012: Astrónomo ESO analiza las profecías mayas. Santiago, Chile.
7 décembre 2012: Charla pública sobre el Sistema Solar y la búsqueda de planetas extrasolares. Antofagasta, Chile.
6 décembre 2012 - 8 mars 2013: ESO Chile fue anfitrión de conferencia internacional de Física y Astronomía. Santiago, Chile.
9 novembre 2012: ESO es anfitrión del lanzamiento del libro Vistas de la Galaxia. Santiago, Chile.
16 - 18 octobre 2012: “Noche Zero”, Seminario internacional de contaminación lumínica. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
10 - 12 octobre 2012: XV Congreso Internacional de Aficionados de Astronomía, Universidad Arturo Prat. Chile.
6 octobre 2012: Celebración de los 50 años de ESO. Planetario de la USACH, Santiago, Chile.
1 - 6 octobre 2012: XVIII Semana Nacional de la Ciencia y Tecnología . Chile.
26 septembre 2012: El próximo 26 de septiembre se realizará en la comuna de La Cisterna el primer Congreso Escolar de Astronomía . Chile.
6 septembre 2012: Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta- Charla Amelia Bayo astrónoma ESO . Antofagasta, Chile.
24 août 2012: Planetario USACH- Charla de Florian Gourgeot, astrónomo ESO. Santiago, Chile.
7 - 22 juillet 2012: Programa especial vacaciones de invierno. Planetario USACH, Santiago - Telescopios en Chile, Chile.
26 juin 2012: Conferencia del Professor Brian Schmidt, Premio Nobel de Física 2011 . Ex-Congreso, Santiago, Chile.
21 juin - 31 décembre 2012: Awesome Universe — the Cosmos through the eyes of the European Southern Observatory. Europe and around the world.
27 mai 2012: Día del Patrimonio. Cerro Calán, Santiago, Chile.
28 avril 2012: Tiroler Forschungsnacht, University of Innsbruck. Innsbruck, Austria.
26 - 29 avril 2012: Festival de astronomía. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
20 avril 2012: Copiapó - Conmemoración 103 años desde el Informe de Curtis. Chile.

2011

30 novembre - 3 décembre 2011: Ex-Congreso, Santiago - Congreso del Futuro. Santiago, Chile.
22 novembre 2011: ESO — Österreichs Forscherfinger am Puls der Sternzeit. Linz Wissensturm, Austria.
15 novembre 2011: ESO — eine europäische Erfolgsgeschite unter chilenischem Sternenhimmel. Linz Wissensturm, Austria.
11 novembre 2011: "E-ELT — the biggest eye on the sky", Joe Liske at TEDx Bucharest. Bucharest, Romania.
15 octobre 2011: Open House Day. The ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich will open its doors for the public. Garching bei München, Germany.
10 - 14 octobre 2011: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2011(CAP 2011) - New Territories for Science Outreach. Beijing, China.
28 - 30 juillet 2011: III National Olimpic games of astronomy and astronautic. Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile.
6 - 8 juillet 2011: "Lehrerfortbildung zur Lehrplanalternative Astrophysik". Garching, Germany.
22 avril 2011: Girls' Day event "Einführung in die Arbeit des European Southern Observatory". Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.

2010

12 octobre 2010: "Alles aus Nichts: Der Ursprung des Universums". Garching, Germany.
1 - 7 août 2010: Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) 2010 and Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP). Garching, Germany.
24 juin 2010: A virtual walk-through of the E-ELT at Ars Electronica. Linz, Austria.
15 juin 2010: Local press conference and public talk on E-ELT. Concepcion University, Chile.
5 juin 2010: "Are we alone in the Universe?". Munich, Germany.
31 mai 2010: "The Big Bang in the Tunnel". Munich, Germany.
22 avril 2010: Girls' Day event "Einführung in die Arbeit des European Southern Observatory". Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
15 - 19 mars 2010: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.
1 janvier 2010 - 1 octobre 2011: The Eye 3D School Screenings.

2009

28 octobre 2009: Opening of 3D Movie Featuring ESO's Paranal Observatory. Biberach, Germany.
24 octobre 2009: Open House Day (page in German). Garching, Germany.
3 - 4 avril 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy live webcasts – Around the World in 80 Telescopes.
1 janvier - 31 décembre 2009: International Year of Astronomy. Worldwide.

2008

1 janvier 2008: James Bond at Paranal. Paranal Observatory, Chile.

2007

13 octobre 2007: "Long Night of Science / Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft" - 50th anniversary of the Garching Campus. Garching, Germany.
8 - 11 octobre 2007: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007. Athens, Greece.
14 - 19 septembre 2007: 19th European Union Contest for Young Scientists. Valencia, Spain.

2006

15 octobre 2006: Open House Day. Garching, Germany.

2005

14 - 17 juin 2005: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2005. Garching, Germany.

2003

1 décembre 2003: Public Talks.

2002

9 septembre 2002: ESO 40 Years (1962 - 2002): The Anniversary Planetarium Show. Garching, Germany.

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