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IAU Strategic Plan 2020–2030 Contents IAU Strategic Plan 2020–2030 Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 Preamble ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Mission statement ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Priorities ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 Mandates ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6 IAU Strategic Goals 2020–2030 ................................................................................................................... 9 2. Outline of strategic actions ................................................................................................................... 10 3. Goal 1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 I. Stimulate and facilitate sharing of astronomical knowledge among professional astronomers ........ 16 II. Coordinate professional tasks and interact with other fields at the professional level ....................... 18 Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics ................................................................... 19 Dark and Quiet Sky Protection ............................................................................................................. 19 Coordination with other fields ............................................................................................................... 21 Naming of astronomical objects and surface features ....................................................................... 22 Setting astronomical standards ........................................................................................................... 23 III. Recognise excellence in astronomy through prizes ............................................................................. 24 Gruber Cosmology and Kavli Astrophysics Prizes .............................................................................. 24 Gruber Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics ................................................................................... 24 IAU PhD prize ........................................................................................................................................ 25 4. Goal 2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 IV. Foster inclusiveness in the advancement of astronomy ...................................................................... 26 V. Facilitate the advancement of the next generation of astronomers and scientists ............................ 29 Office for Young Astronomers (OYA) ................................................................................................... 29 5. Goal 3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 VI. Stimulate global development through the use of astronomy ............................................................. 32 Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) ....................................................................................... 32 6. Goal 4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 VII. Engage the public in astronomy ........................................................................................................... 36 Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO) ................................................................................................ 36 7. Goal 5 ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 VIII. Use astronomy for teaching and education at school level ................................................................ 40 Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) ........................................................................................... 40 8. Concluding thoughts ............................................................................................................................. 44 APPENDIX A Astronomy 2020–2030 — visions of the divisions ............................................................. 48 Division A: Fundamental Astronomy ........................................................................................................... 48 Division B: Facilities, Technologies, and Data Science ............................................................................. 49 Division C: Education, Outreach, and Heritage .......................................................................................... 50 Division D: High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics ............................................................... 52 Division E: Sun and Heliosphere ................................................................................................................ 53 Division F: Planetary Systems and Bioastronomy ..................................................................................... 55 Division G: Stars and Stellar Physics .......................................................................................................... 56 Division H: Interstellar Matter and Local Universe ...................................................................................... 57 Division J: Galaxies and Cosmology .......................................................................................................... 58 APPENDIX B List of commissions and working groups ........................................................................... 60 Commissions ............................................................................................................................................... 60 Inter-Division Commissions ......................................................................................................................... 60 Cross-Division Commissions ....................................................................................................................... 61 Working Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 61 APPENDIX C Acronyms .............................................................................................................................. 64 APPENDIX D IAU Executive Committee 2015–2018 ................................................................................. 66 APPENDIX E IAU Division Presidents 2015–2018 ..................................................................................... 68 Preface 1 https://www.iau.org/static/education/ The IAU Strategic Plan 2010–20201 primarily describes the Office of strategicplan_2010-2020.pdf Astronomy for Development (OAD), at that time yet to be established. At the 2015 IAU General Assembly (GA) in Honolulu, the GA adopted the following resolution that calls for an updated Strategic Plan by 2018: 1. That the pursuit of the goals of the Strategic Plan: Astronomy for the Developing World should continue until the XXXI General Assembly to be held August 2021. 2. That the Executive Committee should present for approval at the XXX General Assembly to be held in Vienna, Austria in August 2018 an extended Strategic Plan which addresses the future of the OAD and its activities beyond 2021. 3. That the Executive Committee should consult existing and potential stakeholders in the preparation of this Strategic Plan. As a new decade approaches, the Executive Committee (EC) concluded that an updated document that includes all the activities of the IAU is war- ranted. Accordingly, the EC, at its EC98 meeting in Mexico City in May 2016, appointed a small working group consisting of Debra Elmegreen, Ewine van Dishoeck, Renée Kraan-Korteweg and Piero Benvenuti, with assistance from Teresa Lago, to start preparing the new IAU Strategic Plan. The work- ing group drafted an overview of all IAU activities and formulated a number of long-term goals and actions. It solicited input from the OAD, OAO and OYA/ISYA, along with the EC, Division Presidents and National Members, and from the IAU membership as a whole via a survey about the draft out- line. The plan was approved by the IAU EC on April 18 2018. The new extended IAU Strategic Plan 2020–2030 provides a compre- hensive overview of the IAU, describing how the different IAU activities fit together and how they complement each other, and presents its long-term goals. The actions and activities required to meet these goals
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