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Fiske Fulldome Festival

Posted on August 17, 2015 by warikl

While my previous post announced the award winners of the Fiske Fulldome Festival, I did not have the opportunity to provide more detail about the festival itself.    It was a three day fulldome festival, which focused solely on content, there … Continue reading →

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Fiske Fulldome Film Festival – Award Winners

Posted on August 16, 2015 by warikl

The Fiske Fulldome Festival finished tonight with their Awards Night.  It has been a fantastic festival and Thor and the team at Fiske have done a magnificent job. Five awards were given out and they went to: Best of Show … Continue reading →

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The Charles Hayden Planetarium

Posted on August 14, 2015 by warikl

  After attending the IPS Council meeting in Montreal, I took the opportunity to visit the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science (MOS) in Boston.  This was a particularly interesting visit for me, the Charles Hayden Planetarium is of … Continue reading →

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Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Posted on August 13, 2015 by warikl

The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montreal is an architectural delight. Completed in 2013 at a cost of $48 million dollars, it includes two 18 metre domes, a café as well as an exhibition space. It is located in the … Continue reading →

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A visit to SAT

Posted on August 10, 2015 by warikl

While in Montreal, I had the opportunity to visit the Société des arts technologiques (SAT). SAT is an arts collective that was founded in 1996. It is part self funded and part government funded. I was fortunate to meet up … Continue reading →

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IPS2018 winner announced

Posted on August 8, 2015 by warikl

As you know their were four sites, bidding to host the 2018 IPS Conference: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Edmonton, Canada Toulouse, France Arlington, Texas, USA After a hotly contested bidding process I am able to announce the winner is Toulouse, France. … Continue reading →

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A Visit to the Hayden Planetarium

Posted on August 6, 2015 by warikl

On my way to attend the IPS Council meeting in Montreal, I took the opportunity to visit the Hayden Planetarium in New York at the American Museum of Natural History. The American Museum of Natural History is massive, one of … Continue reading →

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Announcing APS 2016 – Wellington, New Zealand

Posted on July 31, 2015 by warikl

I am very pleased to announce that the 2016 APS Conference will be taking place at the Space Place at Carter Observatory in Wellington, New Zealand on the 4th & 5th of April.  This is exciting as it will be … Continue reading →

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International Day of Planetaria

Posted on March 15, 2015 by warikl

Happy ‘International Day of Planetaria’ to everyone.  The ‘Day of Planetaria’ was first celebrated in Italy in 1990.  While this day is well recognised in Europe it has yet to really catch on in the United States or Australasia. However … Continue reading →

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Final Program for APS

Posted on February 19, 2015 by warikl

The final program for the APS conference has now been released!  It is now available on the APS2015 Conference page.  As you will see it is a very full program. I look forward to catching up with you in a few days.

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