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The 4th Annual AfAS Conference

The AfAS annual conference and business meeting, AfAS2024, will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from April 15-20, 2024. This conference aims to advance the objectives of AfAS and its science strategy by focusing on astronomy research, outreach, communication, and education activities in Africa and promoting collaboration among countries.

Hosted by Cadi Ayyad University and the Oukaimeden Observatory, the conference will be co-organized with the involvement of AfAS committees and partners.

8:30am GMT+01

Arrival & Registration

12:30pm GMT+01

1:30pm GMT+01

AfAS Executive Committee Meeting & Strategic Partners Meeting

6:00pm GMT+01

Reception/Registration

8:30am GMT+01

Session 1: Opening Ceremony Amphi 10Takalani Nemaungani • Kevin Govender • Debra Meloy Elmegreen • Abdelmajid BENHIDA • Thebe Medupe • Meryem Guennoun • Zouhair Benkhaldoun • Blaid Bougadir • Hassan El Mouden • Moha Taourirte • Muhammad Sharif • Nabila Aghanim

9:30am GMT+01

Tea/Coffee/Conference photo

10:30am GMT+01

Session 2: Plenary Session – Science (PS1) Amphi 10Marisa Geyer • Bernard Foing • Zouhair Benkhaldoun

12:30pm GMT+01

1:30pm GMT+01

Session 4: Parallel Session (Astronomy Development in Africa) Salle des thèsesDaniel Manama Mokhohlane • Maaike Pierik • Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane • Dominic Vertue • Preethi Krishnamoorthy • Anton Binneman Session 3: Parallel Session (Galaxies & AGN) Amphi 10Brenda Namumba • BEREKET ASSEFA • Sarah White • Mpati Ramatsoku • Ann Njeri • Belmahi Hajar • Casmir Obasi • Houda Haidar

3:30pm GMT+01

Tea/Coffee/Poster SessionAbdelmajid BENHIDA • Youssef Moulane • Katlego Mogamisi • Salah Nasr • Jamila Chouqar • Victória Samboco • Inza Gnanou • Moses Langa • Geoffrey Ong’alo • Fouad Sefyani • Abderahmane Soubkiou • Jamal Chafi • Thobekile Sandra Ngwane • Redait Basaznew • Roberto Rodas

4:30pm GMT+01

Session 5: Special Session (SS1) Amphi 10Declan Kirrane • Charles Takalana • Tugela Matubatuba • BOCHEREAU Laurent • Carla (Sharpe) Mitchell • Robert Adam • Thebe Medupe • David Baratoux • Nabila Aghanim

6:00pm GMT+01

Session 6: Special Session (SS2) - Variable Stars Amphi 10Fouad Sefyani • Robert Szabo • Katrien Charlotte Kolenberg • Dorothy Museo Mwanzia • Itumeleng Monageng • Jean François le Borgne

8:30am GMT+01

Session 7: Plenary Session - Education (PS2) Salle des thèsesMirjana Povic • Abdelmajid BENHIDA

9:30am GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (In Person)Mirjana Povic • Mohammed SABIL • Ssebaggala chrizestom • Ann Njeri • Fouad Sefyani • Youssef El Jariri • Hamza Ait Abdelaali • Thomas Shiva • Toivo Sauel Mabote • Mehbuba Ahmed Mohammed • Ayoub Abdou • Nessaiba Messaadiyene • Pascal Chardonnet • ELMegder Essadik

10:30am GMT+01

Session 9: Parallel Session (Innovative Outreach Tools and Initiatives) Salle des thèsesBuzani Khumalo • Somaya Saad • Cosmos Dumba • Soukaina ARIF • ELINEEMA NASSARI • Hassane DARHMAOUI Session 8: Parallel Session (Compact/Binary/Cluster) Amphi 10Dereje Wakgari Amente • Innocent Eya • Christian Eze • Venu Prayag • Francesco Coti Zelati • Nekolgne Aymard BADOLO • Salma Sylla • Ny Ando Jurice Ralitera

12:30pm GMT+01

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Session 11: Parallel Session (Innovative Outreach Tools and Initiatives) Salle des thèsesProspery Simpemba • Exodus CL Sit • Odwa Magabuko • Pranesthan Govender • Tabitha Alango • Getinet Ayane Session 10: Parallel Session (Stellar/Planetary) Amphi 10Cheikh BOP • Daniel Egbo • Youssef Moulane • Ssebaggala chrizestom • Souleymane OUEDRAOGO • Abigail Frost • Hamza Ba-mohammed

3:30pm GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (In Person)Mohammed SABIL • Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane • Jamal Chafi • Hamza Ait Abdelaali • Ola Ali • Fatima-Ezzahra Jadid • Yahya Ladghami • Petanki Soro • Jifar Raya • Shirley Aoko • Nouhaila Bouhadi • Aziza Bounhir • Miguel Serra-Ricart • Stephen Sottie

4:30pm GMT+01

Outreach Public Engagement

8:30am GMT+01

Session 13: Plenary Session – Science (PS3) Amphi 10Russ Taylor • Stephanie Milam

9:30am GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (Virtually)Abdoul Ganiyou Tao • Abdeltif Zridi • Joseph Wise • Baguima Gilbert Bayala • Oswald Didier Franck Grodji • Sara Khodairy • Jasmine Khalil • Mostafa Nasser Ahmed • Esraa Khafagy • Tilahun Getachew • Fithaneges Dagnew • Ankur Chaubey • Rabyatalhabesha Bilal Assefa • Nebiyu Mohammed • Linus Kweku Labik

10:30am GMT+01

Session 14: Parallel Session (Outreach and Education Efforts Across Africa) Salle des thèsesAlemiye Yacob • Bonaventure Okere • Deralaza Rafieferantsoa • Kushatha Ntwaetsile • Noorali Jiwaji • khaled segni • Amjed Khurwat Session 15: Parallel Session (Cosmology) Amphi 10Feven Markos Hunde • Yin-Zhe Ma • hassan abdalla • Liantsoa Finaritra Randrianjanahary • Safae DAHMANI • Magrach Mounia • Shambel Sahlu • AYODEJI IBITOYE

12:30pm GMT+01

1:30pm GMT+01

Session 17: Parallel Session (EDO efforts in African Organisations) Salle des thèsesJamal Mimouni • Olayinka Fagbemiro • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam • Bénite TANTELY • Daniel Cunnama • Mohamed Aoudjehane • Sylvain Bouley Session 16: Parallel Session (Galaxy Clusters) Amphi 10Kshitij Thorat • Notahiana Ranaivoharimina • Malebo Moloko • Keegan Trehaeven • Rosalind Skelton • Narges Hatamkhani • Eslam Elhosseiny • Amirnezam Amiri

3:30pm GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (Virtually)Sam Samuneti • Dorothy Museo Mwanzia • Priya Shah • Syed Najamul Hasan • Muchammad Toyib • Biagio Ambrosio • Douglas Manasi • Miora Mbolatiana Randrianasy • Nancy Julianna Tovolahy • Faical Barzi • Johanne Ekue • Youssef Errazzouki • Patrick Okezuonu • Chukwuebuka Ugwu • Ernest Benjamin Ikechukwu Ugwu

4:30pm GMT+01

Session 18: Special Session (SS3) - The SKA Observatory: Status update and opportunities Amphi 10Thijs Geurts • Tyler Bourke • Lindsay Magnus • Tracy Cheetham • Sharmila Goedhart • Shari Breen

6:00pm GMT+01

Session 19: Parallel Session - Special Session (SS4) - Astronomy Education in Africa Salle des thèsesLinda Strubbe • Somaya Saad • Saalih Allie Session 20: Parallel Session - Extraordinary Host Session - Space Debris and Satellites Amphi 10Hadia Selim • Yannis Zancanaro • HAMID IDELBACHA • Piero Benvenuti • Julien Cantegreil • Meridth Rawls

8:30am GMT+01

Session 21: Plenary Session – Education (PS4) Amphi 10Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana • Mike Simmons

9:30am GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (Virtually)Chioma Okany • Eugene Idogbe • Steven Elijah • Peter Offor Onubi • Abdoulaye Abdoulaye • Mamadou Mahamat Djabbi • Jc Viljoen • Simthembile Dlamini • Unnikrishnan Sureshkumar • Sthabile Kolwa • Sindhu Gaddam • Ayodele Periola • Dorothy Mlambo • Basia Nasiorowska • Karabo Rantwane

10:30am GMT+01

Session 22: Parallel Session (Galaxies) Amphi 10Shimeles Terefe • Harris Marc • James Chibueze • Munira Hoosain • Vasco Cossa • Julius Chuhwak Matthew Session 23: Parallel Session (Others) Salle des thèsesAmbrose Eze • Osama Shalabiea • Sam Samuneti • Soebur Razzaque • Calvince Juma • Dalale Mhamdi • Hayat Laassiri

12:30pm GMT+01

1:30pm GMT+01

Session 24: Parallel Session (Transients) Amphi 10Benard Nsamba • David Buckley • Mohammed SABIL • Michelle Lochner • Kira Yasmin Hanmer • Encarni Romero Colmenero • EL MEHDI EL HACHIMI • mario Accolla Session 25: Parallel Session (Others) Salle des thèsesYosry Azzam • Nomthendeleko Motha • Koketso Mophahlane • Evans Kojo Owusu • Simphiwe Madlanga • Sivakumar Venkataraman

3:30pm GMT+01

Coffee Break & Poster Session (Virtually)Abduljalol Safarov • Feyda Srarfi • Ronald Ssembatya • Selassie Karobwa • Vassilios Spathopoulos • Chidi Joseph Nicholas • Mercy Akintola • Feyiso Sado • Shirley Aoko • Mohamed Nouh • Meron Bekabil • Sukuma Mkhize • Gemechu Kumssa • Husseinat Etti-Balogun • Mohammed Eldaw

4:30pm GMT+01

Session 26: Special Session (SS6) - Planetary Science Amphi 10Meryem Guennoun • Abdoul Ganiyou Tao • Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry • David Baratoux • Mourad Ghachoui • Said Hmiddouch Session 27: Hack4Dev TownHall Salle des thèsesSally Macfarlane

6:00pm GMT+01

Session 28: Special Session (SS7) - IAU-GA2024: Crafting a Legacy of Accessibility, Impact, and Sustainablity for Astronomy in Africa Amphi 10Charles Takalana • Duduzile Kubheka • Prospery Simpemba • James Chibueze • Zouhair Benkhaldoun • Kevin Govender

7:30pm GMT+01

Conference Dinner

8:30am GMT+01

Session 29: Special Session: Session (SS8) Amphi 10George Miley • Mirjana Povic • Thembela Mantungwa

10:00am GMT+01

Tea/Coffee

10:30am GMT+01

AfAS business meeting Amphi 10Charles Takalana • Duduzile Kubheka • Takalani Nemaungani • Mirjana Povic • Alemiye Yacob • Yunus Manjoo • Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana • Prospery Simpemba • Naomi Asabre Frimpong • James Chibueze • Thebe Medupe • Thembela Mantungwa • Madambi Rambuda • Youssef Moulane • Sally Macfarlane

1:15pm GMT+01

3:00pm GMT+01

Session 30: WorkshopPreethi Krishnamoorthy

4:00pm GMT+01

Tea/Coffee

4:30pm GMT+01

Session 31: Workshop Amphi 10Zouhair Benkhaldoun

5:30pm GMT+01

Session 32: Workshop Amphi 10Encarni Romero Colmenero • Rosalind Skelton