22-26 October 2012, Brazil, Sao Paulo
IVOA Interoperability Meeting

See Program and other details
http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpOct2012

1-5 October 2012, Russia, St.Petersburg, Pulkovo Observatory
All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo - 2012"

Scientific session 6 "Processing, storage and distribution of the astronomical data ". See Program and other details
http://pulkovo-2012.gao.su/novitati/20120130.eng.html

20-31 August 2012, China, Beijing
28th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union

See Program and other details
http://www.astronomy2012.org/dct/page/65607

20-22 June 2012, France, Paris Observatory
International Workshop NAROO-GAIA "A new reduction of old observations in the Gaia era"

The arrival of the Gaia astrometric star catalogue will change completely the astrometric accuracy of new observations. More, it will also allow to re-reduce old observations with the Gaia accuracy. At the present time, we have catalogues of a sufficient accuracy to start the new reductions. Our first purpose is to select old observational data of selected objects of the Solar System worth to be reanalyzed. Preliminary works have shown the interest of this task. Old observations such as photographic plates contain valuable unused information concerning especially the moving objects of the Solar System. We are able to "observe in the past" these moving objects, increasing the ability to understand their dynamics.

The large amount of possible old data to be studied makes necessary to start now the selection and the digitizing criteria of old plates. This workshop is dedicated to this topic.

See Program and other details
http://www.imcce.fr/hosted_sites/naroo/

Presentation L.Pakuliak, V.Andruk, I.Kulyk, S.Shatokhina, V.Golovnya, Ye.Yizhakevych "First results of MAO NASU SS bodies photographic archive digitizing" presentParNaroo2012.pdf

21-25 May 2012, USA, Urbana, IL
IVOA Interoperability Meeting

The IVOA Interop Meetings are aimed at making significant progress in defining standards and sharing best practices in the development of the world wide Virtual Observatory initiatives.

See Program and other details
http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2012

November 21-25, 2011, Yerevan, Armenia,
"50 Years of Cosmic Era: Real and Virtual Studies of the Sky".

The Conference of young scientists from FSU countries, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin flight to the Space, takes place at Byurakan Observatory (Armenia).

The main goal of the Conference is to gather young scientists from FSU countries to familiarize them with the latest developments of Astrophysics and Space Physics, including the using of the latest technology and techniques. Such event contribute to the education of students and young researchers, as well as improving their professional skills, communication with famous scientists, exchange of experience, new contacts and cooperation.

See Program and other details
http://www.aras.am/50years/program_eng.html

October 19, 2011, Pune, India,
IVOA Interoperability Meeting

Ukraine has become the member of IVOA

January 1, 2011- December 31, 2013

The MAO NASU budget Program "Development of the Joint Digital Archive of astronomic observations and information control system under the Ukrainian virtual observatory concept" (Program Managers – Pakuliak L.K., Vavilova I.B.).

The budget of this Program (2070,000 hrn.) is supported by the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine in the frame of the MAO NASU budget.

Abstract in English (Abstract288.pdf)

and Main Tasks in Ukrainian (Zapyt2011-2013-GAO-UkrVO_final.pdf.)

This Program follows the previous MAO NASU Programs in 2002-2010, including the Program 'Development of the scientific and methodological principles of the national virtual observatory creation on the informatic resource basis of the Ukrainian observatories'.

October 17-21, 2011, Pune, India,
IVOA Interoperability Meeting

The 2011 autumn IVOA Interoperability meeting will be held from October 17 to 21 at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), located on the Pune University campus.

See Program and other details
http://voi.iucaa.ernet.in:9090/InterOp_2011/framework/mainTemplate.jsp

September 26-29, 2011, Mykolaiv, Ukraine,
International Conference 'Astronomical Research: from Near-Earth Space to the Galaxy'

Research Institute 'Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory'invites you to participate in the International Conference 'Astronomical Research: from Near-Earth Space to the Galaxy'(NAO190), which will be held at the SRI NAO (Nikolaev, Ukraine) on September 26-29, 2011.

See more http://www.nao.nikolaev.ua/index.php?article_id=447

The UkrVO local Workshop is envisaged during this Conference.

September 19-23, 2011, University of Oxford, Great Britain
IAU Symposium 285 "New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy"

Variability pervades the cosmos. Studies of variability dominate research in astrophysics, and are so common that very many groups, projects and instruments are dedicated to the examination of just one form of variability, or one aspect of its diverse manifestations. This symposium will cut across the accepted grain, and examine the phenomenon of variability itself. It will cover all aspects of time-domain astronomy, interpreting its various forms to obtain a detailed understanding of the physics involved.

The Workshop "Using the VO to study the time domain" will take place in the framework of the symposium .

http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/IAUS285

Presentation L.Pakuliak, L.Kazantseva, N.Virun "Photographic archives of Ukrainian observatories: digitization of heritage" is available presentOxIAUS285.pdf

July 4-8, 2011, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
JENAM2011 'European Week of Astronomy and Space Science'

http://jenam2011.org/conf/

In frame of this conference see Special Session 3 'Science with the Virtual Observatory'

http://jenam2011.org/conf/submission/special/s3.php

Available presentations are at jenam2011-SPS3-UkrVO-Vavilova.pdf, including the presentation 'UkrVO Joint Archive and Scientific Projects'