Leaders Magazine No 2/2009

74 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Enthusiasm and to keep warm From left Mrs Natalie Thompson Team Leader at Chatham Financial Ltd UK Ms Pokuaa Busumru Banson South Africa and Ms Victoria Mbogo Facilitator From left Ms Maria Echenique Puerto Rico Stefen Durmeies Germany Ali Akbar Kiani Iran Ms Julianne Piper Canada and Ms Emily Kayser USA From left Mrs Marie Kohoutová ECN Mrs Dorothy Mills Kohakova ECN H E Abdulaziz A Al Duaij Ambassador of Kuwait Ms Maryna Puzdrova Belarus Mrs Nadia Barhoumi First Secretary Embassy of Tunisia and Ms Persis Loomis USA From left Mrs Formanek Ms Monique London Canada and Ms Kelsey Piper Canada From left Sathyanarayanaa Nellore Sampat India and Ms Farah Jamal Canada Patrick Sciarratta Executive Director of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation USA

From left Prof Joachim Krautter President of the European Astronomical Society MUDr Pavel Bém Lord Mayor of the City of Prague Prof Catherine Cesarsky President of the International Astronomical Union From left Asist Prof Petr Heinzel Director Astronomical Indy Prof Catherine Cesarsky President of the International Astronomical Union MUDr Pavel Bém Lord Mayor of the City of Prague Prof Joachim Krautter President of the European Astronomical Society From left Prof Václav Pačes President of the Academy of Science of CR Prof Jan Palouš President of the Czech Astronomical Union Prof Joachim Krautter President of the European Astronomical Society Prof Helena Illnerová President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic Prof Catherine Cesarsky President of the International Astronomical Union Dr Jiří Grygar Vice President of the Learned Society of the CR and Asist Prof Petr Heinzel Director Astronomical Indy From left MUDr Pavel Bém Lord Mayor of the City of Prague Prof Joachim Krautter President of the European Astronomical Society Prof Catherine Cesarsky President of the International Astronomical Union The Mayor of Prague Gave an Audience to Scientists on the Occasion of the International Astronomy Day 2009 It is a worldwide reminder of astronomy and its contribution to the development of society and culture with strong stress on education and involvement of public After the European opening of the International Year of Astronomy the worldwide opening will be held It will take place at the seat of the UNESCO in Paris on 15th and 16th January The Mayor of Prague Mr Pavel Bém gave a gala audience to the delegation of scientists on the occasion of the International Astronomy Day in the EU in Brožík’s Hall of the Old Town Hall today afternoon The audience at the Old Town Hall was preceded by a gala opening of the International Year of Astronomy also attended by the Mayor of Prague Leon Lederman the Nobel Prize winner in physics once asked If space is the answer what is the question then I do not doubt that during the year 2009 the International Year of Astronomy lots of questions will be put and I hope that at least some of them will find the right answers not only in the space said the Mayor of Prague Mr Pavel Bém The year 2009 was proclaimed the International Year of Astronomy by the UNESCO in 2006 and by the UNO in 2007 The International Year of Astronomy is organized on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first astronomical observation with the help of the telescope made by Galileo Galilei prague city hall more photos and electronic version available on www leadersmagazine cz

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