10th EAMA, Seoul, Korea

East Asian Meeting on Astronomy

EAMA Working Policies

• Promote cooperation of astronomy in East Asia
• Promote mutual understanding and exchange
• Promote realistic and effective cooperation
• Organize symposium regularly (once a 3years)
• Organize working groups
• Target: East Asian Observatory in future

2016 EAMA10, Seoul, Korea

140 attendants

2013 EAMA9 "Cooperation on Current and Future Astronomy" Jhongli, Taiwan

140 attendants

2010 EAMA8 "East Asian Network on Astronomy" Shanghai, China

100 attendants

2007 EAMA7 "East Asian Network of Astronomy: Research, Education and Popularization" Fukuoka, Japan

140 attendants

2004 EAMA6 "Asian View of Cooperation in Astronomy" Seoul, Korea

130 attendants from four core regions

EACOA and future EAO were proposed

2001 EAMA5 "EAMA Core Meeting" Taipei, Taiwan

60 attendants from four core regions

Future direction of EAMA. Formed the EAMA Coordination WG.

1999 EAMA4 "Observational Astrophysics in Asia and its Future" Yunnan, China

118 attendants from 13 Asian regions

Discussed cooperation on telescope/instruments in EA

1995 EAMA3 "Ground-Based Astronomy in Asia" Tokyo, Japan

215 attendants from 13 regions and 210 papers

Attempt to extend to other Asian regions...found it difficult

1992 EAMA2 "Millimeter-Wave and Infrared Astronomy" Daejon, Korea

100 astronomers from Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, USA

Active exchange including many graduate students

1990 EAMA1 "Star Forming Regions" Huanshian, China

50 from China, 15 from Japan, 3 from Korea Awareness of importance of the cooperation in EA

1990 黄山会議, Organized by Liu Cai-pin, Norio Kaifu