Conference & Workshop contributions

Over the years, OAE researchers and collaborators have actively contributed to the international scientific community through poster presentations, invited talks, and conference papers at leading congresses and academic events worldwide. This page showcases these contributions year by year, reflecting OAE’s ongoing engagement in scientific exchange, innovation, and global collaboration.

2025

GIREP–EPEC Conference 2025, Leiden (Paesi Bassi), 30 giugno – 4 luglio 2025

• Poster presentation
  Sabir: A codesign process to foster IBL in the Mediterranean
  Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G., Fabjan, D., Darhmaoui, H., Yelkenci, A., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Saghbini, J.-P., Belhaj, Z., Bou Zeid, M., Goded Merino, A.

EPSC–DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki (Finlandia), 7–13 settembre 2025

• Oral contribution
  Eclipses as a bridge between education and outreach: A joint effort of the Italian OAE-I Center and OAO Node
  Duras, F., Di Giacomo, F., Mantovani, G., Mignone, C., Giacomini, L., Sandrelli, S., Boccato, C.

7th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, online, novembre 2025

• Workshop
  AstroEDU in Your Classroom

• Ulteriori contributi
  Partecipazione dei membri I-OAE come session organisers, speakers, workshop leaders e membri dell’Organisational Support Team.

18th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2025), Siviglia & online, 10–12 novembre 2025

• Oral contribution
  FRESCO: A codesign project by the Italian Office of Astronomy for Education – Evaluation of the process
  Zanazzi, A., Casu, S., Varano, S., Ricciardi, S.

Mediterranean and Arab Regional Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education (MARASE), Il Cairo (Egitto), 1–5 dicembre 2025

• Workshop
  Hands-on activities on constellations

• Workshop
  Game-based learning activities

• Workshop
  AstroEDU resources in practice

• Oral contributions
  Presentazioni di attività co-progettate nell’ambito dei progetti educativi mediterranei.

2024

National Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society, Napoli (Italia), 3–7 giugno 2024

• Round table / invited contribution
  L’interdisciplinarità dell’astronomia e le competenze trasversali
  Con: Di Sorbo, D.; Sandrelli, S.; Testa, I.; Testa, V. (moderazione: Esposito, M.)
  Link: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2780/overview

EPEC Annual Week 2024, Padova (Italia), 26 giugno 2024

• Oral contribution
  AstroEDU: The IAU platform for educational resources
  Giacomini, L.
  Link: https://www.europlanet-society.org/epec-annual-week-2024/

GIREP Conference 2024, Cracovia (Polonia), 26–30 agosto 2024

• Oral contribution
  Designing a tinkering workshop: Empowering teachers and demystifying the design process
  Ricciardi, S., Giovanardi, I., Rini, S.
  Link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1162407/contributions/5950259/

IAU General Assembly 2024, Città del Capo (Sudafrica), 3–15 agosto 2024

• Oral contribution
  Bridging cultures through STEAM: The MIRTO / STEAM-Med initiative for primary education in the Mediterranean
  Zanazzi, A., Ricciardi, S., Sandrelli, S., Mignone, C., Giacomini, L., Varano, S., Casu, S., Tirabassi, G.
  Link: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/public/5099/submission/3169

• Oral contribution
  Let’s learn with AstroEDU!
  Giacomini, L., Casu, S., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, M., Sanderson, G.
  Link: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/public/5099/submission/670

• Poster
  Making astronomy outreach careers visible
  Mignone, C.
  Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024IAUGA..32P2869M/abstract

• Poster
  Pixel and Cosmo Hunters: Game-based activities research at INAF
  Zanazzi, A., Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Varano, S., La Parola, V., Contino, G.
  Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024IAUGA..32P2472Z/abstract

Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024, Berlino (Germania), 8–13 settembre 2024

• Oral contribution
  AstroEDU: The innovative platform to learn (with) astronomy
  Giacomini, L., Aloisi, F., Corleone, A., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.
  DOI: 10.5194/epsc2024-520

European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (EAS 2024), Padova (Italia), 1–5 luglio 2024

• ePoster
  From Islam to the Moon project: Building bridges through sky and astronomy
  Boccato, C., Aloisio, F., Casu, S., D’Alessio, F., Di Giacomo, F.
  Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024eas..conf..650B/abstract

6th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 2024

• Oral contribution
  Mediterranean co-design: Evaluating the FRESCO project
  Varano, S., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Zanazzi, A., Bartlett, S.

• Oral contribution
  The SABIR project: Towards co-designed IBL activities for high school
  Fabjan, D., Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Goded Merino, A., Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Darhmaoui, H.

• Poster
  Multisensory planetarium: The Universe as you never sensed it
  Di Giacomo, F., Mignone, C., Toniolo, R., Varano, S.

MASTED 2024, Istanbul Kültür University (Turchia), 16–20 ottobre 2024

• Oral contribution
  The SABIR project resources
  Sandrelli, S., Fabjan, D., Tirabassi, G., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Goded Merino, A., Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Darhmaoui, H.

• Oral contribution
  The FRESCO project resources
  Zanazzi, A., Varano, S., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Bartlett, S.

• Workshop
  Asteroid Miners
  Yelkenci, A., Yelkenci, K., Can, C.

• Workshop
  Exoplanets: Hands-on transit method
  Darhmaoui, H.

• Workshop
  FRESCO game-based learning: “Constellation Explorer” and “Sky Safari”
  Darhmaoui, H., Durde, S., Inchingolo, G., Gajani, A., Jalili, K., Folhas, A.

• Workshop
  FRESCO playful learning activities
  Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Bou Zeid, M., Metaxa, M.

Convegno Nazionale UAI di Divulgazione dell’Astronomia, Frascati (Italia), 2024

• Oral contribution
  Le audioguide con testi alternativi per la mostra “Macchine del Tempo”
  Mignone, C., Di Giacomo, F., Toniolo, R., Varano, S.
  Link: https://www.uai.it/sito/cnuda24-logistica/

• Oral contribution
  Planetario multisensoriale – La volta celeste con tutti i sensi
  Varano, S., Di Giacomo, F., Mignone, C., Toniolo, R.
  Link: https://www.uai.it/sito/cnuda24-logistica/

2023

AstroEDU Conference 2023, Toronto (Canada), 10–12 maggio 2023

• Workshop & poster
  Let’s learn with AstroEDU!
  Giacomini, L.; Gomez, E.; Sandrelli, S.; Casu, S.

• Oral contribution
  STEM-MED: A co-design project in the Mediterranean
  Ricciardi, S., Sandrelli, S., Varano, S., Casu, S., Giobbi, G., Leoni, R., Mignone, C., Tirabassi, G., Valiante, R., Zanazzi, A., Zanella, A.

• Oral contribution
  PIXEL: Challenges and lessons learned in designing a board game for both market and high-school education
  Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Casu, S., La Parola, V., Leoni, R., Contino, G., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Ligabue, A., Ricciardi, S.

• Poster
  Hanging the planets in the Sun
  Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G.

ERIM Workshop 2023, Bratislava (Slovacchia), 19–23 giugno 2023

• Workshop
  AstroEDU workshop
  Giacomini, L.

EDULEARN 2023, Palma (Spagna), 3–5 luglio 2023

• Oral contribution
  Let’s learn with AstroEDU
  Giacomini, L.
  Link: https://library.iated.org/view/GIACOMINI2023LET

GIREP Conference 2023, Košice (Slovacchia), 3–7 luglio 2023

• Poster
  Hanging the planets in the Sun
  Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G.

• Oral contribution
  Measuring the average speed of a comet
  Sandrelli, S., Pantiri, G.

II Workshop sobre enseñanza de la astronomía, Colombia, 12 ottobre 2023

• Oral contribution (online)
  AstroEDU workshop
  Giacomini, L.

4S – Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting 2023, Honolulu (USA), 8–11 novembre 2023

• Oral contribution (online, Panel 19: Cultural Astronomy: The meeting point of Sea, Sky, and Land)
  A new PlayDecide activity to facilitate group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructure
  Toniolo, R., Mignone, C., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S.
  Link: https://www.4sonline.org/docs/4S_Final_Program_Honolulu23_1.pdf

Convegno Nazionale di Comunicazione della Scienza, SISSA, Trieste (Italia), 28 novembre – 1 dicembre 2023

• Oral contribution / panel
  MIRTO + STEAM-Med: Un processo di co-progettazione per il Mediterraneo
  Fabjan, D., Ricciardi, S., Takač, D. (moderazione: Sandrelli, S.)

• Oral contribution / panel
  La scienza per tutti: Strumenti, metodi e approcci per essere più inclusivi
  Borissova Saleh, A., Casagrande, A., Gardossi, A. L., Zanella, A. (moderazione: Carta, G.)

• Oral contribution / panel
  Game-based science learning: Il ruolo delle istituzioni scientifiche
  Blanos, R., Chiarello, F., Ricciardi, S. (moderazione: Bisanti, M.)

Astronomy Beyond the Common Senses, Montevideo (Uruguay), 29–30 novembre 2023

• Oral contribution (online)
  AMACA project: Multi-sensory activities for public engagement and astronomy education
  Zanella, A.

Link: https://accefyn.com/microsites/nodos/astroco/third-workshop-on-astronomy-for-inclusion/

5th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 29 novembre – 1 dicembre 2023

• Workshop
  AstroEDU Workshop
  Giacomini, L.

Link: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/5th-shaw-iau-workshop/

OpenScience @ INAF, Roma (Italia), 14–15 dicembre 2023

• Oral contribution
  OpenEdu @ INAF: Gli esempi di EduINAF & AstroEDU
  Giacomini, L., Boccato, C.

Link: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2526/

2022

International Workshop Hack100, Trieste (Italia), giugno 2022

• Oral contribution
  The INAF avatar Martina Tremenda: A free and professional maverick
  Sandrelli, S., Ricciardi, S., Casu, S., Zanella, A., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Tognazzo, F., Bardelli, S., Castellani, M., Cardillo, M.

IAU General Assembly 2022, Busan (Corea del Sud), agosto 2022

• Video contribution
  The first STEAM-Med Workshop on Astronomy for Education held on the island of Lampedusa
  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7bpsfgkMw

• Oral contribution (Session OAE-3: Astronomy Education – Tools and resources)
  AstroEDU: A renewed open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
  Giacomini, L., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.

CAP 2022 – Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference, 2022

• Invited talk
  The Attractive Universe: An astronomy festival in a small village
  Zanella, A., Di Giacomo, F., Toniolo, R.

• Invited talk
  The INAF avatar Martina Tremenda: A free and professional maverick
  Sandrelli, S., Ricciardi, S., Casu, S., Zanella, A., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Tognazzo, F., Bardelli, S., Castellani, M., Cardillo, M.

• Invited talk
  The IAU OAE experience at Dubai Expo
  Boccato, C., Sandrelli, S., Zanazzi, A., Giacomini, L., Ricciardi, S.

• Invited talk
  The Audible Universe
  Zanella, A.

• Oral contribution
  PIXEL – Picture (of) the Universe
  Varano, S., Ricciardi, S., Ligabue, A., Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Zanazzi, A., Leoni, R., Casu, S., La Parola, V.

• Oral contribution
  Facilitating group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructures through a PlayDecide activity
  Casu, S., Mignone, C., Ricciardi, S., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A.

• Poster
  AstroElves: An experience of outdoor education
  Casu, S., Balloi, M., Lasi, M., de Golondrinas, O., Deiana, G. L., Dessì, C.

European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (EAS 2022), 28 giugno – 2 luglio 2022

• Oral contribution
  A new PlayDecide activity to facilitate group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructures
  Mignone, C., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Toniolo, R., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A.
  Link: https://eas2022programme.kuoni-congress.info/presentation/a-new-playdecide-activity-to-facilitate-group-discussions-about-the-societal-impact-of-large-astronomical-infrastructures

• Oral contribution
  AstroEDU: IAU open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
  Giacomini, L.
  Link: https://eas2022programme.kuoni-congress.info/presentation/astroedu-iau-open-access-platform-for-peer-reviewed-educational-activities

Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022, Granada (Spagna), 18–23 settembre 2022

• Oral contribution
  AstroEDU: IAU open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
  Giacomini, L., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.
  DOI: 10.5194/epsc2022-1028

4th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 2022

• Workshop (2-hour interactive session)
  AstroEDU Workshop: Let’s learn with AstroEDU
  Giacomini, L., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G., Gomez, E., Duras, F.

2021

3rd Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, online, 12–15 ottobre 2021
Workshop internazionale organizzato da OAE (IAU, Shaw Prize Foundation), dedicato ai fondamenti dell’astronomia nell’educazione.
Ruoli e contributi I-OAE
Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo, scientifico e editoriale; coordinamento di sessioni tematiche.

Sessioni con chair I-OAE

• Astronomy across disciplines – Sandrelli, S.

• Equity, diversity and inclusion in education – Varano, S.

• Teaching methods – Ricciardi, S.

• Evaluation – Casu, S.

• International collaborations with an educational component – Zanazzi, A.

• Earth as a planet – Del Moro, D.

• Teaching with astronomy exhibits – Giobbi, G.
  
  Risorse
  Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBfREIXElpIRWPj_zuXqtQ
  Proceedings: http://www.iau.org/static/announcements/pdf/ann21065a.pdf