I wanted to pose an informal question to this group...

We don't seem to be having any kind of astro-viz meeting this year,
and I'm interested in thinking ahead to 2009, to make sure we avoid a
similar gap. So I'm thinking of offering to host something in my new
digs. (Or rather, the folks at Spitzer talked me into such an idea
when I went down to Pasadena to visit them a few weeks ago.)

For those who might not know, I've flown the American Museum of
Natural History coop and settled on the Left Coast. I'm working at
the California Academy of Sciences, which is about to open the world's
largest green building accessible to the public. It's an exciting
project, and in case you're interested, you can check out our website:
http://www.calacademy.org/

The new Academy will house a fully digital planetarium as well as a
stereoscopic theater and plenty of HD screens all over the exhibit
floor, and we're gearing up to produce our own programming for all
those venues. We will have real-time capabilities as well, with a
flexibly-designed system that should allow for easily bringing content
into our many venues.

Basically, I can probably manage to host something in either May or
October 2009. Do y'all have any preference? Would folks be
interested in coming to S.F. for such an event?

Please send message to me individually, unless you feel like sharing
your opinion with the entire list.

Thanks!


Ryan, a.k.a.
Ryan Wyatt, Director
Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-321-8156