CSWA Sessions & Events at AAS National Harbor 2025

by Karly Pitman, CSWA Chair

We look forward to seeing you at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting to be held January 12-16, 2025 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.  

CSWA will be hosting and co-hosting several events early in the week.  Please come by to meet your CSWA representatives, network, and support the advancement of women in our field.

AAS and CWSA Meeting Schedule:

Sun. Jan. 12:

AAS Grad School & REU Fair

Prince George’s Exhibit Hall E

5:30-7:00 p.m. ET

Come hear about CSWA's strategic plan and current activities and how you can get involved with AAS at the CSWA table!

Mon. Jan. 13:

CSWA Hackathon - Take Action for Equity

Chesapeake 6

1:00-3:15 p.m. ET

The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) has recently authored several papers with recommendations by and for our community on ways to support gender equity and the success of women in astronomy. In this interactive, solutions-oriented session, attendees will choose from a menu of canonical and systemic problems facing women in our field (e.g., issues impacting employment pipeline and retention, compensation, two-body problem, workplace civility, barriers to power and leadership, etc.) and collaborate in real time to brainstorm practical and tactical solutions to address them. We all know what the problems are - what we need is dedicated time together to solve them. If you don’t have time to volunteer for a committee but want to effect change and take action, this is your opportunity.

Tue. Jan. 14:

1400 Degrees and AAS CSWA Networking Event at AAS245

(Offsite event at Rosa Mexicano, RSVP link below; 6:30-9:00 p.m. ET)

1400 Degrees is partnering with the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy for an evening networking and community-building event at the AAS245 meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, on January 14th, 2025. Connect over dinner and beverages with scientists from different institutions, career stages, and scientific sub-disciplines within physics and astronomy in a casual and comfortable environment. Feel free to share this invitation with your (21+) women and gender minority colleagues attending the AAS conference. Space is limited, so make sure to RSVP quickly. We hope to see you there!

 

Link to RSVP on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1400-degrees-and-aas-cswa-at-aas-2025-tickets-1083319611119

Hosts: Karly Pitman/CSWA and Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez (Heising-Simons Foundation; 1400 Degrees: https://1400degrees.org/)

We hope you can join us for some or all of these events. Find the full schedule for AAS 2025 at https://aas.org/meetings/aas245.