Meetings & Conferences

The AAVSO organizes an Annual Meeting each fall. Meetings are held in different locations each year to make it more accessible for members and observers from across the country to attend. Anyone interested in the AAVSO is invited and encouraged to participate in our meeting.

Each meeting includes presentations by both invited keynote speakers, and AAVSO members and observers whose presentation abstracts have been accepted for inclusion in the agenda. Presentation topics include variable star research and discoveries; astronomy education and diversity experiences, studies, and solutions; and variable star history.

During lunches and coffee breaks, in-person meeting attendees catch up and exchange ideas. The AAVSO Executive Director, board members, and JAAVSO editor-in-chief host a Membership Meeting that is broadcast online and open to the public. They report on the activities of the AAVSO, financial status, and new developments within the organization.

Prior to 2021, the AAVSO also hosted an additional meeting in the spring. These and the fall meetings are listed below.

Meeting Directory

1. 89th Spring: First AAVSO High Energy Astrophysics Workshop
2. 91st Spring: Second AAVSO High Energy Astrophysics Workshop
3. Symposium on Mira Companions and Planets
4. 93rd Spring: Joint meeting with Astrocon
5. 94th Spring: Third AAVSO High Energy Astrophysics Workshop
6. Symposium on Cataclysmic Variables in the 21st Century
7. 99th Spring: See this blog post for an attendee’s perspective
8. 100th Spring: Joint meeting with the American Astronomical Society
9. 100th Annual: Centennial Celebration
10. 101st Spring: Joint meeting with the Society of Astronomical Sciences
11. 103rd Spring: Joint meeting with the Society of Astronomical Sciences and CBA
12. 103rd Annual: Joint meeting with the Society of Astronomical Sciences
13. 106th Spring: Joint meeting with the Society of Astronomical Sciences
14. 107th Spring: Joint meeting with the British Astronomical Association
15. 108th Spring: Joint meeting with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
16. 109th Spring: Joint meeting with the Society of Astronomical Sciences

Group Photos

The AAVSO is a dynamic organization that has continuously evolved since its founding in 1911. See how the AAVSO photographs of attendees at the AAVSO Spring and Annual meetings have changed over the last 12 decades!