The ‘Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010’ (CAP2010) conference will take place in Cape Town from 15 to 19 March, 2010. Its objective is summarised on the conference site as follows:

Following the previous conferences in this series, it aims to address the modern challenges in astronomy communication through a global perspective. Major themes of CAP2010 will be the outcome and legacy of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) as well as techniques for how to make public astronomical knowledge global and accessible to everyone across national, language, political, social and cultural borders and to those with impairment limitations.

View the conference web site.