Timeline

January 2008:  Prototype image selection.  Implementation outline development.

March 2008: Call for final additional images for IYA2009 exhibition to core selection from prototype. Identification of sites for all levels of image exhibition made. Local organizers contact venues, possible funding sources, potential commercial outlets to produce the exhibit.

April-June 2008: “Lessons learned” from prototype shared as revealed.  Modifications to plan, if necessary, are made.  Newly revised plan circulated.

June 2008: Public “prototype” exhibition of astronomical images in Liverpool, UK.

Summer 2008: Local organizers identify specific times for image exhibition to appear.  If exhibits are to travel, schedules are generated. Agreements between site locations, funding sources, and local organizers/appropriate IYA entities are made.

Fall 2008: Production of image exhibitions in various locations.  Advertising and publicity of exhibits begins.  Plans for educational and other activities proceed.

January 2009: Image exhibits begin appearing around the world, including one at the unveiling of IYA 2009 in Paris.