Each year the International Dark-Sky Association brings together its members from all over the world for its Annual Conference. This year, the IDA is very excited to take this important event directly to its international audience by hosting “Under One Sky,” a virtual global conference on November 13–14 that will allow IDA members worldwide to safely and conveniently connect from home.

Registration is free but required in advance.

Sessions will happen across 24 hours in three different global time zones beginning with a global opening session at 4 p.m. EST on Friday , November 13th. Then the conference will move to three regional breakout sessions on Saturday, November 14, each two hours long, before the closing session at 4:00 pm EST. Here’s the full schedule, optimized for our time zone:

Global Opening	Friday, Nov. 13:   4:00 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC, 8:00 a.m. AEDT Nov. 14)
Australasia	Friday, Nov. 13:   9:00 p.m. EST (2:00 UTC, 1:00 p.m. AEDT Nov. 14)
Europe, Middle East, Africa, India	Saturday, Nov. 14:   4:00 a.m. EST (09:00 UTC, 8:00 p.m. AEDT)
North and South America	Saturday, Nov. 14:   1:00 p.m. EST (18:00 UTC, 5:00 a.m. AEDT Nov. 15)
Global Closing	Saturday, Nov. 14:   4:00 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC, 8:00 a.m. AEDT Nov. 15)