The International Conference of Young Astronomers (ICYA) is a scientific meeting of undergraduate and PhD students of astronomy and physics as well as more advanced astronomers. We, as young scientists, feel we should contribute our share to this year’s International Year of Astronomy 2009 and use this opportunity to establish a global, annual conference for all scientists, researchers and advanced amateur astronomers who could meet in future and work together in projects which will develop modern astronomy.   
 
For this reason we aim to arrange an international conference to broaden our minds and to discuss challenging issues of astronomy. Furthermore, and most important, the meeting gives a chance to get in touch with other young scientists, with whom we might cooperate in the future.
 
Our goal is to establish the ICYA as a regular conference, held once a year in different countries, connecting young astronomers from all over the world. Let's make it happen!
 
This year the ICYA is organised by the Polish Astronomical Society in collaboration with Polish universities (The Jagiellonian University of Cracow, The University of Warsaw, The Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, The Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń, The University of Zielona Góra, The University of Szczecin, The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences) and hopefully will be supported by foreign universities and astronomical societies as well as international astronomical organizations.
 
The conference will take place in Cracow, Poland, September 7 – 13.
 

See you in Cracow !!!