Origin and History of ICOA

  • Origin

  • The concept of the International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA) was proposed by Prof. Nha Il-Seong in collaboration with Prof. Richard Stephenson, and the first meeting (ICOA-1) was held in 1993.
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    An ICOA is basically intended to be held in a year in-between two IAU General Assemblies.


  • History

  • The ICOA-1 meeting was held during 6-11 October, 1993 at Seoul, Korea.
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