From daniel.huber at sydney.edu.au Mon Nov 23 08:08:34 2015 From: daniel.huber at sydney.edu.au (Daniel Huber) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:08:34 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Final Reminder: 5th Australian Exoplanet Workshop Message-ID: <6AE09729-82E2-4FB4-83B3-335CE62175DC@sydney.edu.au> **Final Reminder: Registration deadline 27 November 2015.** 5th Australian Exoplanet Workshop: "Australian Exoplanetary Science in the Era of K2, TESS and Gaia" 9-10 December 2015 - University of New South Wales, Sydney Registrations are open for the 5th Australian Exoplanet Workshop, which aims to bring together Australian researchers working on exoplanets and related topics from both observational and theoretical perspectives. 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URL: From kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au Thu Nov 26 11:39:47 2015 From: kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au (Kate Gunn) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:39:47 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ACAMAR Announcement Message-ID: <21BF42965AE9384093D6B6112ACD9CDDA5B2A8E8@ex-mbx-pro-05> To The Australian Astronomical Community - Background: The Chinese Academy of Sciences ("CAS)" and the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education ("Industry") signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in February 2013 to collaborate on areas of common interest within astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. The first meeting of the joint CAS/Industry working group took place in Nanjing, China, on 11th November 2013. At this meeting, it was resolved to establish a joint China-Australia research centre in astronomy. This was envisaged as a "virtual" centre, to serve as an umbrella and coordination point for bilateral astronomical collaborations. ACAMAR: This virtual centre, now called ACAMAR, was formalised at a meeting at the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Beijing on Saturday 12 September 2015 at a meeting attended by: Professor Brian Schmidt ANU Professor Elaine Sadler USYD Professor Lister Staveley-Smith ICRAR UWA Professor Michael Burton UNSW Ms Kate Gunn USYD Dr Mita Brierley AAL These people, along with David Luchetti (Dept of Industry), make up the Australian ACAMAR Advisory Group. See http://www.caastro.org/acamar for more information. We were also delighted that the Australian Ambassador, Frances Adamson attended the signing ceremony, and indicated the strong support of the Australian Government for ACAMAR. ACAMAR was formed through an agreement between the University of Sydney through the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). It will serve as an umbrella and coordination point for bilateral astronomical collaborations. It will also facilitate cooperation on future telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array and boost Antarctic astronomy. The new Centre is overseen by two Directors, one from Australia, Professor Brian Schmidt, and one from China, Professor Lifan Wang. The Australian secretariat for ACAMAR is hosted by CAASTRO at The University of Sydney, while the Chinese secretariat is hosted by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Nanjing. At the meeting held in Beijing, the main focus was on discussion of collaboration, and science program information exchange. It was agreed that by facilitating the exchange of students, researchers and technical staff between institutions, ACAMAR will also help to develop skills and knowledge in both China and Australia. The options for funding these exchanges were discussed included the Chinese Scholarship Council SKA student program, and a variety of research exchange programs. There will also be an Annual Workshop held, alternating between Australia and China. The first workshop will be held from 5-7 April 2016 in Perth. Look forward to more information on the student and visitor exchange program in Early 2016, as well as information on the first workshop. Regards, Brian Schmidt Chair, Australian ACAMAR Advisory Group -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: