From cfoster at aao.gov.au Mon Dec 7 16:10:10 2015 From: cfoster at aao.gov.au (Caroline Foster) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:10:10 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Initial Announcement - The ITSO 2016 Observational Techniques Workshop Message-ID: <566514B2.9010009@aao.gov.au> The ITSO 2016 Observational Techniques Workshop 3-6 May 2016 The Australian Astronomical Observatory, North Ryde, NSW INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Save the date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Telescope Support Office (ITSO) and the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) are pleased to announce the Observational Techniques Workshop 2016 to take place at the AAO North Ryde offices, NSW. Topics will include: * Overview of data acquisition, telescopes and calibrations * Imaging and spectroscopy data reduction * Hands-on tutorials and reduction demos Full program, website and registration to be available shortly. Please mark the dates in your calendars. The workshop will be open to all but places are limited, so preference will be given to students and early-career researchers. On behalf of the Program Organising Committee (Caroline Foster, Elaina Hyde, Chris Lidman, Richard McDermid, Simon O'Toole and Stuart Ryder) -- Dr. Caroline Foster ITSO fellow - Australian Astronomical Observatory Email: cfoster at aao.gov.au Homepage: www.carofoster.com Telephone: +61 (02) 9372 4894 or +61 (02) 9869 7982 Office days: Thursday and Friday Remotely working: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From David.Luchetti at industry.gov.au Mon Dec 7 15:24:53 2015 From: David.Luchetti at industry.gov.au (Luchetti, David) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 04:24:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Funding announced for SKA [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: Colleagues, I am pleased to provide this update to Australian SKA stakeholders including members of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA), the ANZSCC Science Advisory Committee (SAC), the SKA Regional Stakeholders Group (RSG), the Australasian SKA Industry Cluster (ASKAIC) and Australia's SKA pre-construction consortia participants. The Australian Government took an important step towards hosting the SKA when the Prime Minister today announced a provisional funding allocation for the project as part of its National Innovation and Science Agenda. The Agenda sets out the Government's vision for using innovation and science to drive growth, jobs and prosperity. As part of today's announcement, $293.7 million over the next 10 years was set aside to meet Australia's initial commitment to the SKA. The allocation means that pending a successful conclusion to the Convention negotiations now underway and the development of a satisfactory business case, funding is available to meet Australia's obligations to the construction and initial operation of Phase 1 of the SKA. This final decision on Australia's involvement is expected to occur in the second half of 2016. It is important to note that the $293.7 million in funding is not just for construction and operations. It also includes funding for domestic activities related to providing existing pre-construction consortia with additional funding, native title benefits and site entity operation. While today's announcement is not a final commitment on Australia's involvement in SKA1, the securing of this commitment is nonetheless a very positive signal from the government of its support for the project. Kind regards David David Luchetti Australian SKA Project Director Australian Square Kilometre Array Office __________________________________________ Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Level 9, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601 Ph: +61-2-6213 6068 Mob: +61 411 021 135 Email: david.luchetti at industry.gov.au Internet: www.ska.gov.au [http://www.ska.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/logo-auska.gif] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It is now a major event on the Australian Astronomy calendar and is a fantastic opportunity for the host institute to showcase their staff, students, facilities and research. The ASM provides a great opportunity to hear about the range of Australian astronomy and meet colleagues who you would not ordinarily meet in going to meetings in your own sub-field - as a host, this provides an excellent opportunity to have a very large representation. In recent years the ASM has been held at both the hosting university and at commercial conference venues. As the ASM is being held in Sydney in 2016, ideally the 2017 meeting will be held outside of Sydney. A complete list of previous host institutions is available at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/asm.php Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries. Kind regards, Virginia Kilborn President, ASA -- Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 http://www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~vkilborn/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Lisa.Harvey-Smith at csiro.au Fri Dec 11 12:29:33 2015 From: Lisa.Harvey-Smith at csiro.au (Lisa.Harvey-Smith at csiro.au) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:29:33 +0000 Subject: [ASA] #ASKAP2016: Registration Open Now Message-ID: ASKAP 2016: The future of radio astronomy surveys June 6th-10th 2016 Sydney, Australia Registration and Abstract Submissions open: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/2016/ASKAP/index.html CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, currently being commissioned, is delivering unique and exciting scientific data. A series of early science surveys will begin in 2016. This conference is an opportunity to plan ASKAP science, share cutting-edge results and discuss future strategies for observing and data sharing in large astronomical surveys. ASKAP 2016 will provide an opportunity to: * Discuss key aspects of the ASKAP science surveys with the user community * Showcase new results from ASKAP Commissioning and Early Science * Provide training in the use of Virtual Observatory tools * Discuss astronomical surveys at other wavelengths that will complement ASKAP * Bring together international experts on large astronomical surveys and exploiting complex data sets. Closing date for abstracts is January 15th 2016. A few speaking slots will be set aside for late breaking results. Childcare is included in the conference fee. Please share the love on social media! #ASKAP2016 Cheers, Lisa Harvey-Smith on behalf of the organising committees Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith ASKAP Project Scientist | Research Astronomer Acting Team Leader, ATNF Science Operations Support Astronomy and Space Science CSIRO E lisa.harvey-smith at csiro.au T +61 2 9372 4653 M +61 (0)467 732 738 PO Box 76, Epping, NSW, 1710 | Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke Rd, Marsfield, NSW, 2122 www.lisaharveysmith.com | @lisaharveysmith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: