From bolejko at physics.usyd.edu.au Mon Jun 20 10:11:48 2016 From: bolejko at physics.usyd.edu.au (Krzysztof Bolejko) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:11:48 +1000 Subject: [ASA] 3rd announcement: The 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 3-8 July 2016, The University of Sydney Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, This is the 3rd and last announcement of the 2016 ASA Meeting. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Astronomical Society of Australia. It is a very special occasion and we would like to invite you all to come and celebrate this event with us so if you have not registered yet please do so by 21st of June. Apart from this incredible opportunity to find out what other fellow astronomers do and what is the state of Australian astronomy you will also be able to learn more about the history of our Society, get a personal advice and assistance on HPC facilities, contribute to the Time Capsule which will be sealed for the next 50 years, and meet the chief scientist of Australia Alan Finkel. *Welcome Reception*The Opening Reception will be held at Sydney Observatory on the 3rd of July. Sydney Observatory played an important role in the formation of the Astronomical Society of Australia. Harley Wood who was the director of Sydney Observatory from 1943 to 1974 was also the first President of the ASA. The Reception will feature a very special guest the Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel. The theme for the evening is ?Astronomy?, we encourage you to dress accordingly. *HPC Support Room*We will offer the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Support Room that will operate alongside the main program for part of the week. This will be staffed by HPC experts from NCRIS-funded national facilities such as NCI, Pawsey and Swinburne as well as the NeCTAR-funded All-Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO). The service will allow ASA2016 attendees to drop-in and ask for advice/help on a range of HPC-related matters. *Conference Dinner*The Conference dinner will be held on the Thursday 7th July 2016 at Sydney?s Doltone House, Pyrmont. A spectacular waterfront venue on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, with views of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and the magical city skyline. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience Sydney at night and party the night away with our fun 60?s theme. At the dinner we will seal the Time Capsule which will remain closed till 2066, the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical Society of Australia. For additional information please visit our website www.asa2016.org or email the Local Organising Committee at info at asa2016.org, and follow us on Twitter @the2016asa to stay tuned for further announcements. *The deadline for registration is this Tuesday 21st of June *so if you have not registered yet please head to www.asa2016.org finalise your registration and don't miss out on this incredible event. If you cannot register by then, but still are planning to attend the Meeting (or part thereof) please contact the LOC at info at asa2016.org. Hope to see you all in Sydney in just 2 weeks! Best wishes, Krzysztof Bolejko, on behalf of the LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.brough at aao.gov.au Tue Jun 21 10:43:50 2016 From: sarah.brough at aao.gov.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:43:50 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Women in Astronomy Chapter/LGBTI/Mentoring activities at ASA ASM Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, For those attending the ASA Annual Science Meeting, just a reminder that our Women in Astronomy Chapter lunch is on Wednesday 6th July 1-2pm (with sessions returning at 2pm). At the lunch we will be making 2 announcements (!NEWS!), presenting the latest Pleiades Award winners with their certificates and taking the opportunity to discuss broader diversity issues in our community. We are also organising the first Rainbow Astronomy dinner (for those who identify as LGBTI+, allies are also welcome). This is a social event rather than a formal discussion session. We will meet outside the main lecture hall at 7:30pm on Monday 4th July and head off to Thai Pothong, 294 King St, Newtown. If you have strong feelings or ideas about how to organise this event please contact JJ Eldridge (j.eldridge at auckland.ac.nz), Dan Zucker (daniel.zucker at mq.edu.au) or Lisa Harvey-Smith (Lisa.Harvey-Smith at csiro.au) as soon as possible. Mentoring is important for career support and development so at the ASM there will also be a speed-meet-a-mentor session co-organised with the Early-Career Chapter at 6:30pm on Monday 4th July. Please forward this around your groups as all are welcome to these events, including those who are not yet ASA or WiA Chapter members. We are looking forward to seeing you all there! Cheers, Sarah On behalf of the Women in Astronomer Chapter Steering Committee -- Sarah Brough Future Fellow PH: 02 9372 4848 Office Days: Mon-Thurs ---------------------- From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Wed Jun 22 23:52:26 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:52:26 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Congratulations to Prof. Don Melrose Message-ID: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B36413DD81@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> Dear ASA community, We extend congratulations to Prof. Donald Melrose on winning the Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS), Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics. The citation reads: For his sustained original contributions to the theory of coherent emission processes in astrophysical and space plasmas, and for his seminal contributions to the theory of quantum plasmas. Please see the attached for further information. Well done Don! Kind Regards, Virginia Kilborn President, Astronomical Society of Australia 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 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind Regards, Virginia Kilborn President, Astronomical Society of Australia 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 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: S. Chandrasekhar prize Eng%28final%29.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 864312 bytes Desc: S. 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Apart from this incredible opportunity to find out what other fellow astronomers do and what is the state of Australian astronomy you will also be able to learn more about the history of our Society, get a personal advice and assistance on HPC facilities, contribute to the Time Capsule which will be sealed for the next 50 years, and meet the chief scientist of Australia Alan Finkel. *Welcome Reception*The Opening Reception will be held at Sydney Observatory on the 3rd of July. Sydney Observatory played an important role in the formation of the Astronomical Society of Australia. Harley Wood who was the director of Sydney Observatory from 1943 to 1974 was also the first President of the ASA. The Reception will feature a very special guest the Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel. The theme for the evening is ?Astronomy?, we encourage you to dress accordingly. *HPC Support Room*We will offer the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Support Room that will operate alongside the main program for part of the week. This will be staffed by HPC experts from NCRIS-funded national facilities such as NCI, Pawsey and Swinburne as well as the NeCTAR-funded All-Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO). The service will allow ASA2016 attendees to drop-in and ask for advice/help on a range of HPC-related matters. *Conference Dinner*The Conference dinner will be held on the Thursday 7th July 2016 at Sydney?s Doltone House, Pyrmont. A spectacular waterfront venue on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, with views of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and the magical city skyline. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience Sydney at night and party the night away with our fun 60?s theme. At the dinner we will seal the Time Capsule which will remain closed till 2066, the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical Society of Australia. For additional information please visit our website www.asa2016.org or email the Local Organising Committee at info at asa2016.org, and follow us on Twitter @the2016asa to stay tuned for further announcements. *The deadline for registration is this Tuesday 21st of June *so if you have not registered yet please head to www.asa2016.org finalise your registration and don't miss out on this incredible event. If you cannot register by then, but still are planning to attend the Meeting (or part thereof) please contact the LOC at info at asa2016.org. Hope to see you all in Sydney in just 2 weeks! Best wishes, Krzysztof Bolejko, on behalf of the LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have strong feelings or ideas about how to organise this event please contact JJ Eldridge (j.eldridge at auckland.ac.nz), Dan Zucker (daniel.zucker at mq.edu.au) or Lisa Harvey-Smith (Lisa.Harvey-Smith at csiro.au) as soon as possible. Mentoring is important for career support and development so at the ASM there will also be a speed-meet-a-mentor session co-organised with the Early-Career Chapter at 6:30pm on Monday 4th July. Please forward this around your groups as all are welcome to these events, including those who are not yet ASA or WiA Chapter members. We are looking forward to seeing you all there! Cheers, Sarah On behalf of the Women in Astronomer Chapter Steering Committee -- Sarah Brough Future Fellow PH: 02 9372 4848 Office Days: Mon-Thurs ---------------------- From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Wed Jun 22 23:52:26 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:52:26 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Congratulations to Prof. Don Melrose Message-ID: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B36413DD81@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> Dear ASA community, We extend congratulations to Prof. Donald Melrose on winning the Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS), Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics. The citation reads: For his sustained original contributions to the theory of coherent emission processes in astrophysical and space plasmas, and for his seminal contributions to the theory of quantum plasmas. Please see the attached for further information. Well done Don! Kind Regards, Virginia Kilborn President, Astronomical Society of Australia 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 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind Regards, Virginia Kilborn President, Astronomical Society of Australia 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 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: S. Chandrasekhar prize Eng%28final%29.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 864312 bytes Desc: S. Chandrasekhar prize Eng%28final%29.pdf URL: