From sarah.brough at aao.gov.au  Mon Oct 10 11:44:36 2016
From: sarah.brough at aao.gov.au (Sarah Brough)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:44:36 +1100
Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Reminder=3A_2016_Pleiades_Award_applications_are_?=
 =?utf-8?q?due_Friday_28_October?=
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Dear ASA Members,

Applications for the 2016 ASA Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter Pleiades Awards are now open.

The Pleiades Awards recognise organisations in Australian and New Zealand astronomy that:

1. Take active steps to advance the careers of women through focused programs

and

2. Strive for sustained improvement in providing opportunities for women to achieve positions of seniority, influence and recognition.

The Awards are bestowed by the ASA IDEA Chapter to organisations that demonstrate a strong commitment to the aims of the Chapter.

Applications are welcome from eligible organisations before the deadline of close of business (5pm Sydney time) Friday 28 October 2016.

Further information and application forms are available from our webpages: https://asa-idea.org/the-pleiades-awards/

Many regards,
Sarah Brough

Chair, ASA Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter on behalf of the Steering Committee


From kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au  Tue Oct 11 09:00:25 2016
From: kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au (Kate Gunn)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 22:00:25 +0000
Subject: [ASA] ACAMAR SKA Scholarship Information
Message-ID: <21BF42965AE9384093D6B6112ACD9CDDE65A2FA8@ex-mbx-pro-06>

ACAMAR is pleased to announce the availability of the 2017 round of China SKA scholarships to students of Chinese nationality to study at Australian universities. These scholarships are co-funded by the Chinese Scholarships Council, who provide living expenses, and Australian universities, who provide top-ups, fee waivers and health cover.

Up to fifteen scholarships are expected to be available under a recent agreement signed by CAASTRO and NAOC. If you are aware of potential Chinese candidate students, or wish to participate yourself as a potential supervisor in the future, please see the details of this new scheme at:

http://acamar.org.au/phd-scholarship-program

The names of participating universities in the 2017 round, and the titles and supervisors of currently available Ph.D projects can also be found at this www site.

The deadline for student applications in 4 NOVEMBER 2016.

Regards,
Kate

KATE GUNN | Chief Operating Officer
CAASTRO | School of Physics  | Faculty of Science |
ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics

Rm 356 Building A28 | School of Physics

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From vkilborn at swin.edu.au  Tue Oct 11 17:30:31 2016
From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 06:30:31 +0000
Subject: [ASA] Fw: STA October Newsletter
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Dear all  -


Please find the monthly STA newsletter attached FYI.


cheers

Virginia


Virginia Kilborn
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
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This month we?ve been working hard to pull together a stimulating and practically-focused Science meets Business<http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871&id=d3828fd30b&e=421353d9d5>. With an excellent line-up of speakers and a similarly experienced list of delegates, the day promises to be stimulating, creative, practically-focused and forward looking ? and a terrific opportunity to make new connections and perhaps even forge new partnerships. We still have only a handful of places left and will close registrations in a week, so if you?ve been putting off registering or are yet to send us<mailto:info at sta.org.au> your nominated delegates, please don?t delay.

Among our guest speakers at Science meets Business are Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science the Hon. Craig Laundy MP, and Shadow Minister for Science Senator the Hon. Kim Carr. We look forward to hearing from them about how all the innovation buzz is being translated into action. I?m pleased to report that I met recently with the co-convenors of the Parliamentary Friends of Science, the Hon. Karen Andrews MP and the Hon. Richard Marles MP, and both have enthusiastically committed to re-convene this important group. This will happen in the coming weeks and STA will soon start to work with the Friends of Science to stage their first event of the new Parliament.

Now is the time to start thinking about who among your membership might benefit from attending Science meets Parliament: to be held in the second half of March 2017, this is a great opportunity to network and develop new skills, and I encourage you to put forward delegates who are keen to engage with politics and who have not previously had the chance to attend.

I recently met with the Chief Scientist and leaders at Innovation and Science Australia to discuss the R&D Tax Incentive review<http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871&id=c248b80d75&e=421353d9d5>, the Commonwealth Science Council?s<http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871&id=c6a7dfbe62&e=421353d9d5> horizon scanning, and other emerging issues and initiatives in science and technology. STA is preparing a submission to the Tax Incentive Review consultation; I encourage members to please make contact if you would like to discuss or contribute to this submission. The President, Professor Jim Piper and I also met recently with CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall, to hear about his plans for our important national research organisation.

Members will have noted the recent call for applications<http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871&id=a8438c48e5&e=421353d9d5> to join STA?s Executive Committee: as we speed toward the November AGM it?s time to consider whether you?d like to join our leadership group and help steer the organisation?s strategic directions and priorities. Positions up for election this year are President-elect, Secretary, Policy Chair and Early Career Researcher Representative. Any fully paid-up member of an STA ordinary member organisation is welcome to nominate: please get in touch<mailto:info at sta.org.au> if you?d like more information. Nominations close on 11 November, and the election will occur at the AGM in Canberra on 25 November. All members of our member organisations are welcome to attend the AGM: please let us know<mailto:info at sta.org.au> if you?re intending to be there: I hope to see a strong representation and look forward to the opportunity to meet more members.

I?ve enjoyed the privilege of speaking with a number of you in the past month ? in Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney ? and hearing your views about STA?s current and future directions. I?m very much looking forward to catching up with old connections and making new friends at our event in Melbourne in a few weeks? time. If I haven?t had the chance to speak with you yet, please know you are welcome to call or email<mailto:kylie.walker at sta.org.au> any time.

Cheers,
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LIFE in Perth
Following SEX and MURDER, the third Science of Life and Death event ? staged by the Australian Academy of Science and produced by STA ? is LIFE in Perth on 10 November. LIFE will explore artificial wombs, life extension and improving health through genetic modification. Host Bernie Hobbs will be joined by:

  *   Dr Hayley Dickinson, Embryology and Placental Biology, Hudson Institute for Medical Research
  *   Professor Ryan Lister, Lister Lab, University of Western Australia
  *   Dr Brenda McGivern, Law School, University of Western Australia

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Dr Lisa Randall, the first female theoretical physicist to hold tenure at Harvard University, is touring Australia this November in her debut tour. In addition to working to uncover a ?fifth dimension?, Dr Randall is also a leading advocate for the role of women in science and building an environment that helps young women pursue their interests in science. For more information, please click here<http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871&id=a6ca728efb&e=421353d9d5>.

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Opportunities
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Nominations are open for the 2017 Clunies Ross Awards to recognise contributions from individuals to use technology to benefit Australia.

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From sarah.brough at aao.gov.au  Wed Oct 12 19:31:15 2016
From: sarah.brough at aao.gov.au (Sarah Brough)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:31:15 +1100
Subject: [ASA] 2016 Pleiades Awards - additional detail
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Dear ASA Members,

In addition to the reminder email regarding the 2016 Pleiades Award application due date, we would like to add that we are allowing up to 1 extra page per application i.e. up to 3/4 or 5 pages for response to the bronze/silver or gold selection criteria.

Applications are welcome from eligible organisations before the deadline of close of business (5pm Sydney time) Friday 28 October 2016. https://asa-idea.org/the-pleiades-awards/

Many regards,
Sarah Brough

Chair, ASA Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter on behalf of the Steering Committee
 
 
 

 



From carole.jackson at curtin.edu.au  Fri Oct 14 20:33:41 2016
From: carole.jackson at curtin.edu.au (Carole Jackson)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:33:41 +0000
Subject: [ASA] FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Realising SKA-Low: lessons for SKA,
 new technologies and techniques
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FIRST Announcement

REALISING SKA?_LOW: NEW TECHNOLOGIES & TECHNIQUES FOR IMAGING AND CALIBRATION OF LOW FREQUENCY ARRAYS CONFERENCE

http://www.icrar.org/conferences/realising-ska-low/

29 March - 31 March 2017
Perth, WA Australia

Dear Colleagues,

As co-chairs* we are pleased to invite you to attend this conference to share expertise gained from imaging and calibrating today?s low-frequency radio interferometers to inform SKA1-Low.  The program will be a mix of invited and contributed papers.

This Conference takes place in the same week and location as an AADC Consortium and SKA Board meetings: The sessions of day 1 will be programmed to encourage overlap between the engineering and science communities, and seek to identify how the collective expertise can be harnessed to best benefit SKA-Low.

The conference will be held at the ARRC Building (Australian Resources Research Centre), adjacent to Curtin University in Perth, WA Australia, 29-31 March 2017.  There will be a joint AADC Consortium and conference dinner on Wednesday 29 March 2017 to which all are invited (separate payment will be required).

All are welcome to attend the conference although please note that the AADC Consortium and SKAO Board meetings themselves remain invite-only: Pre-registration is now open which will ensure you remain on future email updates.  More detailed information will be posted as per the key dates given below.

The meeting is generously sponsored by ICRAR, SKAO and CSIRO.

Key dates: First announcement (this message) - 13 October 2016
                      Pre-registration (Registration of interest)  - open now
                      Second announcement (draft program, local logistical information) - 10 January 2017
                     Third and final announcement (confirmed program) - 28 February 2017
                      Registration closes                - 20 March 2017


SOC: Cath Trott (ICRAR-Curtin)
Carole Jackson (ICRAR-Curtin)
Ravi Subrahmanyan (RRI)
Jason Hessels (ASTRON)
Huub Rottgering (Leiden)
David Kaplan (UWisc)
Jeff Wagg (SKA Office)
George Heald (CSIRO - CASS)
Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate (ASTRON)
Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON)
 ??.

Please distribute this pre-announcement to all interested colleagues.

* Co-Chairs Dr Cath Trott &  Prof. Carole Jackson

Carole


Professor Carole Jackson

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