<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear ASA, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The IAU Junior Member Working Group is organising a series of workshops in a variety of topics catered at the Early Career Researchers. The first 4 workshops are now announced and are in large Australian friendly times. All videos will be available online if you can’t make it to the live event:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> - <b class="">"The IAU: What does it do? How to get involved?" & "Careers discussion”:</b> Thursday October 15th, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC: </div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Prof Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck</i></b> (IAU President; Leiden University)</div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa V. T. Lago</i></b> (IAU General Secretary; University of Porto)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- <b class=""> "Careering through astrophysics”: </b>Thursday October 22nd, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC: </div><div class=""><b class="">Prof. Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell </b>(University of Oxford)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- <b class="">"ESO: the most powerful telescopes and a community of practice”:</b> Thursday October 29th, 2020: 9:00-10:00 UTC</div><div class=""><b class="">Prof. Dr. Xavier Barcons</b> (ESO Director General)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- <b class="">"How to present online?’:</b> Thursday November 12th, 2020: 9:00-11:00 UTC / 10:00-12:00 CET</div><div class=""><b class="">Hans Van de Water</b> (The Floor is Yours) <a href="https://thefloorisyours.be/en/" class="">https://thefloorisyours.be/en/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More details can be found in the attached flyer. </div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Please register here: <span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9" class="">https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9</a> and feel free to spread the word to non-ASA members. </span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also if you are within your first 6 years of PhD and would like to consider joining as an IAU Junior Member, the membership call is now open: <a href="https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann20035/?lang" class="">https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann20035/?lang</a> and the NCA (Virginia) will send more details on the Australian joining process. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let us know if you have any questions, both me and Ellie (<a href="mailto:eleanor.sansom@curtin.edu.au" class="">eleanor.sansom@curtin.edu.au</a> ) are in the organising committee. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Themiya. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">IAU Junior Member WG <<a href="mailto:no-reply@iau.org" class="">no-reply@iau.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">10 October 2020 at 12:59:48 am AEDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:themiyananayakkara@gmail.com" class="">themiyananayakkara@gmail.com</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:iaujuniormember@gmail.com" class="">iaujuniormember@gmail.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dear fellow IAU Junior Members,</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">We have another exciting set of events in store for you! We hereby proudly present to you the <strong class="">IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series</strong>. This virtual series will contain career discussions in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings, and more. All will be tailored to our community of early career astronomers. The kick-off line up has 4 scheduled events and full descriptions are provided in the attachment.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thursday <strong class="">October 15th, 2020</strong>: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">"The IAU: What does it do? How to get involved?" & "Careers discussion"</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL" class="">Prof Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (IAU President; Leiden University)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa V. T. Lago (IAU General Secretary; University of Porto)</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thursday <strong class="">October 22nd, 2020</strong>: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">"Careering through astrophysics"</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Prof. Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford)</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thursday <strong class="">October 29th, 2020</strong>: 9:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CET</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">"ESO: the most powerful telescopes and a community of practice"</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Prof. Dr. Xavier Barcons (ESO Director General)</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thursday <strong class="">November 12th</strong>, 2020: 9:00-11:00 UTC / 10:00-12:00 CET</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Workshop "How to present online?’</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Hans Van de Water (The Floor is Yours)</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Participation is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-CH" class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The discourses will be made available to you via Zoom and Youtube.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">We look forward to many of you joining us for this exciting series!</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Warm regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Maria Drozdovskaya & Fatoumata Kebe, co-Chairs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">On behalf of the entire Organizing Committee:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Camilla Danielski, Christopher Moore, Eleanor Sansom, Gaël Buldgen, Sudeshna Boro Saikia, Themiya Nanayakkara</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">P.S.: (1) If you cannot join due to your time zone, recordings will be made available. (2) We plan on organizing more events that are spread across different time zones.</span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>