<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=""><div class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The <b class="">IAU
Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series</b> is going to kick off
for 2021 in just a few weeks! This virtual series contains career discussions
in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional
development trainings, and more. All events are tailored to early career
astronomers. The full descriptions of the coming four events are provided in
the attachment. Two are held on EMEA-friendly and two on APAC-friendly time
zones (recordings will be made).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thursday <b class="">February
25th, 2021</b>: 9:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CET<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">"Preparing
for a new era in astronomy"<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr.
Philippa Hartley (SKA Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thursday <b class="">March
25th, 2021</b>: 16:00-17:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CET<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">"Satellite
Mega-Constellations and Astronomy: the phantom menace, or a new hope?"<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr. Olivier
Hainaut (ESO)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thursday <b class="">April
29th, 2021</b>: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“Quantifying
and Managing Uncertainty”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr Richard
Scalzo (DARE, University of Sydney)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thursday <b class="">May
27th, 2021</b>: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“Exploring
the Universe Without Costing the Earth”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr Natasha
Hurley-Walker (Curtin University)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Participation
is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form no later
than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/sWoB7uxT2sWKEJQq8" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://forms.gle/sWoB7uxT2sWKEJQq8</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The
discourses will be made available to you via Zoom and Youtube. You will receive
a confirmation upon registration directly from Google Forms with the connection
information.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Recordings
of these upcoming events will be available alongside select past events on our
Youtube channel:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We look
forward to many of you joining us in this new year for our exciting series!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Warm
regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Maria
Drozdovskaya & Fatoumata Kebe, co-Chairs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">On behalf
of the entire Organizing Committee:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Camilla
Danielski, Christopher Moore, Eleanor Sansom, Gaël Buldgen, Sudeshna Boro
Saikia, Themiya Nanayakkara<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">P.S.: We
welcome any and all feedback you may have on our past events and/or any
activities of our Working Group (anonymously):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/Wg4PBy5FPHRmdQAS9" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://forms.gle/Wg4PBy5FPHRmdQAS9</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">For any
queries, you may reach the Organizing Committee at: </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:iaujuniormember@gmail.com" class="">iaujuniormember@gmail.com</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p>
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