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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Dear ASA members,</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">As SKAO Director-General, Phil Diamond, is visiting Australia next week, </span><br>
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Thursday May 19th, from 4<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">pm--5pm AEST = 2pm--3pm AWST.</span></div>
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<div style="" class="elementToProof"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">presenters
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Phil Diamond (SKAO Director-General),</span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sarah Pearce (SKA Low Telescope Director),</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Lindsay Magnus (SKA Mid Telescope Director),</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Naomi McClure-Griffiths (Chair, SKAO Science and Engineering Advisory Committee),</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Karen Lee-Waddell (Director, Australian SKA Regional Centre), and</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Douglas Bock (Australian Science Representative, SKAO Council).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Each will provide a short update on activities in their area.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To register your interest in joining this event, please send an email</span><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">to Amanda.Gray@csiro.au. Amanda will provide details for connecting</font></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">to the webex videoconference closer to the event.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Chair, Science Advisory Committee of the </span><span style="color:black; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Australian SKA Coordination Committee</span></p>
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