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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">We would like to remind you that the deadline for abstract submission is approaching<b class="">, April 15<sup class="">th</sup></b>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">We invite you to consider submitting an abstract and joining us in Vienna to shape this new exciting facility!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Sincerely,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class=""> Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15, 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Symposium “Science with the future Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Vienna, Austria: May 23-26, 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">webpage:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-oeXCGv0oyCBBBJxjhK5ntx?domain=wstelescope.com" title="https://www.wstelescope.com/meetings/symposium" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.wstelescope.com/meetings/symposium</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Important DATES:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">- abstract submission: 15 Apr 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">- first program available: 1 May 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">- registration deadline: 7 May 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">- symposium: 23 May (2pm) - 26 May (6pm) 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">RATIONALE:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Over the next decade, we expect a deluge of high-quality data</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">delivered by the upcoming large ground-based (e.g., LSST/VRO, SKA,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">CTA) and space-based (e.g., JWST, Euclid, Roman Space Telescope,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Athena) telescopes. In parallel the Gaia astrometric mission will have</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">its final release. The imaging capabilities of some of these new</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">facilities will detect and classify a huge number of objects. However,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">to learn what they are, spectroscopic follow-up on the main</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">representatives as well as rare cases at adequate spectral resolution</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">and cadence is required. Given the expected number of sources only a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">dedicated spectroscopic facility will be able to fully realise the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">scientific potential of these wide-field imaging surveys. The demand</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">for a large telescope dedicated to spectroscopic surveys is an</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">interest shared worldwide and figures explicitly in many national</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" class="">strategic science plans (e.g., US 2020 decadal survey,
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<span lang="EN-US" class=""><b class="">decadal plan for Australian astronomy</b>, Canadian astronomy long range</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">plan 2020-2030, European Astronet Roadmap 2023). A consortium of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">European and Australian research institutes is studying an innovative</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">10-m class wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8zZbCJyBrGfBBB8G0hGf_b2?domain=wstelescope.com/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">WST</a>)
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view and high multiplex</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">multi-object spectrograph facility with both medium and high</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">resolution modes (MOS), and a giant panoramic integral field</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">spectrograph (IFS). The originality of the concept, compared to other</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">proposed facilities is to have the simultaneous operation of a giant</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">IFS and a high multiplex MOS.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">The main aim of the meeting is to engage the astronomical community in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">shaping this future facility. The science covered by a dedicated</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">spectroscopic facility is extremely wide, but we foresee that the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">scientific contributions at the meeting will cover at least the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">following main science topics for which a major impact is expected</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">from a facility like WST:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" class="">The nature of the dark Universe and its</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">accelerated expansion. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span lang="EN-US" class="">Galaxy assembly and the formation of the Cosmic Web. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span lang="EN-US" class="">The formation history of the Milky Way and dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span lang="EN-US" class="">Spectroscopic characterization of transients and time-variable phenomena.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">One long lasting legacy of the meeting will be a White Paper which</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">describes in detail the innovative science drivers for WST and the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">derived Top Level Requirements.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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