<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Geneva;
panose-1:2 11 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.xxmsonormal, li.xxmsonormal, div.xxmsonormal
{mso-style-name:x_x_msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
p.xxmsolistparagraph, li.xxmsolistparagraph, div.xxmsolistparagraph
{mso-style-name:x_x_msolistparagraph;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.outlook-search-highlight
{mso-style-name:outlook-search-highlight;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dear ASA,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">The GMT-sponsored (i.e.
<i>travel funding available</i> to ECRs/Students) annual science meeting this year is on Exoplanets: Atmospheres to Architectures. It is a great meeting to catch up on latest results and make new collaborations, and is much broader than a meeting purely about
the role of GMT. I hope to see some of you there! Announcement below…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">Registration is now open for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tWq6COMKzVTNv2wmoSEMEE5?domain=conference.gmto.org/" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fconference.gmto.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmichael.ireland%40anu.edu.au%7Cddb94861dfe14df21a0c08db34818be7%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C638161504305141984%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8"><span style="font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif">9th
annual GMT Community Science Meeting</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">The meeting,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tWq6COMKzVTNv2wmoSEMEE5?domain=conference.gmto.org/" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fconference.gmto.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmichael.ireland%40anu.edu.au%7Cddb94861dfe14df21a0c08db34818be7%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C638161504305141984%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8"><i>Exoplanets:
Atmospheres to Architectures</i></a>, will take place September 6-8, 2023 in Washington, D.C., at the InterContinental Hotel at the Wharf. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">With thousands of new worlds now confirmed, exoplanet science is poised to address long-standing questions: How do planets form and evolve? How diverse are their physical and chemical properties? How does our solar
system compare to other planetary systems? How common are Earth-like planets? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">This meeting will bring together observers, theorists, and instrumentalists to share the latest results and plans for future research and facilities that will be needed to answer these questions. Some of the topics
we will focus on will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Formation,
evolution, and architectures of exoplanet systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Demographics
of exoplanets and systems <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Exoplanet
atmospheres and interiors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Astrobiology
and biosignatures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">The
roles, unique contributions, and complementarity of the ELTs and other facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">The meeting will include plenty of time for discussion, with all sessions, meals, and lodging at the InterContinental Hotel. As usual, there is no registration fee and p</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Geneva",sans-serif;color:#212121">artial
travel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">reimbursement is available for graduate students and postdocs.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Scientific Organizing Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Jayne Birkby, University of Oxford (Co-Chair)<br>
Johanna Teske, Carnegie Institution for Science (Co-Chair)<br>
Sagi Ben-Ami, Weizmann Institute of Science<br>
Fred Ciesla, University of Chicago<br>
Laird Close, University of Arizona<br>
Michael Ireland, Australian National University<br>
David Kipping, Columbia University<br>
Adam Kraus, University of Texas at Austin<br>
Yeon Joo Lee, Institute for Basic Science<br>
Mercedes López-Morales, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<br>
Jorge Luis Melendez Moreno, Universidade de São Paulo<br>
Gijs Dirk Mulders, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez<br>
Myeong-Gu Park, Kyungpook National University<br>
Emily Rauscher, University of Michigan<br>
Evgenya Shkolnik, Arizona State University<br>
Joshua Winn, Princeton University<br>
George Zhou, University of Southern Queensland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Invited Speakers include:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Daniel Apai, University of Arizona<br>
</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFED94">Rebecca</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFED94">Bernstein</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">,
GMTO/Carnegie Observatories<br>
Jane Huang, University of Michigan<br>
Eve Lee, McGill University<br>
Jared Males, University of Arizona<br>
Victoria Meadows, University of Washington<br>
Megan Mansfield, University of Arizona<br>
Leslie Rogers, University of Chicago<br>
Lauren Weiss, University of Notre Dame<br>
Luis Welbanks, Ariziona State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">More information, including the registration portal, can be found on the Community Science Meeting website. The registration deadline is August 4, 2023.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">—<br>
Prof. Michael IRELAND<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Director Science Education<br>
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics<br>
Australian National University<br>
Office: </span><a href="tel:+61261250288"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+61 2 6125 0288</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Mobile: </span><a href="tel:+61424228579"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+61
424 228579</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Skype: mike_ireland github: mikeireland<br>
_____ <br>
<i>Due to my own family/work balance, you may receive emails from me outside of normal working hours. I do not expect a response from you outside of your own working pattern, nor do I expect an immediate response when you are working.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>