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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear ASA Members,<br>
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This is my first email to you as ASA President. It is unusually long – I hope to not make this a habit – but only because we have
lots to celebrate as a community.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Summary for those who are time-poor:</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Wrap-up of the Annual Scientific Meeting</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ASA Prizes</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Your new ASA Council</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Wrap-up of the Annual Scientific Meeting</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A huge thanks to Richard McDermid, Elizabeth Mahony, Jo Dawson, the LOC and SOC teams, and those running hubs, for making the 2023
ASM such a success. There is a large amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make such meetings happen, all of course done in addition to “normal” work. To give you an idea of the scale, the meeting comprised:</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">260 in person attendees</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">60 online attendees</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">124 talks</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">98 Posters</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">45 Sparklers</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">11 training sessions</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">5 chapter meetings</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">2 Town Halls</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3 social events</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">2 discussion sessions</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1 ASA AGM</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1 ASA Council Meeting</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1 Head of Departments meeting</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1 Public talk</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The ASM is our annual opportunity to come together as a community. In addition to the talks and posters, it was great to see vibrant
discussions in various chapter meetings and town halls, and the NCA and ESO sessions on the last day. A big thank you also to all those who ran workshops: Paul Hancock (ADACS); Jackie Bondell, James Murray and Lara Sharp (EPOC); and Shari Breen and Jimi Green
(SKAO). </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ASA Prizes</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
Please join me in congratulating the winners of the various Prizes awarded at the ASM.<br>
<br>
<b>Best student posters</b> <br>
1st: Giulia Cinquegrana</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">2nd: Sanja Lazarevic</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3rd: Natasha Van Bemmel</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">People’s choice: Natasha Van Bemmel<br>
<br>
<b>Best student sparklers</b><br>
1st: Sarah Bradbury</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">2nd: Natasha Van Bemmel</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3rd: Tommy Marshman</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Honourable mentions: Nicolò Dalmasso, Bailey Martin</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<b>Best student talks</b><br>
1st: Benjamin Metha</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">2nd: Madeleine McKenzie</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3rd: Anthony Carr</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Honourable mentions: Jacob Askew, Lucinda Lilley, Jonah Hansen, Rowina Nathan, Matthew Miles, Kirsten Banks, Madeline Howell</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<b>Robert Ellery Lecture (2021): </b>Tamara Davis<br>
A biannual award recognising outstanding contributions in astronomy or a related field.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Dark Energy and Cosmological Tension<br>
<b><br>
The Anne Green Prize:</b> Michelle Cluver (Swinburne)<br>
For a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Awarded for her contributions to the understanding and characterisation of galaxies in the infrared, through the WISE survey,
and significant novel contribution to the field of galaxy evolution, specifically in demonstrating the power and versatility of WISE mid-infrared imaging to elucidate star formation history, the role of mass quenching, and the effect of environment, in galaxy
groups<br>
<br>
<b>The Loise Webster Prize:</b> Joint winners Nichole Barry (Curtin) and Sven Buder (ANU) <br>
For outstanding research by a scientist early in their postdoctoral career, based on one publication.<br>
Nichole Barry: “Improving the Epoch of Reionization Power Spectrum Results from MWA Season 1 Observations” Barry et. al. (2019b) ApJ, 884, 1</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Sven Buder: “The GALAH+ survey: third data release” Buder et al. (2021) MNRAS, 506, 150</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<b>Charlene Heisler Prize:</b> Piyush Sharda (ANU)<br>
For best PhD Thesis: "The role of metals from molecular clouds to galactic discs"<br>
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<b>The Bok Prize:</b> William McDonald (UWA)<br>
For best Honours or Masters thesis: "Dissociation of Dark Matter and Gas in Cosmic Large-scale Structure"</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ECR Software Prize:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Manodeep
Sinha (Swinburne)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> For an outstanding contribution to the development of open-source astronomical software.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Awarded for CORRFUNC – an open-source high-performance code to compute correlation functions extremely quickly.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Certificate of appreciation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:
Terry Cuttle</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> For outstanding achievements in education, outreach and publicity of the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
The competition for all prizes was very high, and indicates the excellent research being done by our community.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Your new ASA Council</span></u></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The ASA Annual Scientific Meeting also marks the traditional changeover point for the ASA Council every second year. Your new Council
is as follows:</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">President: A/Prof Stas Shabala</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Vice President: Dr Ashley Ruiter</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Immediate Past President: Prof John Lattanzio</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Secretary: Dr Marc Duldig</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Secretary: A/Prof John O’Byrne</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Treasurer: Dr Yeshe Fenner</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Councillors:</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A/Prof Christoph Federrath</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof Richard McDermid</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A/Prof Bernhard Mueller</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Sarah Pearce</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Ivy Wong</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prizes and Awards Coordinator: Dr Tanya Hill</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Media and Outreach Cordinator: A/Prof Michael Brown</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chair, PASA Editorial Board: Dr Ivo Seitenzahl</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Student Representative: Pradosh Barun Das</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">My sincere thanks to Cath Trott, Barbara Catinella and Richard de Grijs who have completed their terms on ASA Council. Our community
is better off thanks to your service.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cheers,</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
Stas Shabala, President</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A/Prof Stas Shabala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">President, Astronomical Society of Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Tasmania<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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