<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" 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)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@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:inherit;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
panose-1:2 0 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 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.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
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;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1961566459;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1328797766 -1949919946 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7 ;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you’re interested in astronomy data, and in particular, interoperability and FAIR Data, then the IVOA Interoperability meeting is for you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registrations for the meeting to be held 20-24 May in Sydney at Macquarie University are now open, and registration is free! See
<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/M8s-CL7EwMfk69AmEhBKLow?domain=rds.org.au/" target="_blank">https://rds.org.au/events/ivoa-2024/registration/</a> to register.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Key topics of the meeting include:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Australian data landscape<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">New Science frontiers for data interoperability<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Standards and protocols for data access, sharing and reuse<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Applications and implementations of the VO standards<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For enquiries, please contact me via email (<a href="mailto:simon.otoole@mq.edu.au">simon.otoole@mq.edu.au</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simon O’Toole<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the LOC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="1440" style="width:1080.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:37.5pt">
<td width="180" valign="top" style="width:135.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:37.5pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0QHvCMwGxOt2N3gRETkFA7s?domain=datacentral.org.au/" title=""Data Central""><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="180" height="50" style="width:1.875in;height:.5208in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA6895.A5E84750" alt="Data Central"></span></a><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="1440" valign="bottom" style="width:1080.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;height:37.5pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td nowrap="" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:simon.otoole@mq.edu.au"><span style="color:black">Simon
O'Toole</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#B0B0B0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#E0E0E0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">•</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#B0B0B0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0QHvCMwGxOt2N3gRETkFA7s?domain=datacentral.org.au/"><span style="color:#B0B0B0">Head
of Research Data & Software</span></a><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0QHvCMwGxOt2N3gRETkFA7s?domain=datacentral.org.au/"><span style="color:#B0B0B0"> • </span></a><u>Data Central Project Scientist</u></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#B0B0B0;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:3.0pt">
<td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:3.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:3.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#B0B0B0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#B0B0B0;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap="" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#B0B0B0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0QHvCMwGxOt2N3gRETkFA7s?domain=datacentral.org.au/"><span style="color:#B0B0B0">datacentral.org.au</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#E0E0E0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">•</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#B0B0B0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/dC6ECNLJyQUZ43AEvCj-n68?domain=mq.edu.au/"><span style="color:#B0B0B0">Australian
Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#B0B0B0;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>