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Dear colleagues,
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<div>We’d like to bring the following workshop to your attention to be held on Tuesday, 8th of April:</div>
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<div><b>ATCA Science Day: Exploring new opportunities and highlighting ATCA’s unique capabilities in the SKA era</b></div>
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<div>The Australia Telescope Compact Array has been a cornerstone of the Australian radio astronomy landscape for close to 40 years. The BIGCAT upgrade, currently underway, will replace the entire backend of the telescope, doubling the instantaneous bandwidth
while also making ATCA more flexible, adaptable and responsive. </div>
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<div>In order for the ATNF to maintain its suite of radio facilities offered to the community, ATCA likely needs to transition to a self-sustaining funding model over the next few years. The focus of this science day is to bring us together to identify additional
funding avenues, explore new opportunities for collaborations, and highlight the unique capabilities of ATCA required by the community.</div>
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<div>The format for this meeting will include a mixture of talks and discussion sessions. If you would like to present a short (~10min) talk highlighting how ATCA and its unique capabilities can support and advance your science please send a short title and
abstract to organisers Elizabeth Mahony (elizabeth.mahony@csiro.au) and Josh Pritchard (joshua.pritchard@csiro.au) by <b>Friday March 21. </b></div>
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<div>More details, including the agenda, will be posted over the coming weeks: <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/E3paCGv0oyCLRlQDMuKf2UBNh7E?domain=atnf.csiro.au/">https://www.atnf.csiro.au/about-atnf/governance/atuc/atuc-meeting-8-11-april-2025/</a> </div>
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<div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The meeting will be held at the ATNF Marsfield site, with online access via MS Teams, <b>please </b><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aofnCJyBrGfQvzD6YCGh2UymPxD?domain=forms.office.com">register here</a><b> </b><b>by March 28</b>. Note that this form allows you
to register for both the ATCA Science day (April 8) and the Australia Telescope Users Committee Open session to be held on April 9.</div>
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<div>We hope you can join us in April.</div>
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<div>Kind regards, </div>
<div>Elizabeth + Josh</div>
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<div>ATCA Science day co-chairs</div>
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