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The momentum is building! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>We are thrilled to announce our <b>opening guest speaker Professor Roger Franzen AO.</b> An Aussie space engineering legend - Professor Franzen will be taking us on a journey back to the first Australian Space Telescope mission, Endeavour, which flew on the space shuttle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>We have an exciting lineup planned, and abstract submissions have now closed. Checkout our website to sign up and be a part of the conversation: <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GccDCgZ0N1iw86j5EiNfPC4r84m?domain=sites.google.com" target="_blank" title="https://sites.google.com/view/msl-blue-horizons">https://sites.google.com/view/msl-blue-horizons</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Blue Horizons SOC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Sarah Caddy (Co-chair)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prof. Michele Trenti (Co-chair)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Chelsea Huang<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Joice Mathew<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prof. Sergio Leon-Saval<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer | Senior Program Manager<br>Astronomy Australia Ltd (Sydney Office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>P: +61 2 9372 4842<br>E: </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="mailto:lucyna.chudczer@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='color:#467886'>lucyna.chudczer@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ZnjyCjZ1N7iGgEw1oCRhRCm3NvY?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/</span></a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;padding:0cm .5pt 0cm .5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><img border=0 width=60 height=49 style='width:.625in;height:.5083in' id="Picture_x0020_1139095469" src="cid:image001.png@01DC4E3B.5B64EC50"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=510 valign=top style='width:382.7pt;padding:0cm .5pt 0cm .5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>AAL endeavours to be an environmentally sustainable organisation built upon equity, diversity and mutual respect for its staff and stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>