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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Giant Magellan Summit 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AAL and the ANU are both Founders of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organisation (GMTO), which is building a 30-metre class Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) along with 14 research institutions from the United States, Chile, Brazil, Israel,
South Korea, and Taiwan. The ANU and AAL have around a 5% share each in this billion dollar project and Australia is reaping benefits from this investment via support from the GMTO to deliver advanced instrumentation for the GMT including
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<p class="MsoNormal">GMTO will be hosting the Giant Magellan Summit 2026, a one hour event on 14 April. The Summit will be broadcast live across the world and they will provide an update on progress and the future plans for the GMT. They will also introduce
the new President of the GMTO, Daniel Jaffe. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While the timing is less than ideal for Australia (it starts at 4am AEST/2am AWST on Wed 15 April), the event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be provided afterwards. Nevertheless members of the Australian community are
encouraged to register in order to <span style="color:black">submit questions </span>
in advance <span style="color:black">to the featured scientists and leaders. All relevant details
</span>can be found at<span style="color:black">: </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_BlQCnx1jniKm7NyOFNipTJFdFW?domain=summit.giantmagellan.org/">Giant Magellan Summit 2026</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr. Stuart Ryder<br>
Senior Program Manager (Mon, Wed, Fri)<br>
Astronomy Australia Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">T: +61 (0419) 970834 <br>
E: <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:stuart.ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">stuart.ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292625;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">I respectfully acknowledge the Wallumattagal clan of the Dharug Nation, who are the Traditional<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292625;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Owners of the land on which AAL’s Sydney office is located, and pay my respect to their Elders past,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">AAL’s vision is for Australian astronomy to have access to the world’s best research infrastructure to conduct groundbreaking science, support Australian
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