[ASA] Second Announcement of CAASTRO Annual Science Conference: Reionization in the Red Centre

Wed Feb 27 21:30:27 AEDT 2013

Dear ASA community,

Please find below the second announcement for the first CAASTRO Annual Science Conference. This is an international meeting and will include attendees from both the CAASTRO and wider astronomical communities.

We encourage all interested members of the Australian astronomical community to participate in this exciting meeting.

Regards,

Stuart

Apologies if you receive this announcement more than once.

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Second Announcement:

Reionization in the Red Centre: New Windows on the High Redshift Universe

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15-19 July, 2013, Ayers Rock Resort, Australia

The formation of the first stars, galaxies and black-holes, and the associated reionization of cosmic hydrogen and helium represents one of the major events in cosmic history. This topic has received a great deal of attention over the past decade, with a focus on theory and interpretation of the first observations of the reionization era. The study of early galaxy formation and reionization is now entering a new era, facilitated by the impending availability of a range of revolutionary telescopes including LOFAR, MWA, ALMA and Planck, which will complement optical/near-IR deep and wide-field surveys. The aim of this conference is to bring together theorists and observers to present recent advances in our understanding of cosmic reionization and the high redshift Universe, and to discuss how new observational capabilities will drive the science in the future.

This meeting is the first in the annual series of CAASTRO conferences in wide field astronomy, and will be held at the Ayers Rock Resort in the shadow of outback Australia's iconic Uluru.  The conference website can be viewed at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru. Topics to be discussed include:

·      What do we know about the first stars and galaxies?
·      What do we know about the first black-holes and quasars?
·      What have we learned about reionization from the CMB?
·      What are 21cm studies teaching us about reionization?
·      What do we know about the history of the IGM?
·      How well has theory confronted observations in the realm of reionization?
·      What are the key future observations for understanding reionization?

Invited Speakers:

Richard Ellis
Avi Loeb
Matt McQuinn
George Becker
Anna Frebel
Tiziana di Matteo
Jackie Hewitt
Saleem Zaroubi
Kristian Finlator
Olivier Dore
Jonathan Pober
Andrei Mesinger
Daniel Mortlock
Christian Reichardt
Rogier Windhorst

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Stuart Wyithe        (Melbourne, Chair)
Benedetta Ciardi  (MPA)
Zoltan Haiman     (Columbia)
Peng Oh                (UCSB)
Steve Furlanetto  (UCLA)
Xiaohui Fan          (Arizona)
Frank Briggs        (ANU)
Andrea Ferrara    (Scuola Normale Superior)
Leon Koopmans  (KAPTEYN)
Qingjuan Yu         (KIAA)
Priya Natarajan    (Yale)

Local Organizing Committee:

Kate Gunn (Sydney, Chair), Kim Dorrell (Melbourne), Stuart Wyithe (Melbourne)

Social activities:

These include the "Sounds of Silence" conference dinner under the stars, and a guided tour of Uluru.

Conference fee:

The conference fee of 400AUD will include refreshments, all meals including the conference dinner, welcome reception, and tour of Uluru. A link to the registration page can be found at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru

Location:

The conference will be held at Ayers Rock Resort.  A link to the venue is found at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru

Accommodation:

A contingent of about 75 rooms has been held in the various accommodation options available within Ayers Rock Resort. Information on these may be found at the conference web site.

Transport:

The meeting venue is a short coach ride from the Uluru Airport. Coaches meet all flights and are complementary. Qantas and Virgin airlines operate flights into Uluru from a range of Australian cities. Some flight options are listed on the conference web site.

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Important dates:

Registration open: October 31st, 2012
Registration and abstract deadline: April 8th, 2013
Conference dates: July 15th - 19th , 2013

Conference website:

http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru

Conference email:

uluru2013 at caastro.org<mailto:uluru2013 at caastro.org>

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Professor Stuart Wyithe
Australian Laureate Fellow
School of Physics
University of Melbourne
Vic, Australia  3010

Phone:  +61 3 8344 5083
Fax:  +61 3 9347 4783
Email: swyithe at unimelb.edu.au<https://evserver2.unimelb.edu.au/EnterpriseVault/swyithe@unimelb.edu.au>
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