From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Aug 26 23:50:33 2013 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:50:33 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ECR Workshop on "How To Be An Effective Referee" - 29 Nov 2013 at SIfA Message-ID: Dear all, You are invited to attend a one-day Workshop on "How To Be An Effective Referee" organised by the Early Career Researcher Chapter of the Astronomical Society of Australia. It will be held on the 29th November 2013 at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney, 44-70 Rosehill Street, Redfern. The aims of the workshop will be to learn and enhance refereeing skills. We intend this event to be very interactive, with attendees working in groups to practice refereeing example papers and proposals. The invited speakers are ? Joss Bland-Hawthorn (University of Sydney) ? Warrick Couch (Australian Astronomical Observatory) ? Bryan Gaensler (University of Sydney/CAASTRO) ? Lisa Kewley (Australian National University) ? Naomi McClure-Griffiths (CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science) All members of the ASA are welcome to attend, however we particularly encourage participants from researchers in the early stages of their careers. There is a limit of 40 participants, so please register early to avoid disappointment. This workshop is being sponsored by ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and the ASA. There is no fee to attend, and coffee and lunch will be provided during the day. If you would like to attend, please register at: http://www.caastro.org/event/ecr-workshop-how-to-be-an-effective-referee- Hope to see you there. David Parkinson on behalf of the organising committee (David Parkinson, James Allison and Daniel Bayliss) and the interim Steering Committee of the ECR chapter. ______________________________ David Parkinson University of Queensland d.parkinson at uq.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Telescopes and Systems Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave (Conference AS101) Chair(s): Mark Clampin; Giovanni G. Fazio; Howard A. MacEwen; Jacobus M. Oschmann, Jr. www.spie.org/as101 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (Conference AS102) Chair(s): Tadayuki Takahashi; Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Mark Bautz www.spie.org/as102 Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V (Conference AS103) Chair(s): Larry M. Stepp; Roberto Gilmozzi; Helen J. Hall www.spie.org/as103 Optical and Infrared Interferometry IV (Conference AS104) Chair(s): Jayadev K. Rajagopal; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman; Fabien Malbet www.spie.org/as104 Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V (Conference AS105) Chair(s): Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami www.spie.org/as105 Adaptive Optics Systems IV (Conference AS106) Chair(s): Enrico Marchetti; Laird M. Close; Jean-Pierre V?ran www.spie.org/as106 Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems V (Conference AS107) Chair(s): Alison B. Peck; Chris R. Benn; Robert L. Seaman www.spie.org/as107 Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VI (Conference AS108) Chair(s): George Z. Angeli; Philippe Dierickx www.spie.org/as108 Technology Advancements Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation (Conference AS109) Chair(s): Ram?n Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Allison A. Barto www.spie.org/as109 Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III (Conference AS110) Chair(s): Gianluca Chiozzi; Nicole M. Radziwill www.spie.org/as110 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII (Conference AS111) Chair(s): Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas www.spie.org/as111 High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VI (Conference AS112) Chair(s): Andrew D. 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