From helen.woods at aao.gov.au Tue Jul 8 10:31:01 2014 From: helen.woods at aao.gov.au (Helen Woods) Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:31:01 +1000 Subject: [ASA] AIP Congress: The Art of Physics Message-ID: <53BB3BC5.1070106@aao.gov.au> Dear Colleagues, The abstract deadline for this year's AIP congress 'The Art of Physics' has been extended to July 18th. The congress is being held in Canberra from December 7-11. Details of the AIP Congress can be found at http://www.aip2014.org.au and the abstract server can be found at http://www.aip2014.org.au/abstracts/ Many ASA members have already submitted abstracts and two of the plenary speakers are astronomers. Some of you may know of Prof. Robin Storer of Flinders University, who was an expert in MHD theory, and contributed much to Australian science (particularly in fusion) over a 40+ year career. Unfortunately, Robin lost a battle with cancer last year. A colleague, Em. Prof. Bob Dewar, suggested it would be appropriate to commemorate Prof. Robin Storer's contributions to plasma physics (especially theory) at the Australian Institute of Physics Congress with a dedicated session on "MHD theory in laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas". Bob has received the imprimatur of the idea from Robin's family, should the session be feasible. The idea also has the support Plasma Session Program Committee, as well as the Conference Chair, Prof. John Howard, and Program Chair, A/Prof. Joe Hope. The Solar Terestial and Space Physics Program Chair, Prof. Iver Cairns, and Astronomy Program Chair, Dr Chris Lidman, have also agreed to co-badge the session. We hope to tribute a session commemorating Robin providing there are enough selected talks in a MHD theory area. The AIP Congress has also recently extended the abstract deadline to July 18, thus providing an opportunity to lodge an abstract in this area, and indeed any other area of astronomy. I would also be grateful that should you be interested in contributing to the dedicated session you could also let Matthew Hole (matthew.hole at anu.edu.au ) at the ANU know so that he can earmark the contribution accordingly. Kind Regards, Chris Lidman -- Helen Woods Australian Astronomical Observatory PO Box 915 North Ryde, NSW, 1670 Tel: +61 2 9372-4812 Fax: + 61 2 9372-4880 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ray.Norris at csiro.au Tue Jul 8 15:44:24 2014 From: Ray.Norris at csiro.au (Ray.Norris at csiro.au) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 05:44:24 +0000 Subject: [ASA] OZSKA Town Hall Meeting at the ASA References: Message-ID: Dear colleague Although many of us are excited about the prospect of Australian involvement in the Square Kilometre Array, and many of us are involved in the planning in some capacity, we do not yet have a "community" of those who are, or who would like to be, involved in the SKA. As a starting point to build such a community, I have organised an SKA Town Hall meeting on Friday 25 July, on the last day of the ASA annual scientific meeting, from 12.35 to 2pm. A snack lunch will be provided for attendees.. The aims of this meeting (and associated activities) are: * To build a community of scientists who are knowledgeable about SKA and who will be ready to make full use of it when it is constructed * To facilitate Australian science involvement in SKA * To facilitate collaboration between Australian SKA scientists and our colleagues in South Africa and other SKA member countries * To maximise the science from SKA * To provide advice to Australian SKA consortium members as required. The meeting will kick off with a brief overview of the SKA and of Australia's role in it, but most of the time will be devoted to questions and discussions from the floor. Topics might include: * What will be built in Australia? * What will Australia's role be? * What will be the key science goals? * How will this impact on other Australian astronomy facilities? * How do we use the Australian precursors (ASKAP, MWA) to optimize the SKA design and prepare for SKA? * How will the SKA be managed? * How will we get our hand on SKA data? * When will it be finished? * How can an astronomer get involved in planning the science for the SKA? * Is it only for black-belt radio astronomers, or can other astronomers use it? * What will it do for my science? * Where do we go from here? There is no registration fee, but we do need to know numbers for catering, and lunch will only be provided for those that have pre-registered. If you would like to attend, please email Amanda.Gray at csiro.au before 20 July. Further details will be made available on http://bit.ly/ozska Regards Ray Norris Ray.Norris at csiro.au CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Tel: +61 417 288 307 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Wed Jul 9 21:05:50 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:05:50 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Annual Scientific Meeting - Sixth and FINAL Announcement Message-ID: <27A842CB-35BF-4ED9-A07F-D92B8A685D16@sydney.edu.au> Sixth and FINAL Announcement: 2014 Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO GO! We have almost 300 delegates but registration is still possible for the 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting. The ASM promises to be a very interesting and diverse meeting in this decadal planning year. The Harley Wood Winter School is now at capacity (85). However, there may be an option to register for sessions only (no accommodation available). Please contact ASN Events for details if you are interested. THE FINAL ASA MEETING PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE! The program committee are delighted to announce that the final program of talks and events is now available. We apologise for all those that missed out on an oral presentation. Only ~50% could be accommodated this year. It was very tough for the SOC to carefully decide who to allocated talks to from the very high quality range of abstracts received and to accommodate so many conflicting requirements. Please visit the conference website to view the program and also to download a pdf copy. The final program will also be available in the meeting booklet in the welcome pack on registration. For further information on both the HWWS and the ASA annual meeting as well as links to the registration details, social program and other ASA activities, visit the dual-meeting website at: http://www.asa2014.mq.edu.au/ We look forward to welcoming you to Macquarie University in our 50th anniversary year. KEY DATES ? MARK YOUR DIARY! ASA Annual Scientific Meeting - July 20th ? July 25th 2014: Harley Wood Winter School - July 17th ? July 20th 2014 Quentin Parker 9th July 2014 on behalf of the 2014 ASA ASM local organising committee Email contact: Quentin.parker at mq.edu.au, Amanda.manypeney at mq.edu.au Follow the link below to download the ASM and HWWS flyer for circulation: http://www.asa2014.mq.edu.au/assets/ASA2014/ASA2014-Flyer.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Head (Teaching & Learning), School of Physics Associate Dean (Standards), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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Nuclear energy: the debate Australia has to have Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:57:38 +1000 From: Catriona Jackson To: Catriona Jackson http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/news-and-events/nuclear-energy-the-debate-australia-has-to-have/ Science & Technology Australia *Public forum* *Nuclear energy: the debate Australia has to have* with panellists Professor Barry Brook, Professor Ken Baldwin and Ian Hore-Lacy, hosted by Genevieve Jacobs to be held on Monday 28 July 1--2.30pm Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia Parkes Place, Canberra Register to attend at nuclearenergy.eventbrite.com.au Enquiries E info at sta.org.au Inspiring Australia /This Inspiring Australia initiative is supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Industry, in partnership with Science & Technology Australia./ -- A.Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of Research and Outreach Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. 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