[ASA] Joint SIfA-CAASTRO workshop next week - "Bruce Slee and 70 years of radio astronomy", 16-17 August

[John O'Byrne]

Dear colleagues,

This is a quick reminder that it's not too late to register for next week's joint SIfA-CAASTRO workshop celebrating 'Bruce Slee and 70 years of radio astronomy'.  Registration will remain open until the end of this week.

This is a two-day workshop being held at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 August, and celebrates the career (and 92nd birthday) of Bruce Slee, who is one of the pioneers of radio astronomy - e.g. his 1949 paper made the first optical identification of the radio sources Centaurus A (NGC 5128) and Virgo A (M87). Although long retired, Bruce continues to carry out research, with emphasis on active stars and clusters of galaxies.

This workshop will celebrate and honour Bruce’s significant contribution to Radio Astronomy, now approaching 70 years. The program will combine historical talks on Bruce's work with science talks that provide a modern perspective, describing current work by a new generation of astronomers in low-frequency radio surveys, variable radio sources and the interstellar and intergalactic medium.

I would particularly like to encourage Honours and PhD students to attend this workshop.

The invited speakers include Ron Ekers (CSIRO) on 'Australian radio astronomy 1945-1960', Cleo Loi (Cambridge University) on 'Ionospheric studies with the MWA' and Joss Bland-Hawthorn (USyd) on 'The Galactic Centre and Fermi Bubble'.

The complete program of talks is now available on the conference web page at:   http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-slee

Workshop Details

•               Dates: 16-17 August 2016
•               Venue: Sutherland Room, Holme Building, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
•               Cost: The cost of the workshop is $50

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN<http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/sifa/caastro/register/index.php?action=register&workshopId=110>

I do hope you can join us for what promises to be an interesting and informative meeting. Please register as soon as possible if you plan to attend.

Best wishes,

Elaine


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PROF ELAINE M SADLER FAA | Professor of Astrophysics
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
Sydney Institute for Astronomy | School of Physics | Faculty of Science

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