From k.williams at sydney.edu.au Mon Dec 5 15:32:35 2016 From: k.williams at sydney.edu.au (Kylie Williams) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 04:32:35 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Save the Date: 20-24 August 2017 From Black Hole to Environment: Galaxy Evolution Across Multiple Wavelengths Message-ID: SAVE THE DATE >From Black Hole to Environment: galaxy evolution across multiple wavelengths Aug 20 - 24, 2017 Australian National University, Canberra Australia On August 20 - 24, 2017, the Australian National University will host an international scientific conference "From Black Hole to Environment: galaxy evolution across multiple wavelengths". This conference aims to bring together both our observational and theoretical understanding of how galaxies evolve through feeding and feedback processes. The meeting will address our current understanding of feeding and feedback from large scales (clusters) to small scales (galactic centres) including gaseous outflows, star formation, and black hole co-evolution. The conference will be split into four categories: * Galaxy groups, clusters, large scale structure: dynamics, mergers, interactions; * Galaxies in the high redshift universe: AGN feedback and gaseous outflows; * Galaxies in the low redshift universe: refuelling and feeding black holes and star formation; and * Centres of galaxies: black hole accretion, launching jets and galactic winds, starbursts and star formation. This meeting will focus on multi-wavelength science that addresses the above science. We have invited leading scientists from the major galaxy surveys and leading scientists working on theoretical simulations. This will provide a platform to reconcile theoretical predictions with ongoing and upcoming observational projects to foster new collaborations. Website: http://www.caastro.org/event/2017-blackhole Registration will open soon. Scientific Organising Committee: * Julie Banfield (Chair), ANU * Judith Croston, Southampton * Alastair Edge, Durham * Anne Medling, Caltech * Dipanjan Mukherjee, ANU * Matt Owers, AAO/Macquarie * Kevin Pimbblet, Hull * Elaine Sadler, USYD * Stas Shabala, UTAS * Ivy Wong, ICRAR/UWA * Cathie Zheng, VUW Local Organizing Committee: * Julie Banfield (Chair), ANU * Suryashree Aniyan, ANU * Kate Gunn, USYD * Anais Moller, ANU * Rob Sharp, ANU * Philip Taylor, ANU * Brad Tucker, ANU * Kylie Williams, USYD KYLIE WILLIAMS | Events and Communications CAASTRO | School of Physics | Faculty of Science | ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics Rm 352 Building A28 | School of Physics The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9114 2183 | F +61 2 9114 2195| M +61 478 404 619 Email k.williams at sydney.edu.au W http:// www.caastro.org Please note: I am in the office Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (9:00am - 5:30pm) and Wednesday (9:00am - 2:00pm) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please circulate to interested colleagues.) 1st-5th May 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius SUMMARY: - A conference on the SKA as a tool to probe fundamental physics - WWW site: skatelescope.ca/physics - Click here (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=e91eedb35f&e=ad08f36210) to register, submit abstracts and book accommodation - Early registration deadline: 15th December, 2016 - Send questions to physics at skatelescope.ca (mailto:physics at skatelescope.ca) RATIONALE: The Square Kilometre Array (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=82f9b8e9a0&e=ad08f36210) (SKA) will be the world?s largest and most powerful radio telescope. When the SKA begins operations early in the next decade, it will deliver spectacular new data sets that are expected to transform our understanding of physics, astronomy and cosmology. To fully realise the potential of the SKA as a machine for fundamental physics, the SKA organisation seeks to engage the theoretical physics community in the science case and design considerations for the full array. To initiate this discussion, we will be holding a focused workshop in May 2017, in which we aim to bring together radio astronomers and theorists to jointly consider ways in which the SKA can test and explore fundamental physics. Topics to be covered will include: ? Cosmology and Dark Energy ? Cosmic Dawn and Reionisation ? Dark Matter and Astroparticle Physics ? Gravity and gravitational radiation Within each topic, we will have a series of invited presentations setting out the outstanding problems that the SKA can potentially address (with the first of these talks also including an explanation of the SKA?s capabilities in this area). This will be followed by shorter presentations and extensive discussion, through which we hope to establish preliminary feasibility of SKA experiments and measurements in each area. The intended outcomes of this meeting will be: ? an overall matrix that matches physics problems to SKA capabilities; ? a discussion paper based on this matrix (to be posted on arXiv.org and submitted as an SKA memo), which will summarise the prospects and priorities for fundamental physics with the SKA; ? identification of new collaborative research projects in which astronomers and physicists can work together to perform the required simulations, calculations and forecasts. The workshop will be held in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius. Mauritius has a long history in radio astronomy, and is one of the African partner countries that will co-host components of the full SKA. Mauritius? capital city, Port Louis, is served by frequent direct flights from many countries (including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom), with one-stop connections from most other major international gateways. Flic-en-Flac is a 1-hour drive from SSR Airport in Port Louis. We aim to make this a productive and welcoming meeting for all. This will be a family friendly event, with childcare and family accommodation provided. All attendees must agree to adhere to the SKA Organisation?s meeting code of conduct (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=bc7a2cb204&e=ad08f36210) upon registering. INVITED SPEAKERS (initial list, all confirmed): David Bacon (UK) Rennan Barkana (Israel) Celine Boehm (UK) Phillip Bull (USA) Tzu-Ching Chang (Taiwan) Tamara Davis (Australia) Michael Kramer (Germany) Julien Larena (South Africa) Samaya Nissanke (Netherlands) Frans Pretorius (USA) Jonathan Pritchard (UK) Joe Silk (UK) Scientific Organising Committee: Jenni Adams (New Zealand) John Beacom (USA) Luc Blanchet (France) Carlo Burigana (Italy) Heino Falcke (Netherlands / Germany) Pedro Ferreira (UK) Bryan Gaensler (Canada, co-chair) Leon Koopmans (Netherlands) Roy Maartens (South Africa) Edvard M?rtsell (Sweden) Tirthankar Roy (India) Eva Silverstein (USA) Ingrid Stairs (Canada) Cathryn Trott (Australia) Amanda Weltman (South Africa, co-chair) Renxin Xu (China) Local Organising Committee: Girish Beeharry (University of Mauritius) Mono Bunwaree (University of Mauritius) Bryan Gaensler (University of Toronto) Nalini Heeralall-Issur (University of Mauritius) Zo? Jaremus (University of Toronto) Satish Ramchurn (University of Mauritius) Radhakhrishna Somanah (University of Mauritius) Amanda Weltman (University of Cape Town) First Announcement : June, 2016 Registration and Abstracts Open : 3rd October, 2016 Early Registration Deadline : 15th December, 2016 Abstract Deadline : 20th January, 2017 Final Registration Deadline : 20th January, 2017 Final Program : 28th February, 2017 We acknowledge generous support and sponsorship from the following organisations: * ? Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=cff5f40bfd&e=ad08f36210) * ? Square Kilometre Array Organisation (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=b5e4b17a7e&e=ad08f36210) * ? ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=1b970b5a68&e=ad08f36210) * ? 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You can see more information and register at the website, here: http://www.caastro.org/event/2017-caastro-coepp2017 The first day will focus on open questions about dark matter in both the astrophysical and particle physics regimes, while the second will discuss the progress of direct detection projects and the prospects for future experiments. One of the main motivations for the workshop is to connect with the Cygnus Collaboration ? an international group proposing to build a directional dark matter detector at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory, which would be complementary to the SABRE experiment currently being constructed. The third day of the workshop will be reserved for a Cygnus collaboration meeting, which several CAASTRO and CoEPP members will have the opportunity to participate in, in the hope of kick-starting a new international collaboration. (A fourth-day excursion to Stawell for a select group might also occur, logistics-permitting.) Dates: 30th January - 1st February Location: Melbourne University School of Physics Please contact me if you would like more information about the workshop program or logistics. The committee includes: Ixandra Achitouv, Nicole Bell, Tamara Davis, Robert Foot, Ray Volkas, Rachel Webster, Laura Wolz, and myself. The invited speaker list is still being finalized ? abstracts for contributed talks are welcome! Please forward this on to anyone you think might be interested. Best regards, Katie Mack --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Katherine J. Mack DECRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow CAASTRO-CoEPP Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology School of Physics (David Caro Building) University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia Email: kmack at unimelb.edu.au Web: http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~kmack/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Thu Dec 8 11:46:52 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 00:46:52 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fw: New faces, member benefits and Science meets Parliament In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear ASA members - Please see the final STA newsletter for 2016 below. Congratulations to ASA member Alan Duffy who was elected as the early career representative for the STA leadership team at the recent AGM. cheers, Virginia Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR ________________________________ From: Science & Technology Australia on behalf of Science & Technology Australia Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2016 11:30 AM To: Virginia Kilborn Subject: New faces, member benefits and Science meets Parliament Science & Technology Australia - December Newsletter View this email in your browser [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871/images/1f6cb35e-6ded-4e94-9fa0-7b5ab402e182.jpg] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google Plus] [YouTube] Dear colleagues, The last few months have been an exciting time for STA, and we have many more projects in the pipeline for next year. In this issue of the newsletter you can read about our new leadership team, our upcoming Science meets Parliament, a recent grant for the Superstars of STEM, two new committees for policy and membership, our plans for a membership benefits program, new additions to the STA staff, and the success of this year's Science meets Business. I have enjoyed meeting and hearing from members over the last few months and look forward to seeing those of you who I am yet to meet. This will be the final newsletter for the year, so I also want to take the opportunity to wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday. Thank you for being a part of STA, and the team and I look forward to championing science and technology on your behalf throughout 2017. Cheers, Kylie ________________________________ New leadership team for STA The Science & Technology Australia Board has elected a new leadership team with former Vice-President, Professor Emma Johnston, voted President-Elect. Professor Johnston, who is a marine ecologist and the incoming Dean of Science at the University of New South Wales, was elected at our AGM in Canberra on Friday 25 November. She will formally assume the presidency in November 2017, when Professor Jim Piper?s term in the role ends. Other changes to the team are Dr Jeremy Brownlie, who will be our new Vice President, Dr Darren Saunders our new Secretary, Dr Cathy Foley will become our new Chair of Policy, and Associate Professor Alan Duffy has been confirmed as the new Early Career Representative. More information on the Board and STA?s leadership team can be found on our website. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871/_compresseds/279b2df9-caa1-489d-9c90-8be8d816ab86.jpg] Science meets Parliament 2017 Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are high on the political agenda: it?s never been a better time for you to attend Science meets Parliament! SmP 2017 will run between 21-22 March and give you the chance to build on the strong tradition of fostering relationships and understanding between scientists and technologists, MPs and Senators. Registrations will open soon to nominated delegates of STA members ? so if you are a researcher interested in attending, please contact your STA member society or association. For the first time, STA is also making available 10 places to scientists and technologists employed in the private sector, as well as offering two scholarships to scientists with an indigenous background. For updates on these opportunities as they come to hand, watch our website or follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Superstars of STEM Science & Technology Australia will soon launch a program to propel women of STEM around Australia into the media spotlight. ?Superstars of STEM? has won support through the new Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship program to work with women at all career stages to create new stereotypes, and new heroes to define them. You can read more about the program on our website. New committees Expressions of interest to join two new Committees have been opened, following their establishment this month. The first is the Policy Committee, headed by Chair of Policy Dr Cathy Foley, which will allow STA to better represent members when responding to government policy, reviews, consultations and inquiries. This committee will provide feedback and insights to the STA team to ensure our work is in line with our members? priorities. The second will be a Membership Committee, which will identify and approach potential new members of STA and hold periodic reviews to ensure the membership structure accurately reflects the Australian science and technology ecosystem. A chair for this committee will be appointed at the first Board meeting of 2017. We encourage all members to consider submitting for membership of these new Committees and invite you to send a half-page expression of interest to the STA team. Be sure include in the email your full name, contact details, which committee you?d like to join, and your STA member organisation. In your expression of interest, please include whether your work is privately or publicly funded, your broad discipline area, your geographic location, and - for the policy committee - your areas of policy interest. Good luck to all those who apply, and we hope to achieve a great diversity of members to share with you soon! Meet the new STA team Two new staff have joined the STA team in Canberra, Mitchell Piercey is our new Events and Membership Manager, and Dion Pretorius is the new Communications and Engagement Manager. Mitchell will be managing all of STA?s events, such as Science meets Parliament and Science meets Business, as well as working to add value to our members through a new Benefits program. He joins us from the Australian Academy of Science, and brings a wealth of experience in event management, sponsorship and has run a successful membership benefits program in Canada. He can be reached at mitchell.piercey at sta.org.au. Dion will be managing the communications, policy and project related activities of STA, and also joins us from the Academy. He has worked in a variety of not-for-profit organisations, with a focus on branding and online communications. He has worked with small organisations to build brand integrity, increase public awareness and helped them to develop meaningful relationships to influence government policy. He can be reached at dion.pretorius at sta.org.au. Member Benefits Program Our new Events and Membership Manager will be working with our members in early 2017 to develop a Members? benefits program. The program will strive to do the following for our members and yours: * Create additional value for STA members and their members * Ensure benefits are relevant, accessible, and user-friendly * Continually identify and promote savings opportunities from various service suppliers, working with STA members directly so they get maximum value from all benefits. The program is still very much in its infancy but we do have one benefit for you already: Associations Forum The following benefits are offered to member organisations of STA: * a 33% discount to any level of membership to the Associations Forum * A free half-day governance or finance training session for all STA members regardless of whether they join the Associations Forum. * A 20% discount whether at member or non-member rates to the 2017 CEO & Chair Symposium * A 20% discount whether at member or non-member rates to the 2017 Associations Forum National Conference Please contact mitchell.piercey at sta.org.au to access any of these benefits. Also look out for our members? survey in early 2017 which will enable us to tailor the program to our member needs, or contact Events and Membership Manager Mitchell Piercey. Science meets Business 2016 Thank you to all those who attended the 2016 SmB event in Melbourne. The 200-strong audience comprised high-level decision makers from SMEs, national and multinational firms, research institutes and universities, as well as entrepreneurs and early- and mid-career researchers who are either already, or hoping to be, making the leap from academia into the commercial world. Feedback has been exceptionally positive, with delegates saying they were surprised at the numerous opportunities on offer to approach senior members of the science and technology community. One delegate said the event had the most balanced representation from various backgrounds that they'd ever seen, and another said they were stimulated throughout the day by the ideas and perspectives shared by the highly experienced panel members. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making the event such a success, including the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, CSIRO, Defence Science and Technology Group, Lockheed Martin, University of Technology Sydney: Science, Deakin University; Macquarie University; National Computational Infrastructure; Taylor & Francis Group; Australian Academy of Science, Refraction Media, and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ed2baff1a44edef5b0e88a871/_compresseds/7e4b56d3-6cdf-4e37-95fd-d447cc019416.jpg] Copyright ? 2016 Science & Technology Australia, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a President of one of Science & Technology Australia's member societies. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Gayandhi, Australian Magellan SAC rep -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Google Forms > > > Dear Science Symposium Participants, > > Magellan Current and Future Prospects Survey > > > We are interested in community input on how to maximize the scientific > output of the Observatory today and to position the Observatory for > high impact science in the future. > > This is a 20 question survey that should take about 5 minutes to fill > out. It would be most useful if you could take it by the end of the > day on Wednesday, as we will discuss the results at the Magellan > Science Symposium on Thursday morning. > > We are not collecting any personally identifiable information. > FILL OUT FORM > > > > > Create your own Google Form > > -- Gayandhi De Silva Research Astronomer AAO / University of Sydney Work Hours: 10am - 2pm, Mon-Fri Mob: 0431406909 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thill at museum.vic.gov.au Thu Dec 8 12:49:36 2016 From: thill at museum.vic.gov.au (Hill, Tanya) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 01:49:36 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Prizes now open for nomination - CLOSING DATE: February 10, 2017 Message-ID: Nominations are now open for the following ASA prizes: - the Bok Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours or eligible Masters student - the Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or closely related field - the Louise Webster Prize for outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career. A minor change from previous years - all prizes have the same closing date of Friday 10th February, 2017. The ASA is strongly committed to improving the representation and status of women in astronomy. The Society expects that female candidates should comprise at least 25% of the nominations for each prize and acknowledges the support of institutions for helping to achieve this goal. The fraction of female candidates nominated for each prize across the last three years is included below. Bok Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February, 2017 For most outstanding Honours/Masters thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. Eligible Masters students are those who have entered their Masters degree directly from a 3 year undergraduate degree (without undertaking an Honours year). All degree requirements must have been completed in 2016. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian University and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 50% (2016), 83% (2015), 50% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/bok.php Charlene Heisler Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February 2017 For most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. The PhD thesis must have been accepted (but not necessarily conferred) by an Australian university during 2016. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian University and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 25% (2016), 40% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/chp.php Louise Webster Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February 2017 For outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career, based on the scientific impact of a single research paper (within astronomy or a closely related field), which has the applicant as first author. The applicant is required to have been an ASA member for the last 2 years. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 0% (2016), 100% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/lwp.php regards, Tanya Dr Tanya Hill ASA Awards and Prizes Coordinator Planetarium Manager | Senior Curator, Astronomy Melbourne Planetarium, Scienceworks MUSEUM VICTORIA | GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001 t: 03 9392 4503 | thill at museum.vic.gov.au @nightskymelb | museumvictoria.com.au/planetarium Please note my workdays are Tuesday ? Friday. This e-mail is solely for the named addressee and may be confidential. You should only read, disclose, transmit, copy, distribute, act in reliance on or commercialise the contents if you are authorised to do so. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify postmaster at museum.vic.gov.au by email immediately, or notify the sender and then destroy any copy of this message. 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