From aaron.robotham at uwa.edu.au Mon Nov 13 11:41:06 2017 From: aaron.robotham at uwa.edu.au (Aaron Robotham) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:41:06 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Announcement of ANITA school and workshop Message-ID: The 12th annual ANITA theory workshop will be held on 8th-9th February 2018 at the ARRC building at Curtin University, Perth (WA). It will be preceded by the ANITA science school on 5th-7th February 2018, at the ICRAR Fairway building at UWA, Perth (WA). The ANITA workshop covers all topics of theoretical and computational astrophysics and is open to all. The ANITA science school will be focussed on gravitational wave astronomy / science. This includes instrumentation, real time analysis, astrophysical follow-up, and all topics in between. On the third day of the school we will be going to Gingin to see the research activities going on there (this is the Wednesday of that week). Registration and information is already live at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6eKdBDsL23zOib?domain=asa-anita.github.io The programme is still coming together for the school, but you are already able to submit abstracts for the workshop. There are limited numbers for both the school (~30), Ginger trip (~40) and the workshop (~50), so please register soon to avoid disappointment. Hope to see you there, Aaron and J-P ------------------------------------------ Dr Aaron S.G. Robotham Research Assistant Professor & Senior Research Fellow Room: G44, KJM Building, UWA, 7 Fairway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009 Post: ICRAR M468, UWA, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009 Tel: (+61) 08 6488 5564 Email: aaron.robotham at uwa.edu.au WWW: www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaron_Robotham ICRAR: Discovering the hidden Universe through radio astronomy [cid:79666969-E22F-4D7A-A6B9-695B7AEBBC3B at pawsey.org.au] www.icrar.org | Subscribe to ICRAR's eNewsletter | ICRAR on Twitter | ICRAR on Facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On the third day of the school we will be going to Gingin to see the research activities going on there (this is the Wednesday of that week). Registration and information is already live at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Rv1VB2f8G3w2S4?domain=asa-anita.github.io The programme is still coming together for the school, but you are already able to submit abstracts for the workshop. There are limited numbers for both the school (~30), Ginger trip (~40) and the workshop (~50), so please register soon to avoid disappointment. Hope to see you there, Aaron and J-P ------------------------------------------ Dr Aaron S.G. 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The instrument is operated by a consortium of 21 institutions from Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and the United States led by Curtin University in Australia. The MWA Collaboration currently comprises some 230 individual scientists and engineers and spans a range of scientific and technical research programs in low frequency radio astronomy. Further details of the project can be found at www.mwatelescope.org Governance The MWA is governed by an Executive Board comprised of an independent Chair and 10 Board members drawn from the MWA member countries (4 from Australia, 2 from China, 1 each from Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States). The role of the Board is to oversee policy and provide strategic direction for the Collaboration. The Board, and in particular the Chair, have a close working relationship with the MWA Director, Program Manager, Principal Scientist and Principal Engineer. Role of Chair of the Board The Board is seeking a Chair to facilitate the operation of the MWA Collaboration for 2018. The appointment is for one year, with the possibility of annual renewal. Ideally the appointment will commence in January 2018, though flexibility in the start date might be required. As per the new MWA Phase II agreement, which is pending ratification, the Chair can either be drawn from the elected representatives of the Board, or as an independent Chair appointed externally from a member country. The role of the Chair encompasses the following: 1. Providing high-level strategic guidance for the project, including leadership on the implementation or revision of collaboration policies. 2. Ensuring the smooth functioning of the MWA Collaboration by working with national consortia in MWA member countries on their institutional membership, internal policies and future engagement with the project. 3. Negotiating the MWA membership terms for new and renewing MWA members as the project continues to expand. 4. Arranging and chairing meetings of the Board. These include two full-day face-to-face meetings in June and December, as well as 1-hour teleconferences on a monthly basis. The Chair is required to attend the face-to-face meetings in person. The locations of these meetings will be in MWA member countries. The role is approximately a 0.1 FTE time commitment, though the workload is variable and requires some flexibility. The position is not remunerated and has historically been filled largely by individuals whose current employer consider such positions as part of their workload. Eligibility Requirements: 1. Familiarity with international astronomical collaborations is essential. 2. The Chair must possess the ability to work with a culturally diverse collaboration of geographically distributed individuals. 3. The Chair must reside in one of the MWA member countries: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand or the United States. 4. The Chair must not be an employee of Curtin University, but there are no other restrictions on employment status. The MWA is a culturally diverse collaboration and the Board strongly encourages applications from minorities and women. Nominations Process Expressions of Interest and a brief CV outlining relevant experience (no more than 3 pages) should be sent to the current Chair, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt (Melanie at PeripetySci.com), by 3PM AEST December 1, 2017. Late applications will not be accepted. Questions regarding any aspect of the role may also be directed to the current Board Chair. -- Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, PhD CEO Peripety Scientific Ltd. PO Box 11355 Manners Street, Wellington, 6142, New Zealand ph: +64 (0)22 430 3694 ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? 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Registration deadline is the 20th of November (next Monday). You can do this at the event website, located at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/z4nRBmUd3KN6FD?domain=atnf.csiro.au As with last year, we will be adopting a short-talk format: 3 minutes / one slide, plus 2 minutes for questions. You should aim to use this time to interest other attendees in some particular aspect of your work. You could do this by simply describing your current project. But feel free to take a different approach if you'd prefer to: Perhaps you'd rather talk about an idea for a project, a problem that you are facing, an unusual result, or some other interesting detail that has come up in the course of your investigations. We'd like attendees to view the presentations as a means to initiate further stimulating discussions during the break periods (and beyond). I look forward to seeing many of you in attendance. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 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The following resources are available within this call (from 1st January 2018 to 30th June 2018): 1. NCI Astronomy Flagship Program: up to 1,000 kSUs 2. OzSTAR: up to 2,000 kSUs 3. Pawsey Zeus: Up to 1,000 kSUs Best Regards, Dr. Amr H. Hassan Service Delivery Manager Astronomy Data and Computing Services Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/drxzBeu5m5gnS8?domain=adacs.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ASTAC-form.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 29830 bytes Desc: ASTAC-form.docx URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ASTAC-call.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 199442 bytes Desc: ASTAC-call.pdf URL: From kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au Wed Nov 15 13:39:21 2017 From: kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au (Kate Gunn) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:39:21 +0000 Subject: [ASA] eROSITA Update Message-ID: <21BF42965AE9384093D6B6112ACD9CDD01390E6C34@ex-mbx-pro-05> Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you of the ongoing partnership between the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and the German eROSITA Consortium (eROSITA_DE), which will provide exciting new opportunities for multi-wavelength astronomy projects across the southern sky. While the MoU was signed by CAASTRO, this agreement covers all Australian astronomers. We are now preparing for a transition from the current eROSITA_DE-CAASTRO MoU to an agreement between eROSITA_DE and an entity representing the entirety of the Australian astronomical community. This transition will take place at the end of 2017, before the official ending date of CAASTRO on 31 March 2018. In the meantime, significant progress has been made on eROSITA, and on a number of other Australian projects, and we would like to give you a brief update on these. Following our call for proposals and expressions of intent of last May, the first four collaborative projects have started, and a few more are in the planning. Given all the above developments, we are now opening a new call for proposals for joint eROSITA_DE/CAASTRO projects. The Proposal submission will be open until Friday 8 December 2017 and the (new) project template is attached. Below, you'll find information on all these three points. We look forward to hearing your ideas, and to seeing new discoveries emerge from this partnership. Best Regards, Andrea, Paul, Elaine and Kate ------------- 1) Project updates: - eROSITA (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rNKaBYf92prAFW?domain=mpe.mpg.de): all-sky X-ray imaging, 0.5-8 keV, 15"-30" angular resolution; eROSITA_DE covers Galactic longitudes 180 < l < 360. The telescope has been completed, assembled and shipped to Russia for final test and integration into the spacecraft (see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZXg4BxUoZYlpHx?domain=mpe.mpg.de). Tests are ongoing. Launch is foreseen in September/October 2018. The first all-sky survey should then be completed in Fall 2019, and it is anticipated that seven more passes of the whole sky will be completed by early 2022. The eROSITA_DE team have agreed on a program of Early Science (Performance Verification), to be carried out within the first four months of the mission (starting approximately 2 months after launch). The full list of approved proposals, with PIs and relevant leading Working Groups is attached. We also include a schematic of the footprints of the eFEDS equatorial mini-survey, that will cover two of the three NGC equatorial GAMA regions down to the full eRASS:8 all-sky survey depth (which one of these two will depend on the exact launch date). Point of contact for inquiries: eROSITA_DE Working Group chairs (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/m4kKB9UmbDJnC6?domain=mpe.mpg.de) - ASKAP (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/krZGBXuDdm0lCn?domain=atnf.csiro.au): early science began in 2015; all-sky (decl < +30) radio imaging & spectroscopy, 700-1800 MHz, 15" angular resolution. Contact person: Aidan Hotan > - MWA (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pLG0B1fxoY5diV?domain=mwatelescope.org): fully operational; all-sky (decl < +30) radio imaging, 80-240 MHz, ~2.5' resolution, very large instantaneous field-of-view (30 degs), fast imaging cadence (timescale seconds) capable. Contact person: A/Prof Randall Wayth (R.Wayth at curtin.edu.au) - UTMOST (http//astronomy.swin.edu.au/research/utmost): operational 2014; searches for fast radio transients, 840 MHz, 45" angular resolution. Contact person: Prof Matthew Bailes (mbailes at swin.edu.au) - ATCA (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ld1wBKUAm8ErCK?domain=narrabri.atnf.csiro.au) fully operational, baselines of 30m to 6km; radio imaging (full synthesis) and spectroscopy, 1.3-105 GHz, ~8" to ~0.1'' max. angular resolution respectively. Contact: Jamie Stevens > - PARKES (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GN1YBofrO65MCv?domain=parkes.atnf.csiro.au): fully operational; radio imaging (pointed and scanned), spectroscopy, high-time resolution observing (e.g. pulsars and FRBs), 0.7-22 GHz, ~23' to ~0.7' angular resolution respectively. Contact: Jimi Green > - SkyMapper (http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/telescopes/skymapper-telescope): operational 2014; all-sky (decl < 0) optical photometry & transients, uvgriz filters, 1"-2" angular resolution. Contact person: Dr Christian Wolf (christian.wolf at anu.edu.au) - AAT (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YZ5qB0u2Lzvkhx?domain=aao.gov.au): fully operational; 3.9m telescope in Australia, focus on wide-field multi-fibre and multi-IFU spectroscopy, 1"-2" angular resolution. Contact person: Prof Andrew Hopkins (ahopkins at aao.gov.au) - TAIPAN is a new facility on the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, to be used for two major survey programs, starting in mid-2017: the Taipan galaxy survey (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/K410BnUJ7ERzI1?domain=taipan-survey.org) of more than a million galaxies brighter than i<17, and the FunnelWeb stellar survey (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/e4MrBZUokGKLHk?domain=funnel-web.wikispaces.com) of more than 3 million stars brighter than V<12. Contact person TAIPAN: Prof Andrew Hopkins (ahopkins at aao.gov.au) Contact person FUNNELWEB: Prof Chris Tinney (c.tinney at unsw.edu.au) 2) Transition to a new MoU, and extension thereof CAASTRO has commenced discussions with a national body to consider the transition arrangements for the eROSITA_DE and CAASTRO MoU. These discussions are ongoing however we would anticipate a new MoU signed by the end of 2017 which will encompass all Australian astronomers. 3) Call for Proposals: CAASTRO and eROSITA_DE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables collaboration on projects requiring combined data from eROSITA and from Australian wide-field facilities (including ASKAP, MWA, SKAMP, Parkes, ATCA, SkyMapper, AAT, TAIPAN). To briefly summarise, this will oversee science projects that: - require the use of both eROSITA_DE and CAASTRO/AUS data - involve at least one member from each of eROSITA_DE and CAASTRO/AUS - do not conflict with existing eROSITA_DE or CAASTRO/AUS projects - (optionally) allow participation by undergraduate and postgraduate students - adhere to the existing policies for the individual facilities involved (e.g. proprietary periods, data access, survey teams, observing time, publications) Such projects will be formally proposed to, approved by and monitored by a joint CAASTRO/eROSITA_DE Management Committee, as per the details in the attached MoU. The CAASTRO/eROSITA_DE Management Committee currently consists of Prof Paul Nandra (eROSITA_DE), Prof Elaine Sadler (CAASTRO), Dr Andrea Merloni (eROSITA_DE) and Ms Kate Gunn (CAASTRO). At this time, we wish to invite proposals for joint eROSITA_DE/CAASTRO/AUS projects. - If you wish to propose a fully-formed project, please read clause 9 of the attached MoU, complete the attached project template form, and send to coo at caastro.org. Proposals should be submitted by Friday 8 December 2017 in order to be considered at the next MC meeting. We strongly encourage potential proposer to get in touch with their corresponding partners early on. If you are generically interested in a facility, but do not know who to contact specifically, do not hesitate to ask either the members of the Management Committee, or the contact persons listed below. Also, we remind you that, according to the eROSITA_DE policy, each proposal should be approved by a Working Group before submission (this is now explicitly mentioned in the form). 4) List of European Contact points eROSITA PI: Peter Predehl (MPE; predehl at mpe.mpg.de) eROSITA Project Scientist: Andrea Merloni (MPE; am at mpe.mpg.de) eROSITA_DE Science Working Group Chairs: Clusters and Cosmology A. Finoguenov (MPE; alexis at mpe.mpg.de) J. Mohr (USM; jmohr at USM.LMU.de) T. Reiprich (AIfA, Bonn; reiprich at astro.uni-bonn.de) AGN, Blazars: K. Nandra (MPE; knandra at mpe.mpg.de) A. Georgakakis (MPE; age at mpe.mpg.de) M. Salvato (MPE; mara at mpe.mpg.de) Normal Galaxies: F. Haberl (MPE; fwh at mpe.mpg.de) Compact objects: A. Schwope (AIP; aschwope at aip.de) A. Santangelo (IAAT; andrea.santangelo at uni-tuebingen.de) Stars: J. Robrade (UH; jrobrade at hs.uni-hamburg.de) J. Schmitt (UH; jschmitt at hs.uni-hamburg.de) Solar System: K. Dennerl (MPE; kod at mpe.mpg.de) Diffuse emission, SNR: W. Becker (MPE; web at mpe.mpg.de) M. Freyberg (MPE; mjf at mpe.mpg.de) M. Sasaki (IAAT; sasaki at astro.uni-tuebingen.de) Time Domain Astrophysics: J. Wilms (ECAP; joern.wilms at sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de) A. Rau (MPE; arau at mpe.mpg.de) Australia : See contact details above under projects. KATE GUNN | Chief Operating Officer CAASTRO | School of Physics | Faculty of Science | ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics Rm 356 Building A28 | School of Physics The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2893 | M +61 411 466 080 Email kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au W http:// www.caastro.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This workshop will bring together statisticians and astronomers to stimulate discussions of new ideas and foster new collaborations, and hence accelerate discovery across disciplinary boundaries. We aim to provide a valuable opportunity to network and to foster future interaction between the two disciplines. Registration is free and includes refreshments throughout the day, but places are limited. Registration is open through 23rd November, 2017. For further information, including registration and abstract submission, please visit the workshop website at http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~yanan/ Cheers, Sarah Martell for the organizers -- Sarah Martell Senior Lecturer School of Physics, UNSW Sydney s.martell at unsw.edu.au / +61 2 9385 6694 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.kewley at anu.edu.au Thu Nov 16 10:59:23 2017 From: lisa.kewley at anu.edu.au (Lisa Kewley) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:59:23 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for applications for IAU Membership Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The National Committee for Astronomy (NCA) is inviting applications from Australian astronomers who would like to become new members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). In 2018, the IAU will be proposing a new Junior Membership category for researchers who have just completed their PhD in a branch of astronomy/astrophysics. The Junior Membership is temporary and cannot be extended for more than six years. The regular Individual Membership category remains open to scientists with a PhD or equivalent in a branch of astrophysics. Applicants for regular Individual IAU membership should generally be professional astronomers with at least three years postdoctoral experience and several publications in refereed journals. Membership applications will be assessed by the National Committee of Astronomy at their annual general meeting on December 12 prior to nomination to the IAU. To apply for Individual Membership, please fill out the application form at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Jb1WBnUor9N5sn?domain=iau.org To apply for a Junior Membership, please fill out the application form at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Xq1VBlSZkO6qs6?domain=iau.org If you are not sure whether you are already an IAU member, please check your membership details in the IAU online directory at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/78eDB7UD49L3c0?domain=iau.org More information about the IAU and its activities can be found at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EM1LB5UA8VYNTV?domain=iau.org ** The deadline for applications for IAU membership is 8 December 2017. ** Please note that this invitation is intended for astronomers applying for IAU membership via the NCA, and should not be distributed to others. 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During the final session, there will also be a clinic held by representatives from Pawsey, and Swinburne, where you can discuss one-on-one how to port your applications and workflow to HPC resources. Day 1 - Introduction to parallel computing & Shared Memory Computing Day 2 - Distributed memory computing Day 3 - HPC input/output & drop-in clinic For more information please visit the workshop webpage or contact Lachlan Campbell. Where: Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria. When: 27-29 November 2017, 9am-5pm Registration is free, please visit Eventbrite to RSVP. Best Regards, Dr. Amr H. Hassan Service Delivery Manager Astronomy Data and Computing Services Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/z4nRBmUdG901FE?domain=adacs.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jerry.Skinner at industry.gov.au Thu Nov 16 16:41:20 2017 From: Jerry.Skinner at industry.gov.au (Skinner, Jerry) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:41:20 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Australian SKA Fellowships - EXTENDED DEADLINE... [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: <57507bead7a7438d8ed2c27f3d319c75@PPAC01EXC006.PROD.PROTECTED.IND> Dear ASA members The nomination date for the second round of Australian SKA Fellowships has now been extended. The programme is a great opportunity to contribute directly to the delivery of the SKA at its headquarters in the UK. If you would like to be involved in the programme, expressions of interest will now be accepted until Monday 20 November. Further information is available on the fellowships page on the Australian SKA website. Best regards Jerry UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED From: Skinner, Jerry Sent: Monday, 30 October 2017 2:55 PM To: 'asa' > Subject: Australian SKA Fellowships [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Dear ASA members For the second year, the Australian Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Office is calling for expressions of interest for placements in the Australian SKA Fellowships Programme. The scheme offers the opportunity for scientists, engineers and other people with relevant expertise to spend a period of 2-4 months at the UK-based SKA Headquarters, contributing to the delivery of the SKA. The call will be open until 10 November 2017 and we plan for two Fellows to depart Australia before the end of 2017, and a further two before the end of the first quarter of 2018. For more full details visit the fellowships page on the Australian SKA website. Best regards Jerry Jerry Skinner Manager, Program Planning and Stakeholder Management Australian Square Kilometre Array Office __________________________________________ Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Level 9, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601 Ph: +61-2-6213 6298 Mob: +61 410 221 806 Email: jerry.skinner at industry.gov.au Internet: www.ska.gov.au [ska_logo_au] UNCLASSIFIED -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 357 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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He is an active member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration that, in 2016, transformed the very foundations of astrophysics by announcing the first detection of gravitational waves?tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime?coming from two colliding black holes over one billion light years from Earth. He has identified new ways of studying the interiors of neutron stars using their gravitational-wave signatures, as well as new ways of testing Einstein?s theory of gravity in regions of the universe where new physics is most likely to occur?at the surfaces of black holes. He has also recruited and led an international team that provided direct, empirical measurements that deepen our understanding of the universe from when it was less than one second old. The Pawsey Medal recognises the contributions to science in Australia by the late Dr JL Pawsey, FAA. It?s purpose is to recognise outstanding research in physics by scientists up to 10 years post-PhD in the calendar year of nomination, except in the case of significant interruptions to a research career. The award is made annually and is restricted to candidates who are normally resident in Australia and for research conducted mainly in Australia. Congratulations Paul! -Stuart Professor Stuart Wyithe | Head, School of Physics President, Astronomical Society of Australia Shirley Els | Executive Assistant ? 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You can register online http://faabexo.anu.edu.au/registration.html Information about presenters, school program, as well as, social and public events can be found on our website: http://faabexo.anu.edu.au/ Key Dates: 20 November: Early Bird Registration closes 27 November: Program release 10 December: Registration closes 16 - 17 December: Astrobiology & Exoplanet School 18 - 20 December: Astrobiology & Exoplanet Workshop For general enquiries, please contact the LOC: FAAbExo-loc at mso.anu.edu.au Looking forward to seeing you all in Canberra in December. Sarah McIntyre (chair of the LOC), on behalf of the LOC. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: