[ASA] Astronomy Mid-Term Review | Town hall consultation meetings

Wed Oct 9 12:27:32 AEDT 2019

Dear Colleagues

The astronomy Mid-Term Review (MTR) committee and National Committee for Astronomy (NCA) invites you to a number of Town Hall sessions to discuss matters arising from the review of the 2016-25 Astronomy Decadal Plan.

Starting next week, open sessions will occur on the following dates (local times indicated):

  *   Monday 14 October 2pm: Swinburne University (VR Theatre; contact: Amanda Karakas)
  *   Tuesday 15 October 2pm: Monash University (Room 107, 10 College Walk; contact: Amanda Karakas)
  *   Wednesday 16 October 2:15pm: University of Melbourne (Level 7 conference room, David Caro building; contact: Amanda Karakas)
  *   Thursday 17 October 12:30pm: University of Adelaide (room 121 Physics Building; contact: Gavin Rowell)
  *   Thursday 24 October 11am: University of Western Australia (ICRAR/UWA Seminar room G41; contact: Lister Staveley-Smith)
  *   Monday 28 October 11am: AAO-Macquarie University (105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde; contact: Chris Tinney)
  *   Monday 28 October 12pm: Curtin University (ICRAR/Curtin Brodie-Hall Seminar Room; contact: Cath Trott)
  *   Thursday 31 October 11am: University of Tasmania (AuScope meeting room, Physics Department; contact: Stas Shabala)
  *   Friday 1 November 11am: University of Sydney (St Paul's Learning Hub, Seminar Room G19, Physics Road; contact: Chris Tinney)
  *   Monday 4 November 1pm: Australian National University (Duffield Lecture Theatre, RSAA; contact: Martin Asplund)
  *   Tuesday 12 November: Universities of Queensland and Southern Queensland (location TBA; contact: Tam Davis)

At least one MTR committee member and several NCA members are likely to be present at most venues. Authors of white papers have been invited to some venues. Please check the calendar at the MTR website<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/veXZCP7yOZtk0DxltzJvOz?domain=science.org.au> for any updates to the schedule or location. You are welcome to attend Town Halls at venues other than your home institution, but please notify Meaghan.Dzundza at science.org.au<mailto:Meaghan.Dzundza at science.org.au> to ensure access (e.g. AAO-MQ).

The purpose of the Town Halls is to briefly summarise the aims of the MTR, to summarise some of the issues and recommendations contained in the white papers and facility papers which are now available at the MTR website<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/veXZCP7yOZtk0DxltzJvOz?domain=science.org.au>, and to solicit input from the broad community on matters arising from these papers and other issues relevant to the MTR. Papers on demographics and diversity will be available at a later date.

Finally, the MTR committee will meet in mid-November, after the conclusion of the Town Hall meetings, to begin the process of drafting the actual MTR document. It would be appreciated if feedback from the community is received by then. You are welcome to send any comments or queries to me (Lister.Staveley-Smith at uwa.edu.au<mailto:Lister.Staveley-Smith at uwa.edu.au>) or to other MTR committee members (Tam Davis, Chris Tinney, Cath Trott, Amanda Karakas) with a CC to Meaghan.Dzundza at science.org.au<mailto:Meaghan.Dzundza at science.org.au>.

Kind regards

Lister Staveley-Smith
Chair, National Committee for Astronomy

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