[ASA] Workshop on the Future of the AAT - Reminder

[Lucyna Chudczer]

              Dear Colleagues,

   After a series of Town Hall Meetings to discuss the future of the
Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and the submission of a
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/vMH0CL7rK8tZ1LyxCBylY-?domain=science.org.au>
white paper to the Mid-term Review of the Decadal Plan for Australian
astronomy, we would like to encourage you to attend
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/hWR9CMwvLQTAZjMKuk-LSg?domain=eventbrite.com.au
-68743821621> A Workshop on the Future of the AAT. 

The workshop will take place in Sydney at the University of New South Wales
on the 31st October 2019 (Rooms G59+G60, Old Main Building K15, local
contact: Sarah Brough  <mailto:s.brough at unsw.edu.au> s.brough at unsw.edu.au).


 

We also have a Zoom videoconference link (details below) for participants
who wish to attend remotely. If you intend to attend in person, please
register here
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/hWR9CMwvLQTAZjMKuk-LSg?domain=eventbrite.com.au
-68743821621>  for catering information. 

 

The discussion will focus on, but is not limited to

 

.         Current and future operational models

.         Future instrumentation

.         Synergy with other facilities, such as ESO and the LSST

 

Please find the detailed program below.

 

Talk Schedule

 

10:00 House-keeping (Sarah Brough)

10:05 Introduction (Chris Tinney)

10:20 The mid-term review of the Decadal Plan for Astronomy 2016-2025 (Chris
Tinney)

10:35 AAT operations, the future of SSO, and the status of 2dF (Chris
Lidman)

 

11:00 - 11:30 Morning tea

 

11:30 The scientific case for a clone to SOXS (Karl Glazebrook)

11:50 Exosolar planets: Current status and future opportunities (Duncan
Wright)

12:10  Galactic Science with 2dF up to 2025 (GALAH team)

  

12:30-1:30 Lunch

 

1:30 Extragalactic Science with 2dF up to 2025 (Luke Davies)

1:50 The Hector galaxy survey (Julia Bryant)

2:10 Synergies with LSST (Sarah Brough)

2:30 Synergies with ASKAP and MWA (Elaine Sadler and Melanie
Johnston-Hollitt)

 

2:50-03:20 Afternoon tea

 

03:20 Discussion and concluding remarks (Chris Tinney)

 

04:00 End

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Prof Chris Tinney
 <mailto:c.tinney at unsw.edu.au> c.tinney at unsw.edu.au

 

Assoc Prof Chris Lidman
 <mailto:Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au> Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au

 

Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer
 <mailto:lucyna.chudczer at astronomyaustralia.org.au>
lucyna.chudczer at astronomyaustralia.org.au

 

 

 

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A/Professor Chris Lidman

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Astrophysics,

The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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