From wnanayakkara at swin.edu.au Mon Oct 12 13:50:32 2020 From: wnanayakkara at swin.edu.au (Themiya Nanayakkara) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:50:32 +0000 Subject: [ASA] IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series References: <20201009135948.133.74237@iau> Message-ID: Dear ASA, The IAU Junior Member Working Group is organising a series of workshops in a variety of topics catered at the Early Career Researchers. The first 4 workshops are now announced and are in large Australian friendly times. All videos will be available online if you can?t make it to the live event: - "The IAU: What does it do? How to get involved?" & "Careers discussion?: Thursday October 15th, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC: Prof Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (IAU President; Leiden University) Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa V. T. Lago (IAU General Secretary; University of Porto) - "Careering through astrophysics?: Thursday October 22nd, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC: Prof. Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford) - "ESO: the most powerful telescopes and a community of practice?: Thursday October 29th, 2020: 9:00-10:00 UTC Prof. Dr. Xavier Barcons (ESO Director General) - "How to present online??: Thursday November 12th, 2020: 9:00-11:00 UTC / 10:00-12:00 CET Hans Van de Water (The Floor is Yours) https://thefloorisyours.be/en/ More details can be found in the attached flyer. Please register here: https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9 and feel free to spread the word to non-ASA members. Also if you are within your first 6 years of PhD and would like to consider joining as an IAU Junior Member, the membership call is now open: https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann20035/?lang and the NCA (Virginia) will send more details on the Australian joining process. Please let us know if you have any questions, both me and Ellie (eleanor.sansom at curtin.edu.au ) are in the organising committee. Thanks, Themiya. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: IAU Junior Member WG > Subject: IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series > Date: 10 October 2020 at 12:59:48 am AEDT > To: themiyananayakkara at gmail.com > Reply-To: iaujuniormember at gmail.com > > Dear fellow IAU Junior Members, > > > We have another exciting set of events in store for you! We hereby proudly present to you the IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series. This virtual series will contain career discussions in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings, and more. All will be tailored to our community of early career astronomers. The kick-off line up has 4 scheduled events and full descriptions are provided in the attachment. > > > Thursday October 15th, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST > > "The IAU: What does it do? How to get involved?" & "Careers discussion" > > Prof Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (IAU President; Leiden University) > > Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa V. T. Lago (IAU General Secretary; University of Porto) > > > Thursday October 22nd, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST > > "Careering through astrophysics" > > Prof. Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford) > > > Thursday October 29th, 2020: 9:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CET > > "ESO: the most powerful telescopes and a community of practice" > > Prof. Dr. Xavier Barcons (ESO Director General) > > > Thursday November 12th, 2020: 9:00-11:00 UTC / 10:00-12:00 CET > > Workshop "How to present online?? > > Hans Van de Water (The Floor is Yours) > > > Participation is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form: > > https://forms.gle/KHsjyu2jm3ogCdkq9 > The discourses will be made available to you via Zoom and Youtube. > > > We look forward to many of you joining us for this exciting series! > > > Warm regards, > > Maria Drozdovskaya & Fatoumata Kebe, co-Chairs > > On behalf of the entire Organizing Committee: > > Camilla Danielski, Christopher Moore, Eleanor Sansom, Ga?l Buldgen, Sudeshna Boro Saikia, Themiya Nanayakkara > > > > P.S.: (1) If you cannot join due to your time zone, recordings will be made available. (2) We plan on organizing more events that are spread across different time zones. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The application forms and definition of membership categories are as follows: Individual Member: Professional scientists whose research is directly relevant to some branch of astronomy are eligible to apply as Individual Members. Individual Members are, normally, admitted by the Executive Committee on the proposal of a National Member. * Please fill out the Individual Membership application form at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/oAr4C6XQ4LfjGXvEs6uiiB?domain=iau.org . Junior Member: Junior scientists who have completed their PhD studies between 2014 and 2019 and who are in the initial phase of the career of a professional researcher in some branch of astronomy or a related field may be admitted to the Union by the Executive Committee as Junior Members, for a period not exceeding 6 years. * Please fill out the Junior Membership application form at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Jh-0C71R2NT4WLKvIBTZ8c?domain=iau.org. The deadline for applications is 30 November 2020, and the NCA will review all applications for approval at their meeting in early December. Outcomes will be confirmed by the IAU in 2021. Many thanks, Virginia Prof. Virginia Kilborn Dean | School of Science | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology | Hawthorn VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA T: +61 3 9214 4380 | E: vkilborn at swin.edu.au | www: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/N_GnC81V0PTDw90lIM4j8p?domain=bit.ly Executive Assistant to the Dean T: +61 3 9214 8504 CRICOS number 00111D I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Swinburne?s campuses are located. I also acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait nations across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage [cid:716e1094-f4b4-46df-ac68-e3d6d8d3bb97]Proud supporter of the WATTLE Women in Leadership Program -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Philip.Edwards at csiro.au Wed Oct 14 09:43:40 2020 From: Philip.Edwards at csiro.au (Edwards, Phil (CASS, Marsfield)) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:43:40 +0000 Subject: [ASA] SKA community briefing In-Reply-To: References: , <16a16c4004434e58b9dc0fdf73273996@PPAC01EXC008.PROD.PROTECTED.IND> <7be7c94d813444a3a5c4ab32b1fa3ca2@PPAC01EXC008.PROD.PROTECTED.IND> <16b417c154434e409bb0bc77dbecaed4@PPAC01EXC008.PROD.PROTECTED.IND>, , , , Message-ID: Dear ASA members, With the recent ratification of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) convention by Australia, we will hold an on-line SKA community briefing on Wednesday October 21st, from 1pm--2pm AEDT = 10am--11am AWST. The program is: David Luchetti (10 mins): Convention ratification & the establishment of the SKA Observatory Douglas Bock (10 mins): SKA Board update Sarah Pearce (10 mins): The construction work packages Australia can expect & SKA operations model Rebecca Wheadon (5 mins): Site entity -- What it does and how it works for all the tenants at site Ant Schinckel (5 mins): Site Establishment -- Configuration, buildings, Indigenous Land Use Agreement Steven Tingay (5 mins): Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS) Karen Lee-Waddell (5 mins): Australian SKA Regional Centre (AusSRC) Q&A (10 mins) To register your interest in joining this event, please send an email to Amanda.Gray at csiro.au. Amanda will provide details for connecting to the webex videoconference closer to the event. Regards, Phil Edwards Chair, Science Advisory Committee of the Australia - New Zealand SKA Coordination Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The current members of the committee are listed at www.science.org.au/national-committee-astronomy There are two vacancies on the NCA with terms beginning 1 January 2021 for a period of three years. To make the process of selecting new members as open as possible, the NCA is calling for nominees from the broader astronomy community. Members of the NCA should be respected members of the Australian astronomy community with a broad spread of institutions and specialisations. Interest in these new appointments from female members of the community is encouraged to ensure gender balance of the National Committee. The guidelines relating to membership can be summarised as follows: * Members should be scientists active in the field * Membership shall be appropriate to 'the best interests of Australian science' * Membership will not usually exceed eight people * Members will usually be appointed for up to three years * Re-appointment for one further year is possible in exceptional circumstances Note that all appointments are made by the Academy's Executive Committee on the basis of a nomination forwarded by the Chair of the NCA. Nominations will be reviewed by a panel consisting of the NCA Chair (Lister Staveley-Smith), the President of the ASA (Cath Trott) and one Fellow of the Academy who is not an NCA member (TBA). This review panel (in consultation with the Academy's Secretary for Physical Sciences) will make a recommendation on the vacant positions, which will be forwarded to the Academy's Executive Committee for approval. Please apply using the application form here before 5.00 pm AEDT on Friday 13 November 2020. Self-nominations are acceptable. Kind regards Meaghan Dzundza [cid:image004.png at 01D5A07D.BD4E5040] Meaghan Dzundza Manager National Committees for Science International Programs Australian Academy of Science Ian Potter House, 9 Gordon Street, Acton ACT 2601 | GPO Box 783, Canberra ACT 2601 T (02) 6201 9456 F (02) 6201 9494 E meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au www.science.org.au [cid:image005.jpg at 01D5A07D.BD4E5040] [cid:image006.jpg at 01D5A07D.BD4E5040] The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional owners of the land on which the Academy is located,the Ngunnawal people, and to their elders, past and present. Disclaimer: This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information, which also may be legally privileged. 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You can find the current edition at the following link: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Hz97CXLW2mUV7xLBc6dc_y?domain=us11.campaign-archive.com If you would like to receive the newsletter directly, please subscribe: https://www.industry.gov.au/strategies-for-the-future/astronomy/subscribe-to-the-astronomy-in-australia-newsletter Regards Rob Robert Fuller A/g Communications Manager Australian Square Kilometre Array Office 02 6213 7908 | x67908 | Robert.Fuller at industry.gov.au [Square Kilometre Array Australia logo] [cid:image012.png at 01D67B94.6F9D3BC0] [cid:image003.png at 01D67AE6.46207F90] [cid:image016.png at 01D67D34.60F504D0] _____________________________________________________________________ Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | www.industry.gov.au [cid:image001.png at 01D36398.6668F650]The department acknowledges the traditional owners of the country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. 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Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks to appoint new members on the following committees and on the MWA Board: * AAL Project Oversight Committee (APOC) * AAL Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) * ADACS Time Allocation Committee (ADACS TAC) * Astronomy Supercomputing Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) * AAT Time Allocation Committee (ATAC) * Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Board Please see the relevant attached PDF for a position description and number of seats available on each committee / board. General information on each AAL committees and on the MWA in general can also be seen via the above weblinks. If you wish to apply, please email comm.applications at astronomyaustralia.org.au with a maximum three page application including: * a covering letter describing your expertise relevant to the committee terms of reference * a brief CV * any relevant conflicts of interest. 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