[ASA] "Exploring the Unknown with Radio Surveys: A Celebration of the Career of Ray Norris" - Save the date

[Nicholas Seymour]

Exploring the Unknown with Radio Surveys: A Celebration of the Career of Ray Norris
15-17 May 2022, Uluru

Dear friends and colleagues, 

We would like to invite you to attend `Exploring the Unknown with Radio Surveys: A Celebration of the Career of Ray Norris’ to be held on 15-17 May 2022, in Uluru (NT, Australia). For those interested in attending please fill in the pre-registration form: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TiQHC1WLPxcp0oQp5ULF4Bj?domain=forms.gle <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TiQHC1WLPxcp0oQp5ULF4Bj?domain=forms.gle>
This scientific conference will be held to celebrate the career of Prof Ray Norris.  Ray moved to Australia to help build and commission the CSIRO Australia Telescope Compact Array and in the last 40 years has had a huge impact on Australian radio astronomy as well as Indigenous and Cultural astronomy. While this conference will include some reflections on Ray’s career it will very much be a scientific conference based around the following themes:
 
History and Future of Large Australian radio surveys
>From ATCA to ASKAP Australia has long been home to radio surveys probing the southern sky – all of which Ray has played a major part in. As well as a historic overview we invite talks presenting the latest results from continuum radio surveys including early results from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe survey. We also solicit talks on novel discoveries from or novel uses of radio continuum surveys.
Active Galactic Nuclei and Galaxy Evolution
Since his PhD Ray has been interested in AGN and how they impact galaxy evolution. We invite talks in this area particularly on the radio perspective of powerful AGN and star-forming galaxies (i.e. LIRGs and ULIRGs).
Machine learning, big data and citizen science
In the era of petabyte and terabyte data sets, Ray has championed the use of advanced techniques such as machine learning and citizen science to allow current astronomers to adequately exploit such data sets. We invite talks demonstrating such techniques on current and future large scale astronomical surveys.
Indigenous and Cultural Astronomy 
Indigenous astronomy in Australia as an area of serious research was initiated by Ray and other colleagues over recent decades. We invite talks on highlights and the latest research from studies of Indigenous and Cultural astronomy in Australia and from around the world. 
 
Invited Speakers (Confirmed)
Michael Ghillar Anderson (Euahlayi and Gamilaraay Nations) 
Phil Diamond (SKAO)
Ron Ekers (CSIRO)
Duane Hamacher (UMel)
Phil Appleton (Caltech/IPAC)
Nick Seymour (ICRAR/Curtin)
Enno Middleberg (Deutsche Bahn)
Ivy Wong (CSIRO)
Minh Huynh (CSIRO) 
Grazia Umana (INAF)
Bärbel Koribalski (CSIRO)
Tessa Vernstrom (UWA)
Tanya Hill (Museums Victoria)

This conference will leave a legacy of Indigenous cultural and intellectual value and impact. There will be a dedicated Cultural and Indigenous Astronomy session, with scholars and elders from across Australia invited as keynote speakers. Attendees will learn about Indigenous astronomy, increasing their appreciation of Cultural  and Indigenous science.
 
This occasion will also be a chance to showcase the latest results and plans for Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) surveys as well as the related areas of Machine Learning and Citizen Science which will help astronomers maximise the science return from ASKAP and other SKA precursors. 

The conference will be hybrid to allow all those who are keen to participate to attend. The in person attendees will benefit from a scientifically focused, but culturally broad conference. Furthermore, we encourage the presentations from and the attendance of ECRs and MCRs both in person and remotely.

To mitigate issues related to COVID we will: 
Encourage in-person attendees to wear masks in indoor spaces
Provide N95 disposable masks
Provide hand sanitizer and wipes in common locations
Encourage in-person attendees to monitor their health and to not attend if experiencing cold/flu/COVID symptoms
Request attendees to join remotely if they test positive

The organisers of this conference are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion hence there will be a code of conduct released with the formal announcement in January. 

Regards, 

The SOC 

Minh Huynh (co-chair)
Nick Seymour (co-chair)
Andrew Hopkins
Isabella Prandoni

Dr Nick Seymour | CIRA

Curtin University
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