[ASA] First Announcement for the ELT Science Conference in Asia 2024

[Sarah Brough]

Hi All,

We are happy to announce the “Scientific Landscape for Extremely Large Telescopes in Light of JWST, Part II: Asia”, a.k.a, “ELT Science Conference in Asia 2024” to be held in Sendai, Japan. Everybody is more than welcome to join the Conference and to share any plan for sciences with ELTs and space telescopes currently operational and/or under planning. Hope to see you all in Sendai!

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The Scientific Landscape for Extremely Large Telescopes in Light of JWST. Part II. Asia
Date: 2024 June 3 - 7
Venue: Tohoku University, Katahira Campus, Katahira Sakura Hall
Web: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Y8R1CmO5glupr5BrZcG3ze0?domain=sites.google.com

Scientific Rationale
The Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) will be the premier ground-based optical-infrared facilities from the 2030s onward. These telescopes will provide diffraction-limited spatial resolution, unrivaled from the ground or space, as well as sensitivity commensurate with their large apertures. The experience of the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes coupled with ground based 8-10m telescopes demonstrates the power of combining these capabilities to carry out unprecedented, complementary, and even unexpected science. The recent breakthroughs brought by JWST are no exceptions, and we expect to see many more exciting developments in coming decades through multiple future space missions that many institutes in the Asia and Pacific region are leading and participating in. The upcoming ELTs will be the ideal complement to such space missions as well as JWST. The goal of this series of conferences is to review and highlight recent JWST discoveries and study their implications for the science operations of ELTs and planning of their instrumentation and user services. This is also an excellent opportunity to study the strategic synergies between the ELTs and future space missions. The conferences will cover all areas of astronomy and are open to observers, instrument builders, and theorists. In order to maximize participation and minimize travel time and carbon footprint, the series of conferences will consist of three coordinated events. This will be the second event, to be held at Tohoku University in Japan, after the first conference in UCLA in the US. The third one will be held in Europe.

Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadline: 2024 March 22 (Fri)
- Registration deadline: 2024 March 22 (Fri)
- Notification of accepted presentation: 2024, Early April
- Workshop: 2024 June 3 (Mon) - 7 (Fri)

Invited Speakers:
Wako Aoki (NAOJ)
Rebecca Davies (Swinburne University)
Yuichi Harikane (University of Tokyo)
Kenta Hotokezaka (University of Tokyo)
Myungkook James Jee (Yonsei University)
Yoko Kebukawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Jeong Eun Lee (Seoul National University)
Myung Gyoon Lee (Seoul National University)
Takahiro Morishita (Caltech/IPAC)
Enric Palle (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias; IAC)
Byeong-Gon Park (KASI)
Manoj Puravankara (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; TIFR)
Sangmo Tony Sohn (STScI)
Hyewon Suh (Gemini/NOIRLab)




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Sarah Brough (University of New South Wales)
Narae Hwang (KASI, co-chair)
Myungshin Im (Seoul National University)
Miho Ishigaki (NAOJ)
Young Sun Lee (Chungnam National University)
Hironao Miyatake (Nagoya University)
Surhud More (IUCAA)
Norio Narita (University of Tokyo)
Sree Oh (Yonsei University)
Eric Peng (NOIRLab)
Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku University, co-chair)
Tommaso Treu (UCLA)
Yujin Yang (KASI)
Fumi Yoshida (University of Occupational and Environmental Health)

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Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku University)
Masashi Chiba (Tohoku University)
Shigeo Kimura (Tohoku University)
Tadayuki Kodama (Tohoku University)
Jae-Joon Lee (KASI)
Takashi Murayama (Tohoku University)
Shogo Nishiyama (Miyagi University of Education)
Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku University)
Chikako Yasui (NAOJ)
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Professor Sarah Brough
Head of Astrophysics Group | School of Physics
Australian Science Lead for LSST
Deputy Director Science | UNSW.AI
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