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SKA Science and Engineering Committee (SSEC)

The SSEC is the successor to the International SKA Steering Committee (ISSC) which was established as a standing committee by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in 2001. This MoU expired on 31 December 2007 and was replaced by an International Collaboration Agreement for the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Program, signed in 2007. The SSEC comprises 21 members with equal numbers of members from the US Consortium, the European Consortium and the Rest of the World Consortium. The SSEC is tasked to:
- provide scientific and technical guidance for the SKA Program,
- determine the membership of the Collaboration,
- act as the primary forum for interactions and decisions on scientific and technical matters for the SKA among the signatories to the International Collaboration Agreement,
- represent the SKA to the regional and national funding agencies,
- advocate the SKA to the scientific and engineering communities and the general public,
- define, appoint, and review, as necessary, such committees as the SSEC deems necessary,
- appoint the Director of the SPDO,
- review the annual Program Plan, including organisational plans, prepared by the SPDO,
- review the annual budget prepared by the SPDO Director, and
- review studies and reports prepared by the SPDO.

The SSEC makes decisions on scientific and technical matters but has no financial responsibilities or authorities; financial matters fall within the remit of the Executive Committee of the SSEC. The Executive Committee is tasked, after consultation with the SSEC, to:

- approve the job descriptions and appointments of key SPDO personnel,
- approve the annual Program Plan, including organisational plans, prepared by the SPDO,
- approve the annual budget prepared by the SPDO Director,
- approve studies and reports prepared by the SPDO, and
- approve regular six-monthly SPDO status reports prepared by the SPDO Director.

The SSEC Executive Committee consists of:

Chair: Ken Kellermann, NRAO, USA
Vice-chair: Mike Garrett, ASTRON, The Netherlands
Past-chair: Brian Boyle, ATNF-CSIRO, Australia
Secretary: Colin Greenwood, SPDO
Member: Justin Jonas, Rhodes University, South Africa
SPDO Director: Richard Schilizzi

SSEC documents can be found here.

SSEC Members

Australia	Brian Boyle, Australia Telescope National Facility Peter Quinn , University of Western Australia
Canada	Sean Dougherty, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Russ Taylor, University of Calgary
China	Bo Peng, National Astronomical Observatories
Europe	Arnold van Ardenne, ASTRON, The Netherlands Mike Garrett, ASTRON, The Netherlands Phil Diamond (chair), Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom Wim van Driel, Observatoire de Paris, France Luigina Feretti , INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia, Italy Steve Rawlings, Oxford University, UK Anton Zensus, Max-Planck-Insitut fur Radioastronomie , Germany
India	Yashwant Gupta, National Centre for Radio Astronomy, Pune University campus
S. Africa	Roy Booth, Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Justin Jonas, Rhodes University
USA	Geoff Bower, University of California, Berkeley Jim Cordes, Cornell University Trish Henning, The University of New Mexico Dayton Jones, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories Ken Kellermann,National Radio Astronomy Observatory Yervant Terzian, Cornell University Jim Ulvestad, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Minutes of SSEC and ISSC Meetings
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- Teleconference SSEC Meeting 23 July 2008
- 1st SSEC Meeting 7-8 April 2008, Manchester, UK	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 27 November 2007	Download the PDF
- 18th ISSC Meeting 6-7 October 2007, Manchester, UK	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 26 June 2007	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 4 May 2007	Download the PDF
- 17th ISSC Meeting 29-30 March 2007, San Juan, Argentina	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 20 November 2006	Download the PDF
- 16th ISSC Meeting 28-30 August 2006, Dresden, Germany	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 17 July 2006	Download the PDF
- 15th ISSC Meeting 16-17 March 2006, Socorro NM, USA	Download the PDF
- Teleconference ISSC Meeting 16 January 2006	Download the PDF
- 14th ISSC Meeting 4-5 November 2005, Pune, India	Download the PDF

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