SKA- News and meetings

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Australia and New Zealand
	First signal received by ASKAP. 03.03.10 ASKAP Construction on Track. 01.02.10 New leader of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Sciences division. 20.01.10 Interactive Website Tunes into Outer Space. 09.12.09
Canada
	Composite Applications to Radio Telescopes (CART) reflector Mk 2 completed at the Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics DRAO site. 09.10.08
South Africa
	Five new South African SKA Research Chairs announced. 12.09 An open invitation to the Astronomical Community to propose Key Project Science with MeerKAT, the South African SKA Precursor. 10.09

SKA Partners' Newsletters
	+ Australia and New Zealand SKA Project: Newsletter
	+ SKA South Africa: Newsletter

SKA in the News...
	Riddle of the missing hydrogen Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 25.11.08

+ Past news...

Upcoming meetings

> Canadian Astronomy Long Range Plan Town Hall meeting
9-10 March 2010, Calgary, AB, CA

> OFC/NFOEC - The World’s Largest Optical Communications & Networking Event
21-25 March 2010, San Diego, CA, US
Submission deadline: Closed

> CAP2010: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010
15-19 March 2010, Cape Town, ZA

> SKA2010: Annual SKA Science and Engineering Meeting
22-25 March 2010, Manchester, GB

> SKA Science and Engineering Committee (closed) meeting - SSEC 4
26-28 March 2010, Manchester, GB

> RFI 2010 - RFI Mitigation Workshop
29-31 March 2010, Groningen, NL

> European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Workshop
30-31 March 2010, Rome, IT
Non-science benefits of the SKA

> 24th European Frequency and Time Forum
12-16 April 2010, Noordwijk, NL

> RAS NAM2010: Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy 2010 meeting
12-16 April 2010, Glasgow, GB

> International Workshop on Phased Array Antenna Systems for Radio Astronomy
3-5 May 2010, Provo, UT, US
Submission deadline: 29 January 2010

> Radionet Board meeting
4-5 May 2010, Sardinia, IT

> Astronomy with Megastructures: Joint Science with the E-ELT and SKA
10-14 May 2010, Crete, GR
First Announcement.

> Magnetic Fields on Scales from Kiloparsecs to Kilometres: Properties and Origin
17-21 May 2010, Cracow, PL
Submission deadline: tbc

> CASCA 2010: Canadian Astronomical Society meeting
25-28 May 2010, Halifax, NS, CA
Long Range Planning Panel to present draft recommendations of priorities for the next 10 years

> US SKA Consortium meeting
3-4 June 2010, Washington DC, US
Invitation only.

> A New Golden Age for Radio Astronomy: First Results from the New Generation of Radio Telescopes
10-14 June 2010, Assen, NL

> LOFAR Inauguration
12 June 2010, Exloo, NL
Invitation only.

> Agencies SKA Group meeting
14 June 2010, Assen, NL
Invitation only.

> CISS: Connect Industry, Science and Society workshop
14 June 2010, Assen, NL
Invitation only.

> International SKA Forum 2010
15 June 2010, Assen, NL
Invitation only.

> PrepSKA Board and Working Group meetings
16 June 2010 (tbc), Drenthe, NL
Invitation only.

> SPIE 2010: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
27 June - 2 July 2010, San Diego, CA, US

> 38th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2010)
18-15 July 2010, Bremen, DE
Submission deadline: 19 February 2010

> CASPER 2010: Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research Workshop 2010
16-20 August 2010, Cambridge, MA, US

> CALIM: SKA Calibration and Imaging Workshop 2010
22-27 August 2010, Dwingeloo, NL

> 4th Extremely Large Databases Workshop
Sep-Oct 2010 (date tbc), Silicon Valley, CA, US

> Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM 2010)
6-10 September 2010, Lisbon, PT
Submission deadline: 30 November 2009

> German Astronomical Society: "Zooming in: The Cosmos at High Resolution”
13-17 September 2010, Bonn, DE

> 10th European VLBI Network Symposium: VLBI and the New Generation of Radio Arrays
20-24 September 2010, Manchester, GB

> Annual PrepSKA WP2 meeting
18-21 October 2010, Manchester, GB

> SKA Science and Engineering Committee (closed) meeting - SSEC 5
24-26 October 2010, Rome, IT

> ADASS: 20th annual Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems conference
7-11 November 2010, Boston, MA, US

> APRIM 2011: 11th Asia-Pacific IAU Regional Meeting
26-29 July 2011, Chiang Mai, TH

> XXXth URSI GA: Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI) General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
13-20 August 2011, Istanbul, TR

> IAU:28th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
20-31 August 2012, Beijing, CN

+ Past meetings and events...

> 15 Jan 2009: This year will see major advances in South Africa and in international radio astronomy projects. Engineering News (ZA), Keith Campbell.
> 14 Dec 2009: Wajarri people announce agreement for ASKAP. Yamatji News (AU).
> 4 Dec 2009: DST boosts SKA bid. IT Web (ZA).
> 4 Dec 2009: SA radio telescope project achieves major milestone early. Engineering News (ZA).
> 2 Dec 2009: Exploring to the Beat of Pulsars. Universe Today (AU).
> 27 Nov 2009: SKA pathfinder telescope to be built in WA. Electronics News (AU).
> 10 Nov 2009: Massive telescope. Behind the News - ABC TV (AU).
> 1 Nov 2009: Before Galileo. Message Stick, ABC TV (AU).
> 31 Oct 2009: Listen and learn. World Business - CNBC Europe.
> 29 Oct 2009: 'Internet discovery wins researcher $300,000. The Sydney Morning Herald Online (AU).
> 22 Sep 2009: Australia vies for radio astronomy base. The 7.30 Report - ABC TV (AU).
> 9 Sep 2009: SA urged to back telescope bid. News-24.com (ZA).
> 27 Aug 2009: AUD 80 million HPC project boosts Australia - New Zealand SKA bid. HPC Wire (AU).
> 20 Aug 2009: NZ - Australia combine for telescope bid. ABC Science (AU).
> 12 Aug 2009: Students tweet telescope takeover. Computerworld (AU).
> May 2009: MeerKAT coming on track during IYA 2009. Quest Magazine (ZA).
> 22 May 2009: Radio telescope project advances with issue of tender.Engineering News (ZA), Keith Campbell.
> 22 May 2009: Looking back to the beginning of time. Business Report (ZA), Kelvin Kemm.
> 30 April 2009: Super Science - Space and Astronomy.Government of Western Australia, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Science and Innovation.
> 30 April 2009: Italy and Australia work together on world's biggest telescope. Government of Western Australia, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Science and Innovation.
> 3 April 2009: An array of technology spin-offs emerges as the ‘MeerKAT’ radio telescope gains traction. Engineering News (ZA), Keith Campbell.
> 26 February 2009: SA and Aus to collaborate on mega telescopes. The Good News (ZA).
> 26 February 2009: Vuvuzelas for giant telescope. News24 (ZA).
> 26 February 2009: SKA project gets votes of confidence, despite global crisis. Engineering News (ZA), Keith Campbell.

+ Past media coverage

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