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Post-meeting wrap-up
Background
The Australian Government's prestigious Federation Fellowship program,
administered by the Australian Research Council, started in 2002. There are
currently 73 Federation Fellows, of whom three are researchers in the field
of astronomy. The three Fellows, and the topics of their research
programs, are as follows:
Dates
The symposium will take place over two full days on
Monday and Tuesday, 22 and 23 November 2004.
Venue
The symposium and workshop will be held in the renovated Duffield Lecture
Theatre at Mount Stromlo Observatory
(RSAA, ANU), Canberra. The Observatory is 20 minutes drive from the city
centre: see the ACT map
for general location
and the route 5 map
for the location with respect to Cotter Rd. While most participants
will provide their own transport (free car parking is available), a
shuttle service will make the following stops on Monday and Tuesday mornings:
(1) University House at 8:50; (2) 50 Northbourne Ave,
in front of the Private Bin Club, at 8:55; (3) The Statesman Hotel in
Curtin at 9:15. If you have not already arranged pickup you must
contact Peter Walshe (0417 480 518) to make sure there is room for
you.
Registration
The deadline for registration had passed.
A nominal registration fee of $30, to help cover the catering costs,
will be payable at the time of the meeting (cash or credit card).
Students are exempted from the registration fee if registered by the
deadline. All attendees (including invited speakers and students)
must register.
Invited Speakers
Mike Dopita (RSAA), Brad Gibson (Swinburne), Joss Bland-Hawthorn
(AAO), Dick Manchester (ATNF), Yuri Levin (CITA),
David McClelland (ANU), Ron Ekers (ATNF), Ilana Klamer (Sydney)
Meals, Events
Lunch and tea/coffee will be provided on Monday and Tuesday. For registered
participants, there will be a subsidised symposium banquet on Monday
evening at the University House, ANU campus.
Registered guests may attend at a cost of $40 each.
Accommodation
Participants are asked to organise their own accommodation. We are
told that the University
House, Acton and the Best Western Embassy
Hotel, Deakin, are both booked out now. The Statesman Hotel, Curtin still had
vacancy last we checked. For budget accommodation you might consider
Burgmann
College at ANU which has a bed & breakfast rate of $55. Please see CitySearch
for other possibilities.
Scientific Organising Committee
Lister Staveley-Smith (chair), Geoff Bicknell, George Hobbs, Andrew Melatos,
Ralph Sutherland, Tony Wong.
Local Organising Committee
Frank Filardo, Ralph Sutherland (RSAA), Susanne Little, Tony Wong (ATNF)
Contact
email contact address FFSymp2004@csiro.au.
Sponsorship
This event is sponsored by the three astronomy Federation Fellows, who
derive their funding from the ARC, with matching contributions from
their host institutes, ANU and CSIRO.
