Overview

This workshop invites the Australian community to present science and technology ideas for the post-2030 era that deliver transformational advances with existing or upgraded facilities and new demonstrators in the SKA era.

Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is one of the best sites for radio astronomy observations in the world, and the ATNF should take advantage of its unique environment. With SKA-Mid and SKA-Low telescopes coming online towards the end of the decade for science verification and full operations, and DSA-2000 operating from the late 2020s, it is timely for the community to start planning for post-2030 science and technology pathways.

The ASKAP telescope was built to:

1. Help establish an observatory site for the SKA Observatory’s SKA-Low telescope, and
2. Demonstrate SKA survey science technologies.

Following the construction of ASKAP, CSIRO ran an open proposal process, and initiated the 5-year Science Survey Projects, which are still in progress.

The first two aims have been achieved, and the surveys are planned to be completed by the end of the decade.

We have supplied a document outlining a set of broad facility and technology concepts, and the boundary conditions for the discussion. An ASKAP upgrade path is one of the concepts provided for discussion:

We will then invite abstracts for presentations that take one or more of these concepts and present a scientific and/or technology vision. These can be submitted via the registration form.

Aims of the Workshop

• To canvas ideas on the unique and world-leading science that ATNF can do in the 2030s
• To bring the Australian community into the conversation about the future of mid-high frequency radio astronomy
• To generate new ideas and collaborations within Australia and internationally.

Location

In-person at Marsfield and online

Registration

Abstract submission has closed. Any abstracts proposed through the form will not be considered. Registration for in-person attendance has now closed. Online registration remains open.

Online details will be provided closer to the date.

Organiser

Organising Committee:

• Cathryn Trott
• George Hobbs
• Kelly Gourdji
• Josh Preston Pritchard
• Aidan Hotan
• Nithya Thyagarajan
• Keith Bannister