Important notice
The Open Session will be a hybrid meeting, using Teams. Some ATUC members will gather in person in Marsfield (Sydney), NSW.
- To participate, please register, in advance. The registration deadline is 17:00 AWST on 29th March 2024.
- In order to facilitate Q&A sessions during the meeting, please indicate your desire to ask a question by posting a message in the Teams chat, or use the ‘raise hand’ feature. The session chair will invite you to ask your question in due course.
- Presenters who will be in-person are indicated with [I], and online presenters are indicated with [O].
Agenda
All times in AEST (UTC+10).
10 April, ATUC Closed Session, 10:30 – 11:00 AEST (8:30-9:00 AWST)
10 April, Open Session, 11:00 – 16:20 AEST (9:00 – 14:20 AWST), Join via Teams
| Session 1 | ||
| 11:00 – 11:10 | ATUC Chair’s Welcome | Stas Shabala [I] |
| 11:10 – 11:50 | ATNF Director’s Update | Douglas Bock [I] |
| 11:50 – 12:05 | National Facility Support Model Update | Jo Dawson [I] |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Working together on software | Eric Bastholm [O] |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Requesting Director’s Time | Jamie Stevens [O] |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Lunch (east) or tea break (west) | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 13:00 – 13:15 | CryoPAF | Anita Hafner [I] |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | BIGCAT update and science commissioning plans | Elizabeth Mahony [I] |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | LAMBDA | Cormac Reynolds [I] |
| 13:40 – 13:50 | CRACO status | Vivek Gupta [I] |
| 13:50 – 14:00 | Ultra Wide-bandwidth Mid & High | Jane Kaczmarek [O] |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Data Access and Archive Developments | Minh Huynh [O] |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Discussion around Decadal Plan for Australian Astronomy 2026-2035 and implications for ATNF | All |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Lunch (west) or tea break (east) | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Pawsey update | Mark Stickells [O] |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | The path to an upgraded ASKAP | Aidan Hotan [O] |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Discussion: Future of ATNF facilities | All |