A wish list for an ideal radio transient survey, presented by Tara Murphy at the Dynamic Radio Sky conference in Sydney in July 2025.

The Dynamic Radio Sky 2025 conference is being held this week at the University of Sydney. The meeting is bringing together astronomers from around the world to share their research and insights across various aspects of the field. One of the talks on the first morning was from Tara Murphy (USyd) who reviewed the field of radio transients (the topic of a review by Murphy and Kaplan to be submitted to PASA). Tara concluded with a wish list for the properties of an ideal radio transients survey. As might be expected, existing surveys perform well in some of these areas but not as well in others, with the complementary nature of these being a highlighted in the updates presented in subsequent presentations.