APT’95 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Monday, 4 December
Session 1
1.01 09:15 – 09:30 The Hon E.J. Lindsay, RFD MP Opens the 4th APT Workshop
1.02 09:30 – 09:45 Prof Shu-Hua Ye or Prof Zhao Junliang Asia-Pacific Scientific Collaboration
1.03 09:45 – 10:00 Prof R.D. Ekers The APT, an introduction
1.04 10:00 – 10:15 Prof P. McCulloch The importance of Ceduna to Australian VLBI
1.05 10:15 – 10:30 Mr P. Green, TELSTRA Regional Operations Manager, NSW. Handover, Ceduna Antenna
1.06 10:30 – 10:45 Dr R.H. Frater Opening of the ATNF S-2 VLBI Correlator
10:45 – 11:15 Morning Tea
1.07 11:15 – 11:35 Dr W. Wilson The ATNF S-2 VLBI Correlator
1.08 11:35 – 12:05 Prof W.H. Cannon Global Role for the S-2 System
1.09 12:05 – 12:25 Dr J.E. Reynolds Australian VLBI Capabilities
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Scientific Sessions
Session 2 Geodesy
2.01 13:30 – 14:15 Prof. Kurt Lambeck Geodesy of the Asia-Pacific Region
2.02 14:15 – 14:45 Prof Qian Zhihan Crustal Motions between Chinese and Australian Continents by VLBI
2.03 14:45 – 15:15 Hayo Hase Status of the TIGO Program
2.04 15:15 – 15:30 Dr Y. Takahashi The Sea Level Monitoring Program in the APT.
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea
2.05 16:00 – 16:30 Dr K. Shibuya VLBI programs in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition and role of Syowa Station as an observatory for global geodesy in Antarctica
2.06 16:30 – 16:45 John Manning The SCAR Antarctic GPS Campaign
2.07 16:45 – 17:15 Dr Taizoh Yoshino Key Stone Project and VLBI real time data processing
2.08 17:15 – 17:30 Dr Y. Takahashi et al. The Kashima-Urumqi VLBI Experiment
17:30 – 20:00 Barbecue at the ATNF
20:00 – 21:00 Dr David Malin Public Lecture “A Universe of Colour”
Tuesday, 5 December
Session 3 Astrometry
3.01 09:00 – 09:30 Dr Ken Johnston The Radio Reference Frame
3.02 09:30 – 10:00 Dr Irina Kumkova Linking Radio and Optical Reference Frames
3.03 10:00 – 10:30 Dr John Reynolds Precision Radio and Optical Astrometry of SN1987A
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea
3.04 11:00 – 11:15 Dr Tetsuo Sasao Project VERA, VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry’
Masers
3.05 11:15 – 11:45 Prof M. Inoue The Dynamics of the Nucleus of NGC 4258
3.06 11:45 – 12:07 Dr Simon Ellingsen VLBI Images of Class II Methanol Masers
3.07 12:07 – 12:30 Chris Phillips Methanol Maser Proper Motions
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
3.08 13:30 – 13:45 Dr Jessica Chapman Rapid Variability and VLBI Observations of VX Sgr.
Continuum
3.09 13:45 – 14:00 D. Campbell-Wilson Searching for the Radio Counterparts of Galactic X-ray Transients
3.10 14:00 – 14:15 Dr A.K. Tzioumis GROJ 1655-40 – The Movie
3.11 14:15 – 14:45 Steven Tingay Recent VLBI Results on low-z Radio Galaxies
3.12 14:45 – 15:15 Zhiqiang Shen A 5 GHz Southern Hemisphere VLBI Survey
15:15 – 15:45 Afternoon Tea
3.13 15:45 – 16:00 Dr D.L. Jauncey Sub-Parsec Scale Structure and Evolution of Centaurus A (NGC5128)
3.14 16:15 – 16:30 Dr Edward King Compact Structure in Southern Peaked Spectrum Sources
3.15 16:30 – 16:45 Dr Charlene Heisler PTI Observations of IRAS-selected Galaxies
3.16 16:45 – 17:00 Dr Raffaella Morganti A PTI Study of a Complete Sample of Radiogalaxies
17:00 – 17:30 Tea Break
17:30 – 19:30 APT Open Business Meeting
Wednesday, 6 December
Session 4 Space VLBI
4.01 09:00 – 09:30 Dr Phillip Edwards The VSOP Mission
4.02 09:30 – 10:00 Dr David Murphy Space VLBI and the APT
4.03 10:00 – 10:30 Dr Evgeny Romanov Current Status of the RadioAstron Mission
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea
Instrumentation
4.04 11:00 – 11:30 Prof Richard Schilizzi Current Developments in the EVN
4.05 11:30 – 11:45 Prof Wayne H. Cannon The S-2 VLBI System, Past, Present and Future
4.06 11:45 – 12:00 Richard Ferris The ATNF S-2 Data Acquisition System
4.07 12:00 – 12:15 Prof M. Inoue The Mitaka VSOP Correlator
4.08 12:15 – 12:30 Prof Tetsuo Sasao Present Status of Formation of K-4 VLBI Network for Monitoring the Earth Rotation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
4.09 13:30 – 13:45 Prof S. Ananthakrishnan The GMRT
4.10 13:45 – 14:00 Dr Volkmar Thorandt (to be presented by Hayo Hase) Recent Activities and Results at O’Higgins.
4.11 14:00 – 14:15 Dr Ashok Singal Proposal for a VLBI Antenna in India
4.12 14:15 – 14:30 Dr George D. Nicolson HartRAO: Future VLBI Capabilities
4.13 14:30 – 14:45 Dr Qin Zeng The Chinese mm-wave Telescope
4.14 14:45 – 15:00 Prof Peter McCulloch VLBI from Hobart and Ceduna, Current Programs and Future Possibilities
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea
4.15 15:30 – 15:45 Prof Tetsuo Sasao Activities of JNET – a Domestic Astronomical VLBI Network in Japan
4.16 15:45 – 16:00 Dr Evgeny Romanov Ussuriysk and the APT
4.17 16:00 – 16:15 Dr Y. Takahashi New VLBI Techniques at CRL Kashima
4.18 16:15 – 16:30 Dr Igor Molotov Plans of the development and first observations of Russian S2 VLBI Network
4.19 16:30 – 16:45 Dr Nan Rendong Site Surveying for the LT in the Guizhou Province of China
4.20 16:45 – 17:00 Dr. Sergey Likhachev Some Mathematical and Computing Problems of VLBI
17:00 – Buses depart for the APT’95 Conference Dinner and Harbour Cruise
Thursday, 7 December Discussion
08:30 – 10:30 Future Programs for the APT
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 Observatories Tour Departure.