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Programme

(26/09/17)

Schedule
Monday 25th September
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:45Introduction to the ATCA and other National Facilities Jamie Stevens
09:45-10:30Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy Ron Ekers talk
10:30-11:00 Morning Tea
11:00-11:45Single-dish Telescopes Jennifer West talk
11:45-12:30Receiver systems Alex Dunning talk
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15Signal processing Max Voronkov talk
14:15-15:00Principles of radio interferometry I Baerbel Koribalski talk
15:00-15:30 Afternoon Tea
15:30-16:15Principles of radio interferometry II Dave McConnell talk
16:15-17:00Calibration Helga Denes talk
17:15Bus to Narrabri
18:30Dinner at Narrabri Bowling Club
Tuesday 26th September
09:00-09:45Radio Astronomy then, now and future Ron Ekers talk
9:45-09:55VIP's & local staff move into Visitors Centre
9:55-10:2050th Anniversary celebrations for the Solar Heliograph
Welcome by Peter Mirtschin
Brief site history by Ron Ekers talk
Possible talk by Federal Member for the electorate of Parkes
10:30-11:00Morning Tea with Birthday cake!
11:00-12:00 VIP's go on antenna tour
11:00-11:45Imaging and deconvolution Mark Wieringa talk
11:45-12:30Polarimetry I Bob Sault talk
12:30-13:15Polarimetry II George Heald talk
13:15-14:00Lunch
14:00-18:00Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction)
Wednesday 27th September
09:00-09:45Error recognition Emil Lenc talk
09:45-10:30Wide-field Wide-band Imaging and Image Fidelity Tim Cornwell talk
10:30-11:00Morning Tea
11:00-11:45HDR imaging Tim Cornwell talk
11:45-12:30Observing Strategies and the Art of Science Proposals Shari Breen talk
12:30-13:30Lunch
14:00-17:00Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction)
18:30Dinner + Talk - How not to be misled by data Chaired by Ron Ekers talk by Maarten de Jong
21:30Bus to town
Thursday 28th September
09:00-09:45Spectral Lines Ivy Wong talk
09:45-10:30VLBI Maria Rioja talk
10:30-11:00Morning Tea
11:00-11:45The missing zero spacing in interferometers Naomi McClure-Griffiths talk
11:45-12:30Radio Frequency Interference and Mitigation Aaron Chippendale talk
12:30-13:30Lunch
14:00-18:00Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction)
Friday 29st September
09:00-09:45ASKAP PAFs Aidan Hotan talk
09:45-10:30ALMA Katie Jameson talk
10:30-11:00Morning Tea
11:00-11:45Radio Transients Keith Bannister talk
11:45-12:30Astronomy in the SKA era Naomi McClure-Griffiths talk
12:30-13:30Lunch
14:00End
14:00-17:00Optional trip to Sawn Rocks in Mt. Kaputar National Park