SKA Canada

Canadian Astronomy Long Range Plan Town Hall Meeting

When: 9 Mar 2010

Venue: University of Calgary, CyberPortal Room, Biological Sciences 540B

Organiser: Russ Taylor and Bethany Holmes on behalf of the LRP Panel

Contact: Russ Taylor (russ@ras.ucalgary.ca), Bethany Holmes (bholmes@ras.ucalgary.ca)

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The meetings starts at 9:00 am in BI540B.  McGill University, University of Manitoba, UBCO and DRAO will participate by video link.

The meeting will be webcast - please go to www.westgrid.ca/live

Schedule

  8:30-  9:00

  Coffee/Refreshments - Reception area - BioSciences 5th floor

  9:00-  9:15
  Introduction to the LRP2010
Chris Pritchet
  9:15-  9:50

  The Square Kilometre Array

Russ Taylor
  9:50-10:10

  SKA Industrial Opportunities and Challenges

Gary Hovey
10:10-10:30

  HIA-DRAO

Sean Dougherty
10:30-10:45
  Coffee Break - Reception Area
10:45-11:05

  Thinking about the unthinkable: ICT Challenges for the SKA Era

Tony Willis
11:05-11:25

  IBM's Interest in the SKA

Don Aldridge
11:25-11:45

  The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism

Jeroen Stil & Jo-Anne Brown
11:45-12:00

  Training the Astronomers of the Future

Jo-Anne Brown
12:00-13:00
  Lunch
13:00-13:20

  High Performance Receiver Systems for the SKA

Jim Haslett & Leo Belostotski
13:20-14:30   Questions from the Panel (will be posted)
14:30-15:00   Coffee Break - Reception Area
15:00-16:30   Open Discussion

 

Please contact Bethany Holmes (bholmes@ras.ucalgary.ca) for more information on local arrangements.