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17-06-2014
Successful SKA meeting in Sicily
| Submitter: | Tom Oosterloo |
| Description: | Last week, almost everybody of some importance in the international radio astronomy community was at Sicily to discuss updating the SKA science case. The previous printed version of the SKA science case dates from 2004 so, obviously, it is time to update it. From 8-13 June, at Giardini Naxos near Mt. Etna in Sicily, more than 250 people (including many from Astron & Jive) attended a week-long meeting with many many talks and discussions. From the meeting it was clear that the science case of SKA is stronger than ever. In particular the variety, breadth and depth of science themes was impressive and it was good to see that Dwingeloo astronomers are involved in almost all of them. The meeting also made clear that community is very eager to start using SKA. We should really start building the bloody thing... There were several non-scientific highlights at the meeting. One of these was, one evening while enjoying drinks on the beach, to see lava being spewed out by Mt. Etna. Another was, during the conference dinner, a huge SKA cake. Fitting for his role as 'Il SKA Padrino', Phil Diamond made sure everybody got his/her proper piece of the SKA cake (note the re-baseline cut...). Baciamo le mani. |
| Copyright: | astron |
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