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16-07-2014
Dutch Ambassador visits ICRAR to talk about SKA
| Submitter: | Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate |
| Description: | On Monday 7 July the Dutch Ambassador to Australia, Mrs Annemieke Ruigrok, paid an impromptu visit to ICRAR/Curtin University, Perth. The Ambassador was accompanied by Mr Rolf Karst, Trade Officer, Economic Affairs. Her Excellency was keen to hear about recent progress by the Aperture Array Design and Construction (AADC) Consortium and, as part of the briefing and discussion, the gathering toasted the success of ASTRON and its university partners in successfully obtaining Dutch Government support for SKA pre-construction activities, including the development of the Low Frequency Aperture Array. Professor Peter Hall told Her Excellency of the success of the AADC Consortium establishment, and the design work now being undertaken. She was also briefed by task leaders on the prototyping, verification and infrastructure work being done at Curtin, as well as on developments in the SKA science prioritization process. In the photograph from left to right: Mr Rolf Karst, Prof. Steven Tingay, Her Excellency the Ambassador, Professor Carole Jackson and Prof. Peter Hall. |
| Copyright: | Jean-Pierre Macquart |
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