3–4 Nov 2021
Virtual meeting
UTC timezone

Conference themes and speakers

List of conference themes/invited talks topics (titles, abstracts and timetable will be defined soon)

 

Special talks:

Giovanna Tinetti (UCL) → Overview on Exoplanets science (from space).

Ugo Varetto (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre) → High Performance Computing for astronomy.

 

Theme 1) SKA and SKA/ESO connections

Tiziana Venturi  (INAF-IRA) → Overview on SKA Italy and SKA galaxy clusters science.

Linda Podio (INAF-OAArcetri) → Astrochemistry/ life in Universe.

Joanne Dawson (Macquarie University/CSIRO-CASS) → HI in the Galaxy.

Clancy James (Curtin University) → FRBs and Cosmic Rays.

 

Theme 2) ESO

Laura Magrini (INAF-OAArcetri) → Resolved stellar populations for spectroscopic studies.

Eros Vanzella (INAF-OAS) → High z galaxies.

Trevor Mendel (ANU) → MAGPI survey.

Richard McDermid (Macquarie University) → MAVIS science case.

 

Theme 3) CTA

Roberta Zanin (CTAO) → Overview on the CTA and its current status.

Stefano Gabici (Laboratoire APC) → Impact of CTA gamma ray observations on the study of ISM and galactic cosmic ray accelerators.

Sabrina Einecke (University of Adelaide) → CTA and radio/optical multi-wavelength linkages.

Shi Dai (Western Sydney University/CSIRO-CASS) → Pulsars from radio to TeV gammas.

 

Theme 4) Gravitational waves/multi messenger astronomy 

Marica Branchesi (GSSI) → Overview on GW/multi messenger astronomy.

Luciano Burderi (UniCA) → SPIRIT HERMES overview/GRBs and gravitational waves.

Matthew Bailes (Swinburne University of Technology-CAS) → Gravitational wave research in Australia, future detectors, and OzGrav.

Linqing Wen (UWA) → Gravitational waves detection strategies.