Events Archive

ACAMAR 9The ACAMAR 9 workshop was held over three days from 31 August to 2 September at The Vines Resort in the beautiful Swan Valley region of Western Australia. It brought together members of the Australian and Chinese astronomy communities to discuss all areas of astronomical collaboration between Australian and China.
ACAMAR workshop: Gas in GalaxiesThe ACAMAR Gas in Galaxies workshop discussed: HI science related to ISM physics, galaxy evolution, and cosmology; Synergies with multiwavelength optical, IR and millimetre facilities; How to most effectively extract science from existing and up-coming surveys and how to coordinate to maximise science impact. This event was held in Perth, Australia, from 25-28 July 2023.
ACAMAR Themed Workshop on VLBI: Towards a Sino-Australia high-sensitivity VLBI arrayThis ACAMAR workshop was held over 20 October - 21 October 2022, to build potential Sino-Australian collaboration related to the establishment and operation of an equatorial high-sensitivity VLBI network. Topics covered: Development of VLBI facilities and technologies, Active Galactic Nuclei and Jets, Masers and mega-masers, Radio Stars, Pulsars FRBs and other transients, Synergies with other wavelengths/multi-messenger astronomy, Astrometry, Commissioning FAST VLBI, Data transfer and processing (correlation).
ACAMAR 8The ACAMAR 8 Workshop was held online from 11 to 13 October 2022. This year marked the 50th year of Australia-China diplomatic relations and there was an impressive line-up of invited speakers as well as plenty of opportunity for members of both the Australian and Chinese communities to present their latest research. The workshop covered all areas of astronomical collaboration between Australian and China, with the main themes being: Fast Radio Bursts, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Galactic astronomy Facilities (including SKA, ASKAP, MWA, FAST and Antarctic astronomy) Time-domain astronomy Galaxies and Cosmology Machine Learning, Virtual Observatories and Big Data Challenges.
ACAMAR Astroparticle Physics WorkshopThis workshop was held online over 22-24 June 2022. It looked at the nature of dark matter, other 'cosmic relics' and studies of high-energy particles and their origins. Sessions featured PhDs and ECRs presenting their latest results in all relevant activities: from astronomy, particle physics, particle cosmology, experiment to theory, from radio waves to gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos and gravitational waves.
ACAMAR 7The ACAMAR 7 Virtual Workshop was held online over 9-11 November 2021. The focus of the workshop was Antarctic astronomy, Radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical astrophysics, Gravitational waves and astrophysics, Big data challenges, Theoretical astrophysics.
ACAMAR Fast Radio Bursts WorkshopThis workshop was held online over 12-14 October 2021, with an aim to bring together the multitude of researchers working on all aspects of FRB science from Australia and China. Sessions featured PhDs and ECRs presenting their latest results, with discussion workshops held – aiming to tackle key problems in FRB science. In addition, the workshop provided opportunities for areas of collaboration and potential joint projects.
ACAMAR Future of Traditional Survey Science WorkshopThis workshop was held online over 22-24 September 2021, aimed at familiarising researchers from both partner countries with each other’s expertise and research interests, thus leveraging our joint strengths to achieve more than the simple sum of our research efforts. In practical terms, the software and database tools needed to make data accessible to both communities featured prominently, as well as developments regarding future instrumentation needs.
ACAMAR Workshop on the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) and Future MOS FacilitiesThis workshop was held online over 25-27 August 2021, aimed at developing and enhancing Australia/China relations on the MSE project. MSE is an international US$450M project to deliver the world’s first 10m-class dedicated spectroscopic survey telescope, led by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) consortium, with Australia and China as key partners each committed to delivering critical technology infrastructure.
ACAMAR Radio Astronomy from the Moon This workshop was held online over 28-29 July 2021. It was held with the aim of encouraging collaboration between Chinese and Australian researchers to take advantage of the synergy between radio astronomy and lunar exploration, and to encourage a new generation of graduate students and early career researchers to pursue studies that would combine them, allowing ground-breaking discoveries that would be impossible for Earth-bound telescopes.
ACAMAR 6The ACAMAR6 Virtual Workshop was held online over 3-5 November 2020. The focus of the workshop was Antarctic astronomy, Radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical instrumentation, Gravitational waves and astrophysics, Big data challenges.
ACAMAR 5The 5th ACAMAR Workshop was held from 2-4, April 2019 at the RACV Healesville Country Club, Melbourne, Australia. The focus of the workshop was Antarctic astronomy, Radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical instrumentation, Gravitational waves and astrophysics, Big data challenges.
ACAMAR 4The 4th ACAMAR Workshop was held from 6-8 June 2018 at the Wangjiang Hotel, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The focus of the workshop was Antarctic astronomy, radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), optical instrumentation, and astrophysics.
ACAMAR 3The 3rd ACAMAR Workshop was held from 18-20 September 2017 at the Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The focus of the workshop was Antarctic astronomy, low-frequency radio astronomy, ASKAP/FAST/SKA, and optical instrumentation.
ACAMAR 2The 2nd ACAMAR Workshop was held from 5-7 December 2016 at the Jinling Guanyuan International Hotel, Suzhou, China. The focus of the workshop was Radio astronomy science and SKA, Antarctic astronomy science, Big Data challenges and Large Optical/IR Facilities and Science
Stellar Populations and the Distance Scale Held in 2018 in Beijing, China, this conference was organised in honour of astronomer Jeremy Mould and his work on stellar populations and the distance scale.
Australia-China SKA Big Data Workshop Held in 2017, this workshop aimed to provide a vibrant forum for tinkering with the latest development in SKA Big Data.
Inaugural ACAMAR WorkshopThe Inaugural Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics was held from 5-7 April 2016, Perth, Australia.
ACAMAR LaunchThe ACAMAR Launch occurred on the 12 September 2015, in Beijing, China.

A group of approximately 40 people pose for a group photo at a conference.

Attendees at the ACAMAR 9 workshop held at the Vines Resort in Perth, WA. Credit: Romy Pearse

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Guizhou, China. Credit: FAST Group.

CSIRO’s ASKAP measures the delay between the wavelengths of the FRB, allowing astronomers to calculate the density of the missing matter. Credit: ICRAR and CSIRO/Alex Cherney.

CAD rendering of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer at sunset. Credit: Doug Simons, Executive Director, CFHT - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope publication.

The Farside Array for Radio Science Investigations of the Dark ages and Exoplanets (FARSIDE) is a Probe-class concept to place a low-frequency radio interferometric array on the far side of the Moon. Credit: University of Colorado/California Institute of Technology/JPL