ACAMAR 3: Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics

The 3rd ACAMAR Workshop was held from 18-20 September 2017 at the Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Please see the links below for the event program and abstract booklet:

ACAMAR 3 Program
ACAMAR 3 Abstract Booklet

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Guizhou, China. Credit: FAST Group.
The Skymapper telescope was discussed as part of optical instrumentation during ACAMAR3. Image Credit: Ángel R. López Sánchez.
Workshop Themes

  • Antarctic astronomy
  • Low Frequency Radio astronomy (including ASKAP/FAST/SKA)
  • Optical instrumentation.

The workshop will also build on the relationships and outcomes of the previous workshops in the series. 

Invited Speakers

  • Julie Banfield, ANU
  • Xiangqun Cui, NIAOT
  • Elisabete da Cunha, ANU
  • Sun Kwok, UHK
  • Anais Moller, ANU
  • John Morgan, ICRAR/Curtin
  • Ray Norris, WSU/CSIRO
  • Shengcai Shi, PMO
  • Cath Trott, ICRAR/Curtin
  • Xuefeng Wu, PMO
  • Xiangping Wu, SHAO/NAOC
  • Xiangyan Yuan, NIAOT
  • Hui Zhang, Nanjing
  • Lisa Harvey-Smith, CSIRO
  • Marko Krco, NAOC
Scientific Organising Committee

  • Michael Ashley (UNSW)
  • George Hobbs (CSIRO)
  • Di Li (NAOC)
  • Naomi McClure-Griffiths (ANU)
  • Bo Peng (NAOC)
  • Elaine Sadler (USYD)
  • Stas Shabala (UTAS)
  • Zhiqiang Shen (SHAO)
  • Lister Staveley-Smith (ICRAR/UWA)
  • Nick Tothill (WSU)
  • Lifan Wang (PMO/TAMU)
  • Xiaofeng Wang (Tsinghua U)
  • Ji Yang (PMO)
  • Jilin Zhou (Nanjing U)
Local Organising Committee

  • Kate Gunn (USYD)
  • Lister Staveley-Smith (ICRAR/UWA)
  • Stas Shabala (UTAS)
  • Kylie Williams (USYD)