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Public talk on the SKA
Just a heads-up for members in the Wollongong region. Below is the text of a flyer I just recieved.
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The Science Centre & Planetarium will be hosting a FREE Lecture for Innovation Week.
Guest speaker will be Professor Peter Quinn, Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Western Australia and graduate of the University of Wollongong.
"SKA - Big Science, Big Business"
Australia and New Zealand are competing with a consortium of Southern African nations to become the host site for the largest astronomical facility of the 21st century. This lecture will review the current status of the international SKA (Square Kilometre Array) effort and outline some of the amazing scientific and technological challenges and opportunities before us as we begin the detained design and construction of the SKA in 2012.
WHEN: Tuesday 24th May at 6.30pm
WHERE: Illawarra Coal Science Theatre, Science Centre & Planetarium
Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL -Spaces are limited!
To book, please call the Science Centre on 4286 5000
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