Wow, thanks Mark and Chris. This is fantastic news. I must have known it was coming as I told my fellow workers that I was taking a whole month and a half off next June/July. It will be great to catch up with old friends from interstate that haven't been seen for 5 years and to make new ones. Wonderful plan.
And then to be able to practice all these new skill that we'll learn at Astrofest a week later. Who could ask for more. Thank you.
Most excellent, Mark. I'll be there. Any chance of a DVD done so that all the tips don't slip through our fingers if we miss a processing step in a particular procedure?
Allan - the aim is to publish the presentations / workshops (2 seperate volumes) for attendees in bound proceedings. I was going to try and publish it in conference paper format but it is only us publish or perish academics that usually write stuff like that I realised, and I dont want to make it too complex for presenters (Im going to be a stickler for referencing but - old habits die hard - laugh) So ive suggested to all presenters that they also provide slide notes with their presentations and i'll get them printed at uni 3 to a page with slides and notes beside each other. The aim is to publish an annual reference book which the more business minded will realise gives excellent advertising opportunities (gotaa pay these airfares and hotel fees somehow).
The 2011 David Malin Awards in Parkes are also currently scheduled for the same weekend in July. Could be a potential clash of speakers and attendees...
Allan - the aim is to publish the presentations / workshops (2 seperate volumes) for attendees in bound proceedings. I was going to try and publish it in conference paper format but it is only us publish or perish academics that usually write stuff like that I realised, and I dont want to make it too complex for presenters (Im going to be a stickler for referencing but - old habits die hard - laugh) So ive suggested to all presenters that they also provide slide notes with their presentations and i'll get them printed at uni 3 to a page with slides and notes beside each other. The aim is to publish an annual reference book which the more business minded will realise gives excellent advertising opportunities (gotaa pay these airfares and hotel fees somehow).
MB
Mark
That's an excellent idea to have the presentations as a bound folio. Would that be made up prior to the presentations so that it could be annotated during the talk?
A lot to ask I know but you have put a lot of effort in so far and I'm quite excited to attend.
Firstly please let me just say : eyepop: - Greg you are right. I picked a full moon just before astrofest thinking who would have anything on teh full moon. There is a lot of begging and restructuring going on and I will announce in the next 24 hrs. Why am I doing this ???????????? I need to confirm a date change with all the speakers.
Allan - yes mate - the proceedings will be provided at registration with a pen and another note book. I have found myself wondering - what was that slide about? after perusing the AIC presentaitons.
If anyone is inconvenienced financially by the potential moving of the conference by a week or so lte me know - provide some documentation and I will attempt to fix the problem. I know some people have mentioned privately they have booked flights - if so let me know.
OK guys - thanks to my stuff up and the hotel being booked the following week I have managed to get the hotel to agree to giving me the preceeding weekend - SO come hell or high water, the donference will be held on 8th, 9th & 10th July 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Surfers Paradise. I am going to now issue invitations (or pleas) to industry for sponsorships etc. I cant change again (however I realise the importance of the Malins) but if there is any other dramas I am just going to have to live with it. Ken and Rogelio have agreed and they are definately coming. I am booking Kens airfares tommorrow and Rogelios next week. I havent heard from David yet - he's a busy guy - but I am pretty sure it will be ok.
So there it is. Thx to Greg Bryant for the heads up also. It could have been a lot worse an outcome (apart from my embarresment)
Definately - one of the key parameters in selecting speakers and topics was that it was for everyone whether you use a 350D on a tripod or a state of the art RCOS and FLI CCD.
Yes there will be top end stuff but there also will be miles of info for beginners and intermediates. Having seen the presentations at the AIC in US - the presenters there over a a topic from simple capture information through to top end processing. The beauty of this is that while the top end stuff may be a bit convoluted at the moment - you will have the info in your proceedings when you are ready for the next step and you understand a bit better. Thats the beauty of forums like this - but you will have the right information to ask to right questions.
There will be presentations on beginner to intermediate stuff like how does a computer 'see' colour, what is colour noise, using the colour wheel and complimentary colours to adjust images etc.
So yep definately. Plus it is a pretty cool experience to meet, chat and chill with some of the best in the world (and I include a lot of our aussie presenters in that catagory).
Sorry about my tardiness guys - Chris told me today about the question here. I got smashed a couple of times in the floods up here and have beena trifle busy - not smashed like some other poor buggers just the inconvenience of cleaning out the house and observatory at Leyburn.
Firstly I have to give Chris a big wrap - the website is fantastic - truly professional and something to be proud of even compared to the US people that have been doing it for years. Note - everyone involved is doing this for nothing for the betterment of astro-imaging. I cant stress how rewarding and informative these conferences are - I can virtually guarantee a big improvement in your imaging and processing from attendance at the workshops and general sesions. Also a big thx to our mate Mr Sidonio who has been really helpful behind the scenes.
OK fees - Again this is being run as not for profit and any profit will go to next years attraction of internationals. Fees will be entirely dependant on sponsorship. I'll subtract the sposnsorships from the cost and divide it by a projected number of attendees to come up with attendance fees. Just day time meals (morning teat, lunch and afternoon tea is about $60 a a head, add the venue, AV equipment, international airfares and accommodation and you can see it will be a lot without sponsorship. At the moment none of our Aussie SUppliers seem interested (I do have support from Sirius Observatories and some great help with advertising from Aust S&T) but no-one else seems interested yet - it is still pretty early and hopefully they will realise the value in supporting the conference. FLI are also on board as major sponsor (fantastic) but to have no Aussies will be a enbarassing in front of the Americans especially with a large technology room adjacent to the main venue with no-one in it. Enough said on that.
I am guessing but if I can get it down to 100 dollars a day (early registration) and 125 dollars (lae rego) then I will be happy. This is my target. This is less than the US conference but they include dinner (we wont - Maccas is down the road - laugh).
So thats about the state of play with fees at the moment.
Yeah David I agree - I was talking to Chris today (did I say great web page and for the price of an eyepiece (does anyone still use them ?) you can have tuition by the best in the world and the opportunity for one on one instruction by them (remember thats they are there for).
Also I should add that the Aussie speakers at this stage are doing this for the love of the hobby - depending on sponsorship, attendance etc I am going to reimburse what I can but bottom line is that it is all about sharing and dissemination of knowledge. Even the best will pick up info.
Now if anyone can give me some sky around a new moon in SE Qld I can capture some data for my presentation. Its going to be damned boring without data to do my comparative study - but then again a lot of you havent heard all my bad old jokes ;-)
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