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| Australian Academy of Science Shine Dome Canberra, 21 May 2003 The National Committee for Astronomy has established a task force to explore Australian participation in the next generation of optical/infrared Extremely Large Telescopes. As part of its efforts to inform the Australian astronomical community on international ELT programs and develop a national response, the ELT working group organized a one-day National Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, which was held on 21 May 2003 at the Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra. The program for the workshop included talks on the science drivers for ELTs in various fields of astronomy, a review of the current status of existing ELT programs from around the world, and briefings on the major technical issues. There were discussion sessions on these topics and on Australian participation in an ELT project. Program
Session 1 ELT SCIENCE 08:55 Welcome [5] Webster/Colless 09:00 Cosmology [30] Couch 09:30 Q&A [10] 09:40 Galaxies [30] Gibson 10:10 Q&A [10] 10:20 Break [20] | Session 2 ELT SCIENCE 10:40 Stars [30] Bedding 11:10 Q&A [10] 11:20 Planets [30] Tinney 11:50 Q&A [10] 12:00 Discussion [30] Chair: Boyle 12:30 Lunch [60]
Session 3 PROJECTS & TELESCOPES 13:30 Projects [30] Colless 14:00 Q&A [10] 14:10 Telescopes [30] McGregor 14:40 Q&A [10] 14:50 Discussion [30] Chair: Sackett 15:20 Break [20] | Session 4 OPTIONS & ACTIONS 15:40 Strategies? [10] Colless 15:50 Discussion [50] Chair: Webster 16:40 Wrap-up [20] Chair: Colless 17:00 Close
Presentations Presentations made at the workshop are available below: Galaxy Evolution, the High-Redshift Universe and Cosmology Warrick Couch Nearby Resolved Stellar Systems Brad Gibson Star Formation and Evolution Tim Bedding Exoplanets with ELTs Chris Tinney Extremely Large Telescope Projects Matthew Colless ELT Concepts, Trades and Challenges Peter McGregor ELT Instrument Technologies Andrew McGrath Participants The following people attended the workshop:
Michael Ashley (UNSW) Martin Asplund (ANU) Tim Bedding (Sydney) Geoffrey Bicknell (ANU) Brian Boyle (AAO) Terry Bridges (AAO) Frank Briggs (ANU/ATNF) Matthew Colless (ANU) Peter Conroy (ANU) Warrick Couch (UNSW) Scott Croom (AAO) Adam Czezowski (ANU) Gary Da Costa (ANU) Simon Driver (ANU) Ron Ekers (ATNF) Damian Fabbian (ANU) Paul Francis (ANU) Ken Freeman (ANU) Brad Gibson (Swinburne) Peter Gillingham (AAO) Jason Griesbach (ANU) Craig Harrison (ANU) John Hart (ANU) Carole Jackson (ANU) | Helmut Jerjen (ANU) Heath Jones (ANU) Stefan Keller (ANU) Jon Lawrence (UNSW) Andrew McGrath (AAO) Peter McGregor (ANU) Anna Moore (AAO) John Norris (ANU) Bruce Peterson (ANU) Michael Pracy (UNSW) Penny Sackett (ANU) Brian Schmidt (ANU) John Storey (UNSW) Christine Thurl (ANU) Chris Tinney (AAO) Jan van Harmelen (ANU) Liam Waldron (ANU) Mark Walker (Sydney) Fred Watson (AAO) John Webb (UNSW) Rachel Webster (Melbourne) Peter Wood (ANU) Peter Young (ANU) Ross Zhelem (ANU)
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