Thank you very much to all participants for attending and making this event successful! You can find the speakers' slides attached in the detailed view of the timetable: https://indico.fysik.su.se/event/7968/timetable/#20230202.detailed
You can also find a recording of the event here: https://play.chalmers.se/media/National+SKA+Science+Day+Sweden/0_fk6md8xi
Following on from the official start of construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), and confirmation of Sweden’s fully financed participation in SKA, a Swedish national SKA Science all-day meeting will be held at Albanova, Stockholm University on Thursday 2nd February, 2023, 10:00 - 17:00. This meeting will be the first chance after the pandemic for Swedish astronomers working in SKA related science to meet and for Swedish researchers in general to learn more about the science opportunities using both SKA itself (whose joint-risk science verification observations will start in 2026 and first PI science programs in 2028); and the science opportunities available using the SKA precursor/pathfinder telescopes that are already operating.
The SKA Observatory Science Director Robert Braun will be attending/presenting at the meeting - in addition to representatives of SKA Precursor/Pathfinder telescopes. Plans for the development of the Swedish node of the SKA Regional Centre Network of archive/computer facilities will also be presented. The largest part of the meeting however will be reserved for contributed presentations from Swedish researchers on their SKA precursor/pathfinder results and their scientific plans for SKA.
Deadline for registration & submission of abstracts: Wed 18 January 2023
Confirmed Invited Speakers and Provisional Titles
Robert Braun (SKAO) - SKA science case and project status/timeline
Jason Hessels (ASTRON, Netherlands) - Scientific highlights from the metre wavelength SKA precursor telescope LOFAR and LOFAR 2.0 goals.
Kelley Hess (IAA-CSIC, Spain) - HI galaxies science results from centimetre wavelength SKA precursor telescopes.
Leah Morabito (Durham University, UK) - Scientific exploitation of LOFAR international baseline observations.
Lindsay Magnus (SKA-South Africa) - SKA precursor MeerKAT - Continuum and Transient Highlights (given by remote presentation).
SKAO Code of conduct for meetings and events
https://www.skao.int/en/about-us/ethics#__otpm1
Please be advised that a member of the SKAO’s Communications team, Cassandra Cavallaro, will be present to conduct video interviews with some meeting attendees, and to film some “B-roll” shots (without sound) of the meeting in progress. These shots may be used in future SKAO video products. If you have any concerns about this, or would prefer not to be on camera, please contact Cassandra directly: cassandra.cavallaro AT skao.int
The meeting will be streamed live on https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/67655122433.
We also plan to record the meeting. Kindly let us know if you are giving a talk and do not want it recorded.
