[Difx-users] DiFX users meeting 2016 pre-announcement

[Adam Deller]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to all who have responded so far.  Based on these responses, we have
narrowed it down to the two options in November.  There is probably a
marginal weighted preference for November 7-11, however this does fall at
the same time as the SKA science meeting in Goa, India.  I could imagine
that some people may wish to attend the SKA science meeting as well as the
DiFX workshop.  If you are likely to attend the SKA science meeting and
would prefer not to have the DiFX workshop on the same week, please let me
know.  Otherwise, I think we will settle on the week of November 7-11.

Cheers,
Adam

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Adam Deller <deller at astron.nl> wrote:

> Dear difx-users and -developers,
>
> The time has come to start planning the 10th (yes, 10th!) annual DiFX
> users and developer's workshop.  At Hobart in 2015, we discussed possible
> venues, and Shanghai was nominated with broad support.  Since the workshop
> has been held in Europe and Australia three times each, the US twice, and
> Asia only once so far, it would be appropriate and enjoyable to head to
> China this year.
>
> Wu Jiang has investigated some options for dates and locations.  The
> baseline plan would be to hold the meeting in downtown Shanghai (where
> there observatory headquarters are), which is most convenient for
> transportation and accommodation.  We could arrange a visit to suburban
> campus co-located with the Tianman and Sheshan 65m and 25m telescopes on
> one day.
>
> A visa is required for most visitors to China. No visa is required for
> ordinary passport holders from Singapore, Brunei and Japan to visit China
> for up to 15 days for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends
> or transit.
> For more information, please see http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/,
> and note that it will be necessary to  prepare your visa application at
> least 30 days before the entry date to China.
> In terms of dates, the meeting has traditionally been held sometime
> between September and November.  Due to some public holidays and other
> meetings, the earlier part of this date range is not so convenient.  So we
> would like to propose 3 options:
>
> October 24-28
> November 1-4
> November 8-11
>
> In each case, the users meeting would be held during the first two days,
> and the developers meeting the last three days. If you want to attend the
> DiFX users and developers meeting this year, can you please respond to this
> mail with a preferred week or weeks, or any other scheduling conflicts that
> we may have forgotten about?  If we can collect some responses over the
> next week or two, it would be nice to select a date soon to allow attendees
> plenty of time make travel plans and arrange visas etc.  Once the date has
> been settled, there will be a meeting webpage put up, registration made
> available, talks solicited, etc etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam and Wu Jiang
>
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> Dr. Adam Deller
> Ph  +31 521595785 / Fax +31 521595101
> Staff Astronomer, Astronomy Group
> ASTRON, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4
> 7991 PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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Dr. Adam Deller
Ph  +31 521595785 / Fax +31 521595101
Staff Astronomer, Astronomy Group
ASTRON, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4
7991 PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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