Conferences

This page offers information about conferences run by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research.

• Computing for SKA Colloquium 2017
  9-10 February
  Two days of presentations and discussions on the design of computer systems for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
• Computing for SKA Colloquium 2016
  11-12 February
  Two days of presentations and discussions on the design of computer systems for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
• 4th International VLBI Technology Workshop 2015
  23 – 26 November
  The 4th International VLBI Technology Workshop will focus on major VLBI topics, including mm-VLBI and space VLBI.
• Computing for SKA Colloquium 2015
  12-13 February
  Two days of presentations and discussions on the design of computer systems for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
• New Zealand and the Beginnings of Radio Astronomy - A Process of Discovery
  30 January – 1 February 2013
  Three days of activities.  A two day conference to mark the significant developments in radio astronomy that have taken place in New Zealand from the pioneering work in the 1940s.  The third day will be a field trip which will include a visit to Leigh and the unveiling of a plaque to mark the discoveries of 1948.
  
  There will be important events before and after the Conference.
  
  Tuesday 29 January, 6.00 pm (1800) at AUT's North Shore (Akoranga) – A public lecture by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Oxford) on “We are Made of Star Stuff”.
  
  Saturday 2 February – a coach trip to Piha to visit the remains of the RNZAF radar.
• SKANZ 2012
  14 - 16 February
  A 3-day conference building on the success of the 2010 conference, focusing on fostering interaction and collaboration between Australian and New Zealand scientists and engineers.
• SKANZ 2010
  15 - 19 February
  A week of events and activities relating to sciences associated with the SKA