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Australian National University Barry Drive Canberra, ACT, Australia 2600 |
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September 29 - October 2, 2008
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The 8th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC), is to be held in Canberra, Australia. This will be the second ASSC jointly sponsored and organised by the National Committee for Space Science (NCSS) and the National Space Society of Australia (NSSA). The ASSC is intended to be the primary annual meeting for Australian research relating to space science. It welcomes space scientists, engineers, educators, industry and government.
This year’s ASSC will run in conjunction with the NCSS’s second workshop on implementing Australia’s first Decadal Plan for Space Science, currently being developed. This one-day workshop will discuss the Plan and Government's responses, better link the scientific community and associated stakeholders in Government and industry, and start implementing the Plan's recommendations.
The scope of the conference covers fundamental and applied research that applies to space technologies, and includes the following:
- Space science, including space and atmospheric physics, remote sensing from space, planetary sciences, astrobiology and life sciences, and space-based astronomy and astrophysics.
- Space engineering, including communications, navigation, space operations, propulsion and spacecraft design, test and implementation.
- Space industry
- Government, international relations and law
- Education and outreach
Anntonette Joseph
Co-Chair, National Space Society of Australia
Iver Cairns
Co-Chair, National Committee for Space Science, University of Sydney
Photographs from the highly successful 7ASSC held in 2007 can be viewed here
Key Dates
- 6 July - Closing date for Abstracts (Presentation or Poster)
- 20 July - Conference Registration Opens
- 4 August - Notification (Acceptance/Rejection of Abtract)
- 4 August - Draft Program is available
- 25 August - Early-Bird Registrations Close
- 30 August - Final Program is available
- 22 September - Conference Registrations Open (Standard)
- 29 September-October 2 - Conference Registration (Late)
- 31 October - Deadline for Final Papers
Researchers and students are invited to submit an abstract for either a paper or poster. Full details are contained in the documents which can downloaded below.
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