UK SKAO Science Committee Town Hall
Eduard Kontar
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This is the third announcement for the UK SKAO Science Committee Town Hall meeting on Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 November 2025 at Cardiff University, the meeting will be offered as a hybrid event. We encourage in person presence when possible. Please distribute widely to your networks!
There will be general overviews and updates on SKAO science, construction, and a summary of the week-long global Science Meeting in Görlitz, along with contributed talks about ongoing work with SKA pathfinders and precursors.
Early Career Researchers (ECRs; PhD/postdocs) are particularly encouraged to attend.
Registration for the event (either in-person or remote attendance) is free and is now open at eventbrite.co.uk/UKSKAOSC2025TownHall
Abstracts
We would also like to invite the submission of abstracts and we're particularly keen to hear from people who have experience of or are currently working on SKA pathfinders and the important role they play as the SKA moves towards full operation.
If you would like to submit an abstract for a talk, please visit UK SKAO SC Town Hall Abstract Submission for further details.
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is 17:00 on 26th September 2025,
ECRs Travel funding
STFC has kindly provided funding for ECRs to help them travel to the meeting. Funding will be up to £100 per person and will be allocated based on needs, prioritising ECRs from universities that have not received SKAO-related project funding. ECR requests for travel support must be in line with UKRI's business expense-claims, business travel and subsistence policy and should be sent to:
Simon Haynes (simon....@stfc.ukri.org) and Jess Atkinson (jessica....@stfc.ac.uk) by the 30th September for consideration.
Please make sure to include:
- Your science interests.
- The reason why you wish to attend this event.
- An estimate of the funding needed, and why it is needed.
To ensure this reaches the widest audience, please can recipients of this email distribute widely, and encourage their colleagues, in particular early career researchers, to sign up to the astrocommunity mailing list at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ and to the ukska-sciencecommunity list, which has a more targeted audience.
The UKSKAOSC Organizing committee.
Ian Harrison, Jack Radcliffe, Natasha Maddox, Leah Morabito, Simon Haynes, Stella Gouzon