Preliminary Program
June 14, Afternoon
Informal discussions and hands on demonstrations of new methods and ideas
June 15, 11:00 - 17:00 Chair: H. Imai
Science and Methods for VLBI and Astrometry
11:00 - 11:25 Coffee and Registration
11:25 - 11:30 Welcome from University of Tasmania (J. Dickey)
11:30 - 12:00 Next Generation Calibration methods for Astrometry (M. Rioja)
12:00 - 12:30 The BeSSeL Survey: A Status Report (M. Reid)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Chair: M. Rioja
14:00 - 14:30 Science drivers for low frequency astrometry (H. Imai)
14:30 - 15:00 The AuScope VLBI Array (J. Lovell)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 16:00 Connecting quasar structure, variability and astrometry. (S. Shabala)
16:00 - 16:30 A dedicated array for Southern parallax observations (S. Ellingsen)
16:30 - 17:00 OH Maser LBA Polarimetry: PIs under the microscope (J. Green)
June 16 09:30 - 17:00
Calibration in Astrometry and Geodesy
Chair: M. Reid
09:30 - 10:00 Multiple radio band observing systems (H. Imai)
10:00 - 10:30 Multi-calibrator methods for astrometric VLBI (G. Orosz)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:30 Calibration aspects of pulsar astrometry with VLBI (F. Kirsten)
11:30 - 12:00 Multifrequency solutions for Low Frequency Astrometry (R. Dodson)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
Chair: R. Dodson
13:30 - 14:00 a case study of 6.7 GHz maser parallax (Y. Wu) (Via Skype)
14:00 - 14:30 Quantifying ionospheric effects at low frequencies using time-domain astrophysics with the Murchison Widefield Array (M. Bell)
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee
15:00 - 15:30 LBA Status update (C. Phillips)
15:30 - 16:00 First results from LBA parallax observation of Southern Star Formation regions (S. Ellingsen)
16:00 - 16:30 Innovative GLEAM Calibration methods (M. Rioja)
16:30 - 17:00 Probing the ionosphere with the MWA (J. Morgan)
Dinner at Shipwright Arms
June 17 09:30 - 13:00
Geodetic and GPS inputs to Calibration
Chair: S. Ellingsen
09:30 - 10:00 Atmospheric calibration in geodetic VLBI (L. Plank)
10:00 - 10:30 ASKAP Status and Commissioning (M. Voronkov)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:30 A review of how GPS analysts deal with signal propagation effects (M. King)
11:30 - 12:00 On using GPS to generate ionospheric corrections towards calibration of low frequency radio-astronomy (BS Arora, given by JM)
12:00 - 12:30 Closing Comment and Discussions (SOC)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch and School end