U.S. Radio/Millimeter/Submillimeter Science Futures in the 2020s

SponsorsThe NRAO is organizing a series of three conferences for the broader community to discuss potential U.S. futures for radio-millimeter-submillimeter science in the 2020’s and beyond.

Funded by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the Kavli Foundation, the first of these meetings will take place 15-17 December 2015 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. The Science Organizing Committee co-chairs for this meeting are Mark Reid (CfA) and Jean Turner (UCLA).

This workshop will be structured around key science themes that reflect priorities identified in the New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey, and are likely to be important in the forthcoming decade, and that require observations at radio/millimeter/sub-millimeter wavelengths to address.

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Important Dates

Registration is now CLOSED

Hotel Reservation Deadline - November 30, 2015

Workshop Begins - Tuesday 8:30 am CST, December 15, 2015

Workshop Ends    - Thursday 3:00 pm CST, December 17, 2015

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