[STSP] Call for Papers - 9th Australian Space Science Conference

[Phil Wilkinson]

Dear Colleagues in Australian space science and engineering (e.g.,
on the STSP and Decadal_Plan email exploders):

please forward this to interested people.

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*Call for Papers*

*9th Australian Space Science Conference*

*28th September - 1st October 2009*

*SYDNEY, NSW Australia*

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It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract for a
presentationat  the 9th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC),
to be held in Sydney. This will be the third 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, and workers
in Industry and Government.

This year's ASSC will run in conjunction with the NCSS's 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/of space, planetary sciences, astrobiology and life
sciences, and space-based astronomy and astrophysics.
  *Space engineering*, including communications, navigation, space
operations, propulsion and spacecraft design, testing, and
implementation.
  *Space industry*
  *Government, international relations and law*
  *Education and outreach*

For the abstract and paper guidelines and online submission go to URL
http://www.assc.nssa.com.au

Key Dates

  Opening date for ASSC abstracts 6 April 2009
  Closing date for ASSC abstracts 21 June 2009
  Registration opens 19 July 2009
  Acceptance of ASSC abstracts 3 August 2009
  Closing date for full written ASSC papers 3 November 2009

Please make the conference known to your colleagues. We hope that you
will attend.

You may email asscconference at nssa.com.au
<mailto:asscconference at nssa.com.au> for more information.

Wayne Short, Co-Chair, National Space Society of Australia

Iver Cairns, Co-Chair, National Committee for Space Science,
University of Sydney