Driven by substantial upgrades in recent years to existing facilities and the construction of new radio telescopes, the capabilities for low frequency radio science are greatly expanding. Significant progress is being made in high redshift 21-cm cosmology including the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization, pulsar and transient science, and the understanding of planetary and exoplanetary magnetospheres, radio sky surveys, space weather, and solar physics. The Science at Low Frequencies (SALF) conference provides a forum for astronomers to share and discuss science results, techniques, and technologies, as well as to plan a coordinated path forward to future projects and facilities.
The format will feature 2-hour blocks distributed every 8 hours to allow most people in the world to participate in person in a somewhat favourable time zone. All talks will be recorded, so you can also peruse the presentations afterwards. There will also be a Slack channel dedicated to the meeting to encourage conversations to extend over the different time zones. An online social event will also be encouraged mid-way through the meeting.
If you have any questions or comments, please email Joe Callingham (jcal@strw.leidenuniv.nl) and Jason Hessels (hessels@astron.nl).
Program
The program for SALFVIII is available here: https://salfconference.org/salf-viii-2021-talk-schedule
Registration and abstract submission
To register please fill in the following form: https://forms.gle/x1qsQy4nfsxsdACD6.
Please note that abstracts will be assessed by the SOC with all identifying information removed. Therefore, please do not include details in your abstract that will unambiguously identify yourself.
We predict we will likely have a large over-subscription factor (SALFVII had a factor of 3 oversubscription rate). To alleviate that somewhat, everyone that submits an abstract for a talk will also be given the opportunity to present a 3-minute lightning talk. These lightning talks will be hosted on YouTube and were incredibly popular during SALFVII. Invited speakers will be sourced from the pool of successful talk abstracts, as opposed to being approached before abstract submission.
Key Dates
Abstract submission deadline: Friday October 8th, 2021
Registration deadline: Friday December 3rd, 2021
Conference period: Monday 6th to Thursday 9th of December, 2021
Participants
The list of registered participants (that gave permission for their name to be publicly listed) can be found here. We have over 360 people registered to attend.
Registration Fee
There is no registration fee for the conference.
Invited speakers (chosen anonymously based on their abstract evaluations)
Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin)
Mohit Bhardwaj (McGill)
Barnali Das (NCRA)
Nicholas Kern (MIT)
Aditya Chowdhury (NCRA)
Leah Morabito (Durham)
Rossella Cassano (INAF)
Beatriz Mingo (Open)
Pietro Zucca (ASTRON)
John Morgan (Curtin)
Wendy Peters (NRL)
Science Organising Committee
Rick Perley (NRAO)
Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin)
Jason Hessels (ASTRON/UvA)
Joe Callingham (Leiden/ASTRON), Chair
Monica Orienti (INAF)
Poonam Chandra (NCRA)
Tao An (SHAO)
Nichole Barry (UMel)
Ryan Lynch (GBO)
Paul Scholz (UofT)
Local Organizing Committee
Jason Hessels (ASTRON/UvA)
Joe Callingham (Leiden/ASTRON)
Ralph Wijers (UvA)