Welcome to AstroMed09

Sydney, Australia, 14-16 December 2009

Astronomy and Medicine share many similar demands for increasingly sophisticated and diverse imaging techniques as well as associated cutting-edge instrumentation technologies and advanced software tools for multi-dimensional data storage, manipulation and processing. This workshop will provide an international forum for exploring and consolidating these synergies, exchanging ideas and identifying opportunities for knowledge and technology transfer across the two research disciplines, and on to industry and academia.

Imaging – 3D reconstruction, multi-modality and co-registration
Instrumentation - new detector technologies, astro-photonics
Data - visualization, acquisition, multi-dimensional handling techniques

• Prof. Alyssa Goodman, Director, Initiative in Innovative Computing Astronomical Medicine Project, Harvard University
• Prof. Simon Cherry, Chair, Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Davis
• Prof. Mike Irwin, Director, Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit, University of Cambridge
• Dr Nicholas Walton, Project Scientist, AstroGrid and PathGrid, University of Cambridge

The early bird registration fee is AUD300, for registration before 18 September 2009, after which date the standard registration fee of AUD350 will apply. A student registration fee of AUD200 is also available.

To register and submit an abstract, please download the registration form, then send the completed form via email, fax, or post. The deadline for abstract submission is 2 October 2009.

The program will be available soon.

The meeting will be held at the University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most distinguished University, just minutes from the Sydney CBD. The University is a subtle amalgam of historical sandstone buildings and contemporary architecture, in an immaculately landscaped garden setting. The workshop venue is the Veterinary Science Conference Centre, which houses state-of-the-art conference facilities. The meeting will be fully catered for by the University’s Gold Licence Caterer, with morning and afternoon refreshments provided, as well as a gourmet networking lunch.

A welcome reception will be held at the University of Sydney Refectory Collonade on Sunday, 13 December, 1700-1900. The conference dinner will be held at Sydney Harbour on Tuesday 15 December. Further details will be announced in due course.

The University of Sydney is located within walking distance to several hotels offering a range of accommodation choices. Student accommodation is also available through the University’s Colleges.

Further accommodation information.

Invited and contributed talks will be published in a special issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

Zdenka Kuncic, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney (Convenor)
Dale Bailey, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
Clive Baldock, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney
Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney
Roger Fulton, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney
Bryan Gaensler, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney
Geraint Lewis, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney
Steven Meikle, Discipline of Medical Radiation Science, University of Sydney

TBC