12-09-201218-09-2012 - Invitation to a Media Briefing on SKA South Africa Project

INVITATION TO A MEDIA BRIEFING

Please join us for this media briefing by the SKA South Africa Project:

Update on recent developments in the SKA South Africa Project (Dr BernieFanaroff, project director)

• Briefing on major MeerKAT dish tender awarded recently (Willem Esterhuyse, MeerKAT project manager)
• How we are getting ready for SKA Phase 1 (Dr Jasper Horrel, generalmanager, science processing and innovation)
• What's happening at the site - infrastructure update (Tracy Cheetham, infrastructure manager)

Tuesday 18 September 2012
09:30 ? 11:00 (Tea & coffee at 09:00)

JOHANNESBURG: SKA SA, 17 Baker Street (1st Floor) (near Rosebank Gautrain station if you wish to use public transport)

CAPE TOWN: SKA SA, 3rd Floor, The Park, Park Road, Pinelands (The two venues will be linked via live video conference)

Further information: http://tracker1.co.za/weblink/7d90bf54-76f7-4fb0-b67d-b2eaacfb35e3.htm