Twelfth-ASSA-Symposium-2022

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The Twelfth ASSA Symposium was held on Saturday 15th October 2022 on the premises of the South African Astronomical Observatory (S.A.A.O.) in Cape Town. The Symposium was held at the SAAO Observatory as a physical event and was simultaneously broadcasted on the  Zoom platform.

Theme:
Centenary of ASSA

Symposium Organising Committee:
Dr Daniel Cunnama
Dr Christian Hetlage

Summary of the symposium and programme:
Announcement: Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA) 100th anniversary Symposium – 15 Oct
Provisional Programme: Programme – Symposium2022
Report Back on Symposium: 

The original website for the symposium: https://symposium2022.assa.saao.ac.za/
Photo’s of the symposium:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RMssFrNFEvorRck04r0trbplgMTM1-a7?usp=sharing

Talks given at the Symposium:

  • Takalani Nemaungani; Opening Address “Vision for Astronomy in South Africa”
    Presentation:   TK’S ASSA CENTENIAL PRESENTATION – 15 OCTOBER 2022
    Video:  https://youtu.be/BG3rT8QF6_s
  • Dr Petri Vaisanen; “Welcome from the SAAO Director”
    Presentation:    SAAO-ASSA-celebration-Oct22
    Video:   https://youtu.be/ldAuQWaujJk
  • Dr Daniel Cunnama; “ASSA beyond 100 years”
    Presentation: 
    Video:   https://youtu.be/q3SRNVotYWQ
  • Charles Takalana; “The African Astronomical Society (AfAS): The voice of astronomy in Africa”
    Presentation:   AfAS- October 2022 ASSA
    Video:     https://youtu.be/ChwR7FHLPq0
  • Tim Cooper; “From Vesta to the Kalahari, on the trail of the Motopi Pan Meteorite” (via Zoom)
    Presentation:   ASSA Symposium 2022
    Video:  https://youtu.be/gulo-zmwjKY
  • Peter Morris; “A Stargazer’s Adventure with the ASSA Top 10 list of Objects in the Southern Sky”
    Presentation:    A Stargazer’s adventures with the ASSA Top 100
    Video:   https://youtu.be/A3C2y-qbEtg
  • Sivuyile Manxoyi; “The SALT Collateral Benefits Programme”
    Presentation:   ASSA talk 2022 finalASSA talk 2022 final
    Video:   https://youtu.be/njYKC1bgrlk
  • Dawid van Jaarsveldt; History in the making, Boyden Observatory Museum” (via Zoom)
    Presentation:   ASSA Aanbieding
    Video:   https://youtu.be/idrqFyxMMV0
  • Auke Slotegraaf; “Past and future astronomical handbooks” (via Zoom)
    Presentation: 
    Video:   https://youtu.be/7g7HhrPv9v0
  • Chris de Coning; “How technology influenced the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa”
    Presentation:   Technology ASSA
    Video:   https://youtu.be/CcuvuOvBgwI
  • Okoth Vincent; “Classification Of Synthetic Gravitational Wave Data With Different Machine Learning Algorithms” (via Zoom)
    Presentation:   Classification Of GW with ML
    Video:   Part A:  https://youtu.be/5Dbcaa2bW1w  /  Part B:  https://youtu.be/NHX4IJTAVnA
  • Matie Hoffman; “The Connected Planetarium” (via Zoom)
    Presentation: 
    Video:  https://youtu.be/yukg5CT7w7I

Symposium Photo