In 2024, the Users Meeting will be held in Malaysia for the first time, from 10th to 13th June at the Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur. The meeting will be held in person.
The meeting will consist of both talks and posters on the current progress and updates on JCMT sciences and instrumentation. We also plan to arrange hands-on tutorial sessions and lectures for JCMT observations and data reduction, which would help beginners become more familiar with JCMT.
Currently, Malaysia has observer status in EAO and aims to become a full member. The success of this user meeting in Malaysia with many international participants as well as local participants could be the stepping stone to Malaysia becoming a full member. Hence, we would like to encourage the JCMT users to attend this meeting as much as possible.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please register at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7765450/JCMT-Users-Meeting-2024. At the registration site, you can also submit a title and an abstract if you would like to give an oral presentation or a poster. The deadline for registering for the conference (there is no registration fee) is 30th April.
We will make rooms available for teams that are carrying out current JCMT Large Programmes and for those who wish to discuss future Large Programmes. If you would like to use room for such discussions, please send your request to: JCMT_UM_2024@eaobservatory.org .
If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact the chair of the Scientific Organising Committee Zamri Zainal Abidin (zzaa@um.edu.my), or send emails to JCMT_UM_2024@eaobservatory.org
You can find information on the logistic below.
- The meeting venue is the Auditorium Ibnu Sina (Avicenna Auditorium), Level 3, National Science Centre, 50662 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AUqD79TzV2KNTGKQ6
- Floor Plan: https://www.psn.gov.my/pelan-bangunan-pusat-sains-negara/
- Public transport via Rapid KL MRT Feeder buses (T818, T852) are available from the Semantan MRT station (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HR2S2EVVi2hdhB3m7). Do note that these buses only accept payments using the Touch ‘n Go card. Alternatively, Grab e-hailing services are available too.
- A list of accommodations near the meeting venue can be found in the following document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JpAe6zc9jU5NZBeF2NSniGEMLCOwsLqI5y9RoWXhz_8