We are pleased to announce that JCMT Users meeting will be held from July 1st to July 4th, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The meeting will consist of both talks (invited and contribution) 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. As many of you may know, the partnership of the East Asian Observatory and JCMT has been changed, which may require reorganize the JCMT user community, but at the same time allows the community to start new collaborations using JCMT. The users meeting would provide an excellent occasion for the community to have such discussions. We will make rooms available for teams that are carrying out current JCMT Large Programmes and for those who wish to discuss future collaborations.
[Important Dates]
- April 09th, 2025: 1st circulation
- April 30th, 2025: 2nd circulation
- April 30th, 2025: Open registration and abstraction submission
- May 31st, 2025 : Close registration and abstraction submission
- May 31st, 2025 : Deadline of request for an invitation letter for VISA application
- June 13th, 2025 : 3rd circulation with the program
- July 1st – 4th, 2025: JCMT Users Meeting 2025
[Venue]
Kantary Hills, Chiang Mai (https://www.kantaryhills-chiangmai.com/)
– Access: You can find a (airport or Grab) taxi at Chiang Mai International Airport, and it will take 5-10 min according to traffic situations.
[Preliminary Schedule of JCMT Users Meeting 2025]
A preliminary schedule overview is provided below. Please note that this is subject to minor adjustments, and a detailed program with specific talk titles and speaker information will be circulated in the next announcement after the registration/submission deadline:
- July 1st (Observatory business session, Technical and Science sessions)
- July 2nd (Technical and Science sessions)
- July 3rd (Morning: Technical and Science sessions, Afternoon: Excursion to Thai National Radio astronomy Observatory)
- July 4th (Lectures/hand-on sessions and possible group meetings)
[Registration]
The registration can be done at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8283346/JCMT-Users-Meeting-2025. The deadline of the registration is May 31st, 2025.
[Accommodations]
1. We have secured preferential rates at the venue (Kantary Hills, Chiang Mai) as an accommodation for the meeting participants with the following way: The participants can email to the salesperson of the hotel (https://www.kantaryhills-chiangmai.com/contact/) directly for their room booking and inform the hotel that you are attending the “NARIT JCMT UM2025”. You have to include the word NARIT here, so that they know who we are. The room will be reserved on first come, first served basis.
2. Other hotels near the event venue:
– Kantary Hills Hotel, Chiang Mai: https://www.kantaryhills-chiangmai.com/
– Travelodge Nimman, Chiang Mai: https://www.travelodgehotels.asia/travelodge-nimman/
– Kokotel Chiang Mai Nimman: https://www.kokotel.com/chiang-mai-nimman/
– Eastin Tan Chiang Mai: https://www.eastinhotelsresidences.com/eastintanchiangmai
– U Nimman Chiang Mai: https://www.uhotelsresorts.com/unimmanchiangmai
– Stay with Nimman, Chiang Mai: https://www.staywithnimman.com/
– Moose Hotel Nimman: https://moosehotel.com/moosehotel-nimman/
– Novotel Chiang Mai Nimman Journeyhub: https://www.novotelchiangmai.com/th/
– ibis Chiang Mai Nimman Journeyhub: https://www.ibischiangmai.com/
– HOP INN Chiang Mai: https://www.hopinnhotel.com/our-hotels/hop-inn-chiang-mai
[Invitation Request (for Visa Purpose)]
For participants who require an official invitation letter for visa application purpose, please fill the online form: https://forms.gle/kvWP7Uk396V9ZJfe7
(the link will be also sent to you after the registration is completed). Just in case, you are also encourage to send your request to organizers by email. Please submit your invitation requests as the earliest convenience by Invitation Request Deadline “May 31st, 2025” to allow sufficient time for processing and delivery. If there is any question or concern about the visa, please contact the organizers.
[Notification for Entering Kingdom of Thailand]
Since May 1st, 2025, Kingdom of Thailand has required “ALL foreigners” to register your schedule in advance through the Thailand Digital Arrival Card web-page below:
https://tdac.immigration.go.th/arrival-card/#/home
You are required to complete the Thailand Digital Arrival Card form “no more than 3 days prior” to your arrival in Thailand.
SOC members
Geoffrey Bower (ASIAA, Taiwan/EAO)
Chian-Chou CHEN (ASIAA, Taiwan)
Lang Cui (XAO, China)
Pham Ngoc Diep (VNSC, Vietnam)
Simon Doyle (Cardiff Univ., UK)
Paul Ho (ASIAA, Taiwan)
Jongsoo Kim (KASI, Korea)
Phichet Kittara (Mahidol Univ., Thailand)
Satoki Matsushita (ASIAA, Taiwan)
Nagayoshi Ohashi (ASIAA, Taiwan/EAO)
Kate Pattle (UCL, UK)
Premana Wardayanti Premadi (Inst. Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Yoshito Shimajiri (Kyusyu Kyoritsu Univ., Japan)
Boon Kok Tan (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
Zamri Bin Zainal Abidin (Univ. Malaya, Malysia)
LOC members
Kitiyanee Asanok (NARIT, Thailand)
Supaluck Chanthawan (NARIT, Thailand)
Phichet Kittara (Mahidol Univ., Thailand)
Dan Singwong (NARIT, Thailand)
Koichiro Sugiyama (NARIT, Thailand)
Ram Kesh Yadav (NARIT, Thailand)