The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is an innovative 10m class telescope with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (5 sq. degree) and high multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph facility with both medium and high-resolution modes (MOS), and a giant panoramic integral field spectrograph (IFS). Currently under early design, the telescope has the potential to involve Australian astronomers in Europe’s next big telescope project. These meeting are the first chance for Australia to be involved in the telescope’s science case which will result in a white paper to be written by March 2024 and also to participate to its technical development.

All Australian astronomers are encouraged to join the WST science team and help forge its scientific mission: https://www.wstelescope.com/for-scientists/participate

The science meeting will take place in Sydney, Macquarie University: 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue, Lecture theatre 100, Ground Floor.

The technical meeting will take place in Canberra, at the Mount Stromlo Observatory There are numerous flights between Canberra and other major Australian cities (e.g. Sydney and Melbourne), as well as a bus service that provides regular transport between Sydney and Canberra (~3 hours).

Video conference details:

Please click this URL to start or join: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/82243204821?pwd=VDBsRzNTVStGQnVZSnovK05reGRuQT09
Password: 249425

Join from dial-in phone line:
Dial: +61 2 8015 2088
Meeting ID: 822 4320 4821
International numbers available: https://macquarie.zoom.us/u/keqWBTlyJn

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WST Science meeting (Sydney)

Day 1 (Tuesday, Dec 5)

Time (AEDT)	Speaker	Talk Title
13:00	Roland Bacon	WST intro
13:30	Vincenzo Maneiri	Science Cases and Activities Update
14:00	Simon Driver
14:25	Emily Wisnioski
14:50	Luisa Buzzo	A census of compact stellar systems with WST
15:30	Richard McDermid
15:55	Rebecca McElroy
16:20	Themiya Nanayakkara	Resolved Spectroscopy in the Intermediate redshift Universe with the WST
16:35	Matthew Colless	WST in the Australian landscape

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Day 2 (Wednesday, Dec 6)

Time (AEDT)	Speaker	Talk Title
10:30		DISCUSSION (MOS Synergy)
11:00	Devika Kamaath
11:25	Dan Zucker
11:50	Ben Montet	Opportunities for Exoplanet Science in the WST Era
13:00	Cullan Howlett
13:25	Chris Lidman
14:00	Paul Lasky
14:25	Nick Tothill
15:30	Jeff Cooke
15:55	Nick Seymour	SKA
16:20	Khee-Gan Lee	Measuring the Cosmic Baryon Budget with FRBs + Massive Spectroscopic Surveys

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Day 3 (Thursday, Dec 7)

Time (AEDT)	Speaker	Talk Title
10:45	Edward Taylor	Low-redshift science opportunities with WST
11:00	Jean-Gabriel Cuby
11:30		DISCUSSION

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WST Technical meeting (Canberra)

Day 1 (Friday, Dec 15)

Time (AEDT)	Speaker	Talk Title
10:00	Tony Travouillon	Summary
10:30		Discussion
11:00	Gaston Gausach
11:30		Discussion
13:00	Julia Bryant
13:30		Discussion
14:00	Jon Lawrence
14:30		Discussion
15:00		Horizon proposal and funding discussion

Musawer Bajwa, Ángel López-Sánchez, Ben Montet, Mark Casali, Luca Casagrande, Matthew Colless, Oguzhan Cakir, Sarah Brough, Sarah Martell, Khee-Gan Lee, Stuart Ryder, Brent Groves, Themiya Nanayakkara, Francois Rigaut, Giulia Santucci, Alan Chan, Julia Bryant, Tania Ahmed, Mina Pak, Edward Taylor, Mark Casali, Jon Lawrence, Sabine Bellstedt, Jahang Prathap P K, Fotini Kouloukis, Tamal Mukherjee, Tayyaba Zafar, Aashique Unnikrishnan, Pradosh Barun Das, Devika Kamath, Richard McDermid, Dennis Stello, Luke Davies, Daniel Zucker, Matt Owers, Vanshika Kansal, Kateryna Andrych, Maksym Mohorian, Meghna Menon, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Cullan Howlett, Paul Lasky, Nick Tothill, Emily Wisnioski, Aaron Robotham, Rob Sharp, Stefania Barsanti, Jesse van de Sande, Ken Freeman, Luisa Buzzo, Simon Ellis, Pratyush Kumar Das