Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the Localization of Fast Radio Bursts in Taiwan 2024 conference, which will be held from June 24 to 27, 2024 at National Ilan University, Taiwan. Registration and abstract submission are now open.

The conference aims to cover a wide range of topics related to fast radio bursts (FRBs) and radio transients. In particular, we will host a special session for our global outrigger collaborations with the Bustling Universe Radio Survey Telescope in Taiwan (BURSTT), a groundbreaking array dedicated to detecting nearby FRBs.

Both in-person and online participation are welcome. Please note that presentations are limited to in-person attendees, but all sessions will be available for remote discussions in real time. To facilitate discussion among all participants, we will provide a video conferencing platform and a Slack channel.

Registration for abstract submission is open until May 1st and is available here.

Please note that the registration for the excursion is due on April 18.

Below you can find some details of the conference. For further details, please refer to our website.

1. Program: The conference will commence on June 24 (Monday) morning and end around 5 pm on June 27 (Thursday), based on Taiwan time.

2. Venue: National Ilan University, approximately 1.5 to 2 hours away from Taipei Main Station. Please note an additional 1 to 1.5 hours is needed from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei Main Station.

3. Excursion: On the morning of June 25, we plan an excursion to BURSTT’s main station, located in the Fushan Botanical Garden. Registration for the excursion should be done separately.

4. Conference dinner is planned for the evening of the third day, June 26.

5. Accommodations: We request in-person participants to arrange their own accommodations. Please check our conference webpage for our recommendations.

6. Lunch: Lunch boxes will be provided for on-site participants throughout the conference.

Important dates:

- Registration deadline for the excursion: April 18, 2024  (link)

- Abstract submission deadline: May 1, 2024  (link)

- Program announcement: late May - early June, 2024

- On-site registration deadline: early June, 2024

  Online participation will remain available until the last moment.

Confirmed invited speakers (as of March 15):

Di Li (NAOC)

Kai-Yang Lin (ASIAA)

Nobuyuki Sakai (NARIT)

Souichiro Morisaki (University of Tokyo)

Teruaki Enoto (Kyoto University)

Tomonori Totani (University of Tokyo)

Ting-Wen Lan (NTU)

Yuanpei Yang (Yunnan University)

Zamri Zainal Abidin (University Malaya)

Please forward this to anyone who may be interested in attending. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at frb_taiwan_2024_soc@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Taiwan!

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Ue-Li Pen (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics; ASIAA)

Pisin Chen (National Taiwan University/LeCosPA)

Ming-Tang Chen (ASIAA)

Tomo Goto (National Tsing Hua University; NTHU)

Jiwoo Nam (NTU/LeCosPA)

Chin-Ping Hu (National Changhua University of Education; NCUE)

Tetsuya Hashimoto (National Chung Hsing University; NCHU, SOC chair)

Shotaro Yamasaki (NCHU)

Sujin Eie (ASIAA)

Local Organizing Committee:

Ying-Ren Chien (National Ilan University, LOC chair)

Kai-Yang Lin (ASIAA)

Yao-Huan Tseng (ASIAA)

Chao-Te Li (ASIAA)

Somnath Dutta (ASIAA)

Sun-Kun King (ASIAA)