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Announcement of IAUS 369 of IAU GA 2022</span></div>
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Colleagues,</span></div>
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are happy to announce that FRB 2022 titled, “The Dawn of Cosmology & Multi-messenger Studies with Fast Radio Bursts”, will be held as a symposium (IAUS 369) from
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August 2022 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">at the IAU
General Assembly in Busan, South Korea. The field has now reached a stage where progress requires, and will benefit from, collaborations and exchange of knowledge and ideas w</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">ith
researchers from across the electromagnetic spectrum and potentially gravitational waves as well. The symposium will include invited and contributed talks as well as significant time for discussion. </span></div>
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submission is now open.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Presently,
the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> IAU General Assembly</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
2022 is planned to be in a "hybrid" format with speakers encouraged to present their talks "in-person". A few virtual oral contributions will be accommodated in each session. All talks will be recorded and viewable online after sessions for those who have
registered for the conference. </span></div>
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information on the symposium can be found here - </span><a href="https://pulsarastronomy.net/IAUS369/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://pulsarastronomy.net/IAUS369/</span></a></div>
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general information regarding abstract submission, travel grants and accommodation can be found at the IAU GA 2022 website -
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. We strongly recommend early registration to avail of the grants. </span></div>
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format of the symposium will be </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">further
updated if necessary, depending on the pandemic situation. </span></div>
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forward to seeing you in-person at FRB 2022!</span></div>
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Ben Stappers<br class="">
Head of Pulsar and Time Domain Astronomy Group<br class="">
MeerTRAP Project Lead<br class="">
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics<br class="">
Department of Physics and Astronomy<br class="">
The University of Manchester<br class="">
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