12th Australian Space Science Conference to be held in September

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The 12th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC), will be held from the 24-27th of September at RMIT University in Melbourne. The conference is the premier meeting of Space Scientists throughout Australia, and attracts scientists, engineers, academia, industry and government. This will be the sixth ASSC jointly sponsored and organised by the National Committee for Space Science (NCSS) and the National Space Society of Australia (NSSA). This year's conference will cover:

• Space science
• Space engineering 
• Space industry 
• Space archeology 
• Government, international relations and law 
• Education and outreach

There will be a special session on successful, submitted, and future applications for Australian Space Research Program funding.There will also be a special session on implementation plans for the 2010 – 2019 Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science and connections to the new 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure.

If you are interested in Space Science in Australia, I can highly recommend attending. Further information about the conference can be found here.

(Space Boomerang Note: This article has been adapted from the NSSA conference notice here)