Name: SCAR AAA 2025
Start: 2025-09-15T08:30:00+07:00
End: 2025-09-19T17:30:00+07:00
Location: No location set

SCAR AAA 2025

from Monday 15 September 2025 (08:30) to Friday 19 September 2025 (17:30)

Monday 15 September 2025

15:00 Check-In Begins at Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Hotel
Check-In Begins at Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Hotel
15:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 16 September 2025

08:30 Registration
Registration
08:30 - 09:00

09:00 Welcome Remarks and Report on the Organization of the 8th SCAR AAA Workshop
Welcome Remarks and Report on the Organization of the 8th SCAR AAA Workshop
09:00 - 09:10

09:10 Remarks by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duangmanee Wongratanaphisan, Director of Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics
Remarks by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duangmanee Wongratanaphisan, Director of Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics
09:10 - 09:20

09:20 Remarks by Dr.Jitti Mungkalasiri, Deputy Director of Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation (PMU-B)
Remarks by Dr.Jitti Mungkalasiri, Deputy Director of Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation (PMU-B)
09:20 - 09:30

09:30 Welcome Address: Assoc. Prof. Dr.Piyapong Niamsup, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Chiang Mai University
Welcome Address: Assoc. Prof. Dr.Piyapong Niamsup, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Chiang Mai University
09:30 - 09:35

09:35 Opening Address: Prof. Dr. Adriana Gulisano, Chair of the Expert Group on Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica, SCAR
Opening Address: Prof. Dr. Adriana Gulisano, Chair of the Expert Group on Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica, SCAR
09:35 - 09:45

09:45 Scientific Research in Polar Regions under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn: Prof. Dr. Pairash Thajchayapong and and Prof. Dr. Suchana Chavanich
Scientific Research in Polar Regions under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn: Prof. Dr. Pairash Thajchayapong and and Prof. Dr. Suchana Chavanich
09:45 - 10:20

10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 Chiang Mai University’s Role in Advancing Polar Science - Waraporn Nuntiyakul (Chiang Mai University)

11:00 Work and Recent Developments of AASWO (Argentinean Antarctic Space Weather Observatory) - Adriana Maria Gulisano (Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA) /Dirección Nacional del Antártico (DNA) , CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Física, Laboratorio Argentino de Meteorología del esPacio (LAMP))

11:20 Activities on Antarctic Astronomy in Japan - Nario Kuno (University of Tsukuba)

11:40 NIAOT update on Antarctic telescope projects - Xiaoyan Li
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:20
13:20
13:20 - 13:40
Contributions

13:20 Introduction of the Latest 41th CHINARE Astronomical Tasks - CHAO CHEN (Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology ,National Astronomical Observatories ,CAS)
13:40
13:40 - 14:40
Contributions

13:40 Exploring High-Energy Neutrino Universe from the South Pole with IceCube - Shigeru Yoshida (Chiba University)

14:00 Advancing Neutrino Astrophysics with the IceCube Upgrade - Aya Ishihara (Chiba University)

14:20 Developing the next generation of IceCube: IceCube-Gen2 - Vivian O'Dell (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
14:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:40 - 15:00

15:00

15:00 - 16:30

18:00 Welcome Dinner
Welcome Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday 17 September 2025
09:00
09:00 - 09:20
Contributions

09:00 Neutron Monitor Response Functions from the 2023–24 Latitude Survey aboard the Araon Icebreaker - Achara Seripienlert
09:20
09:20 - 10:20
Contributions

09:20 Measure the vertical turbulence profile at Dome A with KLTP - Zhaohui Shang (National Astronomical Observatories, CAS)

09:40 Astrometry and Photometry for Images of All-sky Cameras with KLCAM - Xu Yang (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

10:00 The 1.4 μm water-vapor-absorption band imaging from Dome A - Bin Ma (Sun Yat-sen University)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 11:20
Contributions

10:40 Cryoscope Pathfinder: cold telescope for the cold continent - Samaporn Tinyanont (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand)

11:00 Cryoscope: the Antarctic infrared surveyor. - Tony Travouillon
11:20
11:20 - 12:00
Contributions

11:20 First Onsite Activities at Dome Fuji II for 30-cm Sub-millimeter Telescope Installation - Shunsuke Honda (University of Tsukuba)

11:40 Probing the Origins of the Universe from the South Pole: An Overview of the BICEP Experiment - Howard Hui (Caltech)
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:20
13:20
13:20 - 15:00
Contributions

13:20 COSMO: Beyond the black-body Cosmic Microwave Background, towards the detection of spectral distortions - Alessandro Capponi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Sapienza University of Rome, INFN - Sez. Roma)

13:40 (Talk Canceled) Kinematics of Coronal Mass Ejections: Leveraging Antarctic Observational Platforms for Enhanced Space Weather Monitoring. - NEELISHA JAKATE (Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded)

14:00 Optimization Design of the telescope tower structure for weak snow foundation in Dome A, Antarctica - haikun Wen (Niaot)

14:20 Investigating Ice Drilling Performance in the Firn Layer at the South Pole - Chana Sinsabvarodom (Chiang Mai University)

14:40 The Antarctic Geospace and ATmosphere reseArch (AGATA SCAR Scientific Research Programme) and their links with the Astronomy community - Adriana Maria Gulisano (IAA/DNA, IAFE(CONICET-UBA), UBA FCEyN DF)
15:00 Coffee Break + U-Shape Table Setup
Coffee Break + U-Shape Table Setup
15:00 - 15:35

15:35

15:35 - 17:00
Thursday 18 September 2025

09:00

09:00 - 11:30

11:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:30 - 12:30

12:30

12:30 - 16:30
Friday 19 September 2025

08:30 Excursion
Excursion
08:30 - 12:30