Community Session

JWST image of the Tarantula Nebula

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

JWST image of L1527 protostar and outflow

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI)

Black hole distortion of light

Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC

JWST Deep field image

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

JWST image of NGC628 spiral galaxy

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc of HL Tauri

Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

NAM Community Session

Whether you're an early career researcher or more established in your work, the community session is a chance to hear from and put your questions to the people shaping our science in the years ahead.

There will also be a chance to hear about the new strategy for the Royal Astronomical Society and our ongoing mission to support astronomy and geophysics, and astronomers and geophysicists, in what remains an uncertain global landscape.

In the session, chaired by Professor Mike Edmunds (RAS President), we'll hear from senior thought leaders including:

- Professor Grahame Blair, Executive Director, Programmes, Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Dr Colin Vincent, ASTRONET Board Chair on the Science Vision & Infrastructure Roadmap for European Astronomy
- Julie Black, Director of Missions & Capabilities for Discovery & Sustainability, UK Space Agency

This session will be held on Wednesday 5 July at 14:00 in the Sir Stanley Thomas Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Student Life at Cardiff University, and livestreamed on our online conference platform. Questions will be taken live from members of the Theatre audience, or from any attendee via the Q&A functionality in the online conference platform.

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All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.