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When
29 Sep - 01 Oct 2025
Where
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
About RTSRE
A conference to provide a global picture of the role scientific research, technical engineering and astronomy education play in student research and education.
The RTSRE conference series focuses on building a sustainable community around the educational, technical and student research uses of robotic telescopes, from small through to large aperture and from radio through to gamma-ray and involving both observed and archival data. It aims to be a meeting place for astronomers, teachers, educators, outreach practitioners, researchers, and observatory and telescope network developers and managers, in a continuing effort to share and combine resources, develop and enhance education and research programs, and foster global conversations and collaborations. It facilitates the storage of knowledge in the field through its journal, RTSRE Proceedings and an astronomical journal, Astronomy, Theory, Observations and Methods.
About RTSRE 2025
An island of telescopes and lights
It has been a while since our last meeting just at the end of the pandemic in Santa Barbara in mid-2022.
2024 was already fairly action packed on the robotic telescope education front with an unprecedented education Focus Meeting 10 at the IAU GA in South Africa in August and an earlier meeting surrounding astro101 topics in June. Both conferences will have very interesting proceedings stemming from them!
In 2025, we would like to welcome you to the island of Tasmania off the South-Eastern coast of Australia. The location will be in the centre of the island’s capital and second oldest city in Australia, Hobart, overlooked by kunanyi (Mt. Wellington) on the banks of the River Derwent. Renowned for its fresh air, pristine wilderness areas and culinary delights, Tasmania is also one of the key birthplaces of radio astronomy. In the current era, the University of Tasmania is also bringing robotic radio telescopes online to support education uses through the Skynet telescope network – opening up a new wavelength domain in Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education.
We will kick off the event with our traditional welcome social evening on Sunday the 28th of September and the full conference will run from Monday the 29th to Wednesday the 1st of October, also with social events organised in the evenings. We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact us for more information and to sign up for the mailing list.
RTSRE 2025
From the land down under
Get ready for Spring in Hobart
EVENT WILL START IN
REGISTRATION COSTS
Full (After 30th June 2025)
AUD$ 350
Early Bird
AUD$ 250
Practising Teacher
AUD$ 150
Low-income Countries
AUD$ 80
EXTRAS: Conference Dinner
AUD$ 125
EXTRAS: Conference Reception
AUD$ 30
Our speakers
A collection of individuals who inspire
Patrick Yates-JonesUniversity of Tasmania
Dan ReichartUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Gerri BernardBrisbane Girls Grammar School
Andrea MisnerMaples Collegiate
Tristan WoodEltham College
Jett PetersStanford Online High School
RTSRE 2025 Schedule
A vast array of excitement
Keynote – Patrick Yates-Jones and Dan Reichart – Robotic Telescopes for Education
9:30-10:30
The first Key Presentation at the conference to be a tag team between Dan Reichart (Skynet/UNC) and Patrick Yates-Jones (University of Tasmania). Click the person name for more information.information.
Ryan Wierckx
11:00-11:15
Remote Telescopes from Manitoba to the High Arctic - Enabling a Deep Continuous Observation Platform for Student Driven Discovery
Jim Buchholz – Workshop
13:45-15:15
Making the Invisible Universe Visible: A Hands-On Workshop in Radio Astronomy and Data Interpretation. Click the person name for more information.
Ian Tasker
15:45 - 16:00
Sizing a Planetarium and Robotic Observatory for Education and Research (ROER) using high-confidence audience numbers
Andrew Yen
16:00 - 16:15
Scaling up - How many telescopes does the world need and how can this be achieved?
Tiffany Wolbrecht
16:30 - 16:45
Framing Impact: A Systematic Review to Inform Research on Robotic Telescopes and Middle School STEM Learning
Welcome to Tuesday
8:50-9:05
Keynote – Jett Peters and Tristan Wood
9:05-10:00
This time we have a pair of accomplished young astronomers involved with research with robotic telescopes, Tristan Wood and Jett Peters! Click the person name for more information.
Urban Eriksson
10:15-10:30
University students learning astronomy through observations at professional telescopes: a social semiotic case study
Variable Star and Exoplanet Workshop
11:00-12:30
Explore ways to incorporate exoplanets and variable stars into your classroom. Click the person name for more information.
Priya Hasan – Workshop
14:00-14:30
Use of Robotic Telescopes for Undergraduate and Post Graduate Students in Universities. Click the person name for more information.
David Moffett – Workshop
15:45-17:15
Using Single-Dish Radio Spectroscopy to Observe the Dynamics of Galaxies. Click the person name for more information.
Welcome to day 3
08:50-09:05
(Teachers in Conversation) – Andrea Misner and Gerri Bernard
09:05-10:05
Together Gerri and Andrea will engage us and each other in a lively discussion on how to integrate robotic telescopes into the school curriculum. Click the person name for more information.
Colour Imaging Workshop
10:30-11:15
We provide a few simple approaches to colour imaging that can get you started on this journey. Click the person name for more information.
Olayinka Fagbemiro
13:30-13:45
Empowering Students through Robotic Telescopes: A Nigerian Perspective on Democratizing Astronomy Research
Tiffany Wolbrecht
13:45-14:00
Research Outcomes from Implementing a Remote Telescope-Based Curriculum in Undergraduate Astronomy
Danielle Pahud – Discussion Session
14:00-14:45
Wonder Under a Dark Sky and Through a Telescope. Click the person name for more information.
Jonathan Keohane – Workshop
15:15-16:45
Observing Pulsar Polarization with Robotic Radio Telescopes. Click the person name for more information.