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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Dear colleague,<br>
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We invite you to participate in and contribute to the <a href="https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/374/page/5" title="https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/374/page/5"><span style="color:#0563C1">Focus Meeting 5 at the IAU General Assembly
in Cape Town</span></a> in August 2024, with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the title "The future of radio astronomy in an increasingly crowded spectrum". The Focus meeting is taking place on 7-8 August 2024.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Abstracts
for contributions can be submitted through the <a href="https://astronomy2024.org/abstracts-grants/" title="https://astronomy2024.org/abstracts-grants/"><span style="color:#0563C1">abstract submission system of the IAU General Assembly</span></a> with a deadline
of 1<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>March 2024.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Radio astronomy becomes existentially threatened by anthropogenic radio emissions. An example is the effort to provide global access<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
broadband internet with small and large satellite constellations, which might affect radio telescopes in the remotest areas,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>including even the Shielded Zone of the Moon. The radio astronomy community therefore has
to make a continuous effort to protect<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>radio astronomy and find ways to coexist with active users of the radio spectrum. To do so, it is important to engage with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>regulators,
industry, and the public, but also to sustain the ninternal communication and discussion with the specialists in their<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>scientific disciplines within radio astronomy, to be aware of the state of the arts and the future
of research in radio astronomy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This enables us to highlight the contributions of radio astronomy to science and society, and to identify those parts of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>spectrum, which
are especially relevant. This Focus meeting is meant to bring together specialists in radio astronomy research, and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">spectrum managers whose chosen task is to protect present and future radio astronomy.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Both a census of current research in radio astronomy as well as a discussion of the means of its protection is the topic of Focus<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Meeting
FM 5 at IAUGA 2024. You can find further information <a href="https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/374/page/5" title="https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/374/page/5"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a>. Do not hesitate to contact
us if you have any questions.<br>
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on behalf of the SOC and the editorial board,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Michael Lindqvist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier;color:black">(Apologies for any cross postings)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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