In February 2013, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (“CAS)” and the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (“Industry”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on areas of common interest within astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. The first meeting of the joint CAS/Industry working group took place in Nanjing, China, on 11th November 2013. At this meeting, it was resolved to establish a joint China-Australia research centre in astronomy, the Australian-ChinA Consortium for Astrophysical Research (ACAMAR). The centre was envisaged as a “virtual” centre, to serve as an umbrella and coordination point for bilateral astronomical collaborations. ACAMAR was officially launched in Beijing on Saturday 12th September 2015. An inaugural Australia-China workshop on Astrophysics was organized by ACAMAR and held in Perth between 5 and 7 April 2016. The workshop discussed astronomical research programs in both Australia and China and also addressed the challenges both communities would face in dealing with the “big data” problem surrounding the SKA and future facilities. Both the Chinese and Australian communities expressed a strong desire to collaborate in developing data intensive astronomy capabilities and facilities in the Asia-Pacific region. This Australia-China discussion was further progressed at the 2016 SKA Workshop on … Continue reading ERIDANUS Overview and Invitation for Participation