It is expected that an announcement regarding the preferred site for hosting the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) may be made on Friday, 25 May 2012, by the Office of the SKA Organisation, following an SKA Members' General Meeting, to be held at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.
In anticipation of this announcement, the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the South African SKA Project Office have scheduled a media briefing as follows:
Date: Friday, 25 May 2012,
Time: 15h00 for 15h30
Venue 1: GCIS Media Centre, 365 Midtown Building, Cnr Vermeulen and Prinsloo, Pretoria
Contact person: Lunga Ngqengelele
Cell: 082 566 0446
Venue 2: GCIS Imbizo Centre, Ground Floor, 120 Plein Street, Parliamentary Complex
Contact person: Liezel Cerf
Cell: 076 778 2380
To register, kindly send your name, media outlet and mobile number via email Lunga Ngqengelele and Marina Joubert.
Name:
Email address:
Mobile number:
Venue (please indicate Pretoria or Cape Town):
Please note: Should the international SKA office inform us that they will NOT be making an announcement on 25 May 2012, we will do our best to send a text message to your mobile phone by 14h00 that day.
Space is limited. Please bring along either your I.D, drivers license or passport.
Enquiries:
Lunga Ngqengelele
Cell: 082 566 0446
E-mail: lunga.ngqengelele@dst.gov.za
Marina Joubert
Cell: 083 409 4254
E-mail: marina@southernscience.co.za
Invitation to a press briefing by the government of South Africa and the South African SKA project
