Summer School on ``Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy'',
Greenbank, West Virginia, USA, 9-14th June 2002

Summary Report

The first ever Summer School on ``Spectrum Management and Radio Astronomy'' was held on June 9-14th at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, home of the Robert C. Byrd Greenbank Telescope. The school was, by any criterion, a great success. Approximately 35 formal lectures were presented during the week, in addition to some hardware demonstrations by Green Bank staff. There were 45 participants from 12 countries; 23 from the USA and 22 from elsewhere. Seven of the participants were female, 38 male - a much higher female representation than is generally found in Astronomy, Engineering or in Spectrum Management. The Summer School was made possible by grants from the NSF, from URSI, and via IUCAF from ICSU (the International Council for Science.) Details of the Summer School, including most of the Power Point presentations, are available on the IUCAF website at http://www.iucaf.org/sschool . The lectures will be compiled into a book, to be printed by NRAO. The intention is to repeat the Summer School on a 3-year cycle.


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