Opportunities for Industry

A general overview of the SKA from an international engineering perspective is available, as are descriptions of the various demonstrators.

Organisations (including commercial industry) interested in the SKA should initially contact the industry contact person for their region, or Phil Crosby (p.crosby@skatelescope.org).

Industry contact points – current and potential Member countries

• AUSTRALIA – David Luchetti, Australian SKA Office luchetti@industry.gov.au
• CANADA – Susan Engel, National Research Council engel@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• CHINA – Bo Peng, NAOC pb@nao.cas.cn
• FRANCE – Denis Mourard, CNRS dir.fr mourard@cnrs-dir.fr
• GERMANY – Michael Kramer, MPIfR (mkramer@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)
• INDIA – Yashwant Gupta, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in
• ITALY – Dr. Corrado Perna, INAF (perna@inaf.it)
• JAPAN – Noriyuki Kawaguchi, NAOJ (nori@nao.ac.jp)
• NETHERLANDS – Michiel Van Haarlem, ASTRON (haarlem@astron.nl)
• NEW ZEALAND – John Bancroft, Auckland University of Technology bancroft@aut.ac.nz
• SOUTH AFRICA – Carla Sharpe, SKA South Africa carla@ska.ac.za
• SPAIN – Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (lourdes@iaa.es)
• SWEDEN – John Conway, Chalmers University of Technology conway@chalmers.se
• PORTUGAL – Domingos Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações (dbarbosa@av.it.pt)
• UK – Julie Bellingham, STFC bellingham@stfc.ac.uk

There is a high, and increasing, level of engagement between the SKA Organisation, SKA Consortia, and industrial organisations. Early collaboration with particular groups therefore affords excellent international visibility. The Industry Engagement Strategy (see industry homepage) describes the overall goals, expectations, and principles for industry participation, plus the associated technical domains, linkage points, and procurement processes.