15th EAST ASIAN VLBI WORKSHOP

Since the first meeting in Shanghai in 2008, the East Asian VLBI Workshop (EAVW) has been held nearly every year, primarily alternating between China, Japan, and South Korea, playing an important role in promoting academic exchanges and cooperation among VLBI peers. Thanks to the promotion of the EAVW series, China, Japan and South Korea signed a cooperation agreement in 2018 and formally established the East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) composed of VLBI stations in the three countries, providing important observational facilities for carrying out VLBI research in East Asia. EAVW participation has grown, expanding beyond East Asia to include Southeast Asian nations like Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, who are on the way to build or plan VLBI facilities.

Participants of EAVW 2024 are welcome to join the 3rd MVLBI Workshop 2024!

After the successful first and second Malaysian VLBI Workshop held in Kuala Lumpur in 2019 and 2022, a third meeting on the advances the VLBI situation in the country after three years which will be held in 2024. Malaysia has moved forward in the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) and Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) for the acquisition and operation of a VGOS radio telescope which will be expected to start its construction in Jelebu in the near future.