Business View Oceania l February/March 2023

6 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 “The wider Canterbury region is home to New Zealand's premier astronomical research centre, The University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory set within Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve. This is a chance for them to see systems that can only be viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Just three hours' drive, Christchurch is an ideal knowledge hub for this conference,” Crum shares. AAS event manager, Lisa Arnold, says delegates will be coming from the United States and Canada, South America, and Europe. “Christchurch is not just another big city that could be anywhere in the world, but a destination with a real point of difference for delegates. It will be a lifetime experience for them to meet with local academics and they will have incredible opportunities for pre and post touring and field trips,” Arnold says. The 2024 Christchurch conference marks the fifth in a series of Extreme Solar Systems symposiums that began in 2007. Past events have been staged in Santorini, Wyoming, Hawaii, and Iceland. For more information, visit: https://aas.org/ meetings/aastcs10/extreme_solar_systems