Online, 4-8/10/2021.

INAF supported the “Third National Workshop on the SKA Project - The Italian Route to the SKAO Revolution" and represented NEANIAS Space team.

INAF has been involved in the project working towards the establishment of a dedicated data analysis facility which will join the so-called SKA Regional Centres (SRC): a distributed network of data centres housing high-end computing facilities for data processing and long-term archiving. SRCs are also expected to provide proposal preparation and data handling support to SKA users.

The main goals of this Third National Conference were:

• to review the ongoing scientific activities in Italy in preparation for the future SKA surveys. Particular emphasis will be given to results from precursors and pathfinders, SKA-related theoretical/simulations studies, as well as ideas for synergistic use of other facilities.
• to present and coordinate ongoing activities towards the development of an Italian SKA Regional Center, as part of the INAF Computing Facility. Data analysis expertise is essential for strong and competitive KSP teams under Italian leadership.
• to discuss a national scientific roadmap towards full exploitation of SKA surveys with the broader astrophysical community, and start to organize the future SKA KSP teams.

In addition, on October 8,2021, Simone Riggi, from INAF, presented "Visualization and source analysis services for the SKA Regional Centres" also developed within the NEANIAS SPACE activities and onboarded to EOSC. Read more at Visualization and source analysis services for the SKA Regional Centers.

All the details at 3rd National Workshop on the SKA Project - The Italian Route to the SKAO Revolution.