On Jan. 10th,11th, 2013, a symposium of the first generation large scale CCD array Camera for the Dark Universe Survey Telescope of Antarctic Astronomical Observatory was successfully held in Cooks Branch Conservancy, north of Houston, USA. The symposium was hosted by Antarctic astronomical center and Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology.

　  The attendees were the experts from California Institute of Technology, University of Hawaii, Texas A&M University, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA), University of New South Wales (Australia), Swinburne University (Australia), and some representatives from CCD camera companies .

　  The chairmen of the symposium were Prof. Wang Lifang -- the director of the Antarctic Astronomy Center and Prof. Zhu Yongtian – the director of the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology.

　  There were three topics of the symposium, including the particular characters of the observatory site on Antarctic Dome A and the unique opportunity for the science, the concept design of the Antarctic Optical/Infrared Telescope, and the progress of large scale CCD camera on PAN-STARRS, PTF, ZTF, AST3, et al. The experts expressed a strong interest in cooperation on KDUST Project, and provided valuable advices on the science goal of the KDUST and its first generation CCD camera.

 　 The symposium presented the KDUST project progresses to our international colleagues, and also established a foundation for the international cooperation on the first generation CCD array camera. The possibility of building an Infrared CCD camera for the KDUST through an international cooperation was also discussed.

　  Since 2007, Chinese astronomies began to observe on the Dome A, Antarctic. The observation results show that it is a best site for setting an observatory on the ground.

　  The Antarctic Observatory, a proposed major national science and technology infrastructures, includes a 2.5m Optical/Infrared Telescope and a 5m Terahertz Telescope. Its research work would make contribution to understand and solve the most important and urgent scientific problems in 21st century, such as Dark Matter, Dark Energy, High- redshift Universe，Star and Galaxy formation and evolution, Origination of life and so on.