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Monday, January 27, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Welcome desk with coffee - We will welcome you in the entrance hall of building 18, in front of the amphitheater, with you badge and a cup of coffee. | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Welcome - Chairs, Observatory Director | |
| 14:15 - 15:45 | Setting the Stage - Claudia Paladini | (+) |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | › Expanding Horizons: crowdsourcing to shape the next ESO programme - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory | |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | › An overview of the future space missions context - Coustenis Athena, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | › Future landscapes - Michele Cirasuolo, European Southern Observatory | |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | Setting the Stage and Galactic Astronomy - Steve Ertel | (+) |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | › The CHARA Array in 2040 - Nic Scott, The CHARA Array | |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | › Dark matter determinations in Local Group dwarf galaxies - Giuseppina Battaglia, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | › Using long baseline interferometry to study the dark matter distribution in Milky Way analog galaxies - Natanael De Isídio, European Southern Observatory, National Radio Astronomy Observatory [Socorro], Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro] | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | › Realising the scientific potential of VLTI in the coming decade: a call for an ambitious data analysis open ecosystem - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | › Servo controlled hectometric outdoor fiber links between telescopes: principle and on-sky experimental demonstration at 810nm - Ludovic Grossard, Photonique Fibre et Sources Cohérentes |
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Galactic Astronomy - Fritz Merkle | (+) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | › Towards a kilometers baseline, large telescope interferometer - Frank Eisenhauer, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | › Interferometry of Massive Black Holes: Status & Future Developments? - Reinhard Genzel, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | › Detecting non-Kerr signature in Sgr A* flares with current and future instruments - Nicolas Aimar, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics, CENTRA, Departamento de F´ısica, Instituto Superior T´ecnico-IST | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | › The effects of the spin and quadrupole moment of SgrA* on the orbits of S stars - Karim Abd El Dayem, Observatoire de Paris | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Galactic and Extra-Galactic Astronomy - Guy Perrin | (+) |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | › Black Hole Horizon & Physics - Antonia Drescher, Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics | |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | › Active Galactic Nuclei Science in 2040s - Jacob Isbell, Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 993 N. Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85721 | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › The First Black Holes with Kilometer Baseline Interferometry - Taro Shimizu, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) | |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Extra-Galactic Astronomy - Antonia Drescher | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Fibers for long baseline interferometry: from Meudon to the Galactic Center - Guy Perrin, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique - Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique - Stephen Ridgway, National Optical Astronomy Observatory | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | › Uncovering Accretion Disks with the VLTI - Farin Drewes, University of Southampton | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | › SMBH accretion physics with bluer optical interferometry - Matthew Temple, Durham University | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › Broad line regions, accretion disks, and binary super massive black holes - James Leftley, University of Southampton | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Pushing the boundaries of mid-infrared interferometry to reveal the cores of AGNs - Violeta Gámez Rosas, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 17, B5c, B-4000 Liège, Belgium | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | › Solving the Hubble tension with the VLTI - Romain Petrov, Laboratoire Lagrange | |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Time Domain Astronomy - Taro Shimizu | (+) |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | › Time Domain science cases of future interest - Gerry Gilmore, IoA Cambridge, IA-FORTH | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | › Follow up of microlensing events with interferometry: future prospects - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Discussion about Community | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | VLTI Ceremony | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Cocktail (Cafeteria, building 18) |
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Stellar Astrophysics - Akke Corporaal | (+) |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | › Calibrating asteroseismology by interferometric observation on Gaia binaries: from today to post-PLATO era in 2040s - Yi Lu, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory | |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | › Resolving stellar surfaces with the next generation facilities - Heidi Korhonen, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | › Stellar astrophysics and optical interferometry in the 2040s - Pierre Kervella, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | › Cool evolved stars at high angular resolution beyond 2040 - Miguel Montargès, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA) | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Stellar Astrophysics - Heidi Korhonen | (+) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Massive binaries - Jing-Ze Ma, Max Planck Institute for astrophysics | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › On the inner regions of circumstellar discs - Akke Corporaal, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Unveiling the Early Stages of Massive Stars: high-angular and high-spectral resolution opportunities at MIR Wavelengths - Emma Bordier, I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) | |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Planets and YSO - Jan Noordham | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Young Stellar Objects - Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) - Science drivers and technology for a mid-infrared space-based nulling interferometer - Sascha Quanz, ETH Zurich | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › Planet formation with long-baseline interferometry: from GRAVITY to the future - Jens Kammerer, European Southern Observatory | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Exoplanets characterization with optical long-baseline interferometry in the future - Jules Scigliuto, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie - Florentin Millour, Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR7293, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | › Habitable Worlds with kilometer baseline interferometry - Guillaume Bourdarot, Max Planck Institut for Extraterrestrial Physics | |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Planets and YSO - Emma Bordier | (+) |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | › The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) Concept - John Monnier, University of Michigan | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | › Classical interferometry from space: accessing new parameter spaces - Jonah Hansen, Exoplanets and Habitability group, ETH Zürich | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Discussion about Future Facility |
Thursday, January 30, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Planets and YSO - Olivier Absil | (+) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | › Planetary architectures in 2040s - Alessandro Sozzetti, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › The role of the next generation of infrared interferometers in the study of young stellar objects in the mid-infrared - Paul Boley, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › The mid-infrared spectrum of Beta Pictoris b: first VLTI/MATISSE observations of an exoplanet - Mathis Houllé, Laboratoire Lagrange, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | › Hunting exomoons with VLTI/GRAVITY+ and future facilities - Thomas Winterhalder - European Southern Observatory | |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Planets - Guillaume Bourdarot | (+) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Solar System Astronomy in 2040 - Oriel Humes, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig] | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › Investigating a key parameter for the emergence of life: the carbon deficit observed on Earth. - Valentin Fleury, PhD Program | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Pushing the current VLTI to its limits - Sylvestre Lacour, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Planets - Oriel Humes | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Synergies with JWST, ELT, GRAVITY and Optical Long Baseline Interferometry - Sasha Hinkley, University of Exeter | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Discussion about next steps | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Closing remarks - SOC Chairs | |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Visit of the great refractor dome - Visit of the dome on the castle and its great refractor commissioned in 1896, in small groups (about 15min per group). |
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