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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 (15min)
Welcome
Chairs, Observatory Director
14:15 - 15:45 (1h30)
Setting the Stage
Claudia Paladini
› Expanding Horizons: crowdsourcing to shape the next ESO programme
- Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory
14:15-14:45 (30min)
› An overview of the future space missions context
- Coustenis Athena, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
14:45-15:15 (30min)
› Future landscapes
- Michele Cirasuolo, European Southern Observatory
15:15-15:45 (30min)
15:45 - 16:15 (30min)
Coffee break
16:15 - 18:00 (1h45)
Setting the Stage and Galactic Astronomy
Steve Ertel
› The CHARA Array in 2040
- Nic Scott, The CHARA Array
16:15-16:45 (30min)
› Dark matter determinations in Local Group dwarf galaxies
- Giuseppina Battaglia, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
16:45-17:15 (30min)
› 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]
17:15-17:30 (15min)
› Realising the scientific potential of VLTI in the coming decade: a call for an ambitious data analysis open ecosystem
- Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory
17:30-17:45 (15min)
› Servo controlled hectometric outdoor fiber links between telescopes: principle and on-sky experimental demonstration at 810nm
- Ludovic Grossard, Photonique Fibre et Sources Cohérentes
17:45-18:00 (15min)
9:30 - 11:00 (1h30)
Galactic Astronomy
Fritz Merkle
› Towards a kilometers baseline, large telescope interferometer
- Frank Eisenhauer, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
09:30-10:00 (30min)
› Interferometry of Massive Black Holes: Status & Future Developments?
- Reinhard Genzel, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
10:00-10:30 (30min)
› 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
10:30-10:45 (15min)
› The effects of the spin and quadrupole moment of SgrA* on the orbits of S stars
- Karim Abd El Dayem, Observatoire de Paris
10:45-11:00 (15min)
11:00 - 11:30 (30min)
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 (1h)
Galactic and Extra-Galactic Astronomy
Guy Perrin
› Black Hole Horizon & Physics
- Antonia Drescher, Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› Active Galactic Nuclei Science in 2040s
- Jacob Isbell, Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 993 N. Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85721
11:45-12:15 (30min)
› The First Black Holes with Kilometer Baseline Interferometry
- Taro Shimizu, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
12:15-12:30 (15min)
12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)
Buffet Lunch
Cafeteria, building 18
14:00 - 15:45 (1h45)
Extra-Galactic Astronomy
Antonia Drescher
› 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
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Uncovering Accretion Disks with the VLTI
- Farin Drewes, University of Southampton
14:30-14:45 (15min)
› SMBH accretion physics with bluer optical interferometry
- Matthew Temple, Durham University
14:45-15:00 (15min)
› Broad line regions, accretion disks, and binary super massive black holes
- James Leftley, University of Southampton
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› 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
15:15-15:30 (15min)
› Solving the Hubble tension with the VLTI
- Romain Petrov, Laboratoire Lagrange
15:30-15:45 (15min)
15:45 - 16:15 (30min)
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:00 (45min)
Time Domain Astronomy
Taro Shimizu
› Time Domain science cases of future interest
- Gerry Gilmore, IoA Cambridge, IA-FORTH
16:15-16:45 (30min)
› Follow up of microlensing events with interferometry: future prospects
- Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory
16:45-17:00 (15min)
17:00 - 18:00 (1h)
Discussion about Community
18:00 - 19:00 (1h)
VLTI Ceremony
19:00 - 22:00 (3h)
Cocktail
Cafeteria, building 18
9:30 - 11:00 (1h30)
Stellar Astrophysics
Akke Corporaal
› Calibrating asteroseismology by interferometric observation on Gaia binaries: from today to post-PLATO era in 2040s
- Yi Lu, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
09:30-09:45 (15min)
› Resolving stellar surfaces with the next generation facilities
- Heidi Korhonen, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
09:45-10:15 (30min)
› Stellar astrophysics and optical interferometry in the 2040s
- Pierre Kervella, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
10:15-10:45 (30min)
› Cool evolved stars at high angular resolution beyond 2040
- Miguel Montargès, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA)
10:45-11:00 (15min)
11:00 - 11:30 (30min)
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 (1h)
Stellar Astrophysics
Heidi Korhonen
› Massive binaries
- Jing-Ze Ma, Max Planck Institute for astrophysics
11:30-12:00 (30min)
› On the inner regions of circumstellar discs
- Akke Corporaal, European Southern Observatory [Santiago]
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› 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
12:15-12:30 (15min)
12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)
Buffet Lunch
Cafeteria, building 18
14:00 - 15:45 (1h45)
Planets and YSO
Jan Noordham
› Young Stellar Objects
- Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) - Science drivers and technology for a mid-infrared space-based nulling interferometer
- Sascha Quanz, ETH Zurich
14:30-15:00 (30min)
› Planet formation with long-baseline interferometry: from GRAVITY to the future
- Jens Kammerer, European Southern Observatory
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› 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
15:15-15:30 (15min)
› Habitable Worlds with kilometer baseline interferometry
- Guillaume Bourdarot, Max Planck Institut for Extraterrestrial Physics
15:30-15:45 (15min)
15:45 - 16:15 (30min)
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:00 (45min)
Planets and YSO
Emma Bordier
› The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) Concept
- John Monnier, University of Michigan
16:15-16:45 (30min)
› Classical interferometry from space: accessing new parameter spaces
- Jonah Hansen, Exoplanets and Habitability group, ETH Zürich
16:45-17:00 (15min)
17:00 - 18:00 (1h)
Discussion about Future Facility
9:30 - 11:00 (1h30)
Planets and YSO
Olivier Absil
› Planetary architectures in 2040s
- Alessandro Sozzetti, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino
09:30-10:00 (30min)
› 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
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› 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
10:15-10:30 (15min)
› Hunting exomoons with VLTI/GRAVITY+ and future facilities
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10:30-10:45 (15min)
10:45 - 11:30 (45min)
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 (1h)
Planets
Guillaume Bourdarot
› Solar System Astronomy in 2040
- Oriel Humes, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig]
11:30-12:00 (30min)
› Investigating a key parameter for the emergence of life: the carbon deficit observed on Earth.
- Valentin Fleury, PhD Program
12:00-12:15 (15min)
› Pushing the current VLTI to its limits
- Sylvestre Lacour, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
12:15-12:30 (15min)
12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)
Buffet Lunch
Cafeteria, building 18
14:00 - 14:30 (30min)
Planets
Oriel Humes
› Synergies with JWST, ELT, GRAVITY and Optical Long Baseline Interferometry
- Sasha Hinkley, University of Exeter
14:00-14:30 (30min)
14:30 - 15:15 (45min)
Discussion about next steps
15:15 - 15:30 (15min)
Closing remarks
SOC Chairs
15:30 - 17:30 (2h)
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).
