Programme
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13:00 - 14:00
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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. |
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14:00 - 14:15
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Welcome - Chairs, Observatory Director |
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14:15 - 15:45
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Setting the Stage - Claudia Paladini |
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14:15 - 14:45 |
› Expanding Horizons: crowdsourcing to shape the next ESO programme - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory |
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14:45 - 15:15 |
› An overview of the future space missions context - Coustenis Athena, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique |
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15:15 - 15:45 |
› Future landscapes - Michele Cirasuolo, European Southern Observatory |
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15:45 - 16:15
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Coffee break |
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16:15 - 18:00
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Setting the Stage and Galactic Astronomy - Steve Ertel |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
› The CHARA Array in 2040 - Nic Scott, The CHARA Array |
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16:45 - 17:15 |
› Dark matter determinations in Local Group dwarf galaxies - Giuseppina Battaglia, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias |
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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] |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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09:30 - 11:00
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Galactic Astronomy - Fritz Merkle |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
› Towards a kilometers baseline, large telescope interferometer - Frank Eisenhauer, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
› Interferometry of Massive Black Holes: Status & Future Developments? - Reinhard Genzel, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics |
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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 |
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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 |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30
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Galactic and Extra-Galactic Astronomy - Guy Perrin |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
› Black Hole Horizon & Physics - Antonia Drescher, Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics |
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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 |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
› The First Black Holes with Kilometer Baseline Interferometry - Taro Shimizu, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) |
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14:00 - 15:45
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Extra-Galactic Astronomy - Antonia Drescher |
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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 |
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14:30 - 14:45 |
› Uncovering Accretion Disks with the VLTI - Farin Drewes, University of Southampton |
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14:45 - 15:00 |
› SMBH accretion physics with bluer optical interferometry - Matthew Temple, Durham University |
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15:00 - 15:15 |
› Broad line regions, accretion disks, and binary super massive black holes - James Leftley, University of Southampton |
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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 |
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15:30 - 15:45 |
› Solving the Hubble tension with the VLTI - Romain Petrov, Laboratoire Lagrange |
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15:45 - 16:15
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Coffee break |
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16:15 - 17:00
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Time Domain Astronomy - Taro Shimizu |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
› Time Domain science cases of future interest - Gerry Gilmore, IoA Cambridge, IA-FORTH |
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16:45 - 17:00 |
› Follow up of microlensing events with interferometry: future prospects - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory |
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17:00 - 18:00
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Discussion about Community |
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18:00 - 19:00
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VLTI Ceremony |
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19:00 - 22:00
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Cocktail (Cafeteria, building 18) |
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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09:30 - 11:00
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Stellar Astrophysics - Akke Corporaal |
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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 |
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09:45 - 10:15 |
› Resolving stellar surfaces with the next generation facilities - Heidi Korhonen, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
› Stellar astrophysics and optical interferometry in the 2040s - Pierre Kervella, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
› Cool evolved stars at high angular resolution beyond 2040 - Miguel Montargès, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA) |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30
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Stellar Astrophysics - Heidi Korhonen |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
› Massive binaries - Jing-Ze Ma, Max Planck Institute for astrophysics |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
› On the inner regions of circumstellar discs - Akke Corporaal, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] |
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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 |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) |
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14:00 - 15:45
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Planets and YSO - Jan Noordham |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
› Young Stellar Objects - Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group |
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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 |
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15:00 - 15:15 |
› Planet formation with long-baseline interferometry: from GRAVITY to the future - Jens Kammerer, European Southern Observatory |
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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 |
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15:30 - 15:45 |
› Habitable Worlds with kilometer baseline interferometry - Guillaume Bourdarot, Max Planck Institut for Extraterrestrial Physics |
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15:45 - 16:15
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Coffee break |
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16:15 - 17:00
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Planets and YSO - Emma Bordier |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
› The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) Concept - John Monnier, University of Michigan |
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16:45 - 17:00 |
› Classical interferometry from space: accessing new parameter spaces - Jonah Hansen, Exoplanets and Habitability group, ETH Zürich |
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17:00 - 18:00
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Discussion about Future Facility |
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
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09:30 - 11:00
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Planets and YSO - Olivier Absil |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
› Planetary architectures in 2040s - Alessandro Sozzetti, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino |
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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 |
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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 |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
› Hunting exomoons with VLTI/GRAVITY+ and future facilities - Thomas Winterhalder - European Southern Observatory |
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10:45 - 11:30
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Coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30
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Planets - Guillaume Bourdarot |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
› Solar System Astronomy in 2040 - Oriel Humes, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig] |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
› Investigating a key parameter for the emergence of life: the carbon deficit observed on Earth. - Valentin Fleury, PhD Program |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
› Pushing the current VLTI to its limits - Sylvestre Lacour, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Buffet Lunch (Cafeteria, building 18) |
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14:00 - 14:30
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Planets - Oriel Humes |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
› Synergies with JWST, ELT, GRAVITY and Optical Long Baseline Interferometry - Sasha Hinkley, University of Exeter |
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14:30 - 15:15
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Discussion about next steps |
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15:15 - 15:30
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Closing remarks - SOC Chairs |
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15:30 - 17:30
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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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