Detailed Conference Program
(Time zone: Europe/Berlin, CEST/UTC+2)
Monday, 07. September 2026
10:00-12:00 AG board meeting (closed session) (MPA E.0.11)
13:00-17:00 RDS board meeting (closed session) (MPA E.0.11)
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception (ESO Supernova)
Tuesday, 08. September 2026
09:00-10:30 Award Ceremony and Schwarzschild Lecture (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Opening |
| 09:15 | Karl Schwarzschild Lecture |
| 10:00 | Ludwig Biermann Award Talk |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 Plenary Talks (Awardees) (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 11:00 | Astrophysical Software Award Talk |
| 11:30 | PhD Prize Talk |
| 12:00 | Awards |
12:15-12:30 Conference Photo
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
StarClusters - Star Clusters as multi-messenger Candles in the universe (MW-2050)
NonThermalAccel - Cosmic Accelerators and the Non-Thermal Universe: From Black Holes to Galaxies and the Cosmic Web (MW-1250)
SKA - German SKA Town Hall Meeting (MW-1050)
jungeAG - Junge AG / Young AG (MW-0337)
CloseBinaries - Close Binaries and Stellar Mergers (MW-0250)
EScience - E-Science / E-Infrastructures / Virtual Observatory / Machine Learning (MW-2235)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
MeVSky - Reopening the MeV Sky with COSI and Beyond (MW-0337)
CloseBinaries - Close Binaries and Stellar Mergers (MW-0250)
GalaxyClusters - From protoclusters to galaxy clusters: probing structure formation and cosmology with current and next-generation surveys (MW-1050)
EScience - E-Science / E-Infrastructures / Virtual Observatory / Machine Learning (MW-2235)
StarClusters - Star Clusters as multi-messenger Candles in the universe (MW-2050)
NonThermalAccel - Cosmic Accelerators and the Non-Thermal Universe: From Black Holes to Galaxies and the Cosmic Web (MW-1250)
17:45-19:15 AG Mitgliederversammlung (MPA E.0.11 / virtual MGV)
Wednesday, 09. September 2026
09:00-10:30 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Esra Bulbul: |
| TBD |
| 09:30 | Andreas Sander: |
| TBD |
| 10:00 | Amelie Saintonge: |
| TBD |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 11:00 | Sebastian Wolf: |
| TBD |
| 11:30 | Reinhard Genzel: |
| TBD |
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
12:30-14:00 AstroFrauenNetzwerk Lunch
14:00-15:45 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
CloseBinaries - Close Binaries and Stellar Mergers (MW-0250)
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie (ESO Supernova)
CompQuantum - Advances in Computational Astrophysics with a Quantum Computing Perspective (MW-2050)
NonThermalAccel - Cosmic Accelerators and the Non-Thermal Universe: From Black Holes to Galaxies and the Cosmic Web (MW-1250)
GalaxyClusters - From protoclusters to galaxy clusters: probing structure formation and cosmology with current and next-generation surveys (MW-1050)
ALMA2040 - ALMA2040: Scientific Opportunities and Technical Frontiers for a Next-Generation Sub-mm Facility (MW-2235)
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:00 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
NonThermalAccel - Cosmic Accelerators and the Non-Thermal Universe: From Black Holes to Galaxies and the Cosmic Web (MW-1250)
SMBHs - Deciphering AGN from new survey data: eROSITA, 5XMM, Euclid and JWST (MW-0250)
CompQuantum - Advances in Computational Astrophysics with a Quantum Computing Perspective (MW-2050)
ALMA2040 - ALMA2040: Scientific Opportunities and Technical Frontiers for a Next-Generation Sub-mm Facility (MW-2235)
GalaxyClusters - From protoclusters to galaxy clusters: probing structure formation and cosmology with current and next-generation surveys (MW-1050)
4MOST - 4MOST: facility performance and planned spectroscopic survey science (MW-0337)
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie (ESO Supernova)
19:00-22:00 Conference Dinner (Gasthof Neuwirt, Garching)
Thursday, 10. September 2026
09:00-10:30 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Jean-Michel Desert: |
| TBD |
| 09:30 | Anna de Graaff: |
| TBD |
| 10:00 | Ralf Klessen: |
| TBD |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 11:00 | Hendrik Hildebrandt: |
| TBD |
| 11:30 | Brandt Gaches: |
| TBD |
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
12:30-14:00 Diversity Lunch Meeting
14:00-15:45 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
StarFormation - Star Formation across Scales: Synthesizing Local and Global Perspectives (MW-1250)
MassiveStars - The role of magnetic fields in the evolution of massive stars (MW-1050)
SMBHs - Deciphering AGN from new survey data: eROSITA, 5XMM, Euclid and JWST (MW-0250)
LargeScale - Beyond 2-Point Large Scale Structure Cosmology (MW-2235)
Education - Meeting Bildungsausschuss AG (ESO Supernova)
CompQuantum - Advances in Computational Astrophysics with a Quantum Computing Perspective (MW-2050)
4MOST - 4MOST: facility performance and planned spectroscopic survey science (MW-0337)
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:00 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
4MOST - 4MOST: facility performance and planned spectroscopic survey science (MW-0337)
LargeScale - Beyond 2-Point Large Scale Structure Cosmology (MW-2235)
StarFormation - Star Formation across Scales: Synthesizing Local and Global Perspectives (MW-1250)
MassiveStars - The role of magnetic fields in the evolution of massive stars (MW-1050)
SMBHs - Deciphering AGN from new survey data: eROSITA, 5XMM, Euclid and JWST (MW-0250)
Education - Meeting Bildungsausschuss AG (ESO Supernova)
20:00-21:30 Public Lecture (MW-0001)
| 20:00 | Harald Lesch: |
| TBD |
Friday, 11. September 2026
09:00-10:30 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Jiamin Hou: |
| TBD |
| 09:30 | Carolina Heneka: |
| TBD |
| 10:00 | Giulia Despali: |
| TBD |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Plenary Talks (MW-1801 / virtual plenum)
| 11:00 | Stephan Rosswog: |
| TBD |
| 11:30 | Michela Mapelli: |
| TBD |
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:45 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
Galaxies - Star-forming Galaxies in the Early Universe (MW-0250)
AGN - Probing the Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei with Variability (MW-1250)
Relativistic - Relativistic astrophysics (MW-1050)
StellarEndpoints - Interfacing observations and theories at stellar endpoints (MW-2235)
LIM - Line Intensity Mapping (MW-2050)
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:00 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
Relativistic - Relativistic astrophysics (MW-1050)
LIM - Line Intensity Mapping (MW-2050)
Galaxies - Star-forming Galaxies in the Early Universe (MW-0250)
AGN - Probing the Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei with Variability (MW-1250)
StellarEndpoints - Interfacing observations and theories at stellar endpoints (MW-2235)