Name: Connecting Telescopes, Connecting Minds – Perspectives for Global Radio Astronomy and Global Science
Start: 2026-07-21T01:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Universitätsclub Bonn

Connecting Telescopes, Connecting Minds – Perspectives for Global Radio Astronomy and Global Science

from Tuesday, July 21, 2026 (1:30 AM) to Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (10:00 PM)

Monday, July 20, 2026
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
9:00 AM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: I. AGN and jets in broader astrophysical context
I. AGN and jets in broader astrophysical context
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM AGN in broader context - Wolfgang Duschl (Universität Kiel)

9:30 AM From Compact Jets to Event Horizons: High-Resolution VLBI of Supermassive Black Holes - Rusen Lu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory - Chinese Academy of Sciences)

9:50 AM Multi-band and multimessenger studies of AGN - Gabriele Bruni (INAF - IAPS)

10:10 AM Studies of dark matter using AGN lensing - Carolina Casadio (Institute of Astrophysics - FORTH (Crete))
11:00 AM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: II. AGN and jets in broader astrophysical context
II. AGN and jets in broader astrophysical context
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM AGN physics with VLBI from ground and space - Yuri Kovalev (MPI für Radioastronomie)

11:30 AM VLBI studies of relativistic outflows - Tuomas K. Savolainen (Metsähovi Radio Observatory)

11:50 AM Numerical modelling of relativistic jets - Nicholas MacDonald (The University of Mississippi)

12:10 PM The evolution of AGN and their Jets - Anne-Kathrin Baczko
2:00 PM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: III. Supermassive black holes and their vicinity
III. Supermassive black holes and their vicinity
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Black Holes and the Event Horizon Telescope - Mariafelicia De Laurentis (Università Federico II Napoli)

2:30 PM Numerical Simulations of Black Hole Environs: A Multi-scale View - Christian M. Fromm (Universität Würzburg)

2:50 PM EHT polarimetry of black holes - Joana A. Kramer (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

3:10 PM EHT studies of the inner jets - Mikhail Lisakov (Pontificia Universidad de Chile - Valparaíso)
4:00 PM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: IV. Supermassive black holes and their vicinity
IV. Supermassive black holes and their vicinity
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Magnetic field probes of black hole physics - Andrei Lobanov (MPIfür Radioastronomie, Bonn)

4:30 PM Electric fields near black hole horizon - Arman Tursunov (Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)

4:50 PM Advanced imaging algorithms for black hole studies - Jongseo Kim (MPIfR)

5:10 PM Simultaneous Multi‑frequency VLBI and Frequency Phase Transfer at Millimeter Wavelengths - Guang-Yao Zhao (MPI für Radioastronomie)
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
9:00 AM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: V. High resolution radio interferometry
V. High resolution radio interferometry
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Millimetre VLBI, from CMVA to EHT and beyond - Eduardo Ros (MPI für Radioastronomie)

9:30 AM IRAM and Submillimeter wavelength interferometry - Karl Friedrich Schuster (IRAM Grenoble)

9:50 AM ALMA & ASTRON developments - Violette C.M. Impellizzeri (ASTRON)

10:10 AM AMT & EHT/ngEHT developments - Michael Janßen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)
11:00 AM Sharpening the View — VLBI at the Frontier: VI. High resolution radio interferometry
VI. High resolution radio interferometry
11:00 AM - 1:20 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM EVN and Global VLBI - Agnieszka Słowikowsa (JIVE)

11:30 AM German Perspectives for Next-Generation High-Frequency VLBI - Matthias Kadler (JMU Würzburg)

11:50 AM ngVLA and VLBI developments at the NRAO - Anthony Beasley (NRAO)

12:10 PM The Role of U.S. FFRDCs In Transformative Science – Past and Future - Adam Cohen (AUI) Anthony Beasley (NRAO)

12:30 PM Radioastronomie: Looking Back – Looking Ahead - Kenneth Kellermann (NRAO)
3:30 PM Making the Invisible Visible — Celebrating Five Decades of VLBI at the MPIfR
3:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Welcome Address - Marlene Weiß (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

3:40 PM Einstein to Black Holes: Big Science and International Collaboration - Jürgen Renn (MPI für Geoanthropologie, Jena)

4:10 PM Five Decades of VLBI at MPIfR - Antxon Alberdi (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Granada)

4:40 PM Science Outlooks - Aleksei Nikonov (MPI für Radioastronomie) Lena C. Debbrecht (MPI für Radioastronomie) Saurabh (MPI für Radioastronomie)

5:10 PM Panel Discussion - Agnieszka Słowikowsa (JIVE) Kenneth I. Kellermann (NRAO Charlottesville) Lutz Stenvers (mtex antenna technology) Mariafelicia De Laurentis (Università Federico II Napoli)

Choose timezone