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Sexten Center for Astrophysics Riccardo Giacconi (http://www.sexten-cfa.eu), Sesto, Bolzano, Italy

The extraordinary amount of high-quality data will open new directions for cosmology in the next few years. The increasing precision of CMB and LSS data will provide answers to current tensions and will shed light on the connections between cosmology and particle physics either behind or beyond the phenomenological success of the LambdaCDM model. At the same time, new observations at high redshifts from Lyman alpha forest and JWST and the rapid progress in gravitational-wave astronomy call for accurate theoretical predictions for new cosmological observables.

In 2024 we expect new data releases from experiments such as DESI, ACT, SPT, and new results from Euclid and JWST: the timing of this workshop is therefore very exciting. The aim of this workshop will be to discuss these latest measurements, new methodologies of data analysis, and novel theoretical developments in cosmology. The workshop format foresees invited talks, contributed talks, discussion sessions and aims in bringing together theoretical and observational cosmologists from all over the world, and providing a lively environment for a fruitful exchange of ideas on the most recent results from ACT, SPT, BICEP, DESI, Euclid, JWST, PTA and perspectives for Simons Observatory, LiteBIRD, S4, Sphere-X, Rubin-LSST and other future experiments.

Email: cosmology.steep.rise@gmail.com

Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation

The goal of this physics school is to offer master and Ph.D. students from the field of experimental and theoretical physics as well as mathematics and philosophy, a coherent introduction to the subject of quantum gravity phenomenology from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The participants should be interested in, or already work on, the search for quantum gravity from the theoretical or experimental side, and be motivated to learn from both sides to be able to get a more complete overview over the research field.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business

Engage with top academics, business leaders, innovators and policy influencers working on the new space economy. Immerse yourself in keynote presentations and discussions designed to foster collaboration between researchers and space economy industry stakeholders. Gain exclusive insights into the new space economy and shape future academic and policy research in the space sector. The theme of the conference is "Creating Solutions with Partnerships: Opportunities and Barriers."

Email: opce@uah.edu

space economy, space, economy, policy research, policy influencers, business, economics, space research, accounting, space accounting, strategic management, supply chain management, finance, information systems, marketing, space commerce, commerce, astronomy, economic analysis, space industry, space junk, space debris

Aviation & Spaceflight,    Economics, Business and Marketing

Galileo Galilei Institute For Theoretical Physics

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Nuclear Physics

University of Pittsburgh

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) remain one of the most captivating mysteries in astrophysics. These millisecond bursts of radio waves from distant cosmic sources offer a unique glimpse into extreme astrophysical environments, yet their exact origins remain unknown. From neutron stars to exotic phenomena, FRBs hold the potential to reshape our understanding of high-energy processes and the universe itself. This conference brings together experts in theory, observation, and instrumentation across multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy (including gravitational waves and neutrinos). With new instruments providing precise localizations of FRBs, this meeting will focus on preparing to analyze this influx of data, integrating it with upcoming multi-wavelength and multi-messenger surveys, and fostering collaboration to unlock the mysteries of FRBs.

Email: mohitb@andrew.cmu.edu

Fast Radio Bursts, Radio Telescopes, Gravitational Waves, Neutrinos, Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Extragalactic Transients, Pulsars, Magnetars, High-Energy Astrophysics, Time-Domain Astronomy

Galileo Galilei Institute For Theoretical Physics

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Over the past ten years tremendous progress has been achieved in quantum field theory thanks to the realization that symmetries can be interpreted in terms of the action of topological defects on the space of operators. This gives a generalization of the notion of symmetries, explicitly realized in many instances exploiting Lagrangian field theory techniques, uncovering a rich and unexpected landscape of physical effects in condensed matter, high energy physics, and quantum gravity. This conference will bring together the major experts in the subject, and strives to be an opportunity for participants to quickly get up to speed with the most recent advances and open problems in the field.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Condensed Matter Physics and Materials

Anuradha Gupta

The GCGM returns to the University of Mississippi! The 11th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, on April 11 and 12, 2025. In keeping with its tradition, this will be an open, relaxed, and informal conference. We are inviting researchers and students interested in all areas of gravitational physics: classical and quantum gravity, general relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, quantum cosmology, gravitational waves, and experimental gravity. Because this is a regional meeting, many attendees will be from the southeastern United States, but all are welcome.

Email: gcgm11@phy.olemiss.edu.

gravity, general relativity, gravitation, gravitational waves, astrophysics, cosmology

University of the Azores

Dark matter is a long outstanding problem in modern astrophysics and one of the biggest mysteries physicists are currently struggling to understand. Its presence throughout the Universe is inferred by its gravitational effects on normal matter. Physicists have taken different paths to approach this problem. One of the leading lines of research is to look for new matter in the form of yet unknown particles. However, a promising avenue of research is to consider modifications of General Relativity, such as the presence of higher order curvature terms which seems to provide us with an elegant geometric interpretation of the dark matter problem. This workshop has the goal of bringing together researchers, both from theory and experiment, with different views on the dark matter issue, to be presented during the talks and discussed throughout the breaks. Hopefully we may all learn from each other and foster new ideas into understanding the perplexing nature of the dynamics of the Universe and of gravity itself.

Dark Matter, Gravitation, Cosmology, Particles, Particle Physics, Observations

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

The Kepler and TESS missions, as well as ground-based telescopes, have discovered thousands of planets on short-period orbits around other stars, including many that are Earth-size and likely to be rocky. These objects have no direct counterparts in the Solar System, and the corresponding inner regions within the protoplanetary disks that spawned them are challenging to study. This conference will confront this challenge and advance our understanding of the nature, formation and evolution of Earth-sized planets in inner protoplanetary disks by bringing together diverse experts in exoplanet demographics, protoplanetary disks, models of disks and planet formation, and meteoritics to address four key questions: (1) what is the nature of close-in rocky planets and their atmospheres? (2) do they form in situ or migrate inwards after forming further out? (3) what are the governing parameters that could vary between star systems? and (4) why are there no analogous planets around the Sun? The conference will complement and energize the associated KITP Program by including a broader range of participants and highlighting recent observational results. The goals of the conference are to synthesize current knowledge of the properties of planets and inner disks, describe the state of the art in models of planet formation and evolution, catalyze interactions between different fields, and chart a path forward for advances in observations, theory, and computational modeling.

Galileo Galilei Institute

Gravity and gauge theories share a rich infrared physics whose universal features manifest themselves in the context of asymptotic symmetries and their Noether charges. They clarify the soft factorization properties of scattering amplitudes, they play a role in the phenomenology of gravitational waves, and enter in the identification of new observable effects including gravitational and color memories. From the perspective of quantum gravity, they introduce new tools to understand the structure of the Hilbert space, and bring about a novel and promising approach to investigate a holographic principle for asymptotically flat spacetimes, currently pursued along two related lines: celestial and Carrollian holography. The latter exploits the Carroll structure at null infinity while the former takes advantage of powerful toolkit of conformal field theory. The vast majority of these developments have taken place in the last ten years and gave rise to research lines currently undergoing a fast growth. The proposed workshop aims at exploiting this rich and timely topic to bring together experts from all over the world, together with young researchers and students, with the goal to provide training, share results, build common grounds and foster new collaborations.

Asymptotic symmetries; Celestial holography; Carroll physics and geometry; Twistor methods; Gravitational observables; Memory effects; Conformal colliders

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

The 5th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science will be held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy from 26 to 30 May, 2025. The School - taking place close to the enchanting Amalfi Coast - is aimed to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art picture of a variety of relevant aspects of the fast-developing, highly interdisciplinary field of Exoplanet research. The Lecture topics of the 5th edition of the School will be focused on the Physical and Dynamical Processes of Exoplanetary Systems, mainly covering the theoretical aspects. The Lectures will be delivered by five senior researchers to an audience of graduate students and young post-docs.

Phone: [+39 06 7259 4566];     Email: ases5@lists.roma2.infn.it

The following key topics will be covered: Physical Processes in Protoplanetary Disks Dynamical Evolution of Exoplanetary Systems Exoplanet Interiors - from Gas Giants to Terrestrial Planets Modeling Exoplanet Atmospheres Planet Formation Models

University of Michigan, Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

The 3rd Michigan Cosmology Summer School will take place in Ann Arbor, MI on June 2-6, 2025. The goal of the school is to help educate a generation of young scientists on the cutting edge developments in cosmology. Lectures will cover a broad range of topics, focusing on the interface of data and theory, and including computation, statistics, and machine-learning techniques. The format will be hybrid, with participants expected to attend in person but open to online participation as well. Outdoor activities will be organized. Registration will open in Spring 2025.

Phone: [7346153289];     Email: huterer@umich.edu

cosmology, summer school

COLOURS is a 2-week event aimed at ensuing that early-career researchers (ECR) are prepared to make the most of Stage-IV cosmological survey data. The first week of the event (02/06/25-06/06/25) will be a 5-day summer school aimed at improving both technical (software development, machine learning, statistics) and soft skills (academic writing, transferable skills). Site visits and social activities will also be organised. The second week (10/06/25-13/06/25) will be a 4-day workshop with invited speakers. The aim will be to review key lessons learned in the analysis of Stage-III data and the scientific aspirations of on-going and upcoming Stage-IV surveys.

Organiser;     Email: samuel.farrens@cea.fr

Cosmology, machine learning, software development, academic writing, transferable skills

American Astronomical Society (AAS)

One of the central features of the AAS Summer and Winter Meetings is their plenary talks spanning the full breadth of astrophysics. Some plenaries are given by prize winners from the AAS and other organizations, while other speakers are selected by the AAS Vice Presidents. Most plenary talks present science content, but talks on the state of the profession, demographics, and societal issues of relevance to the astronomical community are also regularly scheduled.

Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation

Geophysics and Geology,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual

Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center

This symposium will be a broad look at SETI, including new technosignature search results and upper limits, new search methodologies and instrumentation, theory, and social aspects of the field including the post-detection protocols, message construction, and the historical roots of the field. Interdisciplinarity will be emphasized. As with previous instances, we encourage the submission of proposals for breakout sessions for workshops, tutorials, or special sessions on narrower topics. Early career researchers are especially encouraged to attend.

The PSETI Center;     Email: PSETI.symposium@gmail.com

SETI, astrobiology, technosignatures

Galileo Galilei Institute

This workshop aims at catalyzing the joint efforts of particle physicists and cosmologists towards the exploration of new physics with large cosmological datasets. The workshop is structured to encompass three thematic weeks dedicated to model building and testing fundamental physics in cosmology, developing novel theoretical tools to search for new physics in cosmological observables, and discussing the potential of next generation experiments to probe the plethora of new physics signals. A symposium with summary talks will conclude the workshop. A concurrent school is planned, with the aim of addressing the evolving landscape of this new field and helping participants catch up with recent developments and novel tools. An important feature of the workshop is a designated focus week, devoted to the initiation of a much-needed community white paper, summarizing the new and well-motivated particle physics models that can be tested in cosmology in the light of upcoming data and planned future experiments. The workshop nicely aligns with the expected data releases from DESI and Euclid.

European Southern Observatory - Chile

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most dynamic and powerful sources in the universe, powered by supermassive black holes (SMBHs) through mass accretion. The accretion rate influences many AGN properties, with high accretion rates playing a key role in growing black holes and launching outflows that may shape the host galaxy's growth. The workshop will gather astronomers to summarize the field’s current status, bridging the accretion history from the early to the local Universe, and explore the mechanisms driving their growth and impact on the Universe.

Email: agn2025_loc@eso.org

One of the central features of the AAS Summer and Winter Meetings is their plenary talks spanning the full breadth of astrophysics. Some plenaries are given by prize winners from the AAS and other organizations, while other speakers are selected by the AAS Vice Presidents. Most plenary talks present science content, but talks on the state of the profession, demographics, and societal issues of relevance to the astronomical community are also regularly scheduled.

American Astronomical Society (AAS)

One of the central features of the AAS Summer and Winter Meetings is their plenary talks spanning the full breadth of astrophysics. Some plenaries are given by prize winners from the AAS and other organizations, while other speakers are selected by the AAS Vice Presidents. Most plenary talks present science content, but talks on the state of the profession, demographics, and societal issues of relevance to the astronomical community are also regularly scheduled.

American Astronomical Society (AAS)

One of the central features of the AAS Summer and Winter Meetings is their plenary talks spanning the full breadth of astrophysics. Some plenaries are given by prize winners from the AAS and other organizations, while other speakers are selected by the AAS Vice Presidents. Most plenary talks present science content, but talks on the state of the profession, demographics, and societal issues of relevance to the astronomical community are also regularly scheduled.