Detailed Conference Program
(Time zone: Europe/Berlin, CEST/UTC+2)
Wednesday, 17. September 2025
09:00-10:30 Plenary Talks (Synagoge - Kuppelsaal / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Samaya Nissanke: |
| New Perspectives onto the Universe in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics |
| 09:30 | Vikram Ravi: |
| The DSA-2000 Radio Camera: Revolutionizing Access to the Radio Sky |
| 10:00 | Jörn Wilms: |
| National roadmap for astronomy ('Denkschrift') |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Plenary Talks (Townhall & Strategy Meeting) (Synagoge - Kuppelsaal / virtual plenum)
| 11:00 | Michael Kramer: |
| Strategy discussion national roadmap for astronomy ('Denkschrift') |
| 11:30 | Xavier Barcons: |
| Expanding Horizons - Transforming Astronomy in the 2040s |
| 12:00 | Discussion |
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break (Wichernhaus)
12:30-13:30 AstroFrauenNetzwerk Lunch
14:00-15:45 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
Multimessenger - Multi-messenger signatures of feedback processes in galaxies (Jugendherberge Görlitz-Altstadt)
| 14:05 | Christoph Pfrommer: |
| Cosmic ray feedback in galaxies |
| 14:30 | Maria Werhahn: |
| Constraining Cosmic Ray Feedback in Galaxy Evolution |
| 14:45 | Rainer Weinberger: |
| Modeling AGN jet feedback and its signatures in simulations of galaxy formation |
| 15:00 | Dieter Lutz: |
| Gas flows in AGN broad line regions from the local universe to beyond cosmic noon |
| 15:15 | Timon Thomas: |
| Cosmic ray transport and feedback in CRISPy galaxies |
| 15:30 | Kai Wu: |
| DRAGON-III simulation: modelling million-body globular and nuclear star clusters over cosmic time |
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie (Schlesisches Museum)
| 14:00 | Begrüßung |
| 14:00 | Vorstellungsrunde |
| 14:25 | Stefan Ohm: |
| Internationale Spitzenforschung und Strukturwandel: Die Rolle von Regionaler Vernetzung und Wissenstransfer am DZA |
| 14:50 | Norbert Junkes: |
| Von der Kita bis zur Forschergruppe - 28 Jahre Besuchervorträge am Radioteleskop Effelsberg |
| 15:15 | Susanne Hüttemeister: |
| Our Exotic Universe – A Planetarium Show as an Outreach Activity of a Collaborative Research Centre |
ExoPlanets - Observation and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets (Synagoge - Kuppelsaal)
| 14:00 | Michael Döring: |
| Outlier Detection and Detrending of PLATO Light Curves in the Data Analysis Support Tools |
| 14:20 | Louise D. Nielsen: |
| Characterising exoplanets around white dwarfs |
| 14:40 | Kevin Ollmann: |
| Hot exozodiacal dust (HEZD): Exoplanet polarimetry and Fomalhaut MATISSE observations |
| 15:00 | Max Bror Michaelis: |
| Polarimetry of Exoplanet-Exomoon Systems |
| 15:20 | Katsiaryna Tsishchankava: |
| Faint companions mimicking interferometric hot exozodiacal dust observations |
ALMA2040 - ALMA2040: From today’s science to new frontiers in the 2040s (Benigna - Theater)
| 14:00 | Welcome |
| 14:05 | Jakob den Brok: |
| Beyond 12CO: Current and Future Prospects for Probing Extragalactic Molecular Gas with ALMA |
| 14:25 | Henrik Beuther: |
| ALMA science now and in the future: Galactic Star Formation |
| 14:45 | Stefanie Mühle: |
| The ALMA2030 Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade |
| 14:55 | Eva Schinnerer: |
| Status of the ALMA2040 community effort |
| 15:05 | Discussion on “ALMA science frontiers now, in the 2030s and 2040s" |
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:00 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
ExoPlanets - Observation and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets (Synagoge - Kuppelsaal)
| 16:15 | Kai Wu: |
| Dynamical stability of debris discs with planets in star clusters |
| 16:35 | Gracjan Maciejewski: |
| Decoding the TTV Signal of the Warm Saturn around HD 332231 |
| 16:55 | Morgan Mitchell: |
| Transit Timing Prospects for Kepler Systems in the PLATO Era |
| 17:15 | Paul Mollière: |
| Characterizing Silicate Clouds in Rogue Planets with JWST |
| 17:35 | Open discussion |
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie (Schlesisches Museum)
| 16:15 | Schuh: |
| A hands-on peek into the Fediverse |
| 16:40 | Ludwig Scheibe: |
| “Exoplanet Diversity” – An outreach webpage for all things exoplanet |
| 17:05 | Martin Schwinzerl: |
| Weltraum-Radio Workshop – Jugendliche suchen galaktischen Wasserstoff mit selbstgebautem Tabletop Radioteleskop |
| 17:30 | Olaf Kretzer : |
| Astronomische Datenbank Thüringen- ein Bundesland astronomisch erfasst |
| 17:55 | Zeit für abschließende Abstimmung/Ansagen |
StarFormation - Star Formation: From Near to Far — From Local to Global (Benigna - Theater)
| 16:15 | Introduction (Rolf Kuiper) |
| 16:42 | Thomas Stanke: |
| Feedback in NGC3603: warm but quiet! |
| 17:09 | M. Scheiter: |
| The Role of Radiative Torques in L43 |
| 17:36 | Brandt Gaches: |
| The High-resolution Accretion Disks of Embedded protoStars (HADES) simulations: How the protostellar magnetic field impacts accretion |
Multimessenger - Multi-messenger signatures of feedback processes in galaxies (Jugendherberge Görlitz-Altstadt)
| 16:15 | R.-J. Dettmar: |
| Magnetic Fields and CRE Transport in Galactic Halos: the CHANG-ES view |
| 16:30 | Johannes Just: |
| Expanding the Quasi-Periodic Multi-Messenger Picture of the Blazar J1048+7143 with the Optical Light Curve |
| 16:45 | Sabina Bahic: |
| Extreme ends of AGN variability |
| 17:00 | Susanne Hüttemeister: |
| Our Exotic Universe – A Planetarium Show as an Outreach Activity of the Collaborative Research Centre 1491 |
19:00-00:00 Conference Dinner