Detailed Conference Program
(Time zone: Europe/Berlin, CEST/UTC+2)
Wednesday, 17. September 2025
09:00-10:30 Plenary Talks (Kuppelsaal / virtual plenum)
| 09:00 | Samaya Nissanke: |
| 09:30 | Fabian Walter: |
| 10:00 | Jörn Wilms: |
| National roadmap for astronomy ('Denkschrift') |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Plenary Talks (Townhall & Strategy Meeting) (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
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie
| 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
| 14:00 | Paul Mollière: |
| Characterizing Silicate Clouds in Rogue Planets with JWST |
| 14:18 | Priyankush Ghosh: |
| Exploring the Chemistry of Exoplanet Atmospheres: Forward Modeling with XODIAC and NEXOTRANS in the era of JWST and ARIEL |
| 14:36 | Katsiaryna Tsishchankava: |
| Faint companions mimicking interferometric hot exozodiacal dust observations |
| 14:54 | Kevin Ollmann: |
| Hot exozodiacal dust (HEZD): Exoplanet polarimetry and Fomalhaut MATISSE observations |
| 15:12 | Max Bror Michaelis: |
| Polarimetry of Exoplanet-Exomoon Systems |
| 15:30 | Michael Döring: |
| Outlier Detection and Detrending of PLATO Light Curves in the Data Analysis Support Tools |
ALMA2040 - ALMA2040: From today’s science to new frontiers in the 2040s
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:00 Splinter Sessions (in parallel)
ExoPlanets - Observation and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets
| 16:15 | Gracjan Maciejewski: |
| Decoding the TTV Signal of the Warm Saturn around HD 332231 |
| 16:33 | Morgan Mitchell: |
| Transit Timing Prospects for Kepler Systems in the PLATO Era |
| 16:51 | Kai Wu: |
| Dynamical stability of debris discs with planets in star clusters |
| 17:09 | Louise D. Nielsen: |
| Characterising exoplanets around white dwarfs |
| 17:27 | Friedrich Anders: |
| Simulating the Milky Way's exoplanet population |
Outreach - Public Outreach in der Astronomie
| 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
Multimessenger - Multi-messenger signatures of feedback processes in galaxies
19:00-00:00 Conference Dinner