Programme Overview

Status 17.06.2020

Symposia

•  S1 : Planet formation enters the observational era
•  S2 : Tracing the structure formation in the Universe through thermal & non-thermal emission
•  S3 : Linking gas and star formation throughout cosmic time
•  S4 : Panchromatic and hyper-spectral observations of cluster Lenses and lensed galaxies
•  S5 : What have we learned from the observed population of gravitational wave sources?
•  S6 : Stellar & gas kinematics in galaxies across cosmic time, connecting observations with theory
•  S7 : The Magellanic Clouds in the 2020s: a spectroscopic perspective
•  S8 : Common-envelope systems: progenitors, mergers and survivors
•  S9 : Extremes in accretion onto strongly magnetised neutron stars: Observations vs. theory
•  S10 : Gaia: The (two) billion star galaxy census: The promise of (E)DR3 and ground-based synergies
•  S11 : The Local Group in Context: Galaxies in the Local Volume as a Testbed of Cosmology
•  S12 : Cancelled
•  S13 : Probing cosmic dawn with current and future facilities and simulations
•  S14 : Quenching cluster galaxies in the cosmic middle ages
•  S15 : The circumgalactic medium
•  S16 : XMM-Newton: Current scientific highlights and future prospects

Special Sessions

•  SS1 : Making the case for European astronomy and space science: public and political engagement
•  SS2 : European forum of astronomical communities
•  SS3 : Galaxy clusters at radio wavelengths: The aims for the next 5 years
•  SS4 : Radio-loud AGN: Advances in observations and theory driven by next generation surveys
•  SS5 : New insights of angular momentum transport in stellar interiors
•  SS6 : Multiwavelength polarization of blazar jets
•  SS7 : Clumpy environment around accreting compact objects:
  from stellar-mass accretors to AGNs
•  SS8 : Machine learning and visualisation: bracing for data deluge in astronomy
•  SS9 : The hot, cold and dusty Galaxy seen in the X-rays
•  SS10 : Technosignatures: state-of-the-art and future prospects
•  SS11 : The molecular journey from stars to disks
•  SS12 : Inclusion Day
•  SS13 : Eight years of ALMA ground-breaking results: A joint venture between the ALMA user community and the ALMA Regional Centres
•  SS14 : Astronomy for Future: Development, global citizenship & climate action
•  SS15 : Africa-European collaborations in astronomy and space science: room to grow
•  SS16 : Registering the Universe at the highest spatial accuracy
•  SS17 : Compact passive and massive galaxies across the Universe
•  SS18 : Scientific use of the spectroscopic archive in the long-term future
•  SS19 : Crossing the characteristic mass scales in galaxy evolution
•  SS20 : Supernova host environments
•  SS35 : ERC funding opportunities in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Lunch Sessions (including Special Sessions with Lunch Sessions)

•  LS1 : Towards optical VLBI with Hanbury Brown and Twiss
•  LS2 : The best it can be: the why and how of evaluating outreach and engagement activities.
•  LS3 : The ESA Space Science Archives
•  LS4 : CDS Reference Services
•  LS5 : Cancelled
•  LS6 : Cancelled
•  LS7 : Gaia: The (two) billion star galaxy census: The promise of (E)DR3
•  LS8 : Cancelled
•  LS9 : Astronomy on Tap in Europe
•  LS10 : Astronomy for development
•  LS11 : Astronomy for Future: Maintaining world-class research and collaboration in the climate crisis
•  LS12 : Inclusion day
•  LS13 : Inspiring stars
•  LS14 : Impact of planned Satellite Constellations on Astronomy

NAC Sessions

•  SS21 : NAC: Intro KNA
•  SS22 : NAC: Interferometry
•  SS23 : NAC: Outreach
•  SS24 : NAC: Training on Outreach
•  SS25 : NAC: Gaia
•  SS26 : NAC: Simulations, models & theory
•  SS27 : NAC: NOVA
•  SS28 : NAC: Cosmological simulations
•  SS29 : NAC: Astrophysical simulations with AMUSE
•  SS30 : NAC: Optical Astronomy
•  SS31 : NAC: Instrumentation & Astronomy
•  SS32 : NAC: KNA jaarvergadering & Closing ceremony
•  SS33 : NAC: More astronomy
•  SS34 : NAC: Machine learning

Please refer to the dedicated pages on Plenary Lectures

• Opening ceremony (Mon 11:00–11:30)
• EAS General Assembly (Wed 11:00–12:00)
• Closing ceremony (Fri 12:30–13:00)