Programme Overview

Parallel sessions

Sessions are colour-coded, indicating the broad scientific area, to facilitate the day-to-day planning of your week.
 Cosmology  Galaxy evolution  Gravitational waves  High energy/Black holes
 Milky Way  Interstellar medium  Stellar astrophysics  Astrochemistry/Atomic physics
 Exoplanets & Planet formation  Archives, Data Science & AI  General  Solar system
 Surveys & Instruments  Diversity & Welfare  Development & Outreach

Note that the indiviual session web pages are not available. Please look into the Interactive Programme for details of the session.

Symposia (may include blocks during lunch)

  •  S1 : Cosmology with wide spectroscopy surveys
  •  S2 : Science with gravitational lensing in the multi-space telescope era II: new prospects and opportunities
  •  S3 : The stellar route to H0: not only Classical Cepheids
  •  S4 : Preparing for multi-messenger observations with LISA and PTAs
  •  S5 : Diverse Eyes, shared vision: Euclid, LSST, SKA, Roman and CSST join forces to explore the early Universe
  •  S6 : Shaping galaxies and their gaseous environment in the early Universe
  •  S7 : Gaia, at the dawn of Gaia DR4, preparing for DR5 and beyond
  •  S8 : A multi-faceted view of accretion at super-Eddington rates
  •  S9 : The Rise and Shine of Rapidly Assembling Galaxies and Black Holes Since Cosmic Dawn
  •  S10 : Euclid: the first 2000 square degrees of the cosmos
  •  S11 : Globular clusters as tracers of galaxy formation and evolution: from dynamics to cosmology
  •  S12 : Supernovae and their remnants: from stellar death to galactic evolution
  •  S13 : Massive supergiants in focus: single, binary and stellar merger pathways across the Hertzsprung Russell Diagram
  •  S14 : From small-scale solar phenomena to stellar contexts: observational breakthroughs, theoretical advances, and space weather implications
  •  S15 : AI for astronomical discovery: Foundation Models, Machine Learning, Reliability, Sustainability, and the Effective Use of AI
  •  S16 : Future of European Astronomy

Special Sessions (may include blocks during lunch)

  •  SS1 : Unlocking the secrets of DM with low surface brightness observations
  •  SS2 : Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies: the final frontier?
  •  SS3 : Out of the box, moving from morpho-kinematic classes to detailed analysis of galaxies in the early Universe
  •  SS4 : The interplay between gravity and baryons: insights from low surface brightness galaxies
  •  SS5 : Stellar clumps and star clusters as building-blocks of galaxy assembly and evolution
  •  SS6 : From molecular clouds to galaxy clusters: towards a unified understanding of stochastic star formation in the early Universe
  •  SS7 : Mind the Gap – bridging resolved and unresolved young stellar populations in star-forming galaxies
  •  SS8 : Local group star formation in the conditions of cosmic noon: seeing the impact of JWST
  •  SS9 : Multi-phase molecular gas in nearby and distant galaxies insights from ALMA and JWST
  •  SS10 : Resolving the missing details for the Milky Way’s accretion history
  •  SS11 : Young stellar structures in the Milky Way
  •  SS12 : Accretion disc winds across mass scale
  •  SS13 : AGN populations in large sky radio surveys
  •  SS14 : From shadows to Jets: BH science with the EHT
  •  SS15 : Neutrinos from the Dark: unveiling hadronic processes in radio-quiet AGN coronae
  •  SS16 : Precision measurements of astrophysical jets across scales and sources
  •  SS17 : Timing of the accretion flow in compact objects: X-ray insights and multi-wavelength surveys
  •  SS18 : TeV astronomy: setting up the new generation of Cherenkov telescopes
  •  SS19 : Fostering Inclusion, Mental Well-being, and Leadership Equity in Astronomy
  •  SS20 : SKAO science verification and beyond: preparing users for the SKA era
  •  SS21 : Preparing for PLATO’s science data: mission insights and community engagement
  •  SS22 : Getting ready for Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  •  SS23 : Transformative science from 30-Meter Class telescopes in the Northern hemisphere
  •  SS24 : WST in the 2040s landscape: the power of synergies
  •  SS25 : Optical Interferometry in the next decade: Science, Technology, and Collaboration at the VLTI and beyond
  •  SS26 : Planning the future of large-scale (sub-)mm astrophysics
  •  SS27 : The Vera Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: from data previews to full survey operation
  •  SS28 : WEAVE and 4MOST – whole-sky spectroscopic coverage through next-generation facilities
  •  SS29 : The dance of stars within galaxies: transients, their progenitors and their host galaxies
  •  SS30 : A synoptic view of star formation with the VLTI and JWST
  •  SS31 : Exotic populations in star clusters seen through the lens of binary interactions
  •  SS32 : Kilonovae: further insights from theory and observations
  •  SS33 : Pushing the frontiers: precision spectroscopy of FGK stars
  •  SS34 : EST, the next-generation solar telescope
  •  SS35 : Exoplanets and the Galactic environment
  •  SS36 : Synergies between JWST and the ELT for the study of star and planet formation
  •  SS37 : Planet formation in sub-structured disks: from dust traps to giant planets
  •  SS38 : Machine Learning for Spectroscopy: unlocking galaxy and AGN physics with large surveys
  •  SS39 : Early Career astronomers and their supporters
  •  SS40 : Next steps towards greener astronomy
  •  SS41 : European forum of astronomical communities
  •  SS42 : Challenges ahead: how to deal with interference from satellite constellations
  •  SS43 : Saving astronomy in Ukraine: what can we do as a community?
  •  SS44 : AI and Open Access in Modern Astronomy Publishing

Lunch Sessions (single-block session during lunch)

  •  LS1 : Getting the most out of ESO data: a hands-on session on the ESO Science Archive and data processing tools
  •  LS2 : The ESA science program
  •  LS3 : Astronomy on Tap Europe Networking Lunch
  •  LS4 : The ESA Space Science Archives
  •  LS5 : Evaluating IDEAs (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) in Astronomy Outreach and Education
  •  LS6 : EPFL Space Associations
  •  LS7 : VLTI 2026: entering the new sensitivity era
Plenary events

Please refer to the dedicated pages on Plenary Lectures

Restricted meetings
  • EAS Council meeting 1 (Mon 13:15–14:45)
  • EAS Affiliated Societies: business lunch (Tue 13:15–14:45)
  • EAS Council meeting 2 (Thu 13:15–14:45)