Upcoming Seminars and Lectures

"Stellar Feedback and Supernovae in Lensed Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies"

ESO Lunch Talk
  • Now in Auditorium Telescopium!
  • Date: May 5, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Patrick Kamieneski (Chalmers)
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Room: Auditorium Telescopium

"ANDES"

ESO Informal Discussion
  • Date: May 6, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Francesco Belfiore, Frederic Derie and Paul Bristow (ESO)
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Room: Library

TBA

MPP Theory Seminar
  • Date: May 6, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Livia Ferro (University of Hertfordshire)
  • Location: MPP
  • Room: A.1.01 - Alps Süd

"AI for Chip Design"

Wednesday Coffee Talk
  • Date: May 6, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jiang Hu (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering I Texas A & M University)
  • Room: Online (Zoom)
  • Host: TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS)
  • Contact: events@ias.tum.de

"Software- und Lizenzworkshop 2026"

MPP Workshop
  • Start: May 6, 2026 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: May 7, 2026 04:00 PM
  • Speaker: Vanessa Schwarz (MAXIT/MPDL)
  • Location: MPP

"A Disc Wind Where You Least Expect It: The Outflow in the Short-Period X-Ray Binary UW CrB"

SESTAS
  • Date: May 6, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Stefanie Fijma (ESO)
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: Lecture Hall E.0.11
  • Host: Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien
Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [more]

"The Impact of Local and Large-Scale Environment on the Stellar Populations of LEGA-C Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts"

ESO Galaxy Evolution Coffee
  • Date: May 7, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Laura Scholz-Díaz (INAF - Arcetri, Florenc)
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Room: Library

"Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Signatures of Binary Black Holes With Circumbinary Gas"

Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium
  • Date: May 7, 2026
  • Time: 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Sharon Meidt Van Der Wel (Universiteit Gent)
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Room: Auditorium Eridanus (ESO HQE, Garching)
Cookies and coffee from 3 p.m. [more]

Call for Proposals – ESO Science Workshops 2027

Deadline
  • Date: May 11, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
  • Contact: janderso@eso.org
Call for proposals for ESO science workshops 2027, focusing on scientific collaboration, hybrid participation, and diversity. [more]

"Again! – But Faster, Better, and with More Physics: ML-Accelerated Inference of Galaxy Properties in Deep and Wide Surveys of the Universe"

IAU Commission J1 Seminar
  • Date: May 11, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (London UTC+01:00)
  • Speaker: Joel Leja (Penn State University)
  • Host: IAU Commission J1
  • Contact: ignacio.ferreras@iac.es
Joel Leja presents new machine-learning-accelerated methods for inferring the physical properties of galaxies from deep and wide surveys, including neural net emulators, GPU-accelerated sampling, and simulation-based inference, achieving speed-ups of 100x to 1,000,000x. The talk takes place online and will be recorded. [more]

"Von der Dunkelheit ins Licht – Die Geburt von Sternen und Planeten"

Café & Kosmos
  • Date: May 12, 2026
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Birgitta Müller (MPE)
  • Location: Wirtshaus zum Isartal, Brudermühlstraße 2, 81371 München
  • Host: MPE
  • Contact: cafe-kosmos@origins-cluster.de
Birgitta Müller erklärt, wie die Entstehung von Sternensystemen beobachtet und mit Spektrometrie deren chemische Entwicklung erforscht werden kann – von den ersten molekularen Bausteinen in dunklen Staub- und Gaswolken bis hin zu den Grundbausteinen des Lebens. Der Eintritt ist frei. [more]

"The Cosmic and Galactic Baryon Cycles"

LMU Astrophysics Colloquium
  • Date: May 20, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Celine Peroux (ESO)
  • Location: University Observatory Munich (USM), Scheinerstrasse 1, Munich
  • Room: Hörsaal der Universitäts-Sternwarte
  • Host: Daniel Grün
The festivities will start with coffee around 10:30 a.m., and the talk will begin at 11 a.m. [more]

Führung durch das Schloss

Führung durch das Schloss
  • Date: May 22, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: Jochen Essl
Der Leiter der Tagungsstätte, Jochen Essl, führt durch die Räume im Schloss und berichtet über die Geschichte des Hauses. Mehr Informationen unter www.vhs.de. Die Karten können nur über die VHS Oberland bezogen werden. [more]

Call for Proposals – Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2026

Deadline
  • Date: May 25, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Die Einreichungsfrist für den Call for Proposals des Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2026 (9.–10. Dezember, Leipzig) endet am 26. Mai 2026. Eingereicht werden können Panels, Workshops, Kurzvorträge, Pitches sowie freie Formatideen – ausschließlich über das Onlineformular auf der Veranstaltungswebsite. [more]

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM
  • Speaker: Pascal Oesch, Richard Ellis, Benedetta Ciardi, Adriano Fontana, Alice Shapley, plus participants
  • International team of leading scientists in early galaxy formation and reionization, from institutions including University of Geneva, UCL, MPA, INAF Rome, and UCLA.
  • Location: MIAPbP
  • Room: MIAPbP
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapp.de
A four-week MIAPbP workshop in Garching on early galaxy formation, black holes, and reionization in the era of JWST, ALMA, SKA, and ELT.Registration is open; deadline September 7, 2025. Held June 1–26, 2026. [more]

Application Deadline – 5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Deadline
  • Date: Jun 1, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
The application deadline for the 5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (10–19 July 2026, UC Santa Cruz) is 5 June 2026. The school is intended for advanced graduate students and beginning postdoctoral researchers in nuclear and particle astrophysics. [more]

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

ESO Workshop
  • Start: Jun 8, 2026
  • End: Jun 12, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: ESO Headquarters, Garching
  • Room: Main Conference Hall
  • Host: ESO
  • Contact: CMF2IMF@eso.org
The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function: From Core Mass Function to Stellar Mass Distribution [more]

TUM Diversity Day 2026

TUM Diversity Day 2026
  • Date: Jun 11, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Vorhoelzer Forum, TUM main campus, Munich
  • Host: TUM Staff Unit Diversity & Inclusion
  • Contact: diversity@tum.de
TUM Diversity Day 2026 brings together speakers from academia, business, media, and the public sector for a full-day programme addressing authentic leadership, digital violence, structural barriers, and sustainable ways of integrating the different dimensions of life. The event is open to the entire TUM community and all interested participants; advance registration is required. [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

Let There Be Noise

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jun 24, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

Registration Deadline – MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop

Deadline
  • Date: Jun 29, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
Registration deadline for the MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop (February 8 – March 5, 2027). [more]

"Primordial Cosmology: Novel Perspectives From Scattering Amplitudes, Holography and the Bootstrap"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Jun 29, 2026
  • End: Jul 24, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP), Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching bei München
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: workshop@munich-iapp.de
Workshop on the origin of structure in the universe, focusing on new theoretical perspectives in primordial cosmology. [more]

"Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes Conference 2026"

Conference
  • Start: Jun 29, 2026
  • End: Jul 3, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: Campus MIL, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Room: Main conference halls (on-site)
  • Host: Université de Montréal (UdeM), in collaboration with international partners
  • Contact: smbh2026@phys.umontreal.ca
Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes: Advancing the Frontiers of Astrophysics [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

Learning the Universe

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jul 1, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

"AGN Feedback Across All Scales and Time"

ESO Workshop
  • Start: Jul 6, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 10, 2026 04:00 PM
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: ESO Garching
Scientific workshop dedicated to the study of AGN feedback across different spatial scales, gas phases, and cosmic epochs. [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

A New Dawn of Science

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jul 8, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
  • Start: Jul 10, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 19, 2026 05:00 PM
  • Location: University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
  • Host: NSF Physics Frontier Center N3AS
The 5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics is a ten-day summer school intended for advanced graduate students and beginning postdoctoral researchers interested in nuclear and particle astrophysics — theory, experiment, or observation. Local costs of participants are covered; bus transportation to and from SFO airport is provided. [more]

"Expanding Horizons: What Are the Astronomical Challenges of the 2040s"

Expanding Horizons
  • Start: Jul 13, 2026
  • End: Jul 17, 2026
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Host: ESO – European Southern Observatory
  • Contact: ExpH_workshop@eso.org
A community-wide five-day workshop bringing together astronomers from a wide range of research backgrounds to identify the key scientific challenges of the 2040s and the transformational ground-based facilities required to address them. In-person participation is limited to 150 participants; remote participation is free of charge. [more]

"Geoastronomy and Origins of Life"

Exoplanets by the Lake IV
  • Start: Jul 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 24, 2026 12:00 PM
  • Location: Hotel Seespitz Gästehaus
  • Host: janhvi.jaiswal@lmu.de
Focused summer school on geoastronomy and origins of life, featuring leading experts in planetary science and astrobiology. [more]

"The Low Energy Frontier – Dark Matter and Neutrinos in Theory and Experiments"

ISAPP School 2026
  • Start: Jul 20, 2026
  • End: Jul 31, 2026
  • Host: MPP & LMU
  • Contact: isapp@mpp.mpg.de
The ISAPP Summer School 2026 introduces PhD students and young researchers to the low-energy frontier of astroparticle physics, with a focus on dark matter and neutrinos from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The two-week programme at the Garching Research Campus combines lectures by international experts with interactive discussions, Q&A sessions, and hands-on sessions. [more]

"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM
  • Speaker: Sergio Simón-Díaz, Alceste Bonanos, Sylvia Ekström, Miguel A. Urbaneja, Ashley Barne
  • Location: MIAPbP, Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching
  • Host: Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP)
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
An interdisciplinary MIAPbP programme advancing research on massive stars from formation to final fate. [more]

Europlanet Science Congress 2026

Europlanet Science Congress 2026
  • Start: Sep 6, 2026
  • End: Sep 11, 2026
  • Location: The Hague, Netherlands
  • Host: Europlanet Science Congress
Annual planetary science conference featuring sessions on star and planet formation, exoplanets, and planetary science research. [more]

"Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Networks: From Cell Metabolism to Design Principles for Synthetic Life"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Sep 7, 2026
  • End: Sep 18, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: MIAPbP, Munich, Germany
  • Room: MIAPbP Conference Hall
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: workshop@munich-iapp.de
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Networks: from Cell Metabolism to Design Principles for Synthetic Life [more]

"Aufeinander zugehen – Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Krisenzeiten"

Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2026
  • Start: Dec 9, 2026
  • End: Dec 10, 2026
  • Location: Kongresshalle am Zoo, Leipzig
  • Host: Wissenschaft im Dialog gGmbH
Das Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation widmet sich 2026 dem Schwerpunktthema „Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Krisenzeiten" und bringt die Wisskomm-Community für zwei Tage in der Leipziger Kongresshalle am Zoo zusammen. Das Programm umfasst Panels, Workshops, Kurzvorträge, Pitches und freie Formatideen. [more]

"Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path Forward"

MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop
  • Start: Feb 8, 2027 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Mar 5, 2027 05:00 PM
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
This workshop brings together theoretical and experimental experts to address key questions in neutrino astrophysics, including cosmic neutrino sources, multi-messenger synergies, and future detection strategies. [more]
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