<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Why Galaxies care about AGB stars V:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">3D winds in the cosmic matter cycle</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">November 17 - 21, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The fifth edition of the <i>"Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars"</i> conference series will bring together researchers working on Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, stellar populations, and galaxy evolution to foster collaboration and advance our understanding of the role of AGB stars in the Universe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">AGB stars play a fundamental role in the chemical enrichment of galaxies, the formation of cosmic dust, and the infrared light emitted by evolved stellar populations. However, key uncertainties persist in mass loss, convection, nucleosynthesis, binarity, and circumstellar dust formation, directly impacting both stellar evolution models and extragalactic studies. With recent breakthroughs in high-angular-resolution imaging, 3D stellar modeling, and multi wavelength observations at multiple facilities and groups, this is an exciting time to revisit the impact of AGB stars across cosmic time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This workshop will be a unique opportunity to discuss the latest observational and theoretical developments, featuring among others recent results from high-resolution imaging, spectroscopic studies, and advanced simulations. Topics will range from AGB stellar physics and dust formation to their impact on unresolved stellar populations and galaxy evolution. In addition, we will brainstorm the role and potential breakthroughs of AGB star research in the E-ELT and beyond era, ensuring that future observational and theoretical efforts align with the next generation of astronomical facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#ff2600">Registration is open</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> at:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0gvvCzvkyVC4RrMLGc4flc9mJ2w?domain=eso.org" title="https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2025/whygalaxiescareaboutAGB.html" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2025/whygalaxiescareaboutAGB.html</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> until June 1</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">5th</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The conference will cover the following themes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Stellar structure and evolution on and past the AGB<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nucleosynthesis, mixing, and rotation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Convection, Pulsation, dynamical atmospheres, and dust formation <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Circumstellar envelopes and Astrochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Binarity, planets, and disks around AGB stars<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Evolution beyond the AGB phase; post-AGB, planetary Nebulae <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The role of AGB stars in the cosmic matter cycle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Resolved and unresolved AGB populations in stellar systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Galaxy evolution, including the first generations of AGB stars<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The meeting will take place in Chile, home to some of the world’s most advanced astronomical facilities, fostering interactions between local and international researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join us to shape the future of AGB research and its connection to galaxy evolution!</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">SOC</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Claudia Paladini (Chair), ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Markus Wittkowski (Chair), ESO, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Luciano Cerrigone, ALMA-NRAO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Taïssa Danilovich, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Martin Groenewegen, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jinhua He, Chinese Academy of Science South America Center for Astronomy, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Susanne Höfner, Uppsala University, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Elizabeth Humphreys, ESO ALMA, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Alain Jorissen, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Franz Kerschbaum, University of Vienna, Austria <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maria Lugaro, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hans Olofsson, Chalmers, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Keiichi Ohnaka, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">LOC</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Luciano Cerrigone (Chair), ALMA-NRAO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Martina Baratella, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Akke Corporaal, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Julien Drevon, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Paulina Jiron, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Leslie Kiefer, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Claudia Paladini, ESO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Andres Perez, ALMA-NRAO, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#467886"><a href="mailto:whyagb2025@eso.org">whyagb2025@eso.org</a></font></span></b></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></p><div>
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