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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">High Angular Resolution Science with Next-Generation Optical-Infrared Capabilities at ESO</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Exploiting MAVIS and ELT instruments in the 2030s</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ESO Garching, 1-4 September 2026</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are delighted to announce that the European Southern Observatory (ESO), INAF – Arcetri, and Astralis - AAO/Macquarie University, are jointly organising an international conference dedicated
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We warmly encourage participation from the broader astronomical community, in addition to instrument science teams, with the goal of fostering novel ideas, cross-fertilisation, and new
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The coming decade will mark a transformative era for high–angular resolution astronomy. With the arrival of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) and its first‐generation instruments - <b>MICADO</b>, <b>HARMONI</b>,
and their AO component <b>MORFEO </b>-<b> </b>together with the next generation of high-sky-coverage adaptive-optics facilities in the optical on the VLT, such as <b>MAVIS</b>, the astronomical community will, for the first time, routinely access spatial resolutions
of <b>~40 mas </b>across the optical and infrared domains, with high sensitivity and diverse spectral and imaging capabilities. This unprecedented development will open new parameter spaces for exploring the formation and evolution of stars, planets, and galaxies,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This international conference at ESO aims to bring together the diverse scientific communities developing and preparing to exploit these instruments. Although each facility has unique
strengths - MAVIS pushing diffraction-limited performance into the visible on an 8-m telescope, and the ELT instruments delivering unmatched infrared sensitivity and resolution on a 39-m aperture - their <b>science cases are deeply complementary</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Description: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The High Angular Resolution Science with Next-Generation Optical-Infrared Capabilities
at ESO conference will be held September 1-4, 2026, at the ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany. All information, including a link to register and submit abstracts, is available on the </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wTSLCE8wmrt02PzDJhNfQI7U9Bw?domain=eso.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span lang="EN-US">conference
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more information, please contact the organising committee at </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mavis2026@eso.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span lang="EN-US">mavis2026@eso.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9 February 2026 -- First Announcement & Registration and Abstract Submission open </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">15 May 2026 -- Abstract submission deadline</span><span style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">End of June 2026 -- Programme release </span><span style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12 July 2026 -- Registration and Payment deadline </span><span style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1 September 2026 -- Conference starts</span><span style="text-indent:-18pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></li></ul>
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<span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Giovanni Cresci (INAF - Arcetri, co-Chair)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span lang="DE" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Harald Kuntschner (ESO, co-Chair)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Richard McDermid (Macquarie University, co-Chair)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">LOC members</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">: Bianca Moreschini, Daudi Mazengo, Harald Kuntschner, Maximilian Haberle, Natanael de Isídio, Nelma Alas Silva,
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