[ASA] Second Announcement: High Angular Resolution Science with Next-Generation Optical-Infrared Capabilities at ESO, September 1-4, 2026

[Richard McDermid]

Second Announcement:

High Angular Resolution Science with Next-Generation Optical-Infrared Capabilities at ESO
Exploiting MAVIS and ELT instruments in the 2030s
ESO Garching, 1-4 September 2026

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mavis2026 at eso.org<mailto:mavis2026 at eso.org>

Registration deadline extended to May 31st.

We are delighted to announce the list of confirmed speakers for this international conference dedicated to exploiting MAVIS and ELT instruments in the 2030s, jointly organised by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), INAF – Arcetri and Astralis - Macquarie University.

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 collaborations.

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 - MICADO, HARMONI, and their AO component MORFEO - together with the next generation of high-sky-coverage adaptive-optics facilities in the optical on the VLT, such as MAVIS, the astronomical community will, for the first time, routinely access spatial resolutions of ~40 mas 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, as well as probing the physics of compact objects and the distant Universe.

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 science cases are deeply complementary.

Description: 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 conference webpage<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/5JH4Cvl1rKi2Bo5grtQfoUQxREl?domain=eso.org>.
For more information, please contact the organising committee at mavis2026 at eso.org<mailto:mavis2026 at eso.org>.

Confirmed Speakers:
Angela Adamo, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Anna McLeod, Durham University, UK
Carlo Manara, ESO
Claudia Lagos, University of Western Australia
Deanne Fisher, Swinburne University, Australia
Devika Kamath, Macquarie University, Australia
Eros Vanzella, INAF - Bologna, Italy
Filippo Mannucci, INAF - Arcetri, Italy
Francesca Annibali, INAF - Bologna, Italy
Jesse Van de Sande, School of Physics Sydney, Australia
Jim Dunlop, University of Edinburgh, UK
Joël Vernet, ESO
Kathryn Grasha, Australian National University, Australia
Laura Magrini, INAF - Arcetri, Italy
Marco Gullieuszik, INAF - Padova, Italy
Mathis Houllé, University of Grenoble, France
Nadine Neumayer, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
Pascal Oesch, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Rebecca Davies, Swinburne University, Australia
Silvia Martocchia, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
Sophia Vaughan, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
Stephanie Monty, New Mexico State University, USA
Trevor Mendel, Australian National University, Australia

Important dates:
9 February 2026 -- First Announcement & Registration and Abstract Submission open    
31 May 2026  -- Abstract submission deadline (Extended)
End of June 2026 -- Programme release 
12 July 2026 -- Registration and Payment deadline                  
1 September 2026 -- Conference starts

SOC members:
Francesca Annibali, INAF - Bologna, Italy
Giovanni Cresci, INAF - Arcetri, Italy (co-Chair)
Ric Davies, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Harald Kuntschner, ESO (co-Chair)
Richard McDermid, Macquarie University, Australia (co-Chair)
Mark Swinbank, Durham University, UK
Eline Tolstoy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Arthur Vigan, CNRS/Laboratoire d'Astrophsyique de Marseille, France
Benedetta Vulcani, INAF - Padova, Italy

LOC members: Bianca Moreschini, Daudi Mazengo, Harald Kuntschner, Maximilian Haberle, Natanael de Isídio, Nelma Alas Silva, Quincy Bosschaart, Rajesh Potlia, Sara Peluso.

We kindly invite you to share this announcement with colleagues who may be interested. We apologise if you receive this message more than once. This is to ensure that all potential participants are informed, and we look forward to meeting you in Garching in September!

On behalf of the SOC and LOC

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