Programme

Timezone: all times in the programme are CET

Registration Deadline: 05 November 2025

Program Overview (preliminary)

* Denotes Remote Speaker

Presentations include interruptions/discussions

Day 1 - Monday Dec. 15, Carl von Siemens Foundation

Host: Keving Heng (LMU-Munich)
08:30 Arrival and coffee/tea
09:00 Welcome and overview, by Kevin Heng (LMU-Munich)
09:30 The Future of UV Astronomy (including HWO) Kevin France (Colorado, U.S.A.)
10:30 coffee/tea-break
11:00 High-Resolution UV Spectroscopy of the Interstellar Medium Annalisa De Cia (ESO, Germany)
12:00 lunch break
13:30 The Theon and BavariAE Mission Concepts Frank Grupp (LMU-Munich, Germany)
14:30 coffee/tea-break
15:30 UV Spectroscopy of White Dwarfs Boris Gaensicke (Warwick, U.K.)
16:30 General Discussion
17:00 Free time in the Carl von Siemens Foundation
18:00 Arrival for Carl von Siemens Foundation Lecture
18:30 Shri Kulkarni’s Carl von Siemens Foundation Lecture
19:30 dinner   (and time to mingle with guests)
20:00 Q&A for the lecture (time limit for Q&A is flexible)

Day 2 - Tuesday Dec. 16, ESO, Eridanus Auditorium

Host: Annalisa De Cia (ESO)
08:30 Arrival and coffee/tea
09:00 The Stellar UV Environment of Exoplanets Kevin France (Colorado, U.S.A.)
10:00 coffee/tea-break
11:00 TBA  
12:00 lunch break
13:30 UV Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Escape from Exoplanets Antonija Oklopcic* (Amsterdam)
14:00 TBA  
14:30 TBA  
15:00 coffee/tea-break
15:30 TBA  
16:00 High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Hot Jupiters Jens Hoeijmakers (Lund University, Sweden)
16:30 Reflected Light from Exoplanets Kevin Heng (LMU-Munich)

Day 3 - Wednesday Dec. 17, Carl von Siemens Foundation

Host: Keving Heng (LMU-Munich)
08:30 Arrival and coffee/tea
09:00 Metastable Helium in the Thermosphere Shri Kulkarni (Caltech, U.S.A.)
10:00 coffee/tea-break
11:00 TBA  
12:00 lunch break
13:30 TBA  
14:30 coffee/tea-break
15:30 TBA  
16:30 General Discussion

Shri Kulkarni (Caltech) delivers a colloquium at the Munich Observatory (Scheinerstrasse 1) on 18 December (Thursday) from 09:30 onwards.  Write to Kevin Heng if you are interested in attending.

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