The Users Committee (UC) represents ESO's astronomical community at large and acts as an advisory body to the ESO Director General on matters related to the performance, scientific access, operation and data management facilities to the La Silla Paranal Observatory and ALMA. The 50th annual meeting of the UC is scheduled on 27 and 28 April 2026. During the UC meeting updates from ESO and feedback from the user community are exchanged and openly discussed. Each year one topic is explored in more detail and this year the Special Topic session is dedicated to Time Domain: Target of Opportunity and Rapid Response Mode Observations.
2026 Users Committee Meeting
Published: 02 Mar 2026
The UC welcomes input, opinions and suggestions from the community through direct contact with the UC Members.
The UC designed an anonymous poll to collect further feedback and welcomes input from the community until Friday, 20 March 2026. The meeting webpage includes a record of the last meeting with recommendations that will be discussed in April.