Scientific Rationale

ESO in the 2020s workshop

This workshop will provide a forum for discussion of the likely astronomical landscape in the 2020s - both core science and burning topics, in so far as these can ever be predicted. Flowing from that, the community is invited to advise the ESO Executive with regard to future facilities, including but not limited to those at the optical/infrared observatories on La Silla and Paranal in Chile, at the sub-millimetre observatories APEX and ALMA on Chajnantor and the Extremely Large Telescope on Armazones.

In addition to high-level summaries there will be ample time for discussion and the presentation of new ideas to shape the future of ESO.