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Monday, 26 January
Start End Min. Description Speaker
12:30 13:30 60 Registration  
13:30  13:45 15 Introduction Martyna Chruslinska, Antoine Merand, Celine Peroux, Andreas Kaufer and Xavier Barcons
13:45  14:15 30 ESO facilities and science landscape Jarle Brinchmann
Session chair: Enrique Macias
14:15  14:45 30 Space facilities and science landscape Gaitee Hussain
14:45 15:15 30 Multi-frequency facilities and science landscape Silvia Piranomonte 
15:15  15:30 15 Technology and Astronomy: Rethinking ESO's Model for the 2030s Paulo Garcia 
15:30 16:00 30 Coffee break
Session chair: Amelia Bayo
16:00  16:15 15 An overview of ESO’s sustainability plans Claudio Melo 
16:15 16:45 30 Advancing life cycle assessment and ecodesign for sustainable space programmes: lessons learned, industry collaboration, and the path forward Aurelie Gallice-Tanguy
16:45  17:30 45 Discussion session: Synergies between ground-based and space-based instruments and scientific outputs
Chair: Andreas Kaufer Panelists: Christophe Dumas, Vanessa Hill, Paul McNamara, Karine Perraut 
Tuesday, 27 January
Start  End Min.  Description  Speaker
Session chair: Paul Boley
09:00  09:15 15 Towards Unified Vibration Control for the VLTI: Multi-Sensor Data Fusion as a Path Beyond GRAVITY+  Nuno Morujao        
09:15  09:30 15 Light at the Horizon: Black Holes in High Definition with the VLT and VLTI  Taro Shimizu        
09:30  10:00 30 Detectors future  Matthew Soman
10:00  10:30 30 Astronomical transients in the multi-messenger era  Antonio de Ugarte Postigo
10:30  10:32 02 Poster presentation: Measuring the Cosmic Redshift Drift with the VLT: A Long-Term ESPRESSO Program into the ELT Era  Andrea Trost
10:32  10:34 02 Poster presentation: Enhancing JWST asteroid discoveries with the VLT  Nicolas Crouzet
10:34  11:00 26 Coffee break 
  Session chair: Pietro Schipani
11:00  11:15 15 Follow-up of transients in the 2030s  Michael Andersen    
11:15  11:30 15 Evaluating detector technologies for astronomy beyond 2030  Naidu Bezawada      
11:30  12:30 60 Discussion session: Transients beyond 2030 and the role of the VLT (operation model, response time, new follow-up strategies)
Chair: Martyna Chruslinska; Panelists: Michael Andersen, Marina Rejkuba, Jan van Roestel, Susanna Vergani
12:30  14:00 90 Lunch Break
Session chair: Francesco Belfiore
14:00  14:30 30 Low surf brightness and short wavelength facilities  Deborah Lokhorst    
14:30  15:00 30 Extragalactic science and cosmology  Ryan Cooke          
15:00  15:15 15 Atomic Data for the Next Generation of Astrophysical Spectroscopy  Christian Clear     
15:15  15:30 15 Advancing Hollow Cathode Lamp Calibrations for Next-Generation Spectrographs  Lawrence Bissell    
15:30  15:32 02 Poster presentation: Open Loop AO Instruments - High Stability DMs enable new concepts  Stefan Ströbele
15:32  15:34 02 Poster presentation: The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) - science drivers and synergies  Johan Richard
15:34  15:36 02 Poster presentation: The BlueMUSE "Distant Universe" Science Cases  Tanya Urrutia
15:30 15:36 06 Poster pop-session
15:36  16:00 24 Coffee break           
Session chair: Thomas Klein
16:00  16:15 15 Is there any need for Laser-Frequency Comb at the VLT beyond 2030?  Francesco Pepe      
16:15  16:30 15 Reaching cm/s radial velocity accuracy with the next generation of Astrocombs  Oliver Pfuhl        
16:30  17:30 60 Discussion: Extreme wavelength calibration & Laser Frequency Comb technology
Chair: Thomas Klein; Panelists: Francois Bouchy, Xavier Dumusque, Dinko Milakovic, Andrea Trost
19:00   Workshop's social dinner: Wirtshaus im Braunauer Hof am Isartor
Wednesday, 28 January
Start End Min. Description  Speaker
Session chair: Amelia Fraser-McKelvie
09:00 09:15 15 Low-Surface Brightness research in the Next Era of Astronomy  Enrichetta Iodice   
09:15 09:30 15 Cosmology with VLT spectrographs in 2030s  Dinko Milakovic     
09:30 10:00 30 Wide-field/multiplex/integral-field spectroscopy  Johan Richard   
10:00 10:30 30 Galaxy formation in the 2030s: Connecting scales with the VLT  Jorryt Matthee      
10:30  10:32 02 Poster presentation: Technologies challenges and developments for HRMOS  Andrea Bianco
10:32  11:00 28 Coffee break   
Session chair: Tanya Urrutia
11:00  11:15 15 Nano to pico degree optical astronomy: in quantum physics we trust!  Roland Walter       
11:15  11:30 15 Massive Spectroscopy in Dense Environment - from emerging technologies to new science  Jean-Paul Kneib     
11:30  12:30 60 Discussion: Public surveys beyond 2030 and the role of VLT
Chair: Celine Peroux; Panelists: Magda Arnaboldi, Giovanni Cresci, Valentin Ivanov, Marcella Marconi
12:30  12:45 15 Group photo
12:45  14:00 75 Lunch break           
Session chair: Kieran Leschinski
14:00  14:15 15 The need for a wide-field IFU at 1 micron  Nicolas Bouché
14:15  14:30 15 Completing the VLT/I in the LGS Era: The case for at least 4 lasers on each UT  Michael Ireland          
14:30  14:45 15 Towards Full-Sky Adaptive Optics with Laser Guide Stars: Overview of the ANU Program on LGS Tip-Tilt  Joschua Kraft
14:45  15:00 15 Advanced laser guide stars for future AO facilities      Felipe Pedreros     
15:00  15:15 15 XAO performance with an Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star  Jalo Nousiainen
15:15 15:30 15 Perspectives for the VLT Interferometer in stellar astrophysics  Pierre Kervella    
15:30 15:32 02 Poster presentation: The Challenging spectroscopic analysis of young stars and the key-role of HRMOS  Martina Baratella
15:32 15:34 02 Poster presentation: Public Surveys beyond 2030: lessons learned from public surveys before 2030 – VVV/VVX and KMOS  Valentin Ivanov
15:34  16:00 26 Coffee break                 
Session chair: Bibiana Prinoth
16:00  16:30 30 Planetary systems/exoplanets  Julia Seidel        
16:30 17:00 30 High-angular resolution facilities  Sebastiaan Haffert  
17:00  17:15 15 La Silla as proof of concept for future VLT instrument  François Bouchy     
17:15  17:30 15 Vipa-based Instrument for Oxygen Loaded Atmospheres (VIOLA) for VLT2030 and beyond  Suri Rukdee         
Thursday, 29 January
Start End Min. Description  Speaker
Session chair: Sara Lucatello
09:00  09:15 15 MICHELANGELO: a mid-infrared high dispersion spectrograph dedicated to exoplanet atmospheres studies  Leonardo Testi      
09:15  09:30 15 A high-resolution; ultra-stable NIR spectrograph for the VLT  Xavier Dumusque     
09:30  09:32 02 Poster presentation: Nearby Galaxies in the ELT Era: Synergy Between Infrared and VLT Observations  Uzay Aydin
09:30  10:30 60 Discussion: Science at high-spectral resolution beyond 2030
Chair: Suzanne Ramsay; Panelists: Carlo Manara, Tadafumi Matsuno, Sara Lucatello, Heidi Korhonen
10:30  11:00 30 Coffee break            
Session Chair: Maria Tsantaki
11:00  11:15 15 Pioneering exoplanet reflected-light spectroscopy with RISTRETTO: a pathfinder for ANDES and PCS  Christophe Lovis    
11:15  11:30 15 Data Analysis Software in the 2030s for panoramic Integral Field Spectrographs  Angela Adamo            
11:30  12:30 60 Discussion: High-contrast imaging: science prospects and new technological developments
Chair: Jarle Brinchmann; Panelists: Alexis Carlotti, Angela Cortes, Simone Esposito, Davide Fedele, Jerome Paufique
12:30  14:00 90 Lunch break                
Session chair: Julia Bodensteiner
14:00  14:30 30 Stars and Stellar Evolution  Ylva Gotberg        
14:30  15:00 30 High-resolution facilities for stellar astrophysics  Stefan Kraus        
15:00  15:15 15 HRMOS: a very high-resolution; multi-object spectrograph for the VLT  Sofia Randich      
15:15  15:30 15 HRMOS: Instrument architecture and main features  Marco Riva          
15:30  15:32 02 Poster presentation: Nucleochronology with HRMOS  Tadafumi Matsuno
15:32  15:34 02 Poster presentation: Mapping Quasars Outflows with VLT/I and Gravitational lensing  Rachana
15:34  15:36 02 Poster presentation: How to make VLTI visible  Florentin Millour
15:36  16:00 24 Coffee break                 
Session chair: Martina Baratella
16:00  16:15 15 Probing Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis in the Early Galaxy with HRMOS  Emma Fernandez-Alvar
16:15  16:30 15 Filling the Gap: High-Resolution; Multi-Object Spectroscopy for the Local and Distant Universe  Laura Magrini       
16:30 17:30 60 Discussion: Multi-object and integral-field spectroscopy with the VLT
Chair: Michele Cirasuolo; Panelists: Eric Emsellem, Vincenzo Maineri, Elena Valenti, Pete Weilbacher, 
Friday, 30 January
Start End Min. Description  Speaker
Session chair: Harald Kuntschner
09:00  09:15 15 The role of HRMOS to the comprehension of planetary systems across time and space  Camilla Danielsky   
09:15  09:30 15 VIPER: a Visible and Infrared spectroPolarimetER for the VLT  Pascal Petit
09:30  09:45 15 From Large Telescopes to Tiny Chips: Astrophotonic Perspectives for the VLT/I  Elsa Huby           
09:45  10:00 15 Astrophotonics: recent and future developments  Simon Ellis         
10:00  10:15 15 Science drivers for a shorter wavelength; high-sensitivity 3rd-generation VLTI instrument  Mathias Nowak       
10:15 10:30 15 The VLTI: a unique facility for exoplanet detection  Sylvestre Lacour    
10:30  11:00 30 Coffee break                
Session chair: Markus Wittkowski
11:00  11:05 5 Demonstrating the combination of AT-UT baselines: VLTI as a true coherent array  Guillaume Bourdarot 
11:05  11:10 5 STELLIM: Fast Interferometric Imaging of Stellar Surfaces  Xavier Haubois      
11:10  11:15 5 VLTI extensions and limiting sensitivity: how to win on both counts  Romain Petrov       
11:15  11:20 5 Perspectives for the Asgard Visitor Instrument Suite for VLTI in the 2030s  Stefan Kraus        
11:20  11:25 5 MATISSE and mid-infrared interferometry at the VLTI post-2030  Florentin Millour         
11:25  11:30 5 Astrophysics at high spectral and spatial resolution with the VLTI  Andreas Quirrenbach 
11:30  12:30 60 Discussion: VLTI beyond 2030
Chair: Antoine Merand; Panelists: Xavier Haubois, Elsa Huby, Mathias Nowak, Julia Seidel
12:30 12:35 5 Poster prizes  
12:35  13:00 25 Closing remarks and next steps (white papers call)  Chairs              
13:00 14:30 90 Lunch 

E-mail: VLTbeyond2030@eso.org