Program of events of 2021

We remind that the events are all live streamed on the dedicated YouTube channel.

The Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis: Concordance or New Physics?

Tuesday 26 January: 15:00 CET

Speakers

   Brian Fields (Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, USA)

   Carlos Martins (CAUP, Porto, Portugal)

Moderator: Cyril Pitrou (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France)

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page while we provide a lisf of useful references here.

Open Access in Astronomy: why should I care?

Tuesday 23 February: 15:00 CET

Speakers

   Uta Grothkopf (ESO)

   Anne Ruimy (Senior Publisher at EDP Sciences)

Moderator: Henri Boffin (ESO)

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

The formation of the inner Milky Way

Tuesday 30 March: 15:00 CET

Speakers

   Manuela Zoccali (Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile)

   Victor P. Debattista (Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK)

Moderator: Elena Valenti (ESO)

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

The use of metrics in evaluation processes: an added value or a damage to science?

Tuesday 27 April: 15:00 CEST

Speakers

    Anna Hatch (DORA Program Director - American Society for Cell Biology)   

    Rochelle Fritch (Scientific Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland & Facilitator, Funding Organisations for Gender          (FORGEN) Community of Practice)

Moderator: Michael Hill (Deputy Head of Strategy, Swiss National Science Foundation)

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

The accretion history of the Milky Way

Tuesday 25 May: 15:00 CEST

Speakers

   Amina Helmi (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, NL)

   Ana Bonaca (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, USA)

Moderator: Marina Rejkuba (ESO)

We provide a lisf of useful references here.

Past Events

Dark Matter and MOND

Monday 27 April 2020: 15:30 CEST

Speakers

    Dark Matter: Azadeh Fattahi (Durham, UK)

    MOND: Federico Lelli (Cardiff, UK)

Chair: Steffen Mieske (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

Intermediate Mass Black Holes: To be or Not to be?

Monday 11 May 2020: 15:30 CEST

Speakers

    Theory: Marta Volonteri  (IAP, France)

    Observations: Tom Maccarone (Texas Tech University, USA)

Chair: Maria Diaz Trigo (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

Initial Mass Function: Universal...or Not?

Monday 25 May 2020: 11:00 CEST

Speakers

    History and resolved populations: Tereza Jerabkova (IAC/GTC, La Palma, Spain; Bonn University, Germany)

    Measuring the IMF: Andrew Hopkins (AAO Macquarie - Macquarie University, Australia)

Chair: Giacomo Beccari (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube page.

The formation and evolution of the Solar System

Monday  8 June 2020: 16:30 CEST

Speakers

    Observations: Megan Schwamb (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

    Models: Sean Raymond (Universite de Bordeaux, France)

Chair: Cyrielle Opitom (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube channel.

Substructure in protoplanetary disks: a signpost of planet formation?

Monday  29 June 2020: 15:30 CEST

Speakers

    Edwin (Ted) Bergin (University of Michigan, USA)

    Alessandro Morbidelli (OCA, Nice, France)

Chair: Stefano Facchini (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube channel.

Dust at high z

Monday  6 July 2020: 15:30 CEST

Speakers

    Marusa Bradac (UC Davis, USA)

    Andrea Ferrara (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy)

Chair: Paola Andreani (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube channel.

The atmospheres of Exoplanets

Monday  20 July 2020: 15:30 CEST

Speakers

    Neale Gibson (School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

    Jonathan Fortney (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)

Chair: Valentin Ivanov (ESO)

A list of useful material related to this Duologue can be found at this webpage.

The video of this Duologue is available on this YouTube channel.