Name: 7th China-Chile Bilateral Conference for Astronomy
Start: 2026-01-04T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2026-01-09T21:00:00+08:00
Location: The University of Hong Kong

7th China-Chile Bilateral Conference for Astronomy

from Sunday, January 4, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, January 9, 2026 (9:00 PM)

Monday, December 29, 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Friday, January 2, 2026
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Sunday, January 4, 2026

6:30 PM Registration & Welcome Reception
Registration & Welcome Reception
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Room: Cafe1951

Monday, January 5, 2026
9:00 AM Opening Ceremony: Welcome Session
Welcome Session
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome speech: SOC co-Chair & LOC Chair - Quentin Parker (Laboratory for Space Research, HKU)

9:05 AM Welcome Speech: VP and Pro-VC (T&L), HKU - Jay Siegel (VP & Pro-VC (T&L) HKU)

9:10 AM Welcome Speech: Deputy Director of CASSACA - Jiasheng Huang (NAOC/CASSACA)
9:15 AM Invited talk(s): Day 1 Session 1
Day 1 Session 1
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:15 AM Rise of the Giants: Witnessing the Birth of Supermassive Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn - Luis Ho (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)
9:40 AM Contributed talks: Day 1 Session 1
Day 1 Session 1
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM Measurements of Black Hole Masses using Spectral Energy Distribution of quasars at z∼6 - Fuyan Bian (ESO)

9:55 AM Quasar surveys in China and Quasar Candidate Selections for the Southern Sky - Xue-Bing Wu (Peking University)

10:10 AM Extreme X-ray weakness and variability in super-Eddington accreting AGNs - Bin Luo (Nanjing University)

10:25 AM CO(7-6) and [C I](2-1) survey in z>6 quasars - Fuxiang Xu (Peking University)
10:40 AM Coffee break & Poster Session
Coffee break & Poster Session
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CPD 3.04
11:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 1 Session 2
Day 1 Session 2
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM The Dynamic, Multi-Phase Nature of Early Galaxies: Insights from ALMA and JWST - Rodrigo Herrera-Camus (Universidad de Concepción)
11:25 AM Contributed talks: Day 1 Session 2
Day 1 Session 2
11:25 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:25 AM Strong Line Metallicity Calibrations for high-z Galaxies from Local Analogs. - Valentino Gonzalez (Universidad de Chile)

11:40 AM Statistical insights into star formation and cold gas in protoclusters at cosmic noon - Luwenjia Zhou (Nanjing University, China)

11:55 AM Gravitationally Lensed View of DSFG-1 in PLCK G165.7+67.0: Strong Dust Emission and Spatially Resolved Stellar Population Analysis with JWST and SMA - Zhiyu Yan (CASSACA/NAOC)

12:10 PM Galaxy Assembly from Reionization to Present-day Revealed by JWST - Cheqiu Lyu (University of Science and Technology of China)
12:30 PM Group Photo Session
Group Photo Session
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: CPD 3.04

12:40 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Invited talk(s): Day 1 Session 3
Day 1 Session 3
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM New Development of the Concept of a 2-Meter Class Space UV Mission - Suijian Xue (NAOC)

2:25 PM An Inroduction to the China Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) - Zhen-Ya Zheng (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS)
2:50 PM Contributed talks: Day 1 Session 3
Day 1 Session 3
2:50 PM - 3:35 PM
Contributions

2:50 PM The Leighton Chajnantor Project (LCT): an update - Rodrigo Reeves (Universidad de Concepción)

3:05 PM Development of Chinese ground-based solar coronagraph - Yu Liu (Southwest Jiaotong University)

3:20 PM Embodied Intelligence and Autonomous Operation of the Sun Yat-sen University 80 cm Infrared Telescope - Zhongnan Dong (Sun Yat-sen University)
3:35 PM Coffee break & Poster session
Coffee break & Poster session
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
4:00 PM Invited talk(s): Day 1 Session 4
Day 1 Session 4
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM "Yueshan" (MoonFlash): A Hong Kong-Led Circumlunar Mission for Dedicated Lunar Impact Flash Observation - Meng Su (The University of Hong Kong)
4:25 PM Contributed talks: Day 1 Session 4
Day 1 Session 4
4:25 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:25 PM Radiation Pattern Analysis and Optimization for Leighton Chajnantor Telescope - Zheng Wang (Southeast University)

4:40 PM Research on sub aperture accuracy design and manufacturing method of reflector panel for large aperture submillimeter wave telescope - Zhengxiang Shen (Tongji University)

4:55 PM Cosmic Ray Detection and Rejection for CSST - Bin Ma (Sun Yat-sen University)

5:10 PM Laboratory tests for the CSST SC CCD detectors - Zun Luo (中国科学院国家天文台)
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
9:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 2 Session 1
Day 2 Session 1
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Feeding and Finding Close-Separation Dual AGN: Insights from Multiwavelength SEDs and ALMA Observations - Ezequiel Treister (Universidad de Tarapaca)
9:25 AM Contributed talks: Day 2 Session 1
Day 2 Session 1
9:25 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:25 AM The Hyperluminous, Dust-obscured Quasar W2246-0526: ALMA High-Resolution [CII] Imaging - Mai Liao (UDP)

9:40 AM Re‑evaluating the Mass–Metallicity Relation with Self‑Consistent Photoionization Models - Ziming Peng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

9:55 AM Strong spectral features from asymptotic giant branch stars in distant quiescent galaxies - Shiying LU (Anqing Normal University)

10:10 AM Photo-z estimation with Normalizing Flow - Kwan Chuen Chan (Sun Yat-sen University)
10:30 AM Coffee break & Poster Session
Coffee break & Poster Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CPD 3.04
11:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 2 Session 2
Day 2 Session 2
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Numerical study of AGN feedback - Feng Yuan (Fudan University)

11:25 AM Probing the nature and evolution of JWST’s little red dots - Linhua Jiang (Peking University)

11:50 AM Multiphase gas in regulating galaxy and black hole growth - Siwei Zou (CASSCA/NAOC)
12:15 PM Contributed talks: Day 2 Session 2
Day 2 Session 2
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

12:15 PM Rethinking Galaxy Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Perspective via a Simple Growth Model (and polls from 2 international conferences) - Antonios Katsianis (Sun Yat-sen University)
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
2:00 PM Invited talk(s): Day 2 Session 3
Day 2 Session 3
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM The joint astronomical research between China and Chile. - Guido Garay (Universidad de Chile)

2:25 PM The TOM Project and Its Vision for International Scientific Cooperation and Development - Liu Jing (NAOC CAS)
2:50 PM Contributed talks: Day 2 Session 3
Day 2 Session 3
2:50 PM - 3:35 PM
Contributions

2:50 PM The Tianlin mission: a 6.6m UV-VIS-NIR space telescope for the search of biosignatures - Wei Wang (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:05 PM An introduction to the 2.5m Wide Field Survey Telescope: data system and recent progress - Lulu Fan (University of Science and Technology of China)

3:20 PM Direct Imaging of the Cosmic Web using the Condor Array Telescope, and hydrodynamic simulation predictions - John Webb (Cambridge University)
3:35 PM Coffee break & Poster session
Coffee break & Poster session
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
4:00 PM Invited talk(s): Day 2 Session 4
Day 2 Session 4
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM FAST Observations toward M31 and Nearby Dwarf Galaxies - Chao-Wei Tsai (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
4:25 PM Contributed talks: Day 2 Session 4
Day 2 Session 4
4:25 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:25 PM Searching for Spider-Like Pulsars from TESS Ellipsoidal Lightcurves with X-ray counterparts - Partha Sarathi Pal (Laboratory for Space Research, HKU)

4:40 PM The Dominant Contribution of Pulsar Wind Nebulae to the Galactic Cosmic Ray Proton Spectrum and Prospects with SWGO - Ziwei Ou (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

4:55 PM Observing radio transients with Phased ALMA - Marilyn Cruces (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

5:10 PM Pulsar Science at the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory: Progress and Prospects - Wenming Yan (Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CAS)
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
9:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 3 Session 1
Day 3 Session 1
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM The Highly Filamentary Central Molecular Zone Revealed by ACES - Pablo García (NAOC)

9:25 AM The ALMA-ATOMS/QUARKS survey: what we have learned about the formation and evolution of high-mass proto-clusters - Tie Liu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
9:50 AM Contributed talks: Day 3 Session 1
Day 3 Session 1
9:50 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:50 AM Supernova Rate in local universe - Xiaofeng Wang (Tsinghua University)

10:05 AM What determines star formation in the Galaxy - Jingwen Wu (National Astronomical Observatories, CAS)

10:20 AM Tracing the magnetic field in star formation regions - Qi-Lao Gu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
10:35 AM Coffee break & Poster Session
Coffee break & Poster Session
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CPD 3.04
11:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 3 Session 2
Day 3 Session 2
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Astronomy + poetry + inclusion: The potential of transdisciplinarity and inclusion as a path for scientific communication. - Erika Labbe Waghorn (IEA UDP)

11:25 AM Astronomy at Universidad de Chile - Patricio Rojo (U Chile)
11:50 AM Contributed talks: Day 3 Session 2
Day 3 Session 2
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

11:50 AM From Harbour to Orbit: Hong Kong’s SpaceTech Ecosystem - Pietro Borsano (XJTLU)

12:05 PM Revealing Dark Matter under the Lens - Amruth Alfred (The University of Hong Kong)

12:20 PM Simulating gas and dark matter with a new radiation hydrodynamics method - Tsang Keung Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

12:35 PM Infrared absorption of 23 meteorites from the Atacama Desert - Grace Batalla Falcon (Universidad Diego Portales)
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04

2:00 PM Open forum & Panel discussion
Open forum & Panel discussion
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
Thursday, January 8, 2026
9:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 4 Session 1
Day 4 Session 1
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM New insights into the life cycle of galactic ecosystems - Tao Wang (Nanjing University)

9:25 AM Mapping CGMs in the Nearby Universe - Li Ji (Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS)
9:50 AM Contributed talks: Day 4 Session 1
Day 4 Session 1
9:50 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:50 AM Introducing the VariableTNG Simulation: Impact of Baryon Physics on Galaxy Formation - Hong Guo (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)

10:05 AM Isolated dark-matter-deficient dwarf galaxies - Huijie Hu (Anqing Normal University)

10:20 AM Cold gas cycle in nearby galaxies - Min Bao (Nanjing Normal University)
10:35 AM Coffee break & Poster Session
Coffee break & Poster Session
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CPD 3.04
11:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 4 Session 2
Day 4 Session 2
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Deep Spectroscopy of Planetary Nebulae in the Milky Way and M31 Using Large Telescopes - Xuan Fang (NAOC)
11:25 AM Contributed talks: Day 4 Session 2
Day 4 Session 2
11:25 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:25 AM The HASH planetary nebulae database and recent science results - Quentin Parker (Laboratory for Space Research, HKU)

11:40 AM Searching for Planetary Nebulae in Open Clusters - Andreas Ritter (LSR HKU)

11:55 AM The Rise and Fall of HuBi 1 - Zhengjie Tian (The University of Hong Kong)

12:10 PM Chemical Abundances and Globular Clusters of Milky Way dwarf Galaxies - Baitian Tang (Sun Yat-sen University)

12:25 PM Dynamical Evolutions in Globular Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies - Yiming Zhong (City University of Hong Kong)
12:40 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
2:10 PM Contributed talks: Day 4 Session 3
Day 4 Session 3
2:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:10 PM Einstein Probe Discovery of a New Type X-ray Transient and its Mysterious Link to Supernovae - Hui Sun (NAOC)

2:25 PM Statistical Studies of Exoplanets with LAMOST and Future Prospects with ESST - Ji-Wei Xie (Nanjing University)

2:40 PM Atmospheric Studies of Exoplanets via China-Chile Collaboration - Wei Wang (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:55 PM Unlocking JWST/NIRISS Spectra with Cross-Correlation: Detection of CO & H₂O in WASP-18b and a Better Constraint of C/O Ratio - Qinglin Ouyang (University of Science and Technology of China)

3:10 PM Cometary Water Delivery: N-body Simulations of Non-Gravitational Forces in Early Earth Hydration - Judytza Tapia Henriquez (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria)
3:30 PM Coffee break & Poster session
Coffee break & Poster session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
4:00 PM Contributed talks: Day 4 Session 4
Day 4 Session 4
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Storage ring studies of carbon cluster thermal electronic radiation - Klavs Hansen (Tianjin University)

4:15 PM Searching for the Exoplanet Source of Carbon Fullerenes - SeyedAbdolreza Sadjadi (Laboratory for Space Research, HKU)

4:30 PM Planetary Sciences Research at U Chile - Patricio Rojo (U Chile)

4:45 PM Are AU Mic b and c on mutually inclined orbits? - Zitao Lin (Tsinghua University)

5:00 PM Diverse Emission Patterns from Precessing Super-Eddington Disks Formed in Tidal Disruption Events - Jinhong Chen (The University of Hong Kong)

5:15 PM A new method of measuring magnetic field strength in the highly structured protostellar envelopes - Xiaoyuan Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
6:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Ming Pavellion
Friday, January 9, 2026
9:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 5 Session 1
Day 5 Session 1
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM The ALeRCE broker: a community broker for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory - Francisco Forster (Universidad de Chile)

9:25 AM The evolution of Fast X-ray Transients - Franz Bauer (Universidad de Tarapacá)
9:50 AM Contributed talks: Day 5 Session 1
Day 5 Session 1
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:50 AM Studies of Einstein Probe Transients with Chilean Facilities - Wenxiong Li (NAOC)

10:05 AM Planetary Nebulae in eROSITA eRASS1 Catalog and Future Outlook - Haoyang Yuan (The University of Hong Kong)
10:30 AM Coffee break & Poster Session
Coffee break & Poster Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CPD 3.04
11:00 AM Invited talk(s): Day 5 Sesion 1
Day 5 Sesion 1
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Dark energy studies with massive galaxy surveys - Gongbo Zhao (NAOC)
11:25 AM Contributed talks: Day 5 Session 2
Day 5 Session 2
11:25 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:25 AM Dark energy in vector-tensor theories of gravity - Sebastian Garcia-Saenz (SUSTech)

11:40 AM Dwarf Galaxy Integral-field Survey (DGIS): Survey Overview and Insights into Their Ecosystem - Xin Li (Nanjing University)

11:55 AM Evidence of Gas Depletion in Quasars with Moderate Radio Emission - Yuhan Wen (Peking University)

12:10 PM How to Fit All Emission Lines Simultaneously with Photoionisation Models - Shiyu YUE (CUHK)
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: CPD 3.04
2:00 PM Contributed talks: Day 5 Session 3
Day 5 Session 3
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM A 13-Gyr view of galaxy growth and baryon cycle with JWST 3D Spectroscopy - Xin Wang (Univ of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:15 PM Disks, Winds and Outflows from Nearby Low Mass protostars - Diego Mardones (Universidad de Chile)

2:30 PM Antarctic Infrared Binocular Telescope: Observations in the 1.4 µm water-vapor-absorption band - Pu Lin (Sun Yat-sen University)

2:45 PM Conference summery and Closing ceremony - Quentin Parker (Laboratory for Space Research, HKU)

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