SIAPS: Swiss Innovation for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

Session

Opto-mechanics, precision mechanisms, vacuum & cryo

21 Jan 2026, 09:00

66. ESO Instrumentation: technology challenges and opportunities for industry

Michele Cirasuolo (ESO)

21/01/2026, 09:00

67. ANDES, Ristretto and the road to the PCS

Christophe Lovis

21/01/2026, 09:20

68. MOSAIC, BlueMUSE

Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)

21/01/2026, 09:35

69. The European Solar Telescope

Svetlana Berdyugina

21/01/2026, 09:50

70. Panel Discussion

all

21/01/2026, 10:05

71. ESA, how to get involved

tbc

21/01/2026, 11:00

72. Planetary missions

Nicolas Thomas (University of Bern)

21/01/2026, 11:15

73. Space Missions

Enrico Bozzo

21/01/2026, 11:30

74. tbc ARRAKIHS

tbc

21/01/2026, 11:45

75. L4 mission call

Swen Wittig (ESA)

21/01/2026, 12:00

76. Panel Discussion

all

21/01/2026, 12:15

34. Technology developments for RISTRETTO/VLT as a demonstrator for PCS/ELT

Nicolas Blind (University of Geneva)

21/01/2026, 14:00

35. Extreme Adaptive Optics for Exoplanetary Science: First Light of an Unmodulated Three-Sided Pyramid Wavefront Sensor

Muskan Shinde (University of Geneva)

21/01/2026, 14:12

36. The Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the 4-m DAG telescope (PLACID) instrument: A joint UBE and HEIG-VD success story

Jonas Kuhn (University of Bern)

21/01/2026, 14:24

37. DD4AO: On-Sky Performance of a Novel Data-Driven AO Control Strategy

Isaac Dinis (University of Geneva)

21/01/2026, 14:36

65. A robotic mirrors positioner for the MOSAIC instrument

Maxime Rombach (EPFL)

21/01/2026, 14:48

39. Configurable Slit Unit for the MIRMOS (Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration) instrument

Peter Spanoudakis (CSEM SA)

21/01/2026, 15:00

40. High-precision manufacturing for ground and space applications

Thomas Liebrich (RhySearch)

21/01/2026, 15:12

41. Robotic optical fiber positioner modules

Malak Galal (EPFL), Maxime Rombach (EPFL)

21/01/2026, 15:24

44. An overview of the Nulling Interferometer Cryogenic Experiment (NICE)

Jonah Hansen (ETHZ)

21/01/2026, 16:06

42. 3D-printed Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for space applications

Gabriele Paciotti (HES-SO)

21/01/2026, 16:18

43. Space Rotating Mechanism for the CXBe Mission

Hancheng Li (University of Geneva)

21/01/2026, 16:30

38. Motorized Mounts for the Folding Mirrors of the VLT's BlueMUSE Instrument

Gloria Bai He Mellinand (EPFL Astrobots)

21/01/2026, 16:42

45. Opto-mechanical solutions for telescope and optical benches

TAS (Thales Alenia Space -CH)

21/01/2026, 16:54

46. Detector unit for astronomical applications at UNIGE

Ludovic Genolet (University of Geneva)

21/01/2026, 17:06

47. METIS Cryostat for ELT

Emilie Bouzerand (ETHZ)

21/01/2026, 17:18

48. Vibration-free gas bearing turbo compressors and expanders for cryogenic applications

Martin Bartholet (Celeroton AG)

21/01/2026, 17:30