Name: SIAPS: Swiss Innovation for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
Start: 2026-01-20T09:20:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-22T17:28:00+01:00
Location: Universal Postal Union, Bern

SIAPS: Swiss Innovation for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

from Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (9:20 AM) to Thursday, January 22, 2026 (5:28 PM)

Monday, January 19, 2026
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

9:20 AM Registration & Coffee
Registration & Coffee
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Welcome address - Francesco Pepe (University of Geneva)
Welcome address
- Francesco Pepe (University of Geneva)
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM Big-data handling, embedded software: Project/mission "needs"
Project/mission "needs"
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

10:20 AM Euclid data challenges - Stéphane Paltani (University of Geneva)

10:45 AM SKA-CH data challenges - André Csillaghy (FHNW)

11:10 AM ET telescope data challenges - Paul Laycock (University of Geneva)

11:35 AM ESO "complex" data handling - Michael Sterzick (ESO)
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Big-data handling, embedded software: "solutions"
"solutions"
1:30 PM - 2:54 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM ESDI - Jennifer Wadsworth

1:42 PM CHEOPS Ground Segment - Adrien Deline (University of Geneva)

1:54 PM DACE web platform for the NCCR PlanetS data sharing and analysis - Nicolas Buchschacher (University of Geneva)

2:06 PM Scalable Data Management for Planetary Science - Daniel Ribeiro (GeoDataSolution)

2:18 PM AI & HPC in Astronomy: Software For Ground, Space, and Beyond - Laszlo Etesi (Ateleris)

2:30 PM AI on modern HPC platforms - Tomasz Kacprzak (FHNW)

2:42 PM Optimising observational campaigns through AI - Sara Marques (University of Bern)
2:54 PM coffee + posters
coffee + posters
2:54 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Big-data handling, embedded software: "solutions"
"solutions"
3:30 PM - 4:42 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM EULER observation software - Mathurin Chritin (University of Geneva)

3:42 PM SW Framework for highly efficient on-board data and AI processing - Klaus Buchheim (Klepsydra)

3:54 PM Moonshot - How to deliver high-quality flight software on time - Jakob Wanner (Source Engineers GmbH)

4:06 PM Spacetek’s Modular Instrument-Controller System for Space Exploration - Juerg Jost (Spacetek)

4:18 PM Optical downlink for data could change the way of architecting science missions - Elisabetta Rugi Grond (Thales Alenia Space -CH)

4:30 PM Multi-band radio-astronomy receiver: Optical high speed data acquisition - Alberto Dassatti (REDS - HES-SO)
6:15 PM .: Welcome Apero dinatoire
Welcome Apero dinatoire
6:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
9:00 AM Opto-mechanics, precision mechanisms, vacuum & cryo: Project/mission "needs" - Ground
Project/mission "needs" - Ground
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM ANDES, Ristretto and the road to the PCS - Nicolas Blind (University of Geneva)

9:20 AM The European Solar Telescope - Svetlana Berdyugina

9:40 AM MOSAIC, BlueMUSE - Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)

10:00 AM ESO Instrumentation: technology challenges and opportunities for industry - Michele Cirasuolo (ESO)
10:30 AM coffee + posters
coffee + posters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Opto-mechanics, precision mechanisms, vacuum & cryo: Project/mission "needs" - Space
Project/mission "needs" - Space
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM ESA, opportunities for Swiss industry - Deborah Mueller (Space eXchange Switzerland)

11:20 AM Space Hardware development at the Departement of Astrophysics UniGE - Enrico Bozzo

11:40 AM ARRAKIHS: Exploring the low surface brightness Universe - Rebekka Coles-Bieri

12:00 PM ESA L4 Mission to Enceladus: Technology Development Challenges - Sven Wittig (ESA)
12:20 PM lunch
lunch
12:20 PM - 1:40 PM
1:40 PM Opto-mechanics, precision mechanisms, vacuum & cryo: "solutions"
"solutions"
1:40 PM - 3:16 PM
Contributions

1:40 PM SwissILO - Swiss industry presence at conferences in relation with ESO and SKA - Michel Hubner

1:52 PM Extreme Adaptive Optics for Exoplanetary Science: First Light of an Unmodulated Three-Sided Pyramid Wavefront Sensor - Muskan Shinde (University of Geneva)

2:04 PM 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)

2:16 PM DD4AO: On-Sky Performance of a Novel Data-Driven AO Control Strategy - Isaac Dinis (University of Geneva)

2:28 PM Configurable Slit Unit for the MIRMOS (Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration) instrument - Peter Spanoudakis (CSEM SA)

2:40 PM Robotic optical fiber positioner modules - Malak Galal (EPFL) Maxime Rombach (EPFL)

2:52 PM A robotic mirrors positioner for the MOSAIC instrument - Maxime Rombach (EPFL)

3:04 PM High-precision manufacturing for ground and space applications - Thomas Liebrich (RhySearch)
3:16 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
3:16 PM - 3:26 PM

3:26 PM coffee + posters
coffee + posters
3:26 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Opto-mechanics, precision mechanisms, vacuum & cryo: "solutions"
"solutions"
3:45 PM - 5:21 PM
Contributions

3:45 PM Opto-mechanical solutions for telescope and optical benches - Antonio Casciello (Thales Alenia Space -CH)

3:57 PM Motorized Mounts for the Folding Mirrors of the VLT's BlueMUSE Instrument - Gloria Bai He Mellinand (EPFL Astrobots)

4:09 PM Space Rotating Mechanism for the CXBe Mission - Hancheng Li (University of Geneva)

4:21 PM 3D-printed Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for space applications - Gabriele Paciotti (HES-SO)

4:33 PM An overview of the Nulling Interferometer Cryogenic Experiment (NICE) - Jonah Hansen (ETHZ)

4:45 PM Detector unit for astronomical applications at UNIGE - Ludovic Genolet (University of Geneva)

4:57 PM METIS Cryostat for ELT - Emilie Bouzerand (ETHZ)

5:09 PM Vibration-free gas bearing turbo compressors and expanders for cryogenic applications - Patrik Fröhlich (Celeroton AG)
6:30 PM .: Informal Cocktail - sponsored by Spacetek Technology AG , at Grosse Schanze: https://www.grosseschanze.ch/
Informal Cocktail - sponsored by Spacetek Technology AG , at Grosse Schanze: https://www.grosseschanze.ch/
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, January 22, 2026
9:00 AM Sensing and detectors, Photonics: Project/mission "needs"
Project/mission "needs"
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM ESO detector technologies - Naidu Bezawada (ESO)

9:25 AM ESA Clocks, detectors, and optical communications for Space Science Missions - Sinda Mejri (ESA)

9:50 AM ESA Photonics for Space Science Missions - Iain Mckenzie (ESA)
10:15 AM coffee + posters
coffee + posters
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Sensing and detectors, Photonics: Project/mission "needs"
Project/mission "needs"
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

10:45 AM LISA sensing and detectors - Domenico Giardini Luigi Ferraioli (ETHZ)

11:10 AM LIFE mission overview and technology development needs - Judy Lai-Norling (ETHZ) Jonah Hansen (ETHZ)

11:35 AM Possible remote sensing instruments for the next decades - Nicolas Thomas
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Sensing and detectors, Photonics: "solutions"
"solutions"
1:30 PM - 2:42 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM THz Time Domain Spectroscopy for In-Situ Space Exploration - Linus Stöckli (University of Bern)

1:42 PM Spacetek’s Detector High Speed Digitizer System for Space Exploration - Konstantin Luchinkov (Spacetek Technology AG)

1:54 PM Advancements in Optical Readout Technologies: Test Mass Sensing and Laser-Frequency Stabilization Techniques for Optical Compact Interferometry - Victor Huarcaya (University of Bern)

2:06 PM Laser controller electronics, optical amplifiers, optical fibers solutions for data / signal transmissions - Stefan Schulze Walewski

2:18 PM Industrial Optical Atomic Clock for Science - Fabien Droz (Rolex Quantum SA)

2:30 PM High repetition rate laser frequency combs for calibration of VIS and NIR spectrographs. - Ewelina Obrzud (CSEM SA)
2:42 PM coffee + posters
coffee + posters
2:42 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM Sensing and detectors, Photonics: "solutions"
"solutions"
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
Contributions

3:10 PM Superconducting nanowire detector development towards astronomy applications - Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)

3:22 PM Nano to pico degree resolution optical astronomy: in quantum physics we trust ! - Roland Walter (University of Geneva)

3:34 PM Glass micro-components for photonic and opto-mechanical systems - Rolando Ferrini (FEMTOprint SA)

3:46 PM Integrated InGaAs/InP Waveguides for Low-Loss Astrophotonics between 4-18 μm - David Eglin (ETHZ)

3:58 PM Quantum Mini-Magnetometer qmM - Joseph Moerschell (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
4:15 PM Concluding remarks - Stephane Paltani (University of Geneva) Juerg Jost (Spacetek) Nicolas Thomas (University of Bern) Samuel Leveque (ESO)
Concluding remarks
- Stephane Paltani (University of Geneva)
- Juerg Jost (Spacetek)
- Nicolas Thomas (University of Bern)
- Samuel Leveque (ESO)
4:15 PM - 4:40 PM