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SUMMARY:Nordic-Baltic Astronomy Days 2026
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Pouya Kouch (University of Turku)\n\nThe Nordic-Balt
 ic Astronomy Days 2026 is the first large-scale gathering of Nordic and Ba
 ltic astronomy researchers in nearly 36 years\, making it the spiritual su
 ccessor of the 1990 Uppsala conference. \n \nThis conference will take p
 lace in Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel\, in Turku\, between May 26th and
  29th\, 2026. More details about the conference venue are found here.The m
 ain theme of this conference is networking\, with focuses on:\n\nScientifi
 c presentation given by junior researchers\nNordic-Baltic cooperation with
 in international collaborations (ESO\, ESA\, NOT\, CTAO\, SKAO\, IceCube\,
  KM3NeT)\nDedicated junior-senior networking session\n\n \nThe highlight 
 speakers are:\n\nJarle Brinchmann (Director of Science at ESO)\nHeidi Korh
 onen (Head of Tech. Departments at MPIA\; Former Operations Astronomer at 
 ESO)\nCarlos De Breuck (Coordinator of ALMA development studies at ESO)\nM
 ichele Doro (CTAO Deputy Project Scientist)\nErin O'Sullivan (IceCube Spok
 esperson\; Uppsala Uni.)\nDamien Dornic (KM3NeT Deputy Spokesperson)\nGait
 ee Hussain (Head of Science Division at ESA)\nNora Luetzgendorf (LISA Lead
  Project Scientist at ESA)\nTimo Prusti (Past Gaia Project Scientist at ES
 A\; Masaryk Uni.)\nDavid Hobbs (Gaia and PI of GaiaNIR\; Lund Obs.)\nPetri
  Väisänen (Director of NOT and FINCA\; Uni. of Turku)\nLuc Rouppe van de
 r Voort (Head of ITA\; Oslo Uni.)\nHans Kjeldsen (Head of IDA\; Aarhus Uni
 .)\nMai Korsbæk (Centre Manager of IDA\; Aarhus Uni.)\nArnolds Ubelis (Le
 ader of the National Sci. Platform FOTONIKA-LV\; Uni. of Latvia)\nGarrelt 
 Mellema (Head of the Dep. of Astro. at Stockholm Uni.\; Involved with SKAO
  and LOFAR) \nThijs Geurts (Head of International Relations at SKAO)\n\n 
 \n \nAs of Feb 1st\, normal registration is closed due to reaching the fu
 ll capacity of the venue.\n \nAs of Feb 15th\, abstract submission is clo
 sed.\n \nAn overview of the program is found here.\n \nThe fee is 100 EU
 R for junior researchers (i.e.\, Master and PhD students) and 150 EUR for 
 senior researchers (i.e.\, postdoctoral researchers). This fee will includ
 e:\n\nConference lunch for 3 days\nSocial dinner for 1 evening\nConference
  coffee-break snacks for 4 days\nFree public transportation access for 5 d
 ays\nExcursion to the Tuorla Observatory (Space Park Väisälä)\n\n \n 
 \nWe have received several grants to partially reimburse the travel and ac
 commodation costs of our participants\, especially juniors. These are awar
 ded as a Travel & Accommodation Aid\, which the participants can request w
 hen registering. \n \nOur recommended accommodation places are found here
 . For more details on transportation and how to get to Turku see here.\n 
 \nScientific Organizing Committee:\n\n🇫🇮 Pouya Kouch (University of 
 Turku\; chair)\n🇫🇮 Mikael Granvik (University of Helsinki)\n🇸🇪
  Tim Linden (Stockholm University)\n🇸🇪 Ragnhild Lunnan (Stockholm Un
 iversity)\n🇸🇪 Alexander Mustill (Lund University)\n🇩🇰 Johan Fy
 nbo (University of Copenhagen)\n🇩🇰 Maximilian Stritzinger (Aarhus Un
 iversity)\n🇳🇴 Foteini Oikonomou (Norwegian Uni. of Science and Techn
 ology)\n🇳🇴 Claudia Cicone (University of Oslo)\n🇮🇸 Jon Emil Gu
 dmundsson (University of Iceland)\n🇪🇪 Tiina Liimets (University of T
 artu)\n🇱🇻 Ilgmars Eglitis (University of Latvia)\n🇱🇹 Sarunas M
 ikolaitis (Vilnius University)\n\n \nLocal Organizing Committee:\n\n🇫
 🇮 Pouya Kouch (University of Turku\; chair)\n🇳🇴 Karri Koljonen (N
 orwegian Uni. of Science and Technology)\n🇫🇮 Melina Poulain (Univers
 ity of Oulu)\n🇫🇮 Quentin Salome (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with E
 SO)\n🇫🇮 Anne Virkki (University of Helsinki)\n🇫🇮 Emma Mannfors
  (University of Helsinki)\n🇫🇮 Christina Humina (University of Turku)
 \n🇫🇮 Folkert Wierda (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 Ari Leppälä (U
 niversity of Helsinki)\n🇫🇮 Grigori Fedorets (Finnish Centre for Astr
 onomy with ESO)\n🇫🇮 Sofia Forsblom (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 V
 enla Kangas (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 Kelly Kelder (University of Tu
 rku)\n🇫🇮 Dora Kusanovic (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 Iikka Mänty
 nen (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 Uliana Pylypenko (University of Turku)
 \n🇫🇮 Suman Sahu (University of Turku)\n🇫🇮 Alejandra Diaz Teodo
 ri (University of Turku)\n\n \nAny questions about the conference can be 
 directed to: pouya.kouch@utu.fi\n \nWe are additionally happy to inform y
 ou that another major astronomy conference (the IAU Symposium 406: Future 
 Landscape of Astrophysical Transients) is taking place in Turku just the w
 eek before our conference.\n \n \nConference poster (designed by Jenni J
 ormanainen @jennijart):\n\n\nhttps://indico.global/event/15138/
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LOCATION:Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel
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