The 20th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe (DSU2026) will be held from December 14 - 18, 2026, at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
DSU is a series of international workshops bringing together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark side and relate them to current and future experiments. Webpages for previous workshops in the series are linked at https://cse.umn.edu/ftpi/DSU.
Specific topics for the 2026 edition will include:
- Early universe and inflation
- Dark energy and dark matter from string theory
- Large scale structure and dark ages
- Dark Matter: theoretical models, astrophysical signatures and detection techniques
- Gravitational waves
- Neutrino cosmology and its interplay with dark matter and dark energy
- Dark Energy: theory and observations
Registration is now open.
Bangkok School on Cosmology
There will be “Bangkok School on Cosmology” during the week leading up to DSU2026 (6-12 December 2026). For more information, please see https://indico.ictp.it/event/11129.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
Shadab Alam (Tata Inst., Mumbai)
Asimina Arvanitaki (Perimeter Inst.)
Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Inst., Potsdam)
Hsin-Yu Chen (UT Austin)
Yann Mambrini (LPT, Orsay)
Jayden Newstead (Melbourne U.)
Keith Olive (Minnesota U.)
Gonzalo Palma (Chile U., Beauchef)
Kalliopi Petraki (LPENS, Paris)
Sebastien Renaux-Petel (Inst. Astrophys., Paris)
Domenico Sapone (Chile U., Beauchef)
Misao Sasaki (APCTP, Pohang)
Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Inst., Garching)
Blake Sherwin (Cambridge U., DAMTP)
Ravi Sheth (Pennsylvania U.)
Martin Spinrath (Natl. Tsing Hua U., Taiwan)
Masahiro Takada (Kavli IPMU, U. of Tokyo)
Cora Uhlemann (Bielefeld U.)
Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.)
Filippo Vernizzi (IPhT, Saclay., Paris)
Masahide Yamaguchi (IBS, Dajeon)
Gabrijela Zaharijaš (Nova Gorica U.)
Juande Zornoza (U. Valencia, IFIC)