Dark Side of the Universe 2025

The 19th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe (DSU2025) will be held from July 7 - 12 2025 at the  new science campus of the Université de Montreal and is co-organized by McGill University and the Université de Montreal.

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 2025 edition will include:

- BSM models of dark matter (DM)
- Axions and ultralight DM
- DM formation
- Astrophysical signatures of DM
- New DM detection techniques

- New ideas and observations on dark energy

- Dark energy (DE) and dark matter from string theory
- Neutrino cosmology and its interplay with DM and DE
- Gravitational wave signatures of DM
- Dark ages cosmology

 

You are encouraged to reserve lodging well in advance of the conference.  A list of suggested hotels is given below, but it is not exhaustive.  Please do not respond to solicitations for lodging pretending to be connected to the conference, since this is a frequently occuring scam with indico events.

Information about arrival and public transportation is also given in the link below.

 

Registration is open.  The registration fee will be requested at a later time.  You are invited to submit your abstract for contributed or invited plenary talks.  Abstract submission for contributed talks is open until April 6.

 

All participants are expected to adhere to the code of conduct given below, and to have also done so at previous DSU conferences that they may have attended.

 

We have modest funding from APCTP to support expenses for participants from Asian member countries.  You can indicate on the registration form if you wish to be considered for financial aid.