"Expanding Horizons: What Are the Astronomical Challenges of the 2040s"
Expanding Horizons
- Start: Jul 13, 2026
- End: Jul 17, 2026
- Location: ESO Garching
- Host: ESO – European Southern Observatory
- Contact: ExpH_workshop@eso.org
A community-wide five-day workshop bringing together astronomers from a wide range of research backgrounds to identify the key scientific challenges of the 2040s and the transformational ground-based facilities required to address them. In-person participation is limited to 150 participants; remote participation is free of charge.
ESO's Expanding Horizons process aims to identify
the main scientific challenges that will face European astronomers in
the 2040s, and the type of transformational ground-based facility that
will be required to address these fundamental questions. The workshop
follows the call for Scientific White Papers in late 2025 and will
consist of a mixture of plenary and breakout sessions. Participants are
recommended to attend over the entire five-day programme.
The workshop will be recorded via Microsoft Teams
and the recording will be uploaded to YouTube for public access. Q&A
sessions will not be recorded. Speakers may choose not to grant
permission for their contribution to be recorded or shared.
Participation fees: in-person 100 EUR / remote free
of charge. Registrations are considered completed only upon receipt of
fee payment. ESO staff are not required to pay the fee.