Radio astronomy provides an exciting window on the Universe, allowing us to study a vast realm of astronomical objects and processes, ranging from our local environment of cosmic rays entering the Earth's atmosphere, the Sun and space weather, exoplanets, the Galactic Centre and the intrastellar medium, processes around massive black holes and distant radio galaxies, to cosmic structures and epoch or reionisation.
Current new and upgraded telescopes such as MeerKAT and LOFAR, future telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array, and planned instruments such as DSA-2000 and the ngVLA will allow us to study radio phenomena with greatly improved sensitivity and resolution.
The Radio2024 Symposium will present the latest highlights in radio astronomy and related fields, bringing together radio astronomers from Germany and other countries. The symposium will cover both scientific and technological advances.
The symposium is jointly organised by GLOW and VdR e.V. During the symposium, the GLOW Annual Meeting and the VdR Mitgliederversammlung will take place. In addition, working groups such as LOFAR WG and D-MeerKAT WG will meet.
The envisaged time line is as follows:
- March 15, first Announcement of the Radio2024 Symposium
- June 15, second announcement, registration opens
- September 30, abstract submission deadline
- October 15, program release, registration deadline
The Radio2024 Symposium, GLOW Annual Assembly, and VdR Mitgliederversammlung will take place at the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
The following speakers have been invited:
- Jessica Agarwal (solar system astronomy)
- Anne Baczko (AGN)
- Eleonora Bianchi (Astrochemistry)
- Michiel van Haarlem (LOFAR2.0)
- Katie Mulrey (Cosmic Rays)
- Wolfgang Nagel (SKA SRCNet)
- Amelie Saintonge (Star formation and galaxy evolution)
- Kevin Schmitz (Machine Learning)
- Jonah Wagenveld (Cosmic Dipole)
