Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop 2026 "International Coordination of the Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Sky: New Opportunities and New Challenges"
22 - 26 June 2026, Görlitz, Germany and online
The Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop 2026 will be hosted at the German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA) and builds on the highly successful Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop series. The workshop will bring together approximately 50 astronomers and astrophysicists from around the world to discuss the global considerations of time-domain astronomy and multi-messenger astrophysics. The drivers for these areas over the next decade will be large, international projects which require prompt and coordinated follow-up of new astronomical discoveries that may disappear in just a few days, or even sooner. The in-person workshop is by invitation only, while virtual participation is open to all.
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The primary objectives of the workshop will be to
- define and prioritise the outstanding scientific questions that require coordinated, multi-wavelength follow-up in this time period, and
- produce a series of recommendations to be implemented by the astronomical community in order to achieve these scientific goals.
It will bring together key representatives from the major projects involved in these areas as well as the broader astronomical community around the globe (including theorists, instrumentalists, and observers).
Recommendations will be translated into a report titled “An Updated RoadMap for Global Coordination in the Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Eras”.
Co-Organisers
- Brad Cenko: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (USA)
- Samaya Nissanke: DZA and DESY, University of Potsdam, Germany
Contact
📧 [email protected]
