Astronomical Interferometry: the angular-resolution frontier

Jan 18, 2026, 5:00 PM → Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Europe/Zurich

CONFERENCE CENTRE STEINMATTE (Hotel Allalin Saas Fee Switzerland)

Nicolas Produit (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Unfortunatel due to lack of registering participant we had to cancel the school.

 

The 55th "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA) will be held from January 18th to 23th 2026 in the Hotel Allalin in Saas Fee, in the Swiss Alps. Under the title: Astronomical Interferometry: the angular-resolution frontier, this course is primarily targeted at Ph.D. and advanced M.Sc. students, but can also be valuable to young postdoctoral researchers who would like to start exploring the field. The "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" has taken place annually since 1971 and in 2026 it will be devoted to Astronomical Interferometry: the angular resolution frontier.

A several-hour-long afternoon break is scheduled, when the participants are encouraged to do winter sports or simply interact with each other.

Due to logistical aspects, the number of participants will be limited to 60 people. The school will be in-person only.

Lecturer:

Dave Kieda (Utah)

https://profiles.faculty.utah.edu/u0028378

Anna Scaife (Manchester)

https://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/interferometry-centre-of-excellence/

Gail Schaefer (Georgia State & CHARA)

https://www.iau.org/Profile?ID=25159

Important dates:

School dates: 18 - 23 January 2026

Program: Preliminary version October. Final version in November

Applications opening: September 20. Send an email to Nicolas.Produit@unige.ch

The registration are open on a first come first save basis.

Registration deadline and payment for the hotel: December 8

 Conference fee payment deadline: Late December

LOC:

Nicolas Produit university of Geneva (Nicolas.Produit@unige.ch)

Prasenjit Saha university of Zurich (psaha@physik.uzh.ch)

Svetlana Berdyugina IRSOL and USI

Emma Tolley EPFL

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