CosmoFONDUE 2027

25 Jan 2027, 09:00 → 29 Jan 2027, 17:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Philipp Schicho (University of Geneva), Silvia Gasparotto, Valerie Domcke (CERN), Fabio Bernardo, Sveva Castello (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics), Nastassia Grimm, Hyung Do Kim (Seoul National University (KR)), Danny Laghi (UZH), Hyun Min Lee, Seong Chan Park, Alica Ela Rogelj (University of Bern (AEC, ITP)), Francesco Sorrenti (University of Geneva)

While new discoveries in cosmology have revolutionized our understanding of the Universe over the past decades, many unresolved mysteries remain, such as the nature of dark energy or the physical processes occurring in the earliest stages of history. To resolve these questions in light of new observations, joint efforts across the whole community are needed.

The conference Cosmological Fundamental Observables and Novel Discoveries in Universe Evolution (CosmoFONDUE) aims at offering an occasion for scientists across all fields of cosmology to interact in an engaging and inclusive atmosphere, and to reflect on promising new research directions. A special focus is put on fostering exchange among junior and senior researchers. The conference will cover a broad range of topics across the full redshift span, including:

• Inflation, pre-CMB cosmology
• CMB surveys
• Neutrino & particle cosmology
• Gravitational waves
• Galaxy surveys, large-scale structure observables
• Intensity mapping
• Supernovae
• Modified gravity
• Cosmological tensions

 

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Confirmed speakers:

David Alonso (U. of Oxford)

Tessa Baker (Portsmouth U., ICG)

Julien Carron (U. Geneva)

Edmund Copeland (Nottingham U.)

Rachel Gray (U. of Glasgow)

Kylar Greene (Seoul Natl. U. )

Lavinia Heisenberg (Heidelberg U.)

Oksana Iarygina (NORDITA)

Jae Hyeok Chang (Seoul Natl. U.)

Elisabeth Krause (U. of Arizona)

Sung Mook Lee (CERN)

Vivian Poulin (U. Montpellier)

Mickael Rigault (U. Lyon)

Marta Spinelli (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur)

Licia Verde (ICCUB)

Seokhoon Yun (Kyungpook Natl. U.)

 

A previous edition of CosmoFONDUE took place in June 2025 at the University of Geneva. 

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Organizing committee:

Fabio Bernardo (University of Geneva)

Sveva Castello (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)

Valerie Domcke (CERN)

Silvia Gasparotto (CERN)

Nastassia Grimm (University of Oxford)

Hyung Do Kim (Seoul National University)

Danny Laghi (University of Zürich)

Hyun Min Lee (Chung-Ang University)

Seong Chan Park (Yonsei University)

Alica Ela Rogelj (University of Bern)

Philipp Schicho (University of Geneva)

Francesco Sorrenti (ICC, Barcelona U.)

 

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This event is sponsored by the Department of Theoretical Physics at CERN as well as the CERN-Korea collaboration program.

 

Monday 25 January

10:45 → 11:15 Registration

11:15 → 11:30 Welcome

Speaker: Valerie Domcke (CERN)

11:30 → 12:30 Overview Seminar (Title TBA)

Speaker: Ed Copeland (Nottingham University)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 18:00 Cosmological Surveys: Overviews and contributed talks

14:00 Overview Galaxy Surveys

Speaker: Elisabeth Krause (The University of Arizona)

14:40 Overview CMB surveys

Speaker: David Alonso

15:20 Contributed Talk

15:45 Coffee break

16:15 Overview GW surveys

Speaker: Tessa Baker

16:55 Contributed Talk

17:15 Contributed Talk

17:35 Contributed Talk

18:00 → 20:00 Apero and Poster Session

Tuesday 26 January

09:00 → 10:45 pre-CMB

09:00 Overview pre-CMB

Speaker: Oksana Iarygina (Nordita)

09:40 Contributed Talk

10:00 Contributed Talk

10:20 Contributed Talk

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 → 13:00 Modified Gravity

11:15 Overview Modified Gravity

Speaker: Lavinia Heisenberg (ETHZ - ETH Zurich)

11:55 Contributed Talk

12:15 Contributed Talk

12:35 Contributed Talk

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 16:15 CMB

14:30 CMB lensing

Speaker: Julien Carron (Université de Genève)

15:10 Contributed Talk

15:30 Contributed Talk

15:50 Contributed Talk

16:15 → 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 → 18:00 Panel Discussion

Wednesday 27 January

09:00 → 10:45 Large-scale structure

09:00 Overview LSS

Speaker: Licia Verde (University of Barcelona (ES))

09:40 Contributed Talk

10:00 Contributed Talk

10:20 Contributed Talk

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 → 13:00 Neutrino & Particle Cosmology

11:15 Overview Neutrino/Particle Cosmology

Speaker: Jae Hyeok Chang (Seoul National University)

11:55 Contributed Talk

12:15 Contributed Talk

12:35 Contributed Talk

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 16:15 21cm / Intensity Mapping

14:30 Overview 21cm

Speaker: Marta Spinelli

15:10 Contributed Talk

15:30 Contributed Talk

15:50 Contributed Talk

16:15 → 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 → 18:00 Panel discussion

Thursday 28 January

09:00 → 10:45 GWs pre-CMB

09:00 Overview GWs pre-CMB

Speaker: Sung Mook Lee (CERN)

09:40 Contributed talk

10:00 Contributed Talk

10:20 Contributed Talk

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 → 13:00 GWs post-CMB

11:15 Overview GWs post-CMB

Speaker: Rachel Gray

11:55 Contributed Talk

12:15 Contributed Talk

12:35 Contributed Talk

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 16:15 Supernovae & beyond

14:30 Overview Supernovae

Speaker: Mickaël RIGAULT (IP2I)

15:10 Title TBA

Speaker: Seokhoon Yun (Kyungpook National University)

15:30 Contributed Talk

15:50 Contributed Talk

16:15 → 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 → 18:00 Panel discussion

19:00 → 22:00 Conference dinner (fondue)

Friday 29 January

09:00 → 10:45 Tensions

09:00 Overview Tensions

Speaker: Dr Vivian Poulin (LUPM, CNRS & U. de Montpellier, France)

09:40 Contributed Talk

10:00 Contributed Talk

10:20 Contributed Talk

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 → 13:00 Concluding seminar & discussion

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 16:30 CERN tour