Date and Time: September 30 (Tuesday) - October 1 (Wednesday), 2025
Venue: Uji Campus, Kyoto University, Japan
Building on a decade of academic exchange and research collaboration between Chile and Japan, the Fifth Chile–Japan Academic Forum will take place in Kyoto, from September 29th to October 3rd. This biannual forum brings together researchers and institutions from both countries to strengthen ties and explore joint initiatives across diverse fields of knowledge. As part of the forum, we will hold the workshop "Astronomy and Astronomical Instrumentation". This will be a timely opportunity to discuss the new horizons in astronomy opened up by the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), which is anticipated to see its engineering first light next year, as well as the synergies between current and future facilities in Chile. This workshop will encompass a variety of topics in astrophysics, including planets, stars, galaxies, CMB, and transients. We are also excited to share our latest findings from ALMA, JWST, and other observatories to discuss their synergies with TAO. Further, the workshop will highlight the technical advancements and future instrumentation in both Chile and Japan.
Along with invited talks, we will accept contributed talks. Please register via the Google forms below, by September 12 (Friday).
Invited speakers:
Felipe Barrientos (Institute of Astrophysics, PUC) the evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies
Rolando Dünner (Center of Astro-Engineering, PUC) CMB
Jorge González-López (Institute of Astrophysics, PUC) multi-wavelengths study of high-redshift galaxies
Francisco Förster (Center for Mathematical Modeling, UChile) the early phases of evolution of supernova and their implications for progenitor studies
Patricio Rojo (Astronomy Department, UChile) observations of atmospheres, both for Solar System planets and Exoplanets
Mónica Rubio (Astronomy Department, UChile) the properties and physical conditions of the interstellar medium and the star formation process in low metallicity systems
Rodrigo Reeves (Astronomy Department, Universidad de Concepción) research and development of leading technologies for their use in astronomy, CMB, AGN/Blazars
Keiichi Maeda (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U.) SNe, timedomain astronomy
Yoshihiro Ueda (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U.), X-ray astronomy, XRISM
Ayumi Asai (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U.) Solar physics
Yoko Oya (Yukawa Institute, Kyoto U.) Proto-planetary disks
Kosuke Yoshioka (Photon Science Center, U. Tokyo) laser combes for near-infrared instruments
Akihiko Fukui (Graduate School of Arts and Science, U. Tokyo) exoplanet
Seiji Sugita (Department of Earth and Planetary Environmental Science, U. Tokyo) Planetary exploration, Comparative planetology
Patricio Sanhueza (Department of Astronomy, U. Tokyo) High-mass star formation
Tadayuki Kodama (Tohoku U.) high-redshift galaxies and galaxy clusters
Munetake Momose (NAOJ/Ibaraki U.) ALMA, ngVLA
Shun Ishii (NAOJ) ALMA
Bunyo Hatsukade (NAOJ) ALMA
Satoru Iguchi (NAOJ) ALMA, low-frequency radio observations from the Moon
Seiichi Sakamoto (NAOJ) ASTE
Takashi Moriya (NAOJ) SNe, timedomain astronomy
Hideo Sagawa (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) Planetary atmosphere
Osamu Tajima (Kyoto Univ.) CMB
Kengo Tachihara (Nagoya Univ.) NANTEN2, Molecular clouds and star-formation
Takashi Miyata (IoA/UTokyo) TAO project
Yuri Nishimura (Univ. of Tsukuba) Astrochemistry in galaxies, superconducting detectors
Organizers: Kotaro Kohno, Takashi Miyata, Fumi Egusa (U. Tokyo), Felipe Barrientos, Rolando Dunner (PUC), Mónica Rubio, Francisco Förster (U. Chile)