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12-16 october 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal
This is the 8th in our series of Kathmandu meetings, with the previous conferences taking place in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2022.
Topics & Invited speakers
Topics & Invited speakers
Black hole mergers
Black hole mergers
Michela Mapelli (Heidelberg, Germany)
Tassos Fragos (Geneva, Switzerland)
The spin controversy
Davide Gerosa (Milan, Italy)
Chris Reynolds (College Park, USA)
X-ray polarization
Juri Poutanen (Turku, Finland)
Jakub Podgorný (Prague, Czechia)
Jets from black-hole binaries
Jets from black-hole binaries
Pikky Atri (Dwingeloo, The Netherlands)
Krzysztof Nalewajko (Warsaw, Poland)
Extended TeV emission
Liu Ruoyu (Nanjing, China)
Tsvi Piran (Jerusalem, Israel)
Collapsars
Ore Gottlieb (New-York, USA)
Chris Fryer (Los Alamos, USA)
Ultraluminous sources with black holes
Matt Middleton (Southampton, UK)
Chris Fragile (Charleston, USA)
To be confirmed
Main organizers
Main organizers
Greg Marcel
Greg Marcel
University of Turku,
Turku, Finland
Andrzej Zdziarski
Andrzej Zdziarski
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
Scientific Organizing Committee
Scientific Organizing Committee
Alexandra Veledina
Alexandra Veledina
University of Turku,
Turku, Finland
Honghui Liu
Honghui Liu
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Dorota Rosińska
Dorota Rosińska
Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Olejak
Aleksandra Olejak
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics,
Garching, Germany
Mitch Begelman
Mitch Begelman
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Laura Olivera Nieto
Laura Olivera Nieto
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
Omer Bromberg
Omer Bromberg
Faculty of Exact Sciences,
Tel Aviv, Israël
Sara Motta
Sara Motta
INAF -- Brera Astronomical Observatory, Merate, Italy
Local Organizing Committee
Local Organizing Committee
Niraj Dhital
Niraj Dhital
Tribhuvan University,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Yogesh Maharjan
University of Łodz,
Łodz, Poland
Gopal Bhatta
University of Zielona Góra,
Zielona Góra, Poland
Andrzej Zdziarski
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
Dorota Rosińska
Dorota Rosińska
Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
Greg Marcel
University of Turku,
Turku, Finland
Venue:
Aloft Marriott Thamel, P887+87 Kathmandu, Nepal
Venue:
Aloft Marriott Thamel, P887+87 Kathmandu, Nepal
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