CESRA 2026 workshop

General information & Objectives

The Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CESRA) is an informal organization of European scientists to stimulate research of the outer solar atmosphere by means of radio waves and any other suitable diagnostics.

The aims of CESRA are to promote studies of the radio emission of the Sun and related topics including solar-like stars, to promote new instrumental developments, to facilitate contact between observers using different tools, to stimulate collaboration between observers and theoreticians, solar, heliospheric and stellar physicists, to encourage young scientists in the field of solar radio physics, and to maintain contacts with all groups in the field within Europe and other parts of the world.

The next CESRA Workshop will be held between June 15-19, 2026 at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).

Local Organizing Committee @ FHNW:

• Säm Krucker (Chair), Hannah Collier, André Csillaghy, Paolo Massa, Muriel Stiefel, Hanna Troxler

Scientific Organizing Committee (CESRA Board):

• Eduard Kontar (Chair)

• Gregory Fleishman

• Jasmina Magdalevic

• Alexander Nindos

• Alexander Warmuth

• Pietro Zucca

The meeting will take place at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Brugg/Windisch, Switzerland.

Brugg/Windisch is accessible by train from Zurich, Basel, and Bern. The FHNW campus is located just next to the Brugg (AG) train station.  There are hourly direct trains from the Zurich airport to Brugg. The map above shows the locaton of the train station, the FHNW campus, and the meeting site.

Three nearby hotels are marked on the map:

https://centurion-towerhotel.ch/
https://terminus-brugg.ch/

http://www.hotelgotthard.ch/

Other options are to stay in Baden (8 min train ride, 17 Euro daily fare) or in Zurich (24 min, 40 Euro).