The Nordic-Baltic Astronomy Days 2026 is the first large-scale gathering of Nordic and Baltic astronomy researchers in nearly 36 years, making it the spiritual successor of the 1990 Uppsala conference. 

This conference will take place in Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel, in Turku, between May 26th and 29th, 2026. More details about the conference venue are found here.

The main theme of this conference is networking, with focuses on:

• Scientific presentation given by junior researchers

• Dedicated junior-senior networking sessions

• Current and future joint instrumentation projects (e.g., NOT)

• Nordic-Baltic cooperation within international collaborations (e.g., ESO, ESA, SKA, CTAO)

Registration and abstract submission are now open!

The current fee is 100 EUR for junior researchers (i.e., Master and PhD students) and 150 EUR for senior researchers (i.e., postdoctoral researchers). This fee will include:

• Conference lunch for 3 days

• Social dinner for 1 evening

• Conference coffee-break snacks for 4 days

• Free public transportation access for 6 days

• Excursion to the Tuorla Observatory

We have received several grants to partially reimburse the travel and accommodation costs of our participants, especially juniors. These are awarded as a Travel & Accommodation Aid, which the participants can request when registering.

Our recommended accommodation places are found here. For more details on transportation and how to get to Turku see here.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

• 🇫🇮 Pouya Kouch (University of Turku; chair)

• 🇫🇮 Mikael Granvik (University of Helsinki)

• 🇸🇪 Tim Linden (Stockholm University)

• 🇸🇪 Ragnhild Lunnan (Stockholm University)

• 🇸🇪 Alexander Mustill (Lund University)

• 🇩🇰 Johan Fynbo (University of Copenhagen)

• 🇩🇰 Maximilian Stritzinger (Aarhus University)

• 🇳🇴 Foteini Oikonomou (Norwegian Uni. of Science and Technology)

• 🇳🇴 Claudia Cicone (University of Oslo)

• 🇮🇸 Jon Emil Gudmundsson (University of Iceland)

• 🇪🇪 Tiina Liimets (University of Tartu)

• 🇱🇻 Ilgmars Eglitis (University of Latvia)

• 🇱🇹 Sarunas Mikolaitis (Vilnius University)

Local Organizing Committee:

• 🇫🇮 Pouya Kouch (University of Turku; chair)

• 🇳🇴 Karri Koljonen (Norwegian Uni. of Science and Technology)

• 🇫🇮 Quentin Salome (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO)

• 🇫🇮 Anne Virkki (University of Helsinki)

• 🇫🇮 Emma Mannfors (University of Helsinki)

• 🇫🇮 Melina Poulain (University of Oulu)

• 🇫🇮 Christina Humina (University of Turku)

• 🇫🇮 Folkert Wierda (University of Turku)

• 🇫🇮 Ari Leppälä (University of Helsinki)

• 🇫🇮 Grigori Fedorets (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO)

Any questions about the conference can be directed to: pouya.kouch@utu.fi

We are additionally happy to inform you that another major astronomy conference (the IAU Symposium 406: Future Landscape of Astrophysical Transients) is taking place in Turku just the week before our conference.

Conference poster (designed by Jenni Jormanainen @jennijart):