Schedule as of June 16th 2025
MONDAY
Opening (09:00 - 09:15)
- 09:00 - 09:15: Opening Remarks 
Morning Session (09:15 - 10:30) Theme: Big picture - observations - baryon cycle (Chair: P. Oesch)
- 09:15 - 09:45: Invited Talk (Observations Big Picture): Linda Tacconi 
- 09:45 - 10:00: Contributed Talk: Eva Schinnerer - "Resolving the physics underlying the baryon cycle" 
- 10:00 - 10:15: Contributed Talk: Nicolás Guerra Varas - "The Baryon Cycle project (ByCycle): Uncovering the Hidden Baryons of the Universe with Machine Learning" 
- 10:15 - 10:30: Contributed Talk: Zeyu Chen - "Baryon Cycling and Metal Evolution in Galaxies: Insights from Diverse Absorption Lines" 
Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Mid-Morning Session (11:00 - 12:30) Theme: Big picture - simulations - baryon cycle (Chair: P. Oesch)
- 11:00 - 11:30: Invited Talk (Simulations Big Picture): Claudia Lagos 
- 11:30 - 11:45: Contributed Talk: Annalisa Pillepich - "Galaxy formation and evolution at sub-parsec resolution" 
- 11:45 - 12:00: Contributed Talk: Will McClymont - "Burst, quench, repeat: unveiling the evolution of high-redshift galaxies with the Thesan-Zoom simulations" 
- 12:00 - 12:15: Flash Talks: - Giuseppe Viterbo - “CASBI” 
- Steven Dipesh Ramnichal - "Panchromatic modelling of resolved high-z galaxy observations using Bayesian Neural Networks" 
- Kathryn Kreckel- "SDSS-LVM" 
 
Lunch (12:15 - 14:00)
Early Afternoon Session (14:00 - 15:15) Theme: Big picture - observations - baryon cycle (Chair: M. Kriek)
- 14:00 - 14:30: Invited Talk Alice Shapley - Metal enrichment 
- 14:30 - 14:45: Contributed Talk: Andrea Gebek - "Challenging Dust Radiative Transfer Models at Cosmic Noon: Insights from JWST and Cosmological Simulations" 
- 14:45 - 15:00: Contributed Talk: Dirk Scholte - "Chemical enrichment over cosmic time with the JWST EXCELS survey and DESI" 
- 15:00 - 15:15: Contributed Talk: David Rupke - "Growing in the Wind: Emission-Line Imaging of OVI in the Circumgalactic Medium" 
Coffee Break (15:15 - 15:45)
Late Afternoon Session (15:45 - 17:00) Theme: Big picture - simulations - baryon cycle (Chair: M. Kriek)
- 15:45 - 16:15: Invited Talk Pratika Dayal - Baryon cycle / metal enrichment at high-z from a perspective of simulations 
- 16:15 - 16:30: Contributed Talk: Mohammadreza Ayromlou - "A Novel Supermassive Black Hole Feedback Model in Hydrodynamical Simulations" 
- 16:30 - 16:45: Contributed Talk: Clarke Esmerian - "Modeling Cosmic Dust Evolution Atom-by-Atom in a Multiphase ISM" 
- 16:45 - 17:15: Discussion Session (Discussion Leads: P. Oesch, M. Kriek. C. Lagos) 
- Welcome Reception 
TUESDAY
Morning Session (09:15 - 10:30) Theme: JWST and Galaxy Formation and Evolution (Chair: J. Hodge)
- 09:15 - 09:45: Invited Talk: Pascal Oesch - JWST and galaxy evolution 
- 09:45 - 10:00: Contributed Talk: Alba Covelo Paz - "3,000 Hα emitters at z~4-7: a new tracer of galaxy build-up in the first ~1.5 Gyr" 
- 10:00 - 10:15: Contributed Talk: Laia Barrufet - "Unveiling the Hidden Universe: Insights into Dusty, Massive High-Redshift Galaxies with JWST" 
- 10:15 - 10:30: Contributed Talk: Cheng-Lin Liao - "Unveiling the Physics of z~2 Galaxies on kpc Scale with JWST and ALMA" 
Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Mid-Morning Session (11:00 - 12:30) Theme: JWST and gas and dust (Chair: J. Hodge)
- 11:00 - 11:30: Invited Talk - Mariska Kriek - Gas and dust at intermediate redshifts 
- 11:30 - 11:45: Contributed Talk: Hiddo Algera - "The formation of dust in the early Universe" 
- 11:45 - 12:00: Contributed Talk: Lucy Astles - "The spatial extent of gas and dust in the luminous star forming REBELS galaxies at z > 6.5" 
- 12:00 - 12:30: Invited Talk: Mireia Montes - "Rubin / LSST: galaxy evolution and low surface brightness science cases" 
Lunch (12:30 - 14:00)
Early Afternoon Session (14:00 - 15:15) Theme: JWST and gas and dust at high redshifts (Chair: D. Wylezalek)
- 14:00 - 14:30: Invited Talk: Anna De Graaff - Gas and dust at z>6 
- 14:30 - 14:45: Contributed Talk: Matt Orr - "The (Un)Changing ISM in FIRE Galaxies through Cosmic Time" 
- 14:45 - 15:00: Contributed Talk: Leindert Boogaard - “Gas and Dust in Cosmic Noon galaxies with JWST and ALMA” 
- 15:00 - 15:15: Contributed Talk: Callum Witten - "Protoclusters in the early Universe: Powerhouses behind ionised bubbles and evolved galaxies" 
Coffee Break (15:15 - 15:45)
Late Afternoon Session (15:45 - 17:00) Theme: VLTI and galaxy evolution (Chair: D. Wylezalek)
- 15:45 - 16:00: Contributed Talk: Nicholas Martis - "An Unbiased View of Dust Buildup at the Earliest Epochs from Technicolor JWST Photometry" 
- 16:00 - 16:15: Flash Talks: - Karin Cescon - "A Monster Galaxy at z=7.31: CO(3-2) detection reveals a massive molecular gas reservoir" 
- Francesco Bollati - “Multiphase galactic outflows on a moving-mesh” 
- Darshan Kakkad (talk given by Vincenzo Mainieri) - "Spatially-resolved observations of hot molecular gas at cosmic noon using JWST" 
 
- 16:15 - 16:45: Invited Talk: Taro Shimizu - VLTI and galaxy evolution 
- 16:45 - 17:15: Discussion Session (J. Hoge, D. Wylezalek) 
WEDNESDAY
Morning Session (09:15 - 10:30) Theme: AGN feedback, outflows, CGM (Chair: J. Heidt)
- 09:15 - 09:45: Invited Talk: Tiago Costa (AGN/ Quasar simulations) 
- 09:45 - 10:00: Contributed Talk: Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia - "AGN radiation imprints on the circumgalactic medium of massive galaxies" 
- 10:00 - 10:15: Contributed Talk: Emanuele Paolo Farina - "A Sharp 3D View of the First Quasars Through the Glasses of JWST, ALMA, and VLT" 
- 10:15 - 10:30: Contributed Talk: Alessia Tortosa - "The X-rays Strike Back: unlocking the formation of SMBHs in quasars at early cosmic times" 
Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Mid-Morning Session (11:00 - 12:30) Theme: AGN feedback, outflows, CGM (Chair: R. Riffel)
- 11:00 - 11:15: Contributed Talk: Vincenzo Mainieri - "AGN feedback: the impact of low-power radio jets in the multi-phase ISM" 
- 11:15 - 11:30: Contributed Talk: Giulia Tozzi - "Fast & Furious at z∼2: faster ionised winds in type-2 AGN than in type-1 systems" 
- 11:30 - 11:45: Contributed Talk: Julien Wolf - "A ~2 kpc Radio Jet Driving a 20 kpc [O III] Outflow at z∼6: First Detection of kpc-Scale Kinetic AGN Feedback at High Redshift With JWST/NIRSpec IFU" 
- 11:45 - 12:00: Flash Talks: - Cedric Lacey - “AGN jet and wind feedback in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation” 
- Caroline Bertemes - "The early and late phases of AGN feedback: a JWST and NOEMA view across redshifts out to Cosmic Noon" 
- Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann - “The Starburst-AGN Connection: from the Little Red Dots to the present day Universe” 
 
- 12:00 - 12:30: Invited Talk: Michela Mapelli - from intermediate to supermassive black holes with LISA 
- 12:30 - 13:00: Discussion session (J. Heidt, R. Riffel) 
- 13:00 Lunch 
 Free afternoon (excursion and hiking options will be provided)
18:30 Conference Dinner
THURSDAY
Morning Session (09:15 - 10:30) Theme: Large surveys (Chair: B. Venemans)
- 09:15 - 09:45: Invited Talk: Chris Conselice - Euclid and galaxy evolution 
- 09:45 - 10:00: Contributed Talk: Antonio La Marca - "Fueling the Fire: Unveiling the Merger-AGN Connection with Early Euclid Data" 
- 10:00 - 10:15: Contributed Talk: Martina Scialpi - "The quest for Dual AGN: The first statistical outcomes to validate model predictions on galaxy evolution" 
- 10:15 - 10:30: Contributed Talk: Pranav Kukreti - "From trigger to quiescence: linking life-cycle of AGN to feedback" 
Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Mid-Morning Session (11:00 - 12:30) Theme: Large surveys (Chair: B. Venemans)
- 11:00 - 11:30: Invited Talk: Kristen McQuinn - Roman and galaxy evolution 
- 11:30 - 11:45: Contributed Talk: Ragadeepika Pucha - "Exploring AGN Feedback in Dwarf Galaxies: A DESI Perspective" 
- 11:45 - 12:00: Contributed Talk: Matus Rybak - "Monsters with empty bellies? A new chapter in studies of dense ISM in the early Universe" 
- 12:00 - 12:15: Contributed Talk: Luis Gabriel Dahmer Hahn - "The Gas Cycle in AGN Hosts and Its Impact on Galaxy Evolution" 
- 12:15 - 12:30: GROUP PICTURE 
Lunch (12:30 - 14:00)
Early Afternoon Session (14:00 - 15:15) Theme: Large surveys (Chair: C. Peroux)
- 14:00 - 14:30: Invited Talk: Sugata Kaviraj - Rubin/LSST and galaxy evolution 
- 14:30 - 14:45: Contributed Talk: Celine Greis - “The CO(1-0) VLA Legacy Survey (AS2VLA): Robustly weighing the ISM in galaxies at z=2-5” 
- 14:45 - 15:00: Contributed Talk: Mandy Chen - "Unveiling Turbulence Drivers in Quasar Halos: Insights from IFS Observations with VLT/MUSE and JWST/NIRSpec" 
- 15:00 - 15:15: Flash Talks: - Adele Plat - "Constraining the nature of high-redshift star-forming galaxies and AGN through emission-line analysis" 
- Ryan Trainor - "CECILIA: Chemical Abundance Patterns of Star-Forming Galaxies at Cosmic Noon" 
- Jianhang Chen - "The Inner Workings of Cosmic Noon Galaxies on Sub-kpc Scales with VLT/ERIS and JWST" 
 
Coffee Break (15:15 - 15:45)
Late Afternoon Session (15:45 - 17:00) Theme: Large surveys (Chair: C. Peroux)
- 15:45 - 16:15: Invited Talk Fabian Walter - Next generation radio telescopes 
- 16:15 - 16:30: Contributed Talk: Eric Jiménez Andrade - "The deepest VLA radio surveys in the GOODS-N and CEERS fields" 
- 16:30 - 17:00: Discussion Session (C. Peroux, B. Venemans) 
FRIDAY
Morning Session (09:15 - 10:30) Theme: ELT and galaxy evolution (Chair: E. Bañados)
- 09:15 - 09:45: Invited Talk: Michele Cirasulo - ELT and galaxy evolution 
- 09:45 - 10:00: Contributed Talk: Letizia Scaloni - "Preparing for extragalactic science exploitation with MORFEO+MICADO at ELT: Insights from spatially resolved analyses of different galaxy types across cosmic time" 
- 10:00 - 10:15: Contributed Talk: Jörg-Uwe Pott - "Zooming in on black hole environments with the ELT" 
Coffee Break (10:15 - 10:45)
Mid-Morning Session (10:45 - 12:30) Theme: Next generation of simulations (Chair: R. Klessen)
- 10:45 - 11:15: Invited Talk: Thales Gutcke - Next generation of simulations 
- 11:15 - 11:30: Contributed Talk: Michela Hirschmann “Early SF Quenching of Massive Galaxies: The importance of radiatively efficient AGN winds” 
- 11:30 - 11:45: Contributed Talk: Andrea Maccio "Simulating galaxy formation at high redshift: A story of cold flows, star formation and AGN feedback " 
- 11:45 - 12:15: Discussion Session (R. Klessen, E. Bañados) 
- 12:15 - 12:45: Invited Talk (Summary Talk) Jenny Greene