Supermassive Black Holes

and Blue Notes

Campus MIL, Université de Montréal , Montréal, Québec, Canada

29 June - 3 July 2026

Scientific rationale

Held a week before the world-renowned Montreal International Jazz Festival, the conference aims to spotlight the significant progress made in the study of supermassive black holes, addressing open questions and exploring future prospects, particularly in the wake of the latest observations from JWST. Below are the four main themes of the conference.

Main themes

Advanced Techniques for Measuring Supermassive Black Hole Properties

Observations of Supermassive Black Holes at the Event Horizon Scale

Feeding and Feedback Processes of Supermassive Black Holes

High-Redshift Supermassive Black Hole Formation and Growth

Registration Info

Registration has not opened, but you can pre-register here, and we will keep you updated.

Organising Committees

Scientific Organising Committee (SOC):

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (UdeM)

Martin Bureau (Oxford)

Daryl Haggard (McGill)

Romeel Dave (Edinburgh)

Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere (Northwestern)

Frank Eisenhauer (MPE)

Chiara Mingarelli (Yale)

Sara Issaoun (Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Roberto Maiolino (Cambridge/Kavli)

Priya Natarajan (Yale)

Local Organising Committee (LOC):

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (UdeM)

Martin Bureau (Oxford)

Daryl Haggard (McGill)

Marine Claude Anne Prunier (UdeM)

Olivia Pereira (UdeM)

Benjamin Vigneron (UdeM)

Hyunseop Choi (UdeM)

Hengyue Zhang (Oxford)

Anabel X. Li (UdeM)