ngVLA International Science Conference 2026 - Sendai, Japan
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Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez
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ngVLA International Science Conference 2026
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Date
November 10-13, 2026
Important dates, including deadlines for abstract submission and registration, will be announced in due course.
Venue
Sendai SME Activation Center (仙台市中小企業活性化センター)
https://www.japanmeetings.org/plan-your-event/search/venue-detail/776.html
The conference venue will accommodate approximately 200 participantes.
Scientific Rationale
The next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) will open a transformative window on the Universe at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths, delivering unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution. By bridging the gap between existing and near-future large-scale facilities such as ALMA and SKA-1, the ngVLA will uniquely probe key physical and chemical processes, including planet formation, star formation, the multiphase interstellar medium, and the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes across cosmic time.
As the ngVLA project advances toward its next phase of development, it is timely to consolidate and expand the international science community, refine key science drivers, and explore synergies with other major observatories and space missions. This conference aims to bring together experts from a broad range of fields to share compelling science cases, identify new opportunities enabled by the ngVLA, and foster collaborations that will further strengthen the momentum of this next-generation facility. We particularly encourage the participation of early-career researchers and students, who will be the primary users of the ngVLA in the coming decades.
This conference will also serve as an opportunity to highlight and further develop contributions from the Japanese community within the international framework.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Jennifer Bergner (UC Berkeley)
Leindert Boogaard (Leiden Observatory)
Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez (UNAM-IRyA)
Alessandra Corsi (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Megan DeCesar (George Mason Univ.)
Kazuhiro Hada (Nagoya City Univ.)
Takuma Izumi (NAOJ)
Brenda Matthews (NRC-Victoria)
Brett McGuire (MIT)
Eric Murphy (NRAO)
Desika Narayanan (Univ. Florida)
Rachel Osten (STScI)
Satoshi Okuzumi (Science Tokyo, Chair)
Nami Sakai (RIKEN)
Alexander van der Horst (George Washington Univ.)
David Wilner (CfA)
Local Organizing Committee
Misato Fukagawa (Tohoku Univ.)
Kengo Tomida (Tohoku Univ., Chair)
NAOJ ngVLA Study Group
ngVLA International Science Conference 2026
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Date
November 10-13, 2026
Important dates, including deadlines for abstract submission and registration, will be announced in due course.
Venue
Sendai SME Activation Center (仙台市中小企業活性化センター)
https://www.japanmeetings.org/plan-your-event/search/venue-detail/776.html
The conference venue will accommodate approximately 200 participantes.
Scientific Rationale
The next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) will open a transformative window on the Universe at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths, delivering unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution. By bridging the gap between existing and near-future large-scale facilities such as ALMA and SKA-1, the ngVLA will uniquely probe key physical and chemical processes, including planet formation, star formation, the multiphase interstellar medium, and the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes across cosmic time.
As the ngVLA project advances toward its next phase of development, it is timely to consolidate and expand the international science community, refine key science drivers, and explore synergies with other major observatories and space missions. This conference aims to bring together experts from a broad range of fields to share compelling science cases, identify new opportunities enabled by the ngVLA, and foster collaborations that will further strengthen the momentum of this next-generation facility. We particularly encourage the participation of early-career researchers and students, who will be the primary users of the ngVLA in the coming decades.
This conference will also serve as an opportunity to highlight and further develop contributions from the Japanese community within the international framework.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Jennifer Bergner (UC Berkeley)
Leindert Boogaard (Leiden Observatory)
Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez (UNAM-IRyA)
Alessandra Corsi (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Megan DeCesar (George Mason Univ.)
Kazuhiro Hada (Nagoya City Univ.)
Takuma Izumi (NAOJ)
Brenda Matthews (NRC-Victoria)
Brett McGuire (MIT)
Eric Murphy (NRAO)
Desika Narayanan (Univ. Florida)
Rachel Osten (STScI)
Satoshi Okuzumi (Science Tokyo, Chair)
Nami Sakai (RIKEN)
Alexander van der Horst (George Washington Univ.)
David Wilner (CfA)
Local Organizing Committee
Misato Fukagawa (Tohoku Univ.)
Kengo Tomida (Tohoku Univ., Chair)
NAOJ ngVLA Study Group
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Carlos Carrasco-González
Investigador Titular B (Associate Professor)
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Carlos Carrasco-González
Investigador Titular B (Associate Professor)
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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