Pre-announcement of the conference "ALMA at 15 Years: Science, Synergies, and the Road Ahead"
15 January 2026
Rationale
We are pleased to announce that the international conference "ALMA at 15 Years: Science, Synergies, and the Road Ahead" will be held in person from Feb. 22–26, 2027, at Academia Sinica’s Nangang campus in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference will highlight ALMA’s latest results, especially since the last Pan-ALMA conference held in 2023, and identify exciting directions for future ALMA research.The program will feature invited and contributed science presentations, along with updates on the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU), tutorial sessions on the archival and CARTA systems, and discussions of future ALMA prospects. Talks and posters presenting scientific work using ALMA and/or its synergies with other facilities across all areas of astronomy are welcome. Further details will be announced in March.
Important Dates
March 2026 First conference announcementMay 2026 Registration and abstract submission open
July 2026 Abstract submission (talks/posters) and registration close
SOC
John Carpenter (JAO, Chile)Paola Caselli (MPE, Germany)
Marilyn Cruces (UC Chile, Chile)
Leen Decin (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Maria Diaz Trigo (ESO, Germany)
Bunyo Hatsukade (NAOJ, Japan)
Rodrigo Herrera-Camus (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
Jongsoo Kim (KASI, Korea)
Lihwai Lin (ASIAA, Taiwan; Chair)
Leslie Looney (UIUC, USA)
Brett McGuire (MIT, USA)
Jennifer Donovan Meyer (NRAO/NAASC, USA)
LOC
Cindy Chiu (ASIAA)Tien-Hao Hsieh (TARA)
Sheng-Jun Lin (ASIAA)
Yu-Nung Su (ASIAA)
Ya-Wen Tang (ASIAA)
Wei-Hao Wang (ASIAA; Chair)
Yu-Ting Wu (ASIAA)
The conference webpage can be found at: https://events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/20270222/