Netherlands Radio Astronomy Community Days

11 Sept 2025, 10:00 → 12 Sept 2025, 17:30 Europe/Amsterdam

This is a two-day meeting for anyone in the Netherlands astronomy community to discuss the current radio astronomy landscape and plan for the future. It will take place at Science Park in Amsterdam on 2025 September 11 and 12, with a possibility for remote attandance as well.

Registration is free of charge and open until 22nd of August. A preliminary schedule is available that we'll continually update as we approach the meeting.

We are pleased to seek contributions for two sessions on the first day (11 Sep): (inter)national landscape and future pitches. The first session is an opportunity to highlight an (inter)national facility relevant for radio astronomy that is not already included in the program. The second session is your opportunity to share an avenue that you think is exciting for the future of NL radio astronomy. These are expected to be short contributions (~3-5 minutes), depending upon demand and the final schedule. You can submit contributions for either or both sessions at: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/h3r1bNW327.

The SKA community day (2nd day of the meeting) will have a delegration from the headquarters of SKAO presenting on commissioning results, what science verification will look like, and the future of key science programs. The other half of the day will be discussions and talks on how the Dutch community can capitalise on its investment in the SKAO. 

Location Thursday Sep 11: Eulerzaal, Amsterdam Science Park Conference Centre, Science Park 125, 1098 XG Amsterdam

Location Friday Sep 12: L1.02, Lab42, Science Park 900, 1098 XH Amsterdam

We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam or online in September!

Betsey Adams (ASTRON/Kapteyn)

Joe Callingham (ASTRON/UvA)

Ziggy Pleunis (UvA/ASTRON)

 

Thursday 11 September

10:00 Arrival,coffee

1 Welcome (Betsey Adams)

2 ASTRON (Violette Impellizzeri)

3 LOFAR2 (Violette Impellizzeri)

4 ALMA (WSU) (Michiel Hogerheijde)

5 SKA (Joe Callingham)

6 Data infrastructures (John Swinbank)

7 Discussion prompt (Betsey Adams)

What is the greatest challenge faced by LOFAR2, ALMA, and/or SKA?

12:15 Lunch

8 Discussion (Betsey Adams)

9 JIVE (Aga Slowikowska)

10 EHT + AMT (Michael Janssen)

11 Westerbork (Jason Hessels + Aditya Parthasarathy)

12 (Inter)national landscape (Community contributions)

14:50 Coffee

13 Discussion on the radio astronomy roadmap proposal (Joeri van Leeuwen)

14 Future pitches (Community contributions)

16:35 Borrel

Friday 12 September

09:30 Welcome, coffee

15 SKA roadshow from SKAO

Speakers: Simon Berry (SKAO), Wendy Williams (SKAO)

16 Discussion on the how the Dutch community can capitalise on its investment in SKAO (Jessica Dempsey & Violette Impellizzeri)

12:00 Lunch

17 SKA synergies with other facilities

• SKA+ESO (Julia Bordensteiner, API)
• SKA+ALMA (Jackie Hodge, UL)
• SKA+JIVE (Zsolt Paragi, JIVE)
• SKA+Vera Rubin (Sjoert van Velzen, UL)
• SKA+CTA (Sera Markoff, API)
• SKA+LIGO (Samaya Nissanke, API)
• SKA+X-rays (Jacco Vink, API)
• SKA+Gaia (Huib van Langevelde, JIVE)
• SKA+Euclid (Lingyu Wang, SRON)

Speaker: Click for detailed view

14:30 Coffee

18 Potential optimisation of the synergies

16:00 Borrel