Programme Dutch SKA Science meeting 25 March 2026
9.00-10.00 Registration plus Coffee/Tea and cake
10.00-10.05 General welcome – Leon Koopmans (Groningen) and Jessica Dempsey (ASTRON)
10.05-10.30 SKA Introduction & Current Status – Naomi McClure-Griffiths (SKAO, likely remote)
10.30-12.00 Session 1
Magnetism
● 10.30-10.45 Marijke Haverkorn (Nijmegen)
Extragalactic Continuum
● 10.45-11.00 Reinout van Weeren (Leiden)
● 11.00-11.15 Jurjen de Jong (Leiden)
VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry)
● 11.15-11.30 Benito Marcote (JIVE)
HECP
● 11.30-11.45 Stijn Buitink (Brussels)
Cosmology
● 11.45-12.00 Speaker (TBC)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Session 2
HI (Galaxy) Science
● 13.00-13.15 Raffaella Morganti (ASTRON/Groningen)
● 13.15-13.30 Dane Kleiner (ASTRON)
Epoch of Reionisation & Cosmic Dawn
● 13.30-13.45 André Offringa (ASTRON/Groningen)
● 13.45-14.00 Kariuki Chege (Groningen)
Cradle Of Life
● 14.00-14.15 Aline Vidotto (Leiden)
● 14.15-14.30 Nienke van der Marel (Leiden)
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.00 Session 3
Pulsars/FRBs
● 15.00-15.15 Speaker (TBC) - maybe remote
● 15.15-15.30 Inés Pastor-Marazuela (ASTRON/Amsterdam)
Transients
● 15.30-15.45 Antonia Rowlinson (ASTRON/Amsterdam)
● 15.45-16.00 Sanne Bloot (ASTRON/Groningen)
16.00-16.30 Science Verification & Early-Science Discussion
16.30-17.00 Open discussion (Naomi McClure-Griffiths + DGs
17.00-18.30 Borrel/Snacks