55th Saas Fee Advanced Course 2026
Astronomical Interferometry: the angular-resolution frontier
Ora
Luogo della manifestazione
Lomattenstrasse 7
CH-3906 Saas-Fee
The 55th "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA) will be held from January 18th to 23th 2026 in the Hotel Allalin in Saas Fee, in the Swiss Alps. Under the title: Astronomical Interferometry: the angular-resolution frontier, this course is primarily targeted at Ph.D. and advanced M.Sc. students, but can also be valuable to young postdoctoral researchers who would like to start exploring the field. The "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" has taken place annually since 1971 and in 2026 it will be devoted to Astronomical Interferometry: the angular resolution frontier.
A several-hour-long afternoon break is scheduled, when the participants are encouraged to do winter sports or simply interact with each other.
Due to logistical aspects, the number of participants will be limited to 60 people. The school will be in-person only.
Lecturer:
Dave Kieda (Utah)
Anna Scaife (Manchester)
Gail Schaefer (Georgia State & CHARA)
Important dates:
School dates: 18 - 23 January 2026
Program: Preliminary version October. Final version in November
Applications opening: September 20. Send an email to Nicolas.Produit@unige.ch
Applications Closing: October 20
Selected Applicants Notified & Registration Opening: November 8!
Registration and payment for the hotel: December 8
Conference fee payment deadline: Late December
LOC:
Nicolas Produit university of Geneva (Nicolas.Produit@unige.ch)
Prasenjit Saha university of Zurich (psaha@physik.uzh.ch)
Svetlana Berdyugina IRSOL and USI
Emma Tolley EPFL