LOFAR Annual Meeting 2026
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Europe/Dublin
Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, D02 PN40, Ireland
Description
The LOFAR Annual Meeting 2026 will take place in The Hamilton Building at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, from 8–12 June 2026, hosted by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS).
The meeting will bring together members of the LOFAR community for a programme of scientific presentations and discussions highlighting recent results and developments across the collaboration.
Contact
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Session 1: Surveys and Methods
Chair: Francesco de Gasperin
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Pushing the fringe: towards a high-resolution sky survey with the ILTSpeaker: Frits Sweijen (Durham University)
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From Radio Sources to Optical Counterparts: LoTSS DR3 and Euclid DR1Speaker: Bonny Barkus (University of Hertfordshire)
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LoTSS-HR: The high-resolution post-processing of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky SurveySpeaker: Roland Timmerman (Durham University)
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15:30
Coffee Break
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Session 2: Surveys and Methods II
Chair: Roland Timmerman
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A hierarchical counts-in-cells model incorporating halo occupation scatter for radio surveysSpeaker: Morteza Pashapour-Ahmadabadi (University Bielefeld)
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The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey: second data releaseSpeaker: Francesco de Gasperin (IRA INAF)
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Session 3: Epoch of Reionization (EoR): Epoch of Reionization (EoR)
Chair: Roland Timmerman
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Updates from the LOFAR-EoR Project: Results from the NCP and 3C196 fieldsSpeaker: Emilio Ceccotti (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
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Cosmology from LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2: Cross-correlations with Ionized Gas Traced by Thermal Sunyaev Zel’dovich effectSpeaker: Ayodeji Ibitoye (Department of physics, guangdong technion - israel institute of technology, shantou, guangdong 515063, p.r. china)
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Can processing techniques for LOFAR EoR science be used for other science cases?Speaker: André Offringa (ASTRON)
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17:50
Welcome Reception
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Session 4: Observatory I
Chair: Observatory
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WelcomeSpeaker: Violette Impellizzeri
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Building the LOFAR2.0 ObservatorySpeaker: Michiel van Haarlem (LOFAR ERIC)
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Science Operations with LOFAR2.0Speaker: Roberto Pizzo (ASTRON)
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Developing the LOFAR2.0 observing capabilitiesSpeaker: Wim van Cappellen
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Developing the LOFAR2.0 data service capabilitiesSpeaker: John Swinbank (ASTRON)
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Enhancing the LOFAR2.0 capabilities - LENSSSpeaker: Leah Morabito (Durham University)
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10:25
Coffee Break
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Session 5: Commissioning the LOFAR2.0 Observatory
Chair: E. Orru
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LOFAR2.0 commissioningSpeaker: Michiel Brentjens (ASTRON)
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LOFAR2.0 Processing PipelinesSpeaker: Marco Iacobelli (ASTRON)
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Lightning Talks - Commissioning Results
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Discussion
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12:30
Lunch
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Session 6: Observatory II
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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Improvements in ASTRON’s Visibility Processing Software: a Community UpdateSpeaker: Mick Veldhuis (ASTRON)
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Progress on Construction and Science Commissioning of SKA-LowSpeaker: George Heald (SKA Observatory)
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Session 7: Magnetized Universe
Chair: Florent Mertens
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The LOFAR RM Grid: a precision view of cosmic magnetism at metre wavelengthsSpeaker: Shane O'Sullivan (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
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From Young to Restarted: The Largest Sample of Peaked-Spectrum Sources from LoTSS DR3Speaker: Anupama Mohanan (National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland)
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15:30
Coffee Break
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Session 7: Magnetized Universe
Chair: Florent Mertens
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Searching for Extended Radio Emission from Cosmic Filaments with LOFARSpeaker: Duy Hoang (Thüringer Landessternwarte - TLS)
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Constraining cosmic filament magnetism with LOFARSpeaker: Mousumi Mahato (Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia)
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Session 8: Deep Fields & AGNs — Part I
Chair: Katarzyna Małek
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Recent developments on giant radio galaxies and radio-AGN with LOFARSpeaker: Dr Pratik Dabhade (Astrophysics Division, NCBJ, Warsaw, Poland)
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Polarisation imaging at metre wavelengths with sub-arcsecond resolutionSpeaker: Reinout van Weeren (Leiden University)
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Session 9: Deep Fields & AGNs — Part II
Chair: Katarzyna Małek
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The hidden AGN population: a novel LOFAR perspectiveSpeaker: Leah Morabito (Durham University)
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Galaxy-Scale Jets In the LOFAR-VLBI Deep FieldsSpeaker: Giulia Lusetti (Open University)
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Gravitational lensing with the ILT: A new probe of dark matter, cosmology and the high redshift UniverseSpeaker: John McKean (University of Pretoria)
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The LBA view of the ELAIS-N1 field: The deepest wide-field observations at 50 MHz with LOFARSpeaker: Jort Boxelaar (INAF - IRA)
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10:30
Coffee Break
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Session 9: Deep Fields & AGNs — Part II
Chair: Katarzyna Małek
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Tracing a radio jet from sub-kiloparsec to hundreds of kiloparsecs in a giant radio galaxy using LOFAR and LOFAR-VLBISpeaker: Sagar Sethi (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland)
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Session 10: Exoplanets
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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Radio Emission from Stars and Exoplanets: Pushing Toward the Decameter RegimeSpeaker: Cristina-Maria Cordun (ASTRON)
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A census of circularly polarized sources at tens of MHz with V-LoLSS DR2Speaker: Henrik Edler (ASTRON)
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Session 11/12: Transients & Pulsars — Part I
Chair: Pietro Zucca and Florent Mertens
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The key to unlocking the origin of long-period transientsSpeaker: Sanne Bloot (ASTRON, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
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12:30
Lunch
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Session 11/12: Transients & Pulsars — Part I
Chair: Pietro Zucca and Florent Mertens
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Pulsar Timing with LOFAR: Probing the Interstellar MediumSpeaker: Francesco Iraci
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Fast transient searches with LOFAR: From archives to real-time.Speaker: Reshma Anna Thomas (ASTRON)
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Searching for Radio Transients in LoTSSSpeaker: Sylvain Ranguin
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15:30
Coffee Break
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Session 13: Transients & Pulsars — Part II
Chair: Caterina Tiburzi
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AARTFAAC 2.0: Searching for the Rarest Radio TransientsSpeaker: Kate Kelley (Anton Pannekoek Institute)
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Emission configurations of single-pulses at low-frequencySpeaker: Mark Brionne
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Study of the Interstellar Medium through Low-Frequency Radio Observation of Pulsar using LOFAR and NenuFARSpeaker: Pauline Noé (Université d'Orléans, LPC2E)
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Session 14: Stars & Interstellar Medium
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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The Galactic interstellar medium seen by LOFAR: what have we learned and what comes next?Speaker: Andrea Bracco (INAF - OAA, LPENS)
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19:00
Conference Dinner
Dining Hall, Front Square of Trinity College Dublin
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Session 15: Instrumentation, Calibration & RFI Management
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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Unintended electromagnetic radiation from LEO satellites: observations, impact, and regulatory challengesSpeaker: Emma van der Wateren (ASTRON)
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LOFAR 2.0 commissioning a full journey reviewSpeaker: Cees Bassa (ASTRON)
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The Polarization Calibration scheme for LOFAR Beamformed DataSpeaker: Caterina Tiburzi (INAF-OAC)
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10:20
Coffee Break
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Session 15: Instrumentation, Calibration & RFI Management
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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LOTAAS Flatielding and the path to real-time transient searches with EuroFlashSpeaker: Dirk Kuiper (University of Amsterdam)
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Session 16/17: Solar, Ionosphere & Space Weather
Chair: Miroslav Barta and Pietro Zucca
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Solar Observations with LOFARSpeaker: Soham Dey (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics)
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First Observation and Interpretation of Solar Radio Spike Repeating Burst PairsSpeaker: Suli Ma (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Resolving spatial and temporal shock structures using high-resolution radio observations of the SunSpeaker: Diana Morosan (University of Turku)
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Frequency-time-resolved Imaging Spectroscopy of Fine Structures in a Solar Radio Noise StormSpeaker: Daniel Clarkson (University of Glasgow)
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12:30
Conference Photo
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12:40
Lunch
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Session 16/17: Solar, Ionosphere & Space Weather
Chair: Miroslav Barta and Pietro Zucca
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Multi-Instrument View of Ionospheric TurbulenceSpeaker: Dorota Przepiórka-Skup (Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk)
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A Long-Term LOFAR Survey of Ionospheric Morphology and DynamicsSpeaker: Rebecca Ghidoni (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
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LOFAR as a Component of a Passive Radar System for LEO Object DetectionSpeaker: Hanna Rothkaehl (CBK PAN)
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Evolution of coronal radio wave scattering during an M class solar flareSpeaker: Christian Vocks (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP))
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15:30
Coffee Break
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Session 18: Cosmic Rays & Lightning
Chair: Pietro Zucca
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LOFAR observations of lightning propagationSpeaker: Marten Lourens (ASTRON)
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Session 19/20: Galaxy Clusters
Chair: Chris Riseley
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Galaxy clusters with LOFAR: recent results and new perspectivesSpeaker: Chiara Stuardi (IRA INAF)
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Galaxy clusters in the Decameter SkySpeaker: Dr Christian Groeneveld (INAF - IRA)
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Unveiling the Spectral Properties of Radio Halos in the Galaxy Clusters of the LOFAR sky SurveySpeaker: Koushika Sri Lakshmi srikanth (IRA-INAF Bologna)
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Session 19/20: Galaxy Clusters
Chair: Chris Riseley
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Investigating the filamentary emission of radio phoenixes and characterising their peculiaritiesSpeaker: Dr Nadia Biava (INAF - IRA)
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The emerging complexity of multi-component radio halos in galaxy clustersSpeaker: Matteo Cianfaglione (INAF - IRA - University of Bologna)
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The complexity of cluster turbulence: the filamentary radio halo in Abell 2319Speaker: Alexander Drabent (Thüringer Landessternwarte)
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Leading the Next Generation of Studies of Coma Cluster Galaxies with LOFARSpeaker: Alessandro Ignesti (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (ASU))
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10:30
Coffee Break
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Session 21: Nearby Galaxies
Chair: Katarzyna Małek
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Star formation, galactic winds, and magnetic fields in nearby galaxies as probed with LOFARSpeaker: Volker Heesen (Universität Hamburg)
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Turning the radio dial on star formation in dwarf galaxiesSpeaker: Pascal Vennedey (AIRUB)
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The LOFAR2.0 perspective of nearby star-forming galaxies, laboratories of magnetic fields and cosmic ray transportSpeaker: Michael Stein (Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute (AIRUB))
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Closing Remarks and Ending
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