I-HOW JWST Hands-On Workshop for Central & Eastern Europe 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the transformational observatory of this decade. This workshop brings the capabilities of JWST to astronomers of Eastern and Central Europe by providing early career researchers from the region with skills and experience in working with exciting JWST-data driven projects on various topics from star and planet formation to extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. The workshop is open to young researchers from advanced master students to PhD students from Central and Eastern Europe.
Registration
The workshop will be open to early career researchers from Central and Eastern Europe. Participants will be selected based on previous experience and motivation to attend the workshop. There will be no registration fee and the lodging will be fully covered for all the selected participants.
Important dates
December 1st 2024 - Registration open
February 15th 2025 - Registration closed
February 15th 2025 - Selection of students announced
July 14th 2025 - Beginning of the workshop
Scientifc Organizers
Łukasz Tychoniec, Leiden observatory, Netherlands (scientific coordinator)
Daria Dobrycheva, Main Astronomical Observatory of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Darko Donevski, National Centre for the Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
Vladimír Karas, Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Agata Karska, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany
Ágnes Kóspál, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
Katarzyna Małek, National Centre for the Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
Tamás Szalai, University of Szeged, Institute of Physics, Hungary
Dorottya Szécsi, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland
Local Organizers
Agnieszka Górska-Pukownik, Fundacja Aleksandra Jabłońskiego, Poland (local coordinator)
Dorottya Szécsi, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland
Piotr Żuchowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland
Contact
For questions please reach out to: ihow2025@faj.org.pl