Name: Mosaic telescopes Technology and Science: from tiny reflecting tiles to big astronomical mirrors. A workshop in honor of Guido Horn d’Arturo
Start: 2026-01-26T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-27T22:30:00+00:00
Location: UNIBO S. Giovanni in Monte

Mosaic telescopes Technology and Science: from tiny reflecting tiles to big astronomical mirrors. A workshop in honor of Guido Horn d’Arturo

from Monday 26 January 2026 (14:00) to Tuesday 27 January 2026 (22:30)

Monday 26 January 2026

14:00 Welcome
Welcome
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
14:30 Guido Horn d’Arturo: the inventor of segmented mirrors - Fabrizio Bonoli Elisabetta Rossi (Università di Bologna)
Guido Horn d’Arturo: the inventor of segmented mirrors
- Fabrizio Bonoli
- Elisabetta Rossi (Università di Bologna)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
15:00 An excursus of large telescopes with segmented mirrors - Tom Herbst (Max Plank Institute)
An excursus of large telescopes with segmented mirrors
- Tom Herbst (Max Plank Institute)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
16:00 From Keck to GTC - Romano Corradi (ESO)
From Keck to GTC
- Romano Corradi (ESO)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
16:30 Monololitic versus segmented mirror: pro and contra from an ESO perspective - Roberto Tamai
Monololitic versus segmented mirror: pro and contra from an ESO perspective
- Roberto Tamai
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
17:00 Technologies and fabbrication tecniques of segmented mirrors - Giorgia Sironi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Technologies and fabbrication tecniques of segmented mirrors
- Giorgia Sironi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
17:30 Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
17:30 - 19:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
Tuesday 27 January 2026
09:30 Astronomical Advancements at ESO Enabled by Segmented Mirror Technology - Massimo Tarenghi
Astronomical Advancements at ESO Enabled by Segmented Mirror Technology
- Massimo Tarenghi
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
10:00 ESA’s flagship X-ray multi-mirrors for flagship science - Marcos Bavdaz
ESA’s flagship X-ray multi-mirrors for flagship science
- Marcos Bavdaz
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
10:30 Segmented Mirror Technology as a Key Enabler of JWST's Breakthrough Discoveries - Antonella Nota
Segmented Mirror Technology as a Key Enabler of JWST's Breakthrough Discoveries
- Antonella Nota
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
11:30 Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes: A New Window into the Universe Made Possible by Segmented Mirror - Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes: A New Window into the Universe Made Possible by Segmented Mirror
- Werner Hofmann (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
12:00 Conclusion remarks
Conclusion remarks
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi

14:00 Tours to La Specola
Tours to La Specola
14:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi

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