From 9 to 40: the SST Telescopes and Gamma-Ray Science with ASTRI and CTAO

Name: From 9 to 40: the SST Telescopes and Gamma-Ray Science with ASTRI and CTAO
Start: 2026-07-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-24T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Haus Sexten

20 Jul 2026, 09:00 → 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 Europe/Rome

Congress House (Haus Sexten)

Congress House

Haus Sexten

Via Dolomiti 45, 39030, Sexten (BZ) - Alta Pusteria, Italy

Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon), Francesco Longo, Giacomo Bonnoli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Giovanni Pareschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Jim Hinton, Josefa Becerra, Pierre Cristofari, Roberta Zanin (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Stefen Funk

Description

Important dates:

Abstract submission closed on Friday May the 15^th

Participant registration still open on the section of the website of the Sexten Center for Astrophysics dedicated to our congress

Conference Fee:

300 € at the Registration Desk in the hall of the Sexten Center.

The Registration Desk opens on Monday at 8:30.

SOC

ASTRI-SST_Sexten26@inaf.it

Monday 20 July
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Introduction
  
  Convener: Giacomo Bonnoli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 09:00
    
    The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr David Green (CTAO)
    
    Sexten_DGreen_v1.pdf
    
    Sexten_DGreen_v1.pptx
  - 09:30
    
    The ASTRI Mini-Array: Current Status of the Project (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Gino Tosti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Tosti_Sexten_2026_final.pdf
  - 10:00
    
    The CTA-SST project (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Tagliaferri_SST_Sexten.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 11:00 → 12:30
  The context of gamma-ray astronomy
  
  Convener: Prof. Markus Boettcher (North-West University)
  - 11:00
    
    Some Interesting Aspects of IACT Design, Also Relevant for Intensity Interferometry (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Razmik Mirzoyan (MPI Munich)
    
    Important-Aspects-IACTs-Mirzoyan-20-Jul-2026-short.pptx
  - 11:30
    
    The context of gamma-ray astronomy from ground (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Ulisses Barres de Almeida (Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF))
    
    Context_Ground-Based_GammaAstronomy_Sexten-2026.key
    
    Context_Ground-Based_GammaAstronomy_Sexten-2026.pdf
  - 12:00
    
    The context of gamma-ray astronomy from space (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Marco Tavani (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    329_Tavani_Sexten_Conf_July_2026_The context of gamma-ray astronomy from space.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch
- 14:00 → 15:30
  IACT observations towards CTAO
  
  Convener: David Green (CTAO)
  - 14:00
    
    First results from LST1 (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Carosi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    LSTatSESTO_v0.pdf
  - 14:30
    
    Early results from ASTRI (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Vercellone_ASTRI_General_v2.pdf
  - 15:00
    
    An Overview of the SST-1M Telescopes: Design, Calibration and Results (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Thomas Tavernier (FZU)
    
    sesto_sst1M_review_tavernier.pdf
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 16:00 → 17:35
  Multi-wavelength synergies
  
  Convener: Dr Pat Romano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 16:00
    
    Jetted AGN at TeV: slopes, peaks and valleys from Hz to PeV (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Giulia Migliori (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    migliorig_Sesto2026_v0.pdf
  - 16:30
    
    Towards a renewed view of compact radio sources in the galactic plane 20m
    
    Speaker: Marcello Giroletti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Giroletti_SST_VLBI.pdf
  - 16:50
    
    ASTRI Mini-Array flying with Cygnus 20m
    
    Speaker: Camilla Quartiroli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Sexten_quartiroli_200726.pdf
Tuesday 21 July
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
  
  Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 09:00
    
    Exploring the Milky Way with LHAASO and LACT (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: ruizhi yang
    
    LHAASO_LACT_galactic_sexten.pptx
  - 09:30
    
    Supernova remnants and PeVatrons 20m
    
    Speaker: Silvia Celli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Celli_Sexten2026_web.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    Extended PeVatron candidates with ASTRI Mini-Array and CTAO 20m
    
    Speaker: Alan Sunny (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    SST-Sesto-AlanSunnypdf.pdf
  - 10:10
    
    The Gamma-ray binaries as a primary scientific target for the ASTRI Mini-Array 20m
    
    Speaker: Nicola La Palombara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Sexten2026_La-Palombara_Gamma-ray-binaries-with-ASTRI_I3.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 11:00 → 11:20
  Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
  
  Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 11:00
    
    Extreme pulsars in the multi-TeV range 20m
    
    Speaker: Giovanni Ceribella (MPI Munich)
    
    GCERIBELLA_Sexten__20260721.pdf
- 11:20 → 12:40
  Cameras, detectors and electronics
  
  Convener: Giovanni Ceribella (MPI Munich)
  - 11:20
    
    Status of the SST Camera (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Richard White
  - 11:50
    
    Mass Production and On-Site Deployment of the 10.4° Wide-Field SiPM Cherenkov Cameras for the ASTRI Mini-Array (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Giovanni Contino (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    2026_sexten_presentazione_Contino_fin.pptx
  - 12:20
    
    QCAMi on Tenerife: Comparing Data to Simulations 20m
    
    Speaker: Simon Lee (The University of Adelaide)
    
    2026-07_Sexten_simon.pdf
- 12:40 → 14:40
  
  Lunch
- 14:40 → 19:40
  
  Free afternoon
Wednesday 22 July
- 09:00 → 10:10
  Extragalactic sources and emission models
  
  Convener: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
  - 09:00
    
    Extragalactic gamma-ray sources and hadronic models (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Markus Boettcher (North-West University)
    
    Boettcher_Sexten_July2026.pdf
    
    Boettcher_Sexten_July2026.pptx
  - 09:30
    
    Rapid blazar flares seen with ASTRI and CTAO 20m
    
    Speaker: Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon)
    
    Zech_Sexten2026.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    ASTRI Mini-Array preliminary results on extra-galactic sources 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Vercellone_ASTRI_Blazars_Sexten_v2.pdf
- 10:10 → 10:30
  
  Group picture
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 11:00 → 12:30
  Telescopes, optics and control
  
  Convener: Dr Salvatore Scuderi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 11:00
    
    The Schwarzschild–Couder Optical Design of ASTRI: Opportunities and Challenges (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Giorgia Sironi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    2026-Sexten-v1.pdf
  - 11:30
    
    Quality control activities during the manufacturing of the mechanical structures of the Small Size Telescopes for CTAO 20m
    
    Speaker: Nicola La Palombara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Sexten2026_La-Palombara_Slides_SST-structures.pdf
  - 11:50
    
    The SCADA Software System of the ASTRI Mini-Array: Architecture, Control Workflow, and Operational Integration 20m
    
    Speaker: Gabriele Panebianco (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    20260722_ASTRI_SCADA_Panebianco.pdf
  - 12:10
    
    Beyond ASTRI: the CTA++/ASTRI10 and Wi-FI SuperCAT projects 20m
    
    Speaker: Giovanni Pareschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Sexten_2026_pareschi.pptx
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch
- 14:00 → 15:00
  Highlight Talk
  
  Convener: ruizhi yang
  - 14:00
    
    The science of SSTs from ASTRI to CTAO-SST array (Highlight Talk) 1h
    
    Speaker: Jim Hinton
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Discussion
  
  Conveners: Jim Hinton, ruizhi yang
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 16:00 → 17:30
  Cosmic Rays and their accelerators
  
  Convener: Silvia Celli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 16:00
    
    Key Processes in Cosmic-Ray and Gamma-Ray Acceleration and Propagation (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
    
    Elisabete_dGDP_CR-VHE.pdf
  - 16:30
    
    Probing Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Regimes and $\gamma$-ray emission in Young Massive Stellar Clusters with 3D MHD Simulations 20m
    
    Speaker: Lucas Barreto-Mota (Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - Universidade de São Paulo)
    
    Barreto-Mota_Sexten.pdf
  - 16:50
    
    Cosmic ray acceleration by turbulent magnetic reconnection in relativistic jets 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Petros Stefanou (IAG-USP)
    
    Stefanou_Sexten.pdf
Thursday 23 July
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Transient phenomena at TeV energies
  
  Convener: Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 09:00
    
    Gamma-Ray Bursts at Very High Energies (VHE): entering a new era (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova)
    
    Miceli_GRB_Sexten_Summer26.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    The ASTRI Mini-Array follow-up of transient events in the TeV band 20m
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Carosi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    SESTO2026-ASTRITransients-AC-V2.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    Reassessing high-energy emission correlations in gamma-ray bursts using a large, homogeneous sample of X-ray afterglows 20m
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Armando Vigliano (University of Trieste - INFN Trieste)
    
    Sexten07-2026.pdf
  - 10:10
    
    Gamma-Ray Burst Pair Echoes as Probes of the Intergalactic Magnetic Field in the CTAO Era 20m
    
    Speaker: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    IGMF_GRB_CTAO_v2.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 11:00 → 12:30
  Data Analysis
  
  Convener: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 11:00
    
    Analysis of IACT data in the ML era. (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Bruno Khelifi
    
    IACT_ML_BKhelifi.pdf
  - 11:30
    
    Recent developments in the ASTRI Project simulation system 20m
    
    Speaker: Fausto Casaburo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    ASTRI_simulations.pdf
  - 11:50
    
    New time-based parameters for the ASTRI Mini-Array gamma/hadron discrimination 20m
    
    Speaker: Valentina La Parola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    laparola_Sexten_220726.pdf
  - 12:10
    
    Optical calibration of ASTRI Mini Array telescopes with muon rings 20m
    
    Speaker: Teresa Mineo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    sexten_muoni.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Large SST arrays under new perspectives
  
  Convener: Silvia Crestan (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
  - 14:00
    
    Stellar Intensity Interferometry: Past, Present, and Future Prospects with Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Luca Zampieri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    SII_Sexten_Zampieri_20260723_v2_red.pdf
  - 14:30
    
    Implementing very narrow-band, sub-nanosecond Intensity Interferometry on the ASTRI Mini-Array 20m
    
    Speakers: Michele Fiori (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Michele Fiori (Università degli studi di Padova)
    
    ASTRI-SI3_Sexten_Fiori_20260723_v4.pdf
  - 14:50
    
    Divergent Subarray Pointing for Wide-Field VHE Multi-Messenger follow-up with CTAO-SST and ASTRI 20m
    
    Speaker: Samanta Morales (INFN - Trieste)
    
    Subarray_Divergent_Pointing_9_to_40.pdf
  - 15:10
    
    The Color of Cherenkov Light - What can INDACO do for your TeV Universe? 20m
    
    Speaker: Anna Wolter (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    AWOLTER_INAF - INDACO presentation - final.pdf
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 16:00 → 17:30
  Multi-messenger synergies
  
  Convener: Francesco Longo
  - 16:00
    
    The landscape of multi-messenger astrophysics (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Maria Grazia Bernardini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    Bernardini_GW_Sesto.pdf
  - 16:30
    
    When and Where to Look: Optimizing CTAO Observations of Gravitational wave counterparts 20m
    
    Speaker: Antonio Stamerra (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    
    20260723_Stamerra_CTAO-GW_Sexten-Final.key
    
    20260723_Stamerra_CTAO-GW_Sexten-Final.pdf
  - 16:50
    
    "The Origin of Cosmic Rays: the importance of a "multi-community"" 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Martina Cardillo (INAF- IAPS)
    
    Cardillo_SST_CR_origin_MultiCommunity.pptx
Friday 24 July
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Fundamental physics at TeV energies
  
  Convener: Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon)
  - 09:00
    
    Searching for LIV effects with SSTs (Invited) 30m
    
    Speaker: Tomislav Terzić (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Physics)
    
    TTerzic_LIVwithSSTs_Sexten_2026.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    Gamma-gamma interactions, the EBL & cosmological studies with SSTs 30m
    
    Speaker: Alberto Franceschini (UNIPD)
    
    Sesto SST 2026.pdf
  - 10:00
    
    Indirect dark-matter searches with gamma-rays experiments: status and future plans from 300 KeV to 100 TeV 30m
    
    Speakers: Aldo Morselli (INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Aldo Morselli
    
    Morselli_Sesto26_r.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break
- 11:00 → 12:00
  Wrap up and Discussion
  - 11:00
    
    Wrap-up talk & Discussion 1h
    
    Speaker: TBD