Name: ESO VLT Beyond 2030: the role of INAF
Start: 2026-10-08T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-09T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Auditorium Nazionale Ernesto Capocci

ESO VLT Beyond 2030: the role of INAF

from Thursday, 8 October 2026 (13:00) to Friday, 9 October 2026 (16:00)

Monday, 5 October 2026
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Thursday, 8 October 2026

13:00 Registration

13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Welcome

14:00 - 14:10
14:10 Session 1
14:10 - 16:10
Contributions

14:10 ESO VLT: status and call - Cêline Peroux

14:50 INAF involvement in VLT - Marcella Marconi

15:10 MAVIS - The MCAO Next2025 Cork Generation Facility Instrument for the VLT - Giovanni Cresci

15:30 CUBES (Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph) - Bringing a unique capability to ESO's VLT - Stefano Covino

15:50 SAXO+: Enhancing SPHERE high-contrast capabilities - Emiliano Diolaiti
16:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:10 - 16:40
16:40 Session 2
16:40 - 18:00
Contributions

16:40 MICHELANGELO: an L/M high resolution spectrograph for exoplanetary science - Leonardo Testi

16:55 The science case of MICHELANGELO: a deep, high-resolution view of the L-band and M-band sky - Lorenzo Pino

17:10 Resolving protostellar outflow rotation: from ERIS to MAVIS and beyond - Antonio Armeni

17:30 Observational cosmology with Surface Brightness Fluctuations from Euclid to AO-assisted data - Michele Cantiello

17:40 TILING I: Field-level Bayesian reconstruction of cosmological initial conditions during the epoch of reionization - Nikolaos Triantafyllou

17:50 Low-Surface Brightness research in the Next Era of Astronomy - Marilena Spavone
18:00 Discussion / Round Table: What Cutting-Edge VLT Science Made in INAF?
What Cutting-Edge VLT Science Made in INAF?
18:00 - 19:00
Contributions

18:00 Round Table: What Cutting-Edge VLT Science Made in INAF? - Consiglio Scientifico
19:00 Welcome cocktail
Welcome cocktail
19:00 - 21:00
Friday, 9 October 2026
09:00 Session 3
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:00 Synergies with other facilities (SKA,CTA) - Filippo Maria Zerbi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

09:30 Synergies with space facilities - Adriano Fontana (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:00 HRMOS: a high-resolution, multi-object spectrograph for the VLT - Maria Sofia Randich (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:20 The need for a wide-field IFU at 1 micron on the VLT - Nicolas Bouche (CRAL)

10:40 From VIMOS to 2030 and Beyond: The COSMOS Group’s Expertise in Spectroscopic Software - Adriana Gargiulo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:25
11:25 Session 4
11:25 - 12:45
Contributions

11:25 Gravity+ - Antoine Mérand

11:45 ESPRESSOred: Towards a full visible and near infrared high-resolution and high-fidelity spectroscopic facility - Xavier Dumusque

12:05 SHARPS: concept for a short-wavelength, 3rd-generation VLTI instrument - Stefan Kraus

12:25 A multi-band, fast imager and spectrograph optimised for transients - Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM-CNRS)
12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 14:00

14:00 Panel Discussion: INAF's Role and Commitment Now and in the ELT Era
INAF's Role and Commitment Now and in the ELT Era
14:00 - 15:30