Cologne-Bonn Symposium on the habitats of massive stars across cosmic time

Overview

Program

Venue

Contact

Registration

Please note that registration is mandatory to participate in the conference.

Registration for on-site participation will open 2026

Registration for online participation will open 2026

The deadline for regular registrations is July 15, 2026.

The following services are included in the basic registration fee:

Coffee breaks
Welcome Reception
Excursion
Conference dinner

Please indicate your participation for points 3 to 5 and add your food preferences during the registration process.

For the sake of sustainability, a printed book of abstracts will be provided upon request only. It can be ordered during the registration process and will come at a cost of 10 EUR.

Conference Fees

	early bird	regular
Regular participants	tbd	tbd
Students	tbd	tbd
Accompanying persons	tbd	tbd
Invited Speakers, Invited Guests, and Accredited Journalists	free	free

Please note: Only credit card and payment via PayPal is possible.

Deadline for early bird registration: tbd
Deadline for final registration and submission of abstracts: tbd

Cancellation Policy

Your conference fee will be partially refunded (50%) if you cancel your registration until June 15.

Accommodation

Abstracts

Posters

Day 1	25.03.2025	Lecture Hall	seminar room 1	seminar room 2	seminar room3
08.00	Departure Cologne
08.45	Departure Bonn
9.45-10.30	Registration / welcome coffee
Chair: Lucas Labadie
10.30 – 10.45	Stefanie Walch-Gassner	Welcome
10:45 – 11:00	Stefanie Walch-Gassner	CRC 1601 – the big questions
11:00 – 11:25		Progress on project area A
11:25 – 11:50		Progress on project area B
11:50 – 12:15		Progress on project area C
12:15 – 12:25	Volker Ossenkopf-Okada	Sustainability Board
12.30 – 13.30	Lunchbuffet
Chair:
13:30 – 13:45	Working group ogrzanizers: Chinmaya Nagar, Divita Gupta, Ina Galić, Masato Kobayashi, Simon Dannhauer, Vittoria Brugaletta, Wonju Kim, and Zein Bazzi	Achievement and progress report from SFB working groups.
13:45 – 14:00		Planning of discussion rounds
14.00 – 15.00		Student Meeting (incl. Student Council)	PI meeting	Discussion groups	Discussion groups
15:00 – 16:00		Discussion groups	PI meeting	Discussion groups	Discussion groups
16:00 – 16:30:00	Coffee break
Chair:
16.00 – 16.25	Petra Fackendahl, Isabelle Breloy	Report from TP Z & Financial
16:30 – 17:50	all	Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Discussion groups
18.00	Dinner

Day 2	26.03.2025	Lecture Hall	seminar room 1	seminar room 2	seminar room3
08.00 – 09.00	Breakfast
Chair:
9:00 – 9:30	TBD	Wrap up of day 1, results of discussion groups
9:30 – 10:00		Discussion groups	Sustainability Board Meeting	Diversity Board Meeting	Executive Board Meeting
10:00 – 10:30		Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Executive Board Meeting
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11.00-15.00	Hiking
Chair: Dominik Riechers
15:00 – 16:00	all	Poster presentations (2min)
16:00 – 17:00	Coffee Break & Poster reception
17:00 – 18:30	all	Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Discussion groups	Discussion groups
19:00 – 24:00	Dinnerparty

Day 3	27.03.2025	Lecture Hall
08.00 – 09.00		Breakfast
Chair:
9:00 – 10:30	TBD	Wrap up of day 2, results of discussion groups
10.30 – 11.00		Coffee Break
Chair:
11.00 – 11.15		Report by the Sustainability Board
11.15 – 11.30		Report by the Student Council
11.30 – 11.45		Report by the Diversity Board
12:10 – 12:25		Summary
12.30 – 13.30		Lunchbuffet
13.30 – 15.30		Members Assembly (obligatory)
16:00		Departure

Cologne-Bonn Symposium on the habitats of massive stars across cosmic time

August 17, 2026 – August 21, 2026
at the University of Cologne

save the date – more information will follow soon.

Local Organising Committee

Scientific Organising Committee

The conference will take place on the campus of the University of Cologne.

Main building/ Hauptgebäude (Gebäude 100), Aula
Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1
50931 Köln

Conference Fees

Cancellation Policy

August 17, 2026 – August 21, 2026 at the University of Cologne

save the date – more information will follow soon.

Local Organising Committee

Scientific Organising Committee

The conference will take place on the campus of the University of Cologne.

Main building/ Hauptgebäude (Gebäude 100), AulaAlbertus-Magnus-Platz 150931 Köln

Conference Fees

Cancellation Policy

August 17, 2026 – August 21, 2026
at the University of Cologne

Main building/ Hauptgebäude (Gebäude 100), Aula
Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1
50931 Köln