As part of the celebrations surrounding the European City of Science 2022, which is Leiden, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2022 science conference will be held in this Dutch city from 13 to 16 July 2022. At the same time, in Katowice – a city preparing to accept the title of European City of Science 2024 – the accompanying ESOF2022 Regional Site conference is scheduled to take place on 15 July 2022. The meeting will take place at the International Congress Centre. Free registration via the registration form is required to attend the event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at esof@us.edu.pl.
One of the thematic panels is dedicated to cosmology. The meeting entitled “Bright Side of the Dark Universe” will take place on 15 July 2022 from 3.45 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Ballroom A+B at the International Congress Centre in Katowice.
Cosmology is one of the scientific fields that have rapidly evolved during the last decades. Our understanding of the properties of our Universe is ever-growing, however, big mysteries remain unknown. According to the best models we have today, we live in the Universe, which in 95% is made of things whose nature remains a mystery – namely, dark matter and dark energy. What are they? What is their origin? How can they be traced based on observations we have today? In the nearest decade, we expect the amount of available astronomical data to increase enormously, thanks to new big observational projects, which may bring us some answers but most likely also add new riddles to solve.
In this session, the speakers will discuss why it is important to study the Universe, what are its hidden ingredients, and how future progress might suffer from the development of the satellite constellations.
The meeting will be attended by:
- Agata Karska, PhD – Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland,
- Prof. Agnieszka Pollo, Associate Professor of the Jagiellonian University – Jagiellonian University, the National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland,
- Prof. Rien van de Weijgaert – University of Groningen, the Netherlands,
- Dorota Chudy-Hyski, PhD, DLitt – University of Warsaw, Poland
- Przemysław Mróz, PhD – University of Warsaw, Poland
More information can be found on the event website. The full programme of the Katowice conference is available on the ESOF2022 website. The registration is free of charge and can be done via the registration form.
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