Meeting Overview

The 17th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users' Meeting will be hosted by Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, from 14-18 September 2026.

The venue will be the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Schuster Building - including the Ernest Rutherford and Jocelyn Bell-Burnell theatres.

The European VLBI Network Symposium is the main forum for discussion of the latest Very Long Baseline Interferometry scientific results and technical and technological developments within the EVN member countries. The purpose of this biennal meeting is to bring together the global VLBI community to exchange knowledge, share new research, discuss advancements in VLBI techniques, and foster a collaborative community in radio astronomy. We expect to be able to host up to 200 participants in September 2026 so please register early.

List of Topics

• Stellar evolution, AGNs and SMBHs
• VLBI at low frequencies
• Transients, pulsars and multi-messenger astrophysics
• VLBI techniques and instrumentation
• SKA-VLBI synergies and next generation facilities
• Astrometry, geodesy and space applications
• EVN users meeting

Organisers

Scientific Organising Committee (SOC)

• Jack Radcliffe (Chair; The University of Manchester)
• Pikky Atri (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy; ASTRON/Radboud University)
• Olga Bayandina (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; SKAO)
• Michael Janssen (Radboud University/Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
• Yuri Kovalev (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
• Hana Krásná (Technische Universität Wien; TU Wien)
• Mar Mezcua (Institut de Ciències de l’Espai; ICE-CSIC/Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya; IEEC)
• Zsolt Paragi (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe; JIV-ERIC)
• Jongho Park (Kyung Hee University)
• Cristiana Spingola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica; INAF)
• Agnieszka Słowikowska (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe; JIV-ERIC)
• Ailing Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Local Organising Committee (LOC)

• Emmanuel Bempong-Manful (Chair; Manchester/e-MERLIN)
• Robert Beswick (Co-chair; Manchester/ukSRC)
• Simon Garrington (Co-chair; Manchester)
• Justin Bray (Manchester/e-MERLIN)
• Andrew Gordon (Manchester/ukSRC)
• Alastair Gunn (Manchester)
• Julia Healy (Manchester/ukSRC)
• Anthony Holloway (Manchester)
• Laura Knighton (Manchester)
• Sarah Lamb (SKAO)
• Sarah Morris (Manchester)
• Tom Muxlow (Manchester)
• Jack Radcliffe (Manchester/ukSRC)
• Emma Thomas (Manchester)
• David Williams-Baldwin (Manchester/e-MERLIN)

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