The 7th China Chile Bilateral Astronomy Conference for 2026

Conference details: The 7th China Chile Bilateral Astronomy Conference for 2026 will be organized by the Laboratory for Space Research, FoS, the University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chilean Astronomical Society, is scheduled to take place from January 5th to 9th, 2026. The conference aims to enhance and foster scientific collaboration in the field of astronomy between the two countries. Established in 2013, the Chinese Academy of Science South America Center for Astronomy (CASSACA) has facilitated ongoing cooperation and exchange activities between China and Chile. These activities have supported joint scientific research projects, postdoctoral initiatives, joint doctoral training programs, bilateral seminars, and more in theoretical research, observational astronomy, and equipment development, yielding significant outcomes. This upcoming conference marks the seventh edition of the China-Chile Bilateral Astronomy Conference. Previous conferences, the first bilateral conference was held in Santiago, Chile, in November 2011; the second in Beijing, China, in August 2012; the third in Chile in 2013; the fourth in Guangzhou, China, in 2014; the fifth in Kunming, China, in 2019; the sixth in Puerto Varas, Chile, in 2023. Conference themes: - T01: Star Formation (Late stage stellar evolution) - T02: ISM and Astrochemistry - T03: Exoplanets and Astrobiology - T04: Stars and Stellar Clusters - T05: Galaxies, AGNs, Black holes, and Cosmology - T06: Theoretical Astrophysics (Numerical simulations, AI/ML and Big data in Astronomy) - T07: New facilities and Astronomical Instrumentation. - T08: Astronomy Public Outreach