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Monday, August 24, 2026

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 10:00 What to expect from PLATO? (Main amphitheater) (+)  
09:00 - 09:30 › Overview of the PLATO mission - Juan Cabrera, German Aerospace Center  
09:30 - 10:00 › On stellar science with the core programme of PLATO: what to expect? - Marie-Jo Goupil, LIRA - Observatoire de Paris  
10:00 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 12:35 Synergies and interfaces (Main amphitheater) (+)  
10:45 - 11:15 › TBD - Cristina Chiappini, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam  
11:15 - 11:35 › Teamwork makes the dream work: How synergies between PLATO and Ariel can break degeneracies in the treatment of stellar contamination in transmission spectra - Alexandra Thompson, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo  
11:35 - 11:55 › Quantifying Spectroscopic Systematics in the PLATO Era with Gr8stars - Alix Freckelton, University of Birmingham [Birmingham]  
11:55 - 12:15 › Spectropolarimetric snapshots of FGK stars in the PLATO field - Manon Diez, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier  
12:15 - 12:35 › Exploring the circumbinary desert with Gaia, TESS, and PLATO - Frédéric Marcadon, Private Researcher  
12:35 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:30 Data analysis techniques and seismic inference (Main amphitheater) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › Asteroseismic Data Analysis Techniques for PLATO - Martin Nielsen, University of Birmingham [Birmingham]  
14:30 - 14:50 › Asteroseismology of TESS Luminaries in the PLATO Era - Eva Panetier, Université Paris Cité  
14:50 - 15:10 › The PLATO Benchmark stars database - first release - Pierre Maxted, Keele University [Keele]  
15:10 - 15:30 › Searching for magnetic field signatures in red giant branch stars with partially-suppressed dipole modes - Sebastien Deheuvels, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  
15:30 - 16:15 Coffee break  
16:15 - 18:05 Data analysis techniques and seismic inference (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:15 - 16:45 › Modelling solar-like oscillators in the PLATO era: inference strategies and key challenges - Jérôme Bétrisey, Uppsala Universitet  
16:45 - 17:05 › Physics-induced impact on the properties of K2 solar analogs in the light of PLATO's requirements - Saniya Khan, STAR Institute, Université de Liège  
17:05 - 17:25 › Convection as seen by seismic glitches in core-helium-burning stars - Benoît Mosser, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique  
17:25 - 17:45 › Systematic detection of core magnetic fields in red giants - Matisse VILLATE, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  
17:45 - 18:05 › Towards more robust subgiant seismic modeling for the PLATO era - Anthony Noll, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique  

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 10:10 Data analysis techniques and seismic inference (Main amphitheater) (+)  
09:00 - 09:30 › Asteroseismic inferences using mixed and gravity modes - Masao Takata, Department of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo  
09:30 - 09:50 › Mixed f/g modes: a new seismic probe of the deep core of solar-like stars for PLATO - Arthur Le Saux, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation  
09:50 - 10:10 › Semi-analytical study to describe high-order gravity modes of intermediate-mass (1.5 solar mass < M < 3 solar mass) main-sequence stars - Yoshiki Hatta, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research [Nagoya]  
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break  
10:40 - 12:30 Stellar Modelling (Main amphitheater) (+)  
10:40 - 11:10 › A new generation of stellar convection models for the PLATO era - Friedrich Kupka, Fachhochschule Technikum [Wien], Wolfgang Pauli Institute, Universität Wien = University of Vienna  
11:10 - 11:30 › Mixing by Internal Gravity Waves in Solar-type Stars - Ashlin Varghese, Université Paris-Saclay, Université de Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France  
11:30 - 11:50 › Toward Non-local Stellar Convection Modeling in the Stellar Evolution Code Cesam2k20 - Ducheng Lu, LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL  
11:50 - 12:10 › Seismic probing of the mixing properties in Core Helium Burning Stars. - Lucy Panier, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute  
12:10 - 12:30 › Convection-oscillation coupling through Lagrangian stochastic models - Blaise Jacob, LIRA, Observatoire de Paris  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:30 Stellar Modelling (Main amphitheater) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › TBD - Veronica Kruse, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  
14:30 - 14:50 › Implementation of OPLIB monochromatic opacities in the Cesam2k20 evolution code and impacts on solar models - Marin Vidal, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier  
14:50 - 15:10 › Impact of the SFIII nuclear reaction rates on solar models - Théo Sandron, STAR Institute, Université de Liège  
15:10 - 15:30 › The GRATIS tool: assessing the systematic uncertainties of stellar evolutionary models - Andrea Bonfanti, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences  
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 17:30 Stellar activity, magnetism and rotation (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:00 - 16:30 › Magnetic Lives of Solar-like Stars: From Kepler and TESS to PLATO - Savita Mathur, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna  
16:30 - 16:50 › Starspot lifetimes as probes of stellar magnetism - Lucie Degott, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique  
16:50 - 17:10 › Wide binaries stars as probes of the magnetic activity enhancement during the spin-down stalling phase - Lina Borg, Université Paris-Cité  
17:10 - 17:30 › Stellar flares with PLATO - Stefanie Raetz, Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik [Tübingen]  
19:30 - 22:30 Conference dinner - Boulets frites for all  

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 10:00 Stellar Modelling (Main amphitheater) (+)  
09:00 - 09:20 › Numerical simulations of Tayler instability-driven dynamos in stellar radiative zones - Paul Barrere, Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève  
09:20 - 09:40 › Radial differential rotation leading to dipole collapse in pre-main-sequence stars - Guseva Anna, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne = Polytechnic University of Catalunya [Barcelona]  
09:40 - 10:00 › Transport of angular momentum and chemical elements by magnetic fields in stellar radiative zones - Laurène Jouve, IRAP  
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break  
10:30 - 12:40 Stellar activity, magnetism and rotation (Main amphitheater) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › Constraining the rotational evolution of solar-type stars with space-borne photometry - Sylvain Breton, INAF - Osservatorio di Catania  
11:00 - 11:20 › The MSteSci2 tool - Josefina Montalban, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania  
11:20 - 11:40 › Stellar activity, magnetism, and rotation from transit mapping: results from the ECLIPSE algorithm - Adriana Valio, Center for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mackenzie Presbyterian University  
11:40 - 12:00 › Enhanced magnetic activity after the intermediate rotation period gap, as traced by the chromospheric Ca II IRT, and prospects for the PLATO mission - Diego Godoy-Rivera, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna  
12:00 - 12:20 › Influence of rotation and magnetic field on the stochastic excitation of acoustic modes - Leila Bessila, Northwestern University  
12:20 - 12:40 › Spontaneous magnetic flux concentrations in global convective dynamos: towards starspot formation - Quentin Noraz, CmPA, KU Leuven  
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:30 Beyond the core program (Main amphitheater) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › The PLATO Science Calibration and Validation Targets - Konstanze Zwintz, Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck  
14:30 - 14:50 › Seismic probes of internal magnetism on the Red Clump stage - Lucas Barrault, Institute of Science & Technology Austria  
14:50 - 15:10 › Magnetic fields in gamma Doradus stars: new asteroseismic insights - Selyan Ihallaine, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  
15:10 - 15:30 › Magneto-archeology: Constraining the evolution of magnetic fields on the RGB - Lukas Einramhof, Institute of Science & Technology Austria  
15:30 - 16:15 Coffee break  
16:15 - 17:35 Beyond the core program (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:15 - 16:35 › Binary star science with PLATO: the Multiple Star Working Group - John Southworth, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences [Keele]  
16:35 - 16:55 › HARVEST: a multimodal optimization code applied to unbiased mode identification and stellar modelling in asteroseismology - Nathan Guyot, Universite de Liege  
16:55 - 17:15 › 3D pulsation calculations in tidally deformed binary stars - Rupam Jash, LIRA, Observatoire de Paris  
17:15 - 17:35 › Hot subdwarf stars in the PLATO era: an opportunity to probe post-engulfment substellar bodies - Antoine Thuillier, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute, Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université libre de Bruxelles  
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