Galactic Nuclei
in the Cosmological Context

2024 June 3-6 * Szczecin, Poland

In Media

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Conference photo (see also the Photo Gallery)

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Location

The Galactic Nuclei in the Cosmological Context - GNC 2024 meeting - will take place in Szczecin, which is the largest city of West Pomerania, located close to the Baltic Sea and the German border. With the population of nearly 400 000 people, it is the transportation, industrial, educational, and the tourist center of the region. It is located on the Oder river, southwest of the Dąbie Lake, and south of the Szczecin lagoon.


Szczecin has been a major seaport, playing an important role for the transportation of goods into Poland and formerly also into East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

The University of Szczecin was established in 1984 and with its current number of students exceeding 30 000, it is a major educational and research center of the region.

Venue

The GNC24 meeting will take place at the Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin. The building at the Mickiewicza Street is located in the very center of Szczecin, being located close to museums, sights, hotels, many restaurants, and supermarkets. It provides modern audiovisual equipment and excellent Wi-Fi connection. The venue provides much needed flexibility, including the possibility of organising a hybrid event, with part of the participants connected remotely.

Travel

Szczecin is easily reachable by air from Warsaw. The planes land at the Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport , which is located about 45 km from the Szczecin city center.
Szczecin can also be reached by trains from Warsaw. You can search PKP intercity for convenient connections.
Szczecin can also be reached from Germany, e.g. by arriving at Berlin. Then you can search for train connections via German Railways, typically with a change in Angermünde, Pasewalk or Rzepin.

Accommodation

You can search for convenient hotels in Szczecin at booking.com or at airbnb. Comfortable options are hotels Courtyard or Moxy by Marriott, which are located in the city center (Brama Portowa) close to the tram stops and the main railway station. We can also recommend the hotels ibis Styles Szczecin Stare Miasto and Campanile .

Keynote talks

  • Bozena Czerny, Prospects for using AGN from the LSST data to cosmology
  • Silke Britzen , Jet precession & Supermassive Binary Black Holes
  • Ewa Szuszkiewicz, From small inhomogeneities of cosmic microwave background to galaxies, stars and planets
  • Agnieszka Janiuk , Broad band spectral modeling of M87 nucleus
  • Petra Suková , Will UFOs show us SMRIs?
  • Vladimír Karas , Modelling the coexistence of a nuclear cluster and a SMBH surrounded by a massive torus
  • Piotr Życki, Quasi-periodic variability of XRB and AGN - Lense-Thirring precession model

Program (download)

3.6. - Monday

4.6. - Tuesday

5.6. - Wednesday

    Sightseeing day: Visit of Świnoujście/Swinemünde
    Bus pick-up at 9 am in Szczecin, arrival to Szczecin by 8 pm.
    A short tour in Świnoujście with a free program afterwards.

6.6. - Thursday

Participants (download)

  1. Michal Zajaček, Masaryk University, Brno
  2. Bożena Czerny, CFT PAS, Warsaw
  3. Vladimír Karas, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  4. Petra Suková, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  5. Norbert Werner (online), Masaryk University, Brno
  6. Silke Britzen , Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn
  7. Martin Mondek , Masaryk University, Brno
  8. Saboura Zamani , University of Szczecin
  9. Alena Vanžurová , Masaryk University, Brno
  10. Enrico Laudato , University of Szczecin
  11. Mateusz Słomiany , University of Szczecin
  12. Maria Melamed , University of Cologne
  13. Shafqat Ali , University of Szczecin
  14. Myank Singhal , Charles University in Prague
  15. Agnieszka Janiuk , CFT PAS, Warsaw
  16. Joseph Saji , CFT PAS, Warsaw
  17. Alberto Floris , CFT PAS, Warsaw
  18. Vincenzo Salzano , University of Szczecin
  19. Piotr Życki , Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw
  20. Ewa Szuszkiewicz , CASA* and Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin
  21. Petr Kurfürst , Masaryk University, Brno
  22. Anna Wójtowicz (online) , Masaryk University, Brno
  23. Franco Ferrari , University of Szczecin
  24. Michaela Brchnelová (online) , KU Leuven
  25. Klaudia Kowalczyk , Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
  26. Kazuma Ishio , Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
  27. Catalina Sobrino Figaredo , University of Haifa
  28. Francisco Pozo Nunez , Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
  29. Tomáš Plšek , Masaryk University
  30. Michał Rozenberg , University of Szczecin
  31. Paulina Małkowska , University of Szczecin
  32. Tomasz Denkiewicz , University of Szczecin
  33. Jean-Paul Breuer , Masaryk University, Brno
  34. Orsolya Kovács (online) , Masaryk University, Brno

Organizing Committees

The meeting programme is coordinated by the Scientific Organizing Committe:
  • Michal Zajaček (chair, MUNI)
  • Ewa Szuszkiewicz (co-chair, University of Szczecin)
  • Bożena Czerny (CFT PAN)
  • Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)
  • Norbert Werner (MUNI)
  • Vladimír Karas (AI CAS)
The meeting management and practical organization is supported by the Local Organizing Committee:
  • Michal Zajaček (chair; Masaryk University, Brno)
  • Michal Rozenberg (co-chair; University of Szczecin)
  • Paulina Małkowska (University of Szczecin)
  • Anna Wójtowicz (Masaryk University, Brno)
  • Tomasz Denkiewicz (University of Szczecin)
  • Václav Glos (Masaryk University, Brno)
  • Jean-Paul Breuer (Masaryk University, Brno)

The local organisation is supported by the Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin and High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Masaryk University.

Registration



Registration of participants with their contributions was closed on May 15th, 2024.

Meeting poster

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Location

University of Szczecin, Doctoral School

Mickiewicza Street 18, 70-384 Szczecin
Poland

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