Celebrating 25 years of the OGLE project  

photo by Krzysztof Ulaczyk

We would like to thank all Participants for their valuable contribution to our conference — for all the great talks, discussions, questions and stories. And for all kind words. We were proud to learn of the many various ways our data was utilized and of the impact that our long-term efforts had on Your science. It was a true pleasure to host You all in Warsaw. Thank you.

Presentations from the conference are already available in the Programme tab.

We invite you to browse through the photos from each day of the conference:

and also the Conference photo.

Scientific rationale:

During the last quarter-century the knowledge of the universe and its objects has improved dramatically. Ongoing observations of the OGLE photometric sky survey have contributed to many fields of modern astrophysics – mainly to the development of exoplanetary astronomy, stellar astrophysics, Galactic and Local Group astronomy, but also cosmology. The conference is a good opportunity to talk about fascinating discoveries of the recent years and to present current knowledge in various areas of astrophysics and space science.

Conference entitled "Celebrating 25 years of the OGLE project" will be held in Warsaw – the homebase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment – and will cover topics related to:

• Variable Stars
• Magellanic Clouds and The Local Group
• Galactic Structure and Extinction
• Microlensing and Transients
• Supernovae and AGNs
• Planets
• Large-scale Surveys

Invited speakers:

• Giuseppe Bono (Universita di Roma Tor Vergata)
• Bożena Czerny (Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
• Laurent Eyer (University of Geneva)
• Scott Gaudi (Ohio State University)
• Andrew Gould (MPIA/KASI/OSU)
• Shude Mao (Tsinghua University/National Astronomical Observatories of China)
• Mark Phillips (Carnegie Observatories)
• Andrzej Udalski (Warsaw University Observatory)
• Joachim Wambsganß (Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg)

Special guest:

• Virginia Trimble (U California Irvine & Queen Jadwiga Observatory)

Dates:

• 18 Nov 2016 – Abstract submission opens
• 3 Mar 2017 – Registration with payment opens
• 15 May 2017 – Early registration fee deadline
• 31 May 2017 – Abstract submission deadline
• 30 June 2017 – Registration deadline

• 18 Nov 2016 – First announcement and Abstract submission opens
• 3 Mar 2017 – Second announcement and Registration with payment opens
• 8 May 2017 – Third announcement

• 24–28 July 2017 (Monday–Friday) – Conference dates

Venue:

The conference will be held in the historic building of the former Warsaw University Library (now called Audytorium Minus – photo). Address:
  ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
  00-927 Warsaw, Poland
  (52.24039 N, 21.01927 E, map)