SO F2F Meeting 2025
Key info
- Meeting Venue: Schuster Building, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road M13 9PL
- Meeting Dates: 21 - 25 July 2025
- Programme Start: 10:35am, 21 July
- Programme End: 5:05pm, 25 July
- Conference Dinner: Wednesday 23 July
Registration - Open Now
Registration deadline for expressing interest in subsidised accommodation: Friday 21 February 2025
Final Registration Deadline: Friday 28 Februay 2025
In exceptional circumstances please contact the LOC for late registrations
Sign up form below or open form in a new page.
Accommodation
A limited number of rooms in low-cost accommodation will be made available. All rooms will be basic, en-suite rooms in Sir Charles Groves Hall, a student accommodation building located less than 10 minutes walk from the meeting venue. If interested in this option, you must indicate this when you register (before Friday 21st February, link above), or contact the LOC before Friday 21st February. Further details about the accommodation will be provided here shortly. Some further hotels around Manchester city centre suggested by the LOC include:
- Pendulum Hotel
- Premier Inn - Manchester Central , Manchester City Centre (Portland Street), Manchester City Centre (Princess Street)
- Motel One, Piccadilly
- Ibis - Manchester Centre, Manchester Styles.
PLEASE NOTE!
Prices and availability for hotels on Sunday 20th July may be in high demand due to the Oasis reunion tour in Manchester. Please be aware that the cost of a hotel room may be inflated on the Sunday night, but should be more affordable Monday-Friday during the week. We encourage in-person attendees to book their accommodation as soon as possible.
Venue
The Meeting will take place in the Schuster Building at the University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL. We will use the Rutherford Lecture Theatre, Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, and Schuster Foyer.
There will also be smaller meeting rooms available for personal use and free discussion.
Travel
Manchester is linked by rail to a range of major cities across the UK, and is served by Manchester Airport.
For general travel guidance to the city, including from airports other than Manchester, please follow
this link to advice provided by the University of Manchester.
The main University campus is easily accessible by foot or bus from Manchester city centre.
Guidance on taking public transport to/from the main campus is provided at this link by Transport for Greater Manchester.
For a map of the University campus, please find an interactive link here, and a PDF below.
Places to Eat & Drink
Restaurants
As a Google map.
- Caravan Restaurant Manchester
- Dishoom Manchester
- Evuna Deansgate
- GRUB
- Hakkapo
- Hunan Restaurant
- Indian Tiffin Room
- Mackie Mayor
- Madre
- MR THOMAS'S CHOP HOUSE
- Mughli Charcoal Pit
- New Century Hall
- One Plus Chinese Restaurant
- Pho Cue
- Pollen Bakery - KAMPUS
- RAMENSHOP
- Ramona
- Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Ancoats
- Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Portland Street
- Samsi
- Society
- Tai Wu
- The Sparrows Continental Pasta & Spätzle
- The Wharf
- This & That
- Trof Northern Quarter
- Try Thai
- Umami
- Yuzu Japanese Tapas
- Zouk Tea Bar & Grill
- 宽窄巷 Noodle Alley
Pubs
As a Google map.
- Big Hands
- Café Beermoth · Craft Beer Bar
- City Arms
- Cloudwater Brewery Taproom
- Cutting Room Square
- Kro Bar
- Lass O'Gowrie Manchester
- Night & Day Cafe
- Port Street Beer House
- Sandbar Manchester
- SEVEN BRO7HERS BEERHOUSE Ancoats
- Social Refuge
- Stevenson Square
- Sureshot Brewing
- The Bar at The Spirit of Manchester Distillery
- The Gas Lamp
- The Peveril of the Peak
- The Refuge
- Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom
- YES
Local Organising Committee & Contact
| Michael Brown | University of Manchester |
| Jamie Carter | University of Manchester |
| Joe Holder | University of Manchester |
| Amber Hornsby | University of Manchester |
| Divesh Jain | University of Manchester |
| Joseph Kania | University of Manchester |
| Erik Rosenberg | University of Manchester |
| Katie Shaw | University of Manchester |
| Dan Thomas | University of Manchester |
| Jonathan Wong | University of Manchester |
For general questions, please contact the LOC
Registered Participants
Last Updated: 15:54:59, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
In-Person Attendees
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Adam Hincks | University of Toronto |
| Adri Duivenvoorden | MPA |
| Adrian Bayer | Princeton University / Simons Foundation |
| Adrian Lee | University of California, Berkeley |
| Adrien LA POSTA | Oxford University |
| Alessandro Carones | International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) |
| Alessandro Novelli | University of Milan Bicocca |
| Alexander van Engelen | Arizona State U. |
| Allen Foster | Princeton |
| Amalia Villarrubia Aguilar | APC (Paris) |
| Amber Hornsby | University of Manchester |
| Andrina Nicola | University of Bonn |
| Angela Taylor | University of Oxford |
| Angiola Orlando | University of Manchester |
| Anthony Challinor | University of Cambridge |
| Anton Baleato Lizancos | UC Berkeley |
| Arianna Rizzieri | University of Oxford |
| Artem Basyrov | CNRS |
| Arthur Kosowsky | University of Pittsburgh |
| Ashesh Khatua | University of Iceland |
| Babak Mohammadian | The University of Manchester |
| Baptiste Jost | Kavli IPMU |
| Benjamin Beringue | APC, CNRS |
| Bernardita Ried Guachalla | Stanford University |
| Blake Sherwin | University of Cambridge |
| Boris Bolliet | Cambridge |
| Brian Keating | University of California, San Diego |
| Carlo Baccigalupi | SISSA |
| Carlos Hervias | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| Carlos Sierra | SLAC / KIPAC |
| Carmen Embil Villagra | University of Cambridge |
| Chris Dunscombe | Cardiff University |
| Claire Lessler | University of Chicago |
| Claudio Ranucci | SISSA |
| Colin Hill | Columbia University |
| Cristian Vargas | Texas A&M University |
| Daan Meerburg | University of Groningen |
| Daichi Sasaki | UTokyo |
| Daniel Thomas | Manchester |
| Dante Jones | NIST |
| Darby Kramer | Arizona State University |
| David Alonso | University of Oxford |
| Divesh Jain | University of Manchester |
| Duncan Watts | University of Oslo |
| Eirik Gjerløw | University of Oslo |
| Elena Pierpaoli | University of southern california |
| Eleonora Barbavara | Sapienza University of Roma |
| Elia Battistelli | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Elle Shaw | University of Texas at Austin |
| Ellie Gleave | Imperial College London |
| Ema Tsang King Sang | APC CNRS, Paris |
| Emilie Hertig | Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
| Erik Rosenberg | University of Manchester |
| Erika Hornecker | University of Toronto |
| Erminia Calabrese | Cardiff University |
| Ewan Chamberlain | University of Sussex |
| Farshid Farhadi Khouzani | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Fazlu Rahman Panam Parambil | Texas A&M University |
| Federico Astori | University of Milan - Bicocca |
| Federico Nati | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| Fiona McCarthy | DAMTP |
| Frank Qu | KIPAC |
| Gabriele Coppi | Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca |
| Gerrit Farren | LBNL |
| Giacomo Galloni | University of Ferrara |
| Giovanni Isopi | Sapienza Università di Roma |
| Giulio Fabbian | IAS/CNRS |
| Giuseppe Puglisi | University of Catania |
| Hans Kristian Eriksen | University of Oslo |
| Hidde Jense | Cardiff University |
| Hironobu Nakata | Kyoto University |
| Ian Harrison | Cardiff University |
| Ian Veenendaal | Cardiff University |
| Ingunn Kathrine Wehus | University of Oslo |
| Irene Abril-Cabezas | University of Cambridge |
| Isabel Newns | University of Manchester |
| James Aguirre | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jamie Leech | University of Oxford |
| Jason Leung | Imperial College London |
| JB Lloyd | UT Austin |
| Jean-Baptiste Melin | APC Paris and CEA Paris-Saclay |
| Joe Holder | University of Manchester |
| Johannes Hubmayr | NIST |
| Jon Gudmundsson | University of Iceland |
| Jonathan Wong | University of Manchester |
| Joseph Kania | University of Manchester |
| Joseph Thornton | University of Cambridge - DAMTP |
| Joshua Kim | University of Pennsylvania |
| Josquin Errard | APC / CNRS |
| Junna Sugiyama | The University of Tokyo |
| Karen Perez Sarmiento | University of Pennsylvania |
| Katie Harrington | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Keir Rogers | Imperial College London |
| Ken Ganga | APC / CNRS / U. Paris-Cité |
| Kendrick Smith | Perimeter Institute |
| Kevin Huffenberger | Texas A&M University |
| Kevin Wolz | University of Oxford |
| Keyi Ding | University of Groningen |
| Kouki Inaba | University of Tokyo (Kusaka Lab.) |
| Lottie Braithwaite | Cardiff University |
| Louis Legrand | University of Cambridge, DAMTP |
| Luca Pagano | University of Ferrara |
| Lucio Piccirillo | university of manchester |
| Ludovico Bizzarri | University of Milan-Bicocca |
| Léo Vacher | SISSA |
| Magdy Morshed | INFN Ferrara |
| Marc Viña | Cardiff University |
| Marcial Becerril-Tapia | Cardiff University |
| Mario Zannoni | University of Milano Bicocca and INFN |
| Marius Lungu | Simons Observatory |
| Mark McCulloch | The University of Manchester |
| Martina Gerbino | INFN Ferrara |
| Masashi Hazumi | KEK |
| Masaya Hasegawa | KEK |
| Massimiliano Lattanzi | INFN Ferrara |
| Mathew Madhavacheril | University of Pennsylvania |
| Mathieu Remazeilles | Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) |
| Matt Lyons | Cardiff University |
| Matteo Billi | Università di Catania (Italy) |
| Mayank Baghoria | Cardiff University |
| Meir Shimon | Tel Aviv University |
| Merry Duparc | Université Paris-Saclay |
| Michael Brown | The University of Manchester |
| Michael J. Randall | UC Berkeley |
| Michael Jones | University of Oxford |
| Michael Kovac | University of Bonn (AIfA) |
| Mike Peel | Imperial College London |
| Nadia Dachlythra | Milano-Bicocca |
| Neelima Sehgal | Stony Brook University |
| Niall MacCrann | Cambridge |
| Nicholas Galitzki | University of Texas at Austin |
| Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff | SISSA |
| Ola Kusiak | Cambridge |
| Paul Shellard | University of Cambridge |
| Petar Suman | University of Cambridge |
| Peter Hargrave | Cardiff university |
| Philip Mauskopf | Arizona State University |
| Pierre Chanial | APC Laboratory, Université Paris Cité, CNRS |
| Pierre Masson | APC Laboratory, Paris Cité University |
| Rachel Bean | Cornell University |
| Radek Stompor | CNRS, APC |
| Raelyn Sullivan | The University of Oslo (UiO) |
| Rashmi Sudiwala | Cardiff University |
| Remington Gerras | University of Southern California |
| Richard Battye | University of Manchester |
| Rustam Balafendiev | University of Iceland |
| Saianeesh Haridas | University of Pennsylvania |
| Sam Rowe | Cardiff University |
| Samuel Goldstein | Columbia University |
| Serena Giardiello | Cardiff University |
| Shannon Duff | NIST |
| Sigurd Naess | University of Oslo |
| Simon Biquard | CNRS / APC |
| Simon Dicker | University of Pennsylvania |
| Simon Doyle | Cardiff |
| Simone Aiola | Simons Foundation |
| Simran Nerval | University of Toronto and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Steve Choi | UC Riverside |
| Sunaina Desai | Cardiff University |
| Thibaut Louis | IJClab (CNRS) |
| Thierry Souverin | Bicocca University |
| Thomas Morris | Yale University |
| Toby Satterthwaite | Stanford University |
| Tom Brien | Cardiff University |
| Toshiya Namikawa | Kavli IPMU, University of Cambridge |
| Tran Tsan | LBNL |
| Wassim Kabalan | CNRS/ APC |
| William Coulton | Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge |
| Wuhyun Sohn | APC, CNRS |
| Xiaodong Ren | University of Iceland |
| Yasutaka Mizozoe | Kyoto University |
| Yilun Guan | University of Toronto |
| Yogesh Mehta | Arizona State University |
| Yu Koizumi | University of Tokyo (Kusaka group) |
| Yuji Chinone | KEK |
| Yuta Miki | UTokyo |
| Yutaro KASAI | Kyoto University |
| Zeesh Ahmed | KIPAC/SLAC/Stanford |
| Ziyang Chen | University of Manchester |
| Íñigo Zubeldia | University of Cambridge |
Remote Attendees
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Abhi Maniyar | Stanford University |
| Aditi Krishak | University of southern California |
| Akito Kusaka | University of Tokyo |
| Alex Laguë | University of Pennsylvania |
| Alex Manduca | University of Pennsylvania |
| Alex Thomas | University of Chicago |
| Alexandre Adler | LBNL / UC Berkeley |
| Alicia Middleton | Cornell University |
| Anderson Lai | UW Madison |
| Andrea Zonca | San Diego Supercomputer Center |
| Andrew Bazarko | Princeton University |
| Andrew Liu | Princeton University |
| Anna Ho | Cornell University |
| Anna Kofman | University of Chicago |
| Benjamin Schmitt | University of Pennsylvania |
| Bob Thornton | University of Pennsylvania |
| Brian Koopman | Yale University |
| Bruce Partridge | Haverford College |
| Bryce Bixler | University of California, San Diego |
| Chad Popik | Cornell University |
| Daniel Dutcher | Princeton University |
| David Clements | Imperial College London |
| David Nguyen | Yale University |
| Dominic Horne | Penn |
| Emmanuel Schaan | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Eric Gawiser | Rutgers University |
| Erin Healy | University of Chicago |
| Eunseong Lee | University of Pennsylvania |
| Evangelos Sfakianakis | University of Texas at Austin |
| Eve Vavagiakis | Duke University |
| Gary Hilton Sanders | Simons Observatory |
| Hamza El Bouhargani | Princeton University |
| Ioannis Paraskevakos | Princeton University |
| J. RIchard Bond | CITA, University of Toronto |
| Jack Orlowski-Scherer | University of Pennsylvania |
| James Fergusson | DAMTP |
| Jason (Jay) Austermann | NIST-Boulder |
| Jenna Moore | Duke University |
| Jesse Treu | Princeton |
| Jo Dunkley | Princeton University |
| Joel Meyers | Southern Methodist University |
| John Groh | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Jonathan Sievers | McGill |
| Jordan Shroyer | University of Virginia |
| Josh Borrow | Penn |
| Julian Borrill | Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley & University of Pennsylvania |
| Junya Suzuki | Kyoto University |
| Kam Arnold | UC San Diego |
| Katie Freese | UT Austin |
| Kevin Crowley | UC San Diego |
| Kyohei Yamada | Princeton |
| Lance Corbett | UC Berkeley |
| Margaret Ikape | University of Toronto |
| Mark Devlin | University of Pennsylvania |
| Matt Hilton | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Matthew Chu | UCSD |
| Matthew Hasselfield | Flatiron Institute |
| Max Silva-Feaver | Yale University |
| Michael McCrackan | Yale University |
| Michael Niemack | Cornell University |
| Michele Limon | University of Pennsylvania |
| Moritz Münchmeyer | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Narumi Okumoto | Kyoto University |
| Nick Battaglia | Cornell University |
| Omar Darwish | University of Geneva |
| Osamu Tajima | Kyoto University |
| Patricio Gallardo | The University of Pennsylvania |
| Pete Barry | Cardiff University |
| Peter Timbie | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Prakamya Agrawal | UCSD |
| Raagini Patki | Cornell University |
| Rahul Datta | University of Chicago |
| Reijo Keskitalo | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Samuel Day-Weiss | Princeton University |
| Sanah Bhimani | University of Chicago |
| Sara Simon | Fermilab |
| Satoru Takakura | The University of Tokyo |
| Selim Hotinli | Perimeter Institute |
| Shabbir Shaikh | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
| Shivam Pandey | Johns Hopkins University |
| Shreya Sutariya | University of Chicago |
| Shunsuke Adachi | Kyoto University |
| Simone Ferraro | LBNL/UC Berkeley |
| Susan Clark | Stanford University |
| Susanna Azzoni | Princeton University |
| Suzanne Staggs | Princeton University |
| Theodore Kisner | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Tommy Alford | University of Chicago |
| Tristan Pinsonneault-Marotte | SLAC |
| Vera Gluscevic | USC |
| Xue Song | Kavli IPMU |
| Yoshinori Sueno | Princeton |
| Yudai Seino | Princeton University |
| Yuki Sakurai | Suwa University of Science |
| Yurii Kvasiuk | UW-Madison |
| Zachary Atkins | Princeton University |
Contacts
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Postal Address of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
SO:UK Suite, Alan Turing Building,
The University of Manchester. M13 9PL UK
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