Complutense University professor and AEGORA researcher, Ada Canet, has received a Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship to join the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. As part of this world-renowned program, Canet will advance her research on astrophysical plasmas. Her study examines the relationship between terrestrial planets and their host stars, seeking to determine whether these far-off worlds could support life.
12:00 Welcome and introductions. Ana I. Gomez de Castro / UCM
12:15 The HWO project and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE). Alicia Miró / AEE
12:30 The HWO project – Participation of the Spanish scientific community. Ana I. Gómez de Castro / UCM
13:00 The HWO project – Current status and future plans.
13:00 The HWO Observatory – Breann Sitarski / NASA
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 The POLLUX instrument for HWO. Luca Fossatti / Univ. Vienna
15:30 The HWO project in the UK. Plans for instrumentation. Martin A. Barstow / Leicester Univ.
16:00 The LUMUS instrument for HWO. Kevin France / Univ. Colorado
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
PRESENTATIONS by the Spanish Community:
17:00 HWO Target stars. Jose Caballero / CAB-INTA-CSIC
17:15 Why massive stars need to be in HWO. Miriam García / CAB-INTA-CSIC
17:30 How prepared we are for the characterization of rocky exoplanets with HWO. Leonardo Gkouvelis / IAA-CSIC
17:45 Expected performance of ELT and ANDES for small, potentially habitable planets research. Enric Pallé / IAC
18:00 HWO and Solar System research. Fernando Tinaut
18:15 Astrobiology. Ana I. Gómez de Castro
18:30 Discussion and preparation for the following day.
Day 2, May 28th
09:30 Presentations by the working groups regarding science and the type of data required.
11:30 COFFEE BREAK
12:00 Presentations by instrumentation and data engineering groups and/or institutions regarding capabilities and possibilities for HWO.
14:00 LUNCH
15:00 General Discussion:
Organization of the Spanish community for HWO.
Development of a work plan for the 2026–2027 period.