Dear Colleagues:

We are very pleased to announce the “next-generation Very Large Array” (ngVLA) international science conference: Follow the Monarchs: A Journey to Explore the Cosmos at (Sub)milliarcsecond Scales with the ngVLA (http://go.nrao.edu/ngvla24). This conference is designed to highlight and explore the novel scientific opportunities that will unfold with the unprecedented angular resolution and sensitivity capabilities offered by this new facility.

The conference will take place over four days, from November 11 to November 14, 2024,  in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Morelia (Mexico). During this month, Morelia hosts an international film festival, an international music festival, and the highly-anticipated event of the ``Day of the Dead´´ (Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). November is also  the period of the year when the Monarch butterflies complete their migration journey from Canada and the US to the mountains surrounding the city of Morelia.

A variety of oral presentations and posters will be presented, with a special focus on the new science that will be possible at high angular resolution; the ngVLA will allow, for the first time, the detection of thermal emission at 1 mas angular scales, as well as unprecedented high-fidelity imaging of non-thermal emission on scales less than 1 mas. Researchers within and beyond Radio Astronomy expertise are invited to engage in discussions, share insights, and start to plan the groundbreaking science that the ngVLA will make possible. We particularly encourage the participation of early career scientists, who will be the major users of this observatory.

Important dates:

• 1 April 2024                  Registration and abstract submission open
• 8 July 2024                   Deadline abstract for oral presentation
• 1 August 2024              Financial support request deadline
• 15 August 2024            Final program and financial support offers announced
• 1 September 2024       Deadline for reduced registration fee and poster submission
• 1 October 2024            Deadline for in-person registration and Hotel UNAM rate reservation
• 10 November 2024      Welcome reception
• 11 November 2024      Conference begins

Keynote speaker: Tony Beasley (NRAO, USA)

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Carlos Carrasco-González (IRyA-UNAM, Mexico)
• Eric Koch (CfA, USA)
• Marta De Simone (ESO-Garching)
• Melodie Kao (Lowell University, USA)
• Nina Gusinskaia (Univ. of Toronto, Canada)
• Rachel Osten (STScI, USA)
• Yoko Oya (Kyoto University, Japan)

Join us on this exciting journey as we prepare to unveil the mysteries of the cosmos in the next decade and beyond. 

Best,

Alice Pasetto on behalf of the  Organizing Committees 

http://go.nrao.edu/ngvla24