Upcoming SCI Seminars

The flagship Seminar Series of the ESA Space Science Faculty.

Please contact the Seminar Organisers to request further information or suggest ideas for the SCI Seminar series.

All times below are in CET/CEST

Date	Title	Abstract	Speaker	Affiliation	Series	Room
Thu 17:00 08 Oct 2026	2026 ESA Distinguished Lecture: The Rise of the First Galaxies	Abstract	Hakim Atek	Paris Institute of Astrophysics, France	ESA@STScI	STScI TBD / ESAC D001 / ESTEC TBD
Thu 15:00 15 Oct 2026	Space radio interferometry		Eric Villard	ESO Garching	SCI	ESTEC Ba024

Upcoming Breakfast Seminars

In-person, informal, morning talks held at ESTEC's Wormhole.

Please contact the Breakfast Seminar Organisers to request further information or suggest ideas for the Breakfast Seminar series.

All times below are in CET/CEST

Date	Title	Abstract	Speaker	Affiliation	Series	Room
Tue 10:00 15 Sep 2026	Hydrogen Line Diagnostics: Gas, Dust, and Feedback in Extreme Galaxies with JWST and MUSE	Abstract	Eleni Koutsiona	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 22 Sep 2026	TBA		Zsófi Szalavári	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 29 Sep 2026	TBA		Pouya Kouch	University of Turku, Finland	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 06 Oct 2026	TBA		Alex Barrett/Elena Favaro	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 13 Oct 2026	TBA		Luis Abalo	Leiden University & ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 20 Oct 2026	TBA		Alex Barrett/Elena Favaro	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 27 Oct 2026	TBA		Georg Tirpitz	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 03 Nov 2026	TBA		Benjamin Ricketts	SRON and UVA	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 12 Jan 2027	TBA		Matteo Guainazzi	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162