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 15:00 16 Jul 2026	Intermediate-Mass Mergers: How to find them and why?	Abstract	Daniela Korčáková	Charles University, Prague	SCI	ESTEC Db134
Thu 15:00 23 Jul 2026	Farewell talk: Stellar explosions and the remnants they leave behind: my science, made possible by ESA	Abstract	Ashley Chrimes	ESTEC	SCI	ESTEC Ef008
Thu 00:00 30 Jul 2026	Summer break until 10 September		No Seminar	(summer break)	SCI	Virtual Only
Thu 15:00 10 Sep 2026	tbd	Abstract	Natsuko Izumi	Nagoya University, Japan	SCI	ESTEC Ca005 / ESAC A024
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 21 Jul 2026	TBA		Jessica Planelles	University of Alicante	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 04 Aug 2026	TBA	Abstract	Jorge Bravo	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 11 Aug 2026	TBA		Alexandra Chiritescu	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 25 Aug 2026	TBA		Valentin Reichel	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 29 Sep 2026	TBA		Pouya Kouch	University of Turku	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162