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 10 Sep 2026	Overview of JWST Observations of Star-forming Clusters in the Extreme Outer Galaxy	Abstract	Natsuko Izumi	Nagoya University, Nagoya City, 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
Mon 10:00 17 Aug 2026	LEAPS project presentations	Abstract	LEAPS students	ESA-ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162
Tue 10:00 18 Aug 2026	TBA		Ricarda Leske	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Wed 10:00 19 Aug 2026	Science Communication for the Gaia mission	Abstract	Valentin Reichel	ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Af 205
Tue 10:00 08 Sep 2026	TBA		Willi Exner	Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 29 Sep 2026	TBA		Pouya Kouch	University of Turku	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db 162
Tue 10:00 13 Oct 2026	TBA		Luis Abalo	Leiden University & ESA/ESTEC	Breakfast	ESTEC Wormhole Db162