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ALMA Status:

Apply to have your ALMA-related Research Team Meeting hosted at NRAO-Charlottesville

In 2026, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)/North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) invites ALMA-related research teams to apply to hold their collaboration meeting at the NRAO Headquarters in Charlottesville. The NAASC can support your team’s scientific productivity by offering local resources and facilities, following the example of successful recent events.

We anticipate that up to two collaboration events can be hosted in 2026.

More information on services offered and eligibility criteria can be found here: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/facilities/alma/support-for-naasc-conferences-and-workshops

To submit an event proposal for this call, members of the North American scientific community should apply on behalf of their research team / collaboration through this online form. Applications received by February 15, 2026 will receive full consideration. Selection will be based on feasibility and scientific relevance to ALMA. 

Pre-announcement of the conference "ALMA at 15 years: Science, Synergies, and the Road Ahead"
(https://events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/20270222/)
Rationale
We are pleased to announce that the international conference “ALMA at 15 Years: Science, Synergies, and the Road Ahead” will be held in person from Feb. 22–26, 2027, at Academia Sinica’s Nangang campus in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference will highlight ALMA’s latest results, especially since the last Pan-ALMA conference held in 2023 (https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/alma-at-10-years-past-present-and-future/) and identify exciting directions for future ALMA research.

The program will feature invited and contributed science presentations, along with updates on the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU), tutorial sessions on the archival and CARTA systems, and discussions of future ALMA prospects. Talks and posters presenting scientific work using ALMA and/or its synergies with other facilities across all areas of astronomy are welcome. Further details will be announced in March.

Important Dates
March  2026     First conference announcement
May 2026          Registration and abstract submission open
July   2026        Abstract submission (talks/posters) and registration close                   

Visits to the NAASC: data reduction support and more

If you need any help in reducing your data, or just a quiet week away in Central Virginia to finish writing up your next ALMA paper, consider coming for a face-to-face visit to work closely with our data analysts and scientific staff.  For more information and to request a visit, please see https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/facilities/alma/visitors-shortterm and submit a ticket to the face-to-face visits department of the ALMA Helpdesk. Come visit us!
 

Reach out to the NAASC

You can also consult with our EPO team (jmalusky@nrao.edu) to see if your results would have broader public interest and to explore outreach opportunities.
Feedback on ALMA data analysis tools is greatly appreciated. Please communicate any obstacles encountered in the path from data delivery to publication by submitting a Helpdesk ticket. In particular, has a lack of computing resources, software for analysis, visualization, plotting, or other "tools" proven to be a difficulty? NRAO thanks you in advance for your feedback.

 

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