Asymmetrical
Post-main-sequence Nebulae 9
The Art of Stellar Wind Sculpting
September 22-26, 2025
Granada (Spain)
Background: the planetary nebula NGC 6302 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image credits: NASA, ESA, Hubble. Processing: Judy Schmidt
THE MEETING
A meeting devoted to the shaping effects of stellar outflows from evolved stars in the formation of asymmetrical post-main-sequence nebulae including planetary nebulae, nebulae around massive stars, nova remnants, symbiotic stars, ...
Scientific topics:
1.- Puzzling evolved star nebulae that challenge our present knowledge:
morphology, kinematics, chemistry, time-scales, exotic central stars, ...
statistics: common and uncommon
2.- PNe related/unrelated objects:
novae, SNR, LRN (mergers), massive stars, symbiotics, ...
transient nebulae and other eruptive objects
3.- Shaping Agents:
mass-loss mechanisms
role of binarity -- binary mass-transfer, common envelope
magnetic fields -- strength, structure
other agents
disks, circumbinary disks, jet launching
4.- Nebular sequences:
connecting the shape of sources in the AGB, post AGB, proto PN and PN phases
evolutionary time-scales
5.- Binarity:
observational and theoretical expectations
links to common envelope, time-scales, mergers, exotic central stars
6.- Future:
maximazing science from available and planned facilities
Scientific Organizing Committee
Martin A Guerrero (chair)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA - CSIC, Granada, Spain)
Noam Soker (co-chair)
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
Orsola de Marco
Macquarie University (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Denise R. Gonçalves
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
David Jones
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
Joel H. Kastner
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY, USA)
Jason Nordhaus
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY, USA)
Quentin Parker
The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Nicole Reindl
Zentrum für Astronomie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität (Heidelberg, Germany)
Carmen Sánchez Contreras
Centro de Astrobiología (CAB-CSIC-INTA, Spain)
Albert Zijlstra
The University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)
Local Organizing Committee
Faezeh Bidjarchian
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA - CSIC, Granada, Spain)
Janis B Rodríguez González
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA - CSIC, Granada, Spain)
Edgar I Santamaria
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA - UNAM, Mexico)
Structure of the Meeting
The meeting will consist of sessions of contributed 15+5 minutes talks followed by 1-hour discussions on the topic. e-Posters can be presented as well. The attendants are requested to select up to three prioritized topics for their contribution.
The capacity of the conference room is limited to 80 attendants
PROGRAM
TBD
REGISTRATION
How to register?
To formalize the participation you must fill the mandatory fields in the registration form. Payment could be made by bank transfer or credit card through the registration platform. If bank transfer is chosen, you must state clearly the name and the reference received by email. Registration is limited to 80 attendants.
Registration fee
The early registration fee for all requests received before July 15th, 2025 is 400€. PhD attendants will have a 100€ discount
Registrations formalized from July 15th, 2025 onward will be 450€.
Key dates
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Abstracts submission opening: April 15th 2025
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Abstract submission deadline: June 15th, 2025
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Communication to authors: July 1st, 2025
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Early bird registration deadline: July 15th, 2025
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Registration deadline: August 1st, 2025
We are planning a night visit to Alhambra Nasrid Palaces with an additional cost of 30 €. If you want to join the tour, you will be required to provide your passport number or Spanish ID card (mandatory to book Alhambra tickets) in the registration form. There are a limited number of tickets available that will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
If you would like to attend any of the activities of the social programme with a companion, please contact apn@granadacongresos.com
Code of conduct
The IAA-CSIC has a code of behavior that all registered participants should read and need to abide by
VISA requirements
Check the information on the Spanish Embassy. Ask apn9.soc@gmail.com for a n invitation letter if required
Cancellation and modification policy
In case of cancellations or changes in the name of the attendees the following deadlines are applicable:
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90% of the fee will be returned, if participation is cancelled up to one month before the event
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50% of the fee will be returned, if participation is cancelled up to 15 days before the event
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0% otherwise
Registration form
Call for abstracts
The organizing committee invites authors to submit abstracts for on-site presentation within any of the topic listed below. Submissions are sought for oral and poster presentations. The scientific committee will select the high relevance abstracts to present as Oral Communication. Additional details are outlined below:
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An author may submit a maximum of one abstract for oral presentation as first author.
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The presenting author must be registered in the Congress.
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Abstracts should be up to 100 words or 500 characters, written in English and uploaded in the platform
Topics
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Puzzling evolved star nebulae that challenge our present knowledge
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PNe related/unrelated objects.
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Shaping Agents.
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Nebular sequences.
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Binarity.
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Future
Oral Communications
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Oral Communications will be 15 minutes with 5 additional minutes for questions.
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Abstracts will be grouped by topics, indicating up to three with a proposed priority
Posters
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Posters must have A0 portrait format.
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Posters will be sent in PDF format through the platform that will be set up for this purpose and will be exhibited in e-poster format. All posters will remain in a repository so that they can be consulted at any time.
Key dates
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Abstracts submission opening: April 15th 2025
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Abstract submission deadline: June 15th, 2025
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Communication to authors: July 1st, 2025
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Early bird registration deadline: July 15th, 2025
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Registration deadline: August 1st, 2025
Abstract Submission form
VENUE
The Meeting will take place at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía headquarters (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain. The IAA-CSIC is located 15 minutes walk from the city center, and can be reached by bus lines S2, S0, 11 and 9.
How to get to Granada?
Airports
Federico García Lorca Airport (GRANADA)
Federico García Lorca Airport is currently connected by six daily flights to Madrid and three daily flights to Barcelona. It is located 15km from the city center, with buses to and from each flight. The cost of a taxi to or from the airport is ~30€.
Check here all airlines connections with Granada.
Pablo Picasso Airport (MALAGA)
The Pablo Picasso International Airport is located approximately 130km from Granada, connected to every European city with regular daily flights and, thanks to the motorway which links both cities, can be reached in just over one hour by car or bus.
Flights information and routes.
See the AENA website – Telephone: 958 245 200
Train
Modern trains connect Granada to all of Andalusia and to the main Spanish cities. The High Speed rail network has been operational since 2015, thus significantly lowering travel times.
Avenida de Andaluces, s/n 18014 Granada – Telephone: 902 320 320
Information, timetables and destinations on their website: www.renfe.es
Bus
Granada is very well connected thanks to its network of motorways and daily bus services to destinations all over the country.
Bus station
Address: Carretera de Jaén, s/n. 18014. Granada.
Telephone numbers: 958 18 54 80 / 958 25 13 58
Suggested hotels:
The organisers suggest the following hotels in the vicinity of the venue, although it is not the responsibility of the organisers to book accommodation for the attendees:
