<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear AGORA Colleagues,<div><br></div><div><div>Kentaro Nagamine is pleased to send out the first circular of the “International Workshop on Galaxy Formation + AGORA in Asia 2025” at Osaka University, Japan. (Note that we are tentatively planning to hold the “mini-AGORA workshop” on May 29-30.) </div><div><br></div><div>Please see below and make sure to mark your calendars. Thank you all very much!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Ji-hoon and Santi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>============<br><br>First Circular : International Workshop on Galaxy Formation + AGORA in Asia 2025<br><br>Dates: May 26-30, 2025<br><br>Location: Nakanoshima Center, the University of Osaka, Japan<br><br>Website: https://sites.google.com/view/galaxy-formation-agora-2025/home<br><br><br>Workshop Rationale:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The “International Workshop on Galaxy Formation + AGORA in Asia 2025” at Osaka University aims to advance our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution by fostering international collaboration and discussion among leading scientists. This conference provides a crucial platform for addressing some of the most pressing questions in cosmology and astrophysics, with a focus on intermediate to high-redshift galaxies, the latest observational breakthroughs from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the soon-to-come data from the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) project, and the evolving theoretical frameworks of dark matter and cosmology. The recent discoveries by JWST have reshaped our understanding of high-redshift galaxy populations and early supermassive black hole formations, highlighting the co-evolution of black holes and their host galaxies across cosmic history. <br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Additionally, the AGORA code comparison project will be a focal point of the latter two days, offering a collaborative platform for testing and refining computational models. This project’s contributions are invaluable for improving the accuracy of simulations related to galaxy formation, black hole growth, and their complex interactions with CGM/IGM.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This workshop is in part supported by the International Leading Research (ILR) grant, which aims to promote international research collaborations between young Japanese researchers and distinguished researchers who are invited to this workshop. We encourage the participation of early-career researchers (postdocs and graduate students in Japan) who are eager to establish fruitful research collaborations with foreign researchers. The primary goals are to strengthen international ties, foster a new generation of researchers, and advance our understanding of the universe through collaborative efforts.<br><br><br>Invited Speakers:<br> • Zheng Cai (Tsinghua U.)<br> • Sebastiano Cantalupo (Milano-Bicocca) *TBC<br> • Avishai Dekel (Hebrew U.) *TBC<br> • Ji-hoon Kim (Seoul National U.)<br> • Tadayuki Kodama (Tohoku U.)<br> • Yueying Ni (Harvard-CfA) *TBC<br> • Masami Ouchi (NAOJ / U. of Tokyo) <br> • Joel Primack (UC Santa Cruz)<br> • Santi Roca-Fabrega (Lund U.)<br> • Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro (CCA, Flatiron Institute)<br> • more to come.<br><br><br>Registration: TBA<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(will be closed on Feb 29 for talks, and on Apr 15, 2025 for participation only.)<br><br><br>Important Dates<br> • Dec 20, 2024: Release of 1st circular<br> • Jan 15, 2025: Release of 2nd circular; registration begins. <br> • Feb 29, 2025: Registration for talks closes.<br> • Apr 15, 2025: Registration for participation without talks and banquet closes. <br> • May 26-28, 2025: Galaxy Formation Workshop (maximum participants limited to 120)<br> • May 29-30, 2025: AGORA workshop in Asia (maximum participants limited to 60)<br><br><br>SOC<br> • Ji-hoon Kim (Seoul National U.)<br> • Tadayuki Kodama (Tohoku U.)<br> • K. G. Lee (K-IPMU, U. of Tokyo)<br> • Kentaro Nagamine (U. of Osaka)<br> • Atsushi J. Nishizawa (Gifu-Shotoku U.)<br> • Masami Ouchi (NAOJ / U. of Tokyo)<br> • Joel Primack (UC Santa Cruz)<br> • Santi Roca-Fabrega (Lund U.)<br> • John Silverman (K-IPMU, U. of Tokyo)<br> • Daisuke Toyouchi (ILR fellow, U. of Osaka)<br> • Hidenobu Yajima (U. of Tsukuba)<br><br>LOC<br> • Kentaro Nagamine (Chair, U. of Osaka)<br> • Daisuke Toyouchi (ILR fellow, U. of Osaka)<br> • Hiroko Joh (Secretary, U. of Osaka)<br><br>Supported by <br> International Leading Research (ILR) program, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP22K21349 <br> Theoretical Joint Research Project, Forefront Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka<br><br>====================<br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><br><div>
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