Name: Photonic E-MARCOT: A new concept for a large-aperture telescope. Design, science cases, and impact
Start: 2025-11-04T09:10:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-05T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Granada

Photonic E-MARCOT: A new concept for a large-aperture telescope. Design, science cases, and impact

from Tuesday, 4 November 2025 (09:10) to Wednesday, 5 November 2025 (21:00)

Monday, 3 November 2025
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

09:30 Olga Muñoz (Director of the IAA-CSIC); Jose María Martell (VICYT); Francisco Herrada (MCIU); Javier Echavarri (CDTI)
Olga Muñoz (Director of the IAA-CSIC); Jose María Martell (VICYT); Francisco Herrada (MCIU); Javier Echavarri (CDTI)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
10:00 - 11:30
Contributions

10:05 The Photonic EMARCOT concept - Jesús Aceituno (CAHA)

10:25 The Photonic EMARCOT project: towards a post-ELT era infrastructure - Pedro J. Amado (IAA - CSIC)

10:45 Photonic EMARCOT Project Management — Structure, Schedule, Risks, and Results - Stefan Cikota (CAHA)

11:05 The Key Science Case for Photonic EMARCOT - Francisco J. Pozuelos (IAA-CSIC)
11:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
12:00 - 13:30
Contributions

12:00 Sinergies between Ariel/JWST with Photonic EMARCOT - Giuseppe Morello

12:20 Exoplanet atmospheres with Photonic EMARCOT: From hot gas giants to rocky worlds - Alejandro Sanchez Lopez

12:40 Stellar occultations by outer solar system bodies with the Photonic EMARCOT - Jose Luis Ortiz

13:00 The observation of comets and interstellar objects with EMARCOT (Online) - Emmanuel Jehin
13:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:00
Contributions

15:00 Oportunidades de financiación de la AEI para el desarrollo y soporte de instrumentos científicos - Minia Manteiga

15:20 Apoyo del CDTI a la colaboración con la industria en el marco del proyecto Photonic EMARCOT - Javier Echavarri

15:40 Funding different aspects of EMARCOT - Pedro J. Amado (IAA - CSIC)
16:00
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions

16:00 The HAYDN space mission and possible synergies with E-MARCOT - Andrés Moya
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 18:30
Contributions

17:00 OPA: The Original PolyOculus Array (Online) - Stephen Eikenberry

17:25 The ExoLife Finder telescope and the status of its prototype - Nicolas Lodieu

17:50 MARVEL, a 4 telescope array with a high-resolution spectrograph (Online) - Juan Carlos Morales
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
09:30
09:30 - 11:15
Contributions

09:30 Design of the Control System and Imaging Mode of the MARCOT Pathfinder Multi-Aperture Telescope - Javier Flores (CAHA)

09:50 Photonic Innovations for EMARCOT: Linking High-Resolution Spectrographs and Beyond - Marina Centenera (IAA-CSIC)

10:10 Fabrication of Photonic Lanterns for High-Precision Spectroscopy (Online) - Julius Göhring

10:30 Integrated Photonic Interferometers for Extreme Radial Velocity Precision - Abani Shankar Nayak

10:50 Astrophotonics+ : Next generation NIR and VIS Astronomy - Kalaga Madhav
11:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45
11:45
11:45 - 13:30
Contributions

11:45 Lessons learnt from GTC - Romano Corradi

12:10 Lessons learned from CARMENES - Andreas Quirrenbach

12:35 The OAJ Experience: Building a fully integrated observatory from the ground up - Antonio Marin-Franch

13:00 Astrophotonics and Beyond: Advancing Astronomical Instrumentation with Photonic Innovation - Sergio León Saval
13:30

13:30 - 13:45

13:45 Farewell Lunch
Farewell Lunch
13:45 - 15:15