This LSST-DESC funded workshop aims at gathering experts in cosmology with peculiar velocities to discuss main analysis techniques, challenges, and current status of different projects. This workshop is open to all scientists with expertise or interest in the topic of cosmology with peculiar velocities, not limited to those part of LSST-DESC.
We will have both plenary talks and dedicated hack sessions and brainstormings about multiple topics :
- follow up
- external datasets
- simulations
- blinding
- systematics
-
modeling / theory
- ...
The workshop will be held 22-26 September 2025, in Marseille, France.
Schedule
- Meeting will begin at 9:30 am on Monday September 22nd.
- Meeting ends around 3pm on Friday 25th.
- From Monday to Wednesday plenaries and parallel sessions with talks and discussions
- Thursday morning at 9am Damiano Rosselli PhD defense (CPPM amphiteatre)
- Thursday afternoon close-up session and free time (good time to visit the calanques)
- Friday: sprint-day, mutiple active parallel sessions for hack or brainstorming: please submit your ideas in the registration form or contact us.
More detailed timetable in progress.
Social events
- Dinner on Tuesday 23th location TBD
- Calanques hike or football on Thursday 25th afternoon
Information about talks
- Speakers: please upload your slides on this website prior to your talk.
Remote attendance
- It will be possible to follow the plenary sessions over Zoom, but we do not guarantee a good connexion for the discussions, parallels and hack sessions.
- Zoom link for plenary sessions TBD
Code of conduct
Venue information
The meeting will take place in the Hexagone on the Luminy Campus. The address is 172 Av. de Luminy, 13009 Marseille, France
- From the city center, take the M2 metro to « Rond Point de Prado », take a look at the vélodrome (allez l’OM !).
- Take the bus B1 or the express 21-jet (less frequent).
- Go down at Luminy Faculté.
Accomodation
- around the Vieux Port (many options and lively)
- around Cours Julien (lively and on the metro line)
- near Castellane/Baille/Rond-Point du Prado metro stations (quicker access to campus)
Contacts
Please contact the SOC and LOC for specific questions:
SOC: Alex Kim, Bastien Carreres, Benjamin Racine, Julian Bautista
LOC: Benjamin Racine, Bruno Sanchez, Corentin Hanser, Dominique Fouchez, Fabrice Feinstein, Julian Bautista, Rafael Kebadian
