Max-Planck-Institut
  für extraterrestrische Physik

	Seminars
	Conferences
	Scientific and educational events of the past

Seminars :

MPE Seminar (Tuesdays) after announcement
and other talks given at MPE :

Talk announcement: Please look (also) for announcements posted at the board near the MPE reception

Kolloquium der Münchner Physiker together with LMU and TU

seminars at the institute and the adjacent MPA and ESO institutes
(the list is from ESO)

seminars of the week at the neighbouring MPA
(the list is from MPA)

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Conferences :

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Scientific and educational events of the past :

Gamma-Ray Bursts 2012 München May 7 - 11, 2012 Host: MPE

First German ATHENA Science Workshop Garching January 13, 2012 Host: MPE

• First eROSITA International Conference:
  Mapping the Structure of the Energetic Universe
  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  October 17-20, 2011
  Host: MPE
  
  
• HIPE Forum 2011 (Herschel meeting)
  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  June 28 - 30, 2011
  Host: Herschel-PACS Instrument Control Center at MPE on behalf of ESA
  
  
• The X-ray Universe 2011
  Berlin, Germany
  June 27 - 30, 2011
  Co-Organizers: Hans Böhringer, Stefanie Komossa, MPE
  
  
• First ATHENA Science Workshop
  Garching (MPE), Germany
  June 14 - 15, 2011
  Organisation: High-Energy Astrophysics group, MPE
  
  
• ICPDP6
  6^th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasma
  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  May 15 - 21, 2011
  Host: MPE
  
  
• Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies and their Place in the Universe
  Milano, Italy
  April 4 - 6, 2011
  Co-Organizer: Stefanie Komossa, MPE
  
  
• Joint Meeting for all the Euclid Science Working Groups
  Garching, Germany
  24 - 25 January, 2011
  Organization: Jochen Weller and Christa Ingram, MPE
  
  
• 14. Deutsche Physikerinnentagung 2010 (in German)
  Garching / München
  November 4. - 7., 2010
  Organizers: LMU, TUM, MPA, MPE, MPP, IPP, MPQ, Exzellenzcluster MAP, NIM and Universe
  
  
• GRAVITAS Science Workshop
  Discussions on the new X-ray observatory concept GRAVITAS
  Garching, Germany
  October 25 - 26, 2010
  Organizers: MPE
  
  
• MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference
  Galaxy clusters: observations, physics and cosmology
  Garching, Germany
  July 26 - July 30, 2010
  Organizers: MPA, ESO, MPE, USM
  
  
• 460th WE Heraeus Seminar on Black Holes
  June 7 - 11, 2010, Bad Honnef, Germany
  Organizers: S. Komossa (MPE), B. Schutz & K. Danzmann (AEI)
  
  
• XXXII. Bibliothekstagung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  May 04 - 06, 2009, Garching
  Organizers: MPA, MPQ, MPE
  
  
  
• Scientific Workshop at Ringberg Castle
  Physics of Galactic Nuclei
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  June 15-19, 2009
  Organizers:
      Physics of Galactic Nuclei Group (MPE & USM) (http://www.mpe.mpg.de/pgn/)
     and
     Theoretical Structure Formation Group (MPE) (http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~sadeghk)
  
  
• 3^rd Biennial Leopoldina Conference on
  Dark Energy
  Ludwig-Maxilians-University Munich
  October 7-11, 2008
  Co-organizer: R. Bender (co-chair; MPE)
  
  
• Exploring the Hot Universe with IXO
  Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
  September 17-19, 2008
  Co-organizer: H. Böhringer, G. Hasinger
  
  
• Symposium on
  Grundlagenforschung im Weltraum -
  Deutschlands Herausforderungen der nächsten Dekaden
  Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie, München,
  June 12-13, 2008
  Organizer: Prof. Dr. G. Morfill, MPE

• Workshop on
  Advanced Gamma-Ray Detectors
  MPE, Garching, Germany
  June 2-5, 2008
  Organizer: A. von Kienlin, MPE

• Astronomy with Radioactivities VI
  Ringberg Castle, Kreuth, Germany
  January 7 - 10, 2008
  Co-organizer: R. Diehl (MPE)

• ISSI Workshop on Galactic Protons
  October 24 - October 26, 2007, MPE, Garching, Germany
  Co-organizer: MPE (Diehl)

• Science Workshop in Sardinia
  Five Years of INTEGAL
  October 17 - October 19, 2007, Chia Laguna (Cagliari), Sardinia
  Co-organizer: MPE (Diehl)

• Frascati Workshop 2007
  Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources
  May 28 - June 02, 2007 on Vulcano (Italy)
  Co-organizer: MPE (Kanbach)

• Short Gamma-Ray Bursts: Observations and Physics
  March 26 - 30, 2007 Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Co-organizers from MPE: J. Greiner, S. Savaglio

• 4. Gamma-ray Imager Consortium Meeting
  March 15 - 16, 2007 MPE, Garching

• ISSI Workshop on Galactic Protons
  January 24 - January 27, 2007, MPE, Garching, Germany
  Co-organisator: MPE (Diehl)

• Joint Discussion at the IAU General Assembly
  On the Present and Future of Pulsar Astronomy
  16. - 17. August 2006, Prague
  Organizer: W. Becker

• MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference
  Heating vs. Cooling in Galaxies and clusters of Galaxies
  August 6 - 11, 2006, Garching, Germany
  Co-organizers from MPE: H. Böhringer, G. Hasinger

• 363^th Heraeus Seminar
  Neutron Stars and Pulsars
  May 14. - 19. 2006, Physics Center Bad Honnef
  Co-organizers from MPE: W. Becker, J. Trümper

• International Astrophysics Conference
  Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology
  - Einstein's Legacy -
  November 7-11, 2005, Munich, Germany
  Organizer: B. Aschenbach (MPE)

• The MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference
  Open Questions in Cosmology: the First Billion Years
  August 22 - August 26 2005, Garching, Germany
  Co-Organizer: M. Lehnert (MPE)

• International Conference on Astronomy with Radioactivities
  V: From Gamma-Rays to Stardust
  Clemson University, NC, USA
  5-9 September 2005
  Co-Organizer: R. Diehl (MPE)

• MPE Workshop dedicated to the 65^th birthday of Alvio Renzini
  Stellar Populations, a Rosetta Stone for Galaxy Formation
  July 4 - 8, 2005, Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Co-Organizer: D. Thomas (MPE)

• 10^th European Symposium on Semiconductor Detectors
  Wildbad Kreuth, Germany
  June 12 - 16, 2005
  (Organized by the MPE Semiconductor Laboratory (HLL))

• The 2004 Ringberg Castle Workshop on AGN Astrophysics
  Ringberg, November 21-26, 2004

• The Role of Mergers and Feedback in Galaxy Formation
  October 31 - November 6, 2004
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Organization: MPE (Tacconi, Lutz, Genzel, Lehnert)

• 35th COSPAR General Assembly
  18-25 July 2004 in Paris, France
  
  • session E1.4 Young Neutron Stars and Supernova Remnants
    Co-organizer from MPE: R. Diehl
  • session E1.5 INTEGRAL: New Perspectives for Astrophysical Nucleospectroscopy
    Organizer from MPE: R. Diehl
  • session E1.6: "Sources of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy"
    Co-organizer from MPE: A. Strong

• International Workshop on Waves and Radiation in Geospace
  July 11 - 14, 2004 Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Organization: R.A. Treumann, J. LaBelle

• Growing Black Holes
  21-25 June 2004 in Garching, Germany
  Organization: MPA/MPE/ESO/USM

• Japanese-German Ringberg Workshop on
  X-ray Studies of Galaxy Clusters and Deep X-ray Surveys
  2-5 May 2004 Ringberg Castle, Bavaria, Germany
  Organization: MPE, ISAS/JAXA, Tokyo Metro U

• Workshop
  The Dark Universe in Munich
  6-7 May 2004 in Garching (MPE), Germany
  Organization: MPE, WHI, MPA, LMU, TUM, ESO

• Cospar colloquium on
  Dynamical processes in Critical Regions in the Heliosphere
  March 3 - 10, 2004, Dead Sea Resort, Israel
  Organization: R.A. Treumann (convener), M.Gedalin and M. Balikhin

• 5^th INTEGRAL Workshop: The INTEGRAL Universe
  16-20 February 2004 in Munich, Germany
  Organization: MPE (Lichti)

• Venice Workshop 2003
  Multi-wavelength mapping of galaxy formation and evolution
  October 13-16, 2003, Venice (Italy)
  Organization: ESO, USM, MPE

• German/Japanese scientific workshop
  X-rays from galaxies to AGN
  August 20-22, 2003, Garching, MPE
  Organization: D. Porquet, MPE

• IAU Symposium 218
  Young Neutron Stars & Their Environments
  July 14-17, 2003, Sidney, Australia
  (Organised among others by W. Becker (MPE))

• Frascati Workshop 2003
  Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources
  May 26-31, 2003 on Vulcano (Italy)
  Co-organisator: MPE (Kanbach)

• Workshop
  "Astronomy with Radioactivities IV" &
  "Filling the Sensitivity Gap in MeV Astronomy"
  May 26-30, 2003, Kloster Seeon, Germany
  Organization: MPE (Diehl)

• MPIfR/MPE Pulsar Meeting, Bonn, April 2003 on
  Multiwavelength Approach of Neutron Stars and Supernova Remnants
  (Organised by W.Becker, O.Löhmer & R.Wielebinski)

• Centers of Galaxies
  11 - 15 November 2002
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Organization: MPE (Tacconi), MPIA

• High Energy Studies of Supernova Remnants and Neutron Stars
  COSPAR Symposium E1.4, Houston, Oct 10-12, 2002
  (Organised by W.Becker & W.Hermsen)

• 2002 ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop
  "FROM TWILIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT": The Physics of Supernovae
  Garching near Munich, Germany
  July 29-31, 2002

• 9^th European Symposium on Semiconductor Detectors
  New Developments on Radiation Detectors
  Elmau, Germany
  June 23 - 27, 2002
  (Organized by the MPE Semiconductor Laboratory (HLL))

• International Workshop at MPE Garching
  XEUS - studying the evolution of the hot Universe
  Garching, Germany
  March 11 - 13, 2002
  (Organized by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

• 270. WE-Heraeus Seminar on Neutron Stars, Pulsars and Supernova Remnants
  Jan 21-25, 2002, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef
  (Organised by W.Becker, H.Lesch & J.Trümper)
  Proceedings in pdf format

• Workshop on X-ray spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei with Chandra and XMM-Newton
  Garching, Germany
  December 3 - 6, 2001
  (Organized by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

• Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting for 2001
  JENAM 2001
  10^th European and 75^th Annual Assembly of the Astronomische Gesellschaft
  Munich, Germany
  September 10-15, 2001

• Special Colloquium on the History of Astronomy
  European Astronomy in the 20^th Century
  organized by the Working Group for the History of Astronomy in the Astronomische Gesellschaft in the framework of JENAM 2001
  Munich, Germany
  September 14-15, 2001

• Astronomy With Radioactivities III
  International Workshop
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  May 23 - 26, 2001

• High-Tech-Tag Bayern
  March 31, 2001

• Mining The Sky
  Garching, Germany
  July 31 - August 4, 2000

• Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  10 - 15 September 2000
  Organization: D. Lutz (MPE), L. Tacconi (MPE)

• Next Steps in Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
  -- Filling the Sensitivity Gap --
  Ringberg Castle, Germany
  July 9-12, 2000

• First El Leoncito School of Solar Physics
  El Leoncito, San Juan (Argentina)
  February 19-26, 2000
  MPE members participated in organization and teaching.

• Joint MPE, AIP, ESO workshop on
  Observational and theoretical progress in the study of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies
  Bad Honnef, Germany, December 8 - 11, 1999
  The organization was shared between MPE, AIP and ESO.

• Astronomy With Radioactivities
  Schloß Ringberg, September 29 - October 2, 1999

• 5. IPELS Konferenz
  Kreuth, August 9 - 13, 1999

• Diffuse Thermal and Relativistic Plasma in Galaxy Clusters
  Ringberg Castle, Germany, April 19-23, 1999

• Ultraluminous Galaxies : Monsters Or Babies
  September 20-26, 1998, Ringberg Castle, Germany
  Organization: D. Lutz (MPE), L. Tacconi (MPE)

• Symposium: Highlights in X-ray astronomy in honour of Joachim Trümper's 65th birthday
  June 17-18, 1998, Garching, Germany

• IAU Colloquium Nr. 166: "The Local Bubble and Beyond"
  April 21-25, 1997 at MPE Garching.

• ROSAT Workshops