Below, you can find the detailed conference program. Please note that talks are scheduled for durations of 15 (12 min presentation + 3 min discussion), 20 (17+3), and 30 minutes (25+5). The list of accepted poster presentations is available at the bottom of the page. Only the presenting author is listed for both talks and posters. In addition to the regular scientific sessions, two panel discussions are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. For further details on the social program, please visit the relevant section of the website.
Monday, June 3
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Registration |
| 09:50 - 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20 - 10:35 | Welcome address |
| 10:35 - 12:00 | Morning session (Symbiotic stars) |
| 10:35 | Joanna Mikołajewska: Symbiotic stars: highlights, challenges and lessons for the future |
| 11:05 | Stavros Akras: Hide-and-seek with symbiotic stars |
| 11:25 | Marco Laversveiler: The Symbiotic Star Population in Nearby Galaxies and its Tenuous Link with Type Ia Supernovae Events |
| 11:45 | Tomislav Jurkic: Symbiotic binaries in the era of large surveys |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon session - part I (Symbiotic stars) |
| 14:00 | Jennifer L. Sokoloski: A new way to find symbiotic stars: accretion disc detection with optical survey photometry |
| 14:20 | Denise R. Gonçalves: The RAMan Search for Extragalactic Symbiotic Stars project – RAMSES II - in the dwarf spheroidal NGC 205 |
| 14:40 | Jeong-Eun Heo: Can Raman O VI Features Trace the Evolutionary Paths of Symbiotic Stars? |
| 15:00 | Seok-Jun Chang: Studying Raman Scattering Features in Symbiotic Stars through 3D Monte Carlo Code STaRS |
| 15:15 | Hee-Won Lee: Raman-scattered He II feature at 6545 in the D-type Symbiotic Star H1-36 |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:45 | Afternoon session - part II (Symbiotic stars) and Poster session |
| 16:00 | Sara Saeedi: Symbiotic stars in X-rays: eROSITA and XMM-Newton observations of Galactic and extragalactic symbiotic stars |
| 16:20 | Kenneth H. Hinkle: A Symbiotic Rosetta Stone: the Neutron Star - M Giant Symbiotic X-Ray Binary, IGR J16194-2810 |
| 16:40 | Jesús Toalá: Reflection physics in X-ray-emitting symbiotic systems |
| 16:55 | Pranav Nagarajan: New Light on Symbiotic X-ray Binaries |
| 17:10 | Antonio Rodriguez: Accreting White Dwarfs in the new X-ray Sky as seen with SRG/eROSITA |
| 17:25 | Short poster presentations (2 min each) |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Welcome reception |
Tuesday, June 4
| 09:00 - 09:55 | Morning session - part I (Symbiotic stars) |
| 09:00 | Cezary Gałan: Chemical abundances and kinematics of symbiotic giants in S-type systems |
| 09:20 | Jaroslav Merc: Variability of symbiotic stars from the New Online Database of Symbiotic Variables with NASA TESS |
| 09:40 | Vladyslava Marsakova: Pulsational activity of red giants in symbiotic variables PU Vul, RT Ser and UV Aur |
| 09:55 - 10:00 | Conference photo |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Morning session - part II (R Aquarii) |
| 10:30 | Javier Alcolea: mas-resolution ALMA observations of the core of R Aqr after periastron passage: the orbit, the jet, and the changes in the distribution of the molecular species |
| 10:50 | Hans Martin Schmid: Temporal changes in the R Aqr system based on high resolution imaging with SPHERE/ZIMPOL |
| 11:10 | Markus Wittkowski: Infrared interferometric imaging of the symbiotic Mira R Aqr |
| 11:30 | Miguel Gómez-Garrido: Continuum and molecular emission from the inner regions of the symbiotic system R Aquarii |
| 11:45 | Tiina Liimets: Influence of the periastron passage to the large-scale jet of R Aquarii |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon session - part I (Red novae, mergers, and ultra-compact binaries) |
| 14:00 | Natalia Ivanova: Simulating the light curves of luminous red novae |
| 14:20 | Tomasz Kamiński: Nova 1670 (CK Vul) as a merger event |
| 14:40 | Kishalay De: Discovering red novae at extremes: From planetary engulfment to dusty evolved stars |
| 15:00 | Nela Dvořáková: Unravelling the complex nature of FS CMa stars |
| 15:15 | Alicia Moranchel-Basurto: 2.5-MHD models of circumstellar discs around FS CMa post-mergers |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Afternoon session - part II (Red novae, mergers, and ultra-compact binaries) and Poster session |
| 16:00 | Tiina Liimets: V838 Mon: is the Sleeping Beauty really waking up? |
| 16:15 | Short poster presentations (2 min each) |
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Panel discussion: Physical definition of symbiotic stars |
Wednesday, June 5
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Morning session - part I (Mass transfer and evolution of symbotic stars and related systems) |
| 09:00 | Philipp Podsiadlowski: Understanding the evolution of symbiotic binaries |
| 09:30 | Natalia Shagatova: Asymmetries of the wind from giants in S-type symbiotic binaries from UV and optical observations |
| 09:45 | Camille Landri: Explaining Asymmetric Winds in Red Supergiants with Binary Interaction |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Morning session - part II (Mass transfer and evolution of symbotic stars and related systems) |
| 10:30 | Iminhaji Ablimit: The role of magnetic field in the evolution of symbiotic binaries to type Ia supernovae |
| 10:50 | Ondřej Pejcha: Signatures of intense mass-transfer in binary stars |
| 11:10 | Miguel Santander-García: Are we missing something beyond the mass from post-common-envelope PNe? |
| 11:30 | Jakub Cehula: A theory of mass transfer in binary stars |
| 11:45 | Natalia Ivanova: Unified mass transfer scheme |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Panel discussion: Mass transfer and related issues |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Guided tour through the astronomical Prague |
Thursday, June 6
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Morning session - part I (Novae) |
| 09:00 | Peter Craig: The BVRI Color Distributions of Classical Novae |
| 09:15 | Kenta Taguchi: Spectra of Nova V1405 Cas at the Very Beginning Indicate a Low-mass ONeMg White Dwarf Progenitor |
| 09:30 | Augustin Skopal: Possible connections of thermonuclear outbursts in accreting white dwarf binaries |
| 09:45 | Vladislav Dragomirov Marchev: Evolution of the mass accretion rate in symbiotic stars |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Morning session - part II (Novae) |
| 10:30 | Przemek Mróz: Millinovae: A new class of transient supersoft X-ray sources without a classical nova eruption? |
| 10:50 | Krystian Iłkiewicz: Short bursts in cataclysmic variables with TESS and Kepler |
| 11:10 | Irin Babu Vathachira: Eruptive novae in symbiotic systems |
| 11:30 | Yanko Marinov Nikolov: Spectropolarimetric observations of the recurrent novae RS Oph and T CrB |
| 11:45 | Gesesew R. Habtie: Spectroscopic Insights into the Quiescent Stage of RS Ophiuchi (2006-2021): Photoionization Modeling and Accretion Dynamics |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon session - part I (Nova shells, winds, and circumstellar environment) |
| 14:00 | Yael Hillman: Modeling colliding nova shells |
| 14:30 | Michael William Healy-Kalesh: On the Nova Super-Remnant Phenomenon |
| 14:50 | Michael Shara: Detections of New Classical Nova, Symbiotic Nova and Dwarf Nova Ejecta |
| 15:10 | Linda Schmidtobreick: Analysing nova shells in 3D |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:05 | Afternoon session - part II (Nova shells, winds, and circumstellar environment) |
| 16:00 | Martin A. Guerrero: 3D visualisation of nova remnants |
| 16:15 | Lientur Celedon: The enigmatic nova shell around V1425 Aql as seen by MUSE |
| 16:30 | Albert Bruch: AH Pictoris stars: A new class of novalike variables? |
| 16:50 | Jan Kára: Structure of accretion flow of IX Velorum |
| 19:00 - 22:30 | Conference dinner (restaurant open since 18:15) |
Friday, June 7
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Wake-up coffee |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Morning session (Symbiotic stars and related binaries) |
| 10:30 | Olivier Garde: 2SPOT: A remotely-operated amateur spectroscopic observatory located in Chile |
| 10:50 | Thomas Petit: DeGaPe 35: Amateur discovery and characterization of a new southern symbiotic star |
| 11:10 | Lionel Mulato: Search for new symbiotic stars using the Gaia DR3 data |
| 11:30 | Kazuko Ando: Spectroscopic observations of MWC560 |
| 11:45 | Jaime Alonso Hernández: Effects of (internal) UV and X-ray emission in AGB’s envelopes |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:40 | Afternoon session (Other embarrasing binaries) |
| 14:00 | Ana Escorza: 56 Ursae Majoris: a binary evolution puzzle |
| 14:20 | Léa Planquart: V Hydrae: a dusty binary with a conical jet |
| 14:35 | Ilfa A. Gabitova: Doppler tomography of the circumstellar disk of the Be star κ Draconis |
| 14:50 | Ernst Paunzen: X-ray binaries in Galactic star clusters |
| 15:05 | Francesco Gabrielli: The cosmic rate of Pair Instability Supernovae |
| 15:20 | Isabel de Jesus Lima: White dwarf symbiotic stars as seen by optical, UV and X-ray observations |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Concluding remarks and summary of the conference |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Farewell coffee |
List of posters
| P01 | Iris Bermejo Lozano: The first magnetic B[e], IRAS17449+2320: Open door to a new interpretation of the origin of FS CMa stars |
| P02 | Havva Bostan: R Aquarii: An X-ray Journey through a Glorious Symbiotic System |
| P03 | Carmen Sánchez Contreras: An ALMA Close-Up of the central ionized core (<100au) of M2-9 |
| P04 | Pavol A. Dubovský: Appearance of optical QPO with time scale of ~3300 s after outburst of nova V1405 Cas |
| P05 | Cezary Gałan: SALT/HRS monitoring of symbiotic stars with yellow giants and active systems during outbursts |
| P06 | Cezary Gałan: Chemical abundances of the stripped giant in the X-ray binary GX 339-4 |
| P07 | Rudolf Gális: Activity stages of the symbiotic system AG Draconis |
| P08 | Gerard Garcia Moreno: Unveiling Progenitors of Luminous Red Novae through Gaia and WISE data analysis |
| P09 | Denise R. Gonçalves: Issues to Search for Symbiotic Stars in VPHAS+: PSF versus Aperture Magnitudes |
| P10 | Kenneth H. Hinkle: The 2020 Eclipse of R Aquarii in the Near-infrared |
| P11 | Krystian Iłkiewicz: Photometric monitoring of southern symbiotic stars |
| P12 | Krystian Iłkiewicz: Ancient nova shells suggest evolution of mass transfer rate |
| P13 | Larysa Kudashkina: Study the photometric behavior of a symbiotic star V919 Sgr |
| P14 | Andrii Maliuk: WD 1145+017: Model of the circumstellar material and infrared radiation |
| P15 | Dragomir Marchev: UBV photometry of T CrB: linking the Super-active State to the predicted outburst |
| P16 | Pavol Mártonfi: Emission lines in the spectra of the symbiotic system AX Persei – new analyses and results |
| P17 | Jaroslav Merc: Symbiotic stars in Gaia DR3 |
| P18 | Jaroslav Merc: Pro-am collaboration in the classification of symbiotic candidates from the New Online Database of Symbiotic Variables |
| P19 | Joanna Mikołajewska: The formation of the magnetic symbiotic star FN Sgr |
| P20 | Léa Planquart: Resolving the accretion streams of T CrB |
| P21 | Léa Planquart: A search of symbiotic signatures among extrinsic S stars |
| P22 | Mateus Dias Ribeiro: Variability of emission lines in the symbiotic systems of the LMC |
| P23 | Laurence Sabin: Exploring the Galactic Plane: Uncovering and Analysing new CVs and Symbiotic stars |
| P24 | Edgar Santamaría: A morphological catalogue of nova remnants |
| P25 | Sergey Yu. Shugarov: V426 Sge: Photometry from an inactive binary to the nova explosion and the evolution of a classical symbiotic star |
| P26 | Petr Ulrich: Observatory Úpice and variable stars – offer of possible cooperation |
| P27 | Maxime Wavasseur: Anatomy of a Luminous Red Nova: A Spectroscopic Study |