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Sunday, November 9, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 17:30 - 20:30 | Welcome reception - Gentle Ben's |
Monday, November 10, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome & Logistics - Karl GORDON & Karl MISSELT | |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | SESSION 1: ISM dust in the Milky Way / Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Frédéric GALLIANO | (+) |
| 09:10 - 09:40 | › Multi-wavelength dust extinction in the Milky Way and Local Group - Marjorie Decleir, ESA/STScI | |
| 09:40 - 10:10 | › 3D Extinction Maps - Gregory Green, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | SESSION 1: ISM dust in the Milky Way / Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Frédéric GALLIANO | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Dust Emission - Els Peeters, Western University in Ontario | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Overview of dust depletion measurements in the Local Group - Julia Roman-Duval, Space Telescope Science Institute | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › On the carbonaceous nature of the enigmatic carriers of diffuse interstellar bands - Chuanyu Wei, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Correlations between Extinction Features across Wavelength Scales: Realizing DIBs as Chemical Tracers - Andrew Saydjari, Princeton University | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION 1: ISM dust in the Milky Way / Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Marjorie DECLEIR | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Polarization Extinction / Emission - B.-G. Andersson, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Tracing silicates from interstellar dust to planetary materials - Tushar Suhasaria, Max Planck Institute für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | › Carbonaceous Dust in the Laboratory - Cornelia Jäger, Laboratory Astrophysics Group, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, and Institute of Solid State Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | › The Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) onboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission - Mihaly Horanyi, LASP and Department of Physics, University of Colorado (CU), Boulder | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | › A JWST View of the Dynamic ISM with Thermal Dust Echoes of Cas A - Jacob Jencson, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 16:20 - 17:30 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) |
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome & Logistics - Karl GORDON & Karl MISSELT | |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | SESSION 2: Circumstellar dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Annalisa DE CIA | (+) |
| 09:10 - 09:40 | › Dust Production in Supernovae: Outstanding Questions and Recent Insights from JWST - Tea Temim, Princeton University | |
| 09:40 - 10:10 | › Dust from evolved stars - Greg Sloan, Space Telescope Science Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [NC, USA] | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | SESSION 2: Circumstellar dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Annalisa DE CIA | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Protoplanetary Dust: from Grain to Planet - Til Birnstiel, LMU | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Dust Storms and Condensate Clouds in Extrasolar Atmospheres - Daniel Apai, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › Spectroscopic observation of WR140 dust shells by JWST/MIRI LRS - Riko Senoo, Institute of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › New experiments on the growth of dust aggregates in young protoplanetary disks - Jürgen Blum, TU Braunschweig | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION 2: Circumstellar dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Kate SU | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Unveiling Dust in Planet-Forming Disks: A Multiwavelength Observational and Modeling Perspective - Ryo Tazaki, University of Tokyo | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Presolar Cosmic Dust in the Laboratory - Larry Nittler, Arizona State University | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | › How laboratory ice experiments enable observational analysis of star and planet formation - Melissa McClure, Leiden Observatory [Leiden] | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | › Searching for sources of carbonaceous dust grains with JWST spectroscopy - Sam Rose, California Institute of Technology | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | › Strange Dust Properties and Super-Extended Dust Shells: Stacking Evolved Stars with Planck & IRAS - Christopher Clark, STScI / ESA | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 16:20 - 17:30 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) |
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Breakout discussions (Grand ballroom) - Organizers: Marjorie DECLEIR, Brandon HENSLEY, Annalisa DE CIA | (+) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A1: Dust formation processes - Mikako Matsuura, Cardiff University | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A2: Interpreting PAH emission - Elizabeth Tarantino, STScI, Baltimore | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A3: What's in a name? Nomenclature of dust species / molecules - Meriem El Yajouri, STScI, Baltimore | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A4: The UV bump - Irene Shivaei, CAB, Madrid | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A5: Combining results from laboratory, theory and observations - Thomas Henning, MPIA, Heidelberg | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A6: Priorities for incorporating dust in simulations - Maarten Baes, Ghent University | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A7: Evolution of dust properties in different environments and physical conditions - Andrew Saydjari, Princeton University | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Discussion A8: Dust and galaxy evolution - Chian-Chou Chen, ASIAA | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Session A discussion reporting (Grand ballroom) | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Breakout discussions (Grand ballroom) - Organizers: Marjorie DECLEIR, Brandon HENSLEY, Annalisa DE CIA | (+) |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B10: Dust destruction - Arianna Long, University of Washington | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B11: Supernova dust properties - Jacob Jencson, IPAC | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B12: Dust and PAHs in AGN environments - Thomas Lai, IPAC | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B13: Dust grain modeling - Frédéric Galliano, UMR Astrophysique, Instrumentation-Modelisation, à Paris-Saclay | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B9: Connecting Solar System observations to ISM dust - Aki Takigawa, University of Tokyo | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B14: Dust extinction/attenuation curves in galaxies - Samir Salim, Indiana University | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B15: High redshift dust - Jed McKinney, The University of Texas at Austin | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | › Discussion B16: The future of studying dust - J.D. Smith, University of Toledo | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Session B discussion reporting (Grand ballroom) | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:30 | Free / Tours - Nearby astronomical facilities including the UA Mirror Lab and Kitt Peak National Observatory. | |
| 17:00 - 21:00 | Conference dinner - Prima Air & Space Museum |
Thursday, November 13, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome & Logistics - Karl GORDON & Karl MISSELT | |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | SESSION 3: Dust in galaxies beyond the Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Brandon HENSLEY | (+) |
| 09:10 - 09:40 | › Dust Attenuation in Galaxies - Samir Salim, Indiana University | |
| 09:40 - 10:10 | › Dust Emission in Galaxies - Karin Sandstrom, University of California [San Diego] | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | SESSION 3: Dust in galaxies beyond the Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Brandon HENSLEY | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Extragalactic ISM Metal and Dust Elemental Abundances - Annalisa De Cia, European Southern Observatory | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Dust grains in attenuation and emission from cosmic noon to the early Universe - Irene Shivaei, CAB, Madrid | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › Unveiling the correlation between the UV 2175 Å bump, PAH emission, and gas-phase metallicity at cosmic noon: a multi-wavelength study with JWST, VLT, and Keck - Leonor Arriscado, Centro de Astrobiologia | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Attenuation Curve of Galaxies at 2 < z < 7: perspectives for PRIMA - Giulia Rodighiero, University of Padova | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION 3: Dust in galaxies beyond the Local Group (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Karl MISSELT | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › The zoo of dust grain models - Ilse De Looze, Department of physics and astronomy, Ghent University | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Dust radiative transfer in galaxies - Maarten Baes, Universiteit Gent | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › An Investigation of the Variations of Silicate Dust Grain and Ice Properties Between the Dense and Diffuse Interstellar Medium at z~1 - Monique Aller, Georgia Southern University | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Dust Survival in the M82 Wind with JWST NIRCam and MIRI - Serena Cronin, University of Maryland [College Park] | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | › Dust removal timescale in galaxies across cosmic time - Aleksandra Leśniewska, Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen], Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu = Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | › Fantastic Grains and Where to Find Them: How unusual dust shapes galaxy evolution - Jed McKinney, The University of Texas at Austin | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | SESSION 4: Lifecycle of dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Karl MISSELT | (+) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | › Modeling Dust in Galaxy Simulations - Desika Narayanan, University of Florida [Gainesville] | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) |
Friday, November 14, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome & Logistics - Karl GORDON & Karl MISSELT | |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | SESSION 4: Lifecycle of dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Thomas HENNING | (+) |
| 09:10 - 09:40 | › The Role of AGB Stars in the Lifecycle of Dust - Martha Boyer, Space Telescope Science Institute | |
| 09:40 - 10:10 | › Lifecycle of dust: Supernova dust formation and destruction - Mikako Matsuura, Cardiff University | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Poster flash (Grand ballroom) - Poster presenters | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Coffee break & posters (Poster room) | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | SESSION 4: Lifecycle of dust (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Thomas HENNING | (+) |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | › The Life Cycle of Interstellar Dust - Bruce Draine, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | › Modeling Cosmic Dust Evolution Atom-by-Atom in a Multiphase ISM - Clarke Esmerian, Chalmers University of Technology [Gothenburg, Sweden] | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › When two worlds collide: what happens when silicate and carbonaceous dust grains meet? - Alexandros Kyriazis, Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Universitat de Barcelona | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Simulating the Dusty Universe: Frontiers in Our Understanding of the Source and Nature of Extragalactic Dust - Helena Richie, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | SESSION 5: Needs for the future (Grand ballroom) - Chair: Karl GORDON | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Exploring our Icy, Dusty Galaxy with SPHEREx - Roberta Paladini, Caltech / IPAC | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Following the Rise of Dust and Metals with PRIMA - John-David Smith, University of Toledo | |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Interactive summary session (Grand ballroom) - Brandon Hensley | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Closing remarks (Grand ballroom) - Karl Gordon | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Free / Tours - Mirror lab tour |
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