AGN on the Beach II · Programme

Programme

The full day-by-day timetable below reflects the schedule confirmed by the Scientific Organising Committee, mixing invited talks, contributed science talks, discussion sessions, poster sparklers, and the week's social programme.

Each day opens with a review of the previous day's big questions, before moving through themed blocks that link jet launching physics, morphology, and feedback on host galaxies.

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Day 1Monday · 21 September Day 2Tuesday · 22 September Day 3Wednesday · 23 September Day 4Thursday · 24 September Day 5Friday · 25 September

Times are East Africa Time (UTC+3) and remain indicative until confirmed onsite.

Detailed schedule

Full timetable as confirmed by the SOC. Colour-coding follows the session outline above.

09:00 – 09:15
Discussion
Welcome
LOC
09:15 – 10:00
Invited talk
Exploring the impact of radio AGN on galactic scales by tracing different phases of the gas
Raffaella MorgantiBlock D-1Chair: Isaac Mutie
10:00 – 10:15
Early-Stage Capacity Building for AGN Research in Emerging African Institutions: The Case of Meru University of Science and Technology
Dismas WamalwaBlock D-1
10:15 – 10:30
AGN feedback disrupts circumnuclear molecular clumps: evidence from sub-arcsecond ALMA observations of local Seyferts
Federico EspositoBlock D-1
10:30 – 11:00
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:15
AGN Feedback: Tracing the Impact of Galactic-Scale Radio Jets on the Multi-Phase ISM in Obscured Starburst AGN
Maria PollettaBlock D-1
11:15 – 11:30
A quest for high-redshift radio galaxies
Alessandro CapettiBlock D-1
11:30 – 11:45
Shocks and jet-gas interaction in a z = 3.5 radio-AGN revealed by JWST NIRSpec IFU
Pranav KukretiBlock D-1
11:45 – 12:00
The Colors of the Wind: New Radio Perspectives on the Multiphase Outflow in XID2028
Elisa AmentaBlock D-1
12:00 – 12:15
J-HERTz: A Large-Scale Multiwavelength View of Radio-AGN Feedback and Jet-Host Connections
David Fernández GilBlock D-1
12:15 – 12:30
Unveiling radio emission and feedback in radio-quiet quasars
Anelise AudibertBlock D-1
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:30
Invited talk
Radio-Mode Feedback Without Environmental Dependence: Constraining Jet–ICM Coupling in Cluster Cores
Narges HatamkhaniBlock D-2Chair: Ilaria Ruffa
14:30 – 14:45
AGN in the LOFAR surveys and their envionmental impact
Martin HardcastleBlock D-2
14:45 – 15:00
AGN feedback across the scales
Martin BourneBlock D-2
15:00 – 15:15
Tailed radio galaxies as probes of dynamically young galaxy groups and clusters: A multiwavelength study at z = 0.35
Paula VulićBlock D-2
15:15 – 15:30
Evolution of the AGN Feedback Cycle in Galaxy Clusters Over the Last 10 Gyr
Michael CaldillizaBlock D-2
15:30 – 16:00
LUNCH BREAK
16:00 – 16:15
MeerKAT deep HI observations of feeding & feedback
Filippo MaccagniBlock D-2
16:15 – 16:30
Cold gas formation triggered by AGN jet feedback in galaxy cluster cores
Stefano SotiraBlock D-2
16:30 – 16:45
An Unusually Compact Odd Radio Circle with Diffuse Envelope in LOFAR
Maria PollettaBlock D-2
16:45 – 17:00
Understanding the triggering of near-by radio-loud AGN
Freya BarwellBlock B
17:30 – 19:30
WELCOME RECEPTION

09:00 – 09:15
Discussion
Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Blocks D-1 and D-2?
SOCChair: Nadeem Oozeer
09:15 – 10:00
Invited talk
Tracing the Life Cycle of AGN Jets in the SKA Era
Marisa BrienzaBlock B
10:00 – 10:15
Compact radio structures as shock signatures in nearby AGN: lessons from MUSE and the VLA
Travis FischerBlock B
10:15 – 10:30
Jet-mode feedback in a "Voorwerp galaxy", NGC5972
Arshi AliBlock B
10:30 – 11:00
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:15
Official Opening: Prof. Dickson Andala —CEO National Research Fund
Chair: Ann Njeri
11:15 – 11:30
Official Opening: Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazaq—PS Higher Education
11:30 – 12:15
Special Plenary Session: The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) Project
Melvin Hoare
12:15 – 12:30
Paul Baki
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:15
Invited talk
Numerical Simulations of Restarted Jets: Dynamics and Emission
Prathamesh RatnaparkhiBlock B
14:15 – 14:30
Cold Chaotic Accretion in M87: A GRMHD Approach to Understanding SMBH feeding
Ishika PalitBlock B
14:30 – 14:45
Probing the Jet-Launching Region in M87: A Self-Consistent View from Spectra to Horizon-Scale Imaging
Andrzej NiedzwieckiBlock B
14:45 – 15:00
Multiwavelength observations of the VHE blazar PKS 0903-57
Eli KasaiBlock B
15:00 – 15:15
A census of remnant radio AGN in the XMM-LSS field
Zara RandriamanakotoBlock B
15:15 – 15:30
Star Formation and Accretion Modes in MIGHTEE Galaxies
Thando KekanaBlock B
15:30 – 16:00
TEA BREAK
16:00 – 16:15
High optical to X-ray polarization ratio rules our a prominent hadronic content in BL Lacertae's jet
Iván AgudoBlock B
16:15 – 16:30
Hidden feedback from compact jets in LLAGN: a massive CO-dark outflow in ESO 420-G13
Juan Antonio Fernández OntiverosBlock B
16:30 – 16:45
Systematic search for restarted radio galaxies in the MIGHTEE/XMM-LSS field
Tombo Fitahiana RarivoarinoroBlock B
16:45 – 17:00
A striking excess of red quasars with steep radio spectral slopes: a dusty blow-out phase revealed through AGN-driven shocks?
Ciera SargentBlock A
17:30 – 20:00
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: DARA PUBLIC LECTURE + STARGAZING EVENT

09:00 – 09:15
Discussion
Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block B?
SOC
09:15 – 10:00
Invited talk
The Dynamic Lives of Radio AGN: New Insights from Modern Surveys
Kristina NylandBlock AChair: Leah Morabito
10:00 – 10:15
Global energetics and feedback as probed by radio AGN incidences
Zsofi IgoBlock A
10:15 – 10:30
Radio Properties of Extreme Red Quasars in the MIGHTEE Survey
Dejene ZewdieBlock A
10:30 – 11:00
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:15
Investigating Galaxy/AGN co-Evolution in the SKA Era
Isabella PrandoniBlock A
11:15 – 11:30
Young but Fading: Searching for remnants among CSS sources
Kathleen CharltonBlock A
11:30 – 11:45
The interplay between AGN and Interactions
Brian Ongeri Bichang'aBlock A
11:45 – 12:00
Illuminating the Faint End: Spectral Diagnostics and Evolutionary Pathways of Low-Luminosity and Compact Radio AGN
Emmanuel SimiyuBlock A
12:00 – 17:00
CONFERENCE EXCURSION: Wasini Day Trip

09:00 – 09:15
The DR-1.5 Image & Data Release from the e-MERGE Consortium Study of the µJy Radio Source Population in GOODS-N
Tom MuxlowBlock AChair: Jack Radcliffe
09:15 – 09:30
The cosmic evolution of radio-jet demographics from deep LOFAR surveys
Philip BestBlock A
09:30 – 09:45
Polarization echoes favour past AGN activity in the quasi-periodic eruption source GSN 069
Beatriz Agís GonzálezBlock A
09:45 – 10:00
Dissecting circumnuclear radio emission mechanisms in a volume-limited sample of nearby hard X-ray selected AGNs
Andrew SargentBlock A
10:00 – 10:15
Poster sparklers
2-min sparklers
ALL
10:15 – 10:30
Discussion
Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block A?
SOC
10:30 – 11:00
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:45
Invited talk
Radio source morphology and feedback across scales: a theoretical perspective
Stas ShabalaBlock C
11:45 – 12:00
CosmoDRAGoN simulations: connecting radio morphology and feedback across the jet lifecycle
Patrick Yates-JonesBlock C
12:00 – 12:15
Bridging the gap: AGN feedback GPU-accelerated simulations from micro to macro scales
Vieri CammelliBlock C
12:15 – 12:30
Learning from the small to understand the large: a comparison of Protostellar outflows with AGN jets
Francesca BacciotiBlock C
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:45
Invited talk
James Chibueze
Block C
14:30 – 14:45
High dynamic range imaging of jets
Vijay MahatmaBlock C
14:45 – 15:00
Blazars as golden probes: VLBI insights into jet physics and cosmology at high redshift
Cristiana SpingolaBlock C
15:00 – 15:15
A new look at old devils. II: New insights on classical radio galaxies from MeerKAT and uGMRT
Portia LegodiBlock C
15:15 – 15:30
MeerKAT View of Serendipitously Discovered Giant Radio Galaxies from the MGCLS
Nadeem OozeerBlock C
15:30 – 16:00
TEA BREAK
16:00 – 16:30
Invited talk
A Systematic Investigation of Synchrotron Filaments in Radio Galaxies Using LOFAR
Geoffrey Ong'aloBlock C
16:30 – 16:45
The 58 MHz view of jet morphology and spectral properties of bright kpc-scale jets
Jort BoxelarrBlock C
16:30 – 16:45
Multiwavelength observations and simulations of "Inkathazo" - a troublesome peculiar giant radio galaxy
Jacinta DelhaizeBlock C
16:45 – 17:00
Poster sparklers
2-min sparklers
ALL
19:00 – 22:00
CONFERENCE GALA DINNER

09:30 – 09:45
Discussion
Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block C?
SOC
09:45 – 10:30
Invited talk
From the accretion disc to the CGM: multi-scale simulations of Blandford–Znajek jet feedback in dwarf galaxies
Eun-jin ShinBlock D-1
10:30 – 11:00
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:15
Brightest Cluster Galaxies with 16 Years of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data
Ieva JankuteBlock D-1
11:15 – 11:30
Simulating realistic morphologies of FRI jets in a self-regulating cool-core cluster
Lena JlassiBlock C
11:30 – 11:45
What's missing in AGN feedback?Lessons from Magneticum, IllustrisTNG & SIMBA
Daudi MazengoBlock B
11:45 – 12:30
Discussion
Conference key takeaway? Questions? Future?
SOC
12:30 – 13:00
Discussion
Focus Africa..how we can support researchers in the continent?
SOC+LOC
- 1. Supernova foundation —Leah Morabito
13:00 – 15:00
LUNCH BREAK

Speaker order and timings may shift slightly as the SOC finalises logistics; check back for updates. Times are East Africa Time (UTC+3).

Programme

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Detailed schedule

Welcome

Exploring the impact of radio AGN on galactic scales by tracing different phases of the gas

Early-Stage Capacity Building for AGN Research in Emerging African Institutions: The Case of Meru University of Science and Technology

AGN feedback disrupts circumnuclear molecular clumps: evidence from sub-arcsecond ALMA observations of local Seyferts

AGN Feedback: Tracing the Impact of Galactic-Scale Radio Jets on the Multi-Phase ISM in Obscured Starburst AGN

A quest for high-redshift radio galaxies

Shocks and jet-gas interaction in a z = 3.5 radio-AGN revealed by JWST NIRSpec IFU

The Colors of the Wind: New Radio Perspectives on the Multiphase Outflow in XID2028

J-HERTz: A Large-Scale Multiwavelength View of Radio-AGN Feedback and Jet-Host Connections

Unveiling radio emission and feedback in radio-quiet quasars

Radio-Mode Feedback Without Environmental Dependence: Constraining Jet–ICM Coupling in Cluster Cores

AGN in the LOFAR surveys and their envionmental impact

AGN feedback across the scales

Tailed radio galaxies as probes of dynamically young galaxy groups and clusters: A multiwavelength study at z = 0.35

Evolution of the AGN Feedback Cycle in Galaxy Clusters Over the Last 10 Gyr

MeerKAT deep HI observations of feeding & feedback

Cold gas formation triggered by AGN jet feedback in galaxy cluster cores

An Unusually Compact Odd Radio Circle with Diffuse Envelope in LOFAR

Understanding the triggering of near-by radio-loud AGN

Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Blocks D-1 and D-2?

Tracing the Life Cycle of AGN Jets in the SKA Era

Compact radio structures as shock signatures in nearby AGN: lessons from MUSE and the VLA

Jet-mode feedback in a "Voorwerp galaxy", NGC5972

Special Plenary Session: The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) Project

Paul Baki

Numerical Simulations of Restarted Jets: Dynamics and Emission

Cold Chaotic Accretion in M87: A GRMHD Approach to Understanding SMBH feeding

Probing the Jet-Launching Region in M87: A Self-Consistent View from Spectra to Horizon-Scale Imaging

Multiwavelength observations of the VHE blazar PKS 0903-57

A census of remnant radio AGN in the XMM-LSS field

Star Formation and Accretion Modes in MIGHTEE Galaxies

High optical to X-ray polarization ratio rules our a prominent hadronic content in BL Lacertae's jet

Hidden feedback from compact jets in LLAGN: a massive CO-dark outflow in ESO 420-G13

Systematic search for restarted radio galaxies in the MIGHTEE/XMM-LSS field

A striking excess of red quasars with steep radio spectral slopes: a dusty blow-out phase revealed through AGN-driven shocks?

Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block B?

The Dynamic Lives of Radio AGN: New Insights from Modern Surveys

Global energetics and feedback as probed by radio AGN incidences

Radio Properties of Extreme Red Quasars in the MIGHTEE Survey

Investigating Galaxy/AGN co-Evolution in the SKA Era

Young but Fading: Searching for remnants among CSS sources

The interplay between AGN and Interactions

Illuminating the Faint End: Spectral Diagnostics and Evolutionary Pathways of Low-Luminosity and Compact Radio AGN

The DR-1.5 Image & Data Release from the e-MERGE Consortium Study of the µJy Radio Source Population in GOODS-N

The cosmic evolution of radio-jet demographics from deep LOFAR surveys

Polarization echoes favour past AGN activity in the quasi-periodic eruption source GSN 069

Dissecting circumnuclear radio emission mechanisms in a volume-limited sample of nearby hard X-ray selected AGNs

2-min sparklers

Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block A?

Radio source morphology and feedback across scales: a theoretical perspective

CosmoDRAGoN simulations: connecting radio morphology and feedback across the jet lifecycle

Bridging the gap: AGN feedback GPU-accelerated simulations from micro to macro scales

Learning from the small to understand the large: a comparison of Protostellar outflows with AGN jets

James Chibueze

High dynamic range imaging of jets

Blazars as golden probes: VLBI insights into jet physics and cosmology at high redshift

A new look at old devils. II: New insights on classical radio galaxies from MeerKAT and uGMRT

MeerKAT View of Serendipitously Discovered Giant Radio Galaxies from the MGCLS

A Systematic Investigation of Synchrotron Filaments in Radio Galaxies Using LOFAR

The 58 MHz view of jet morphology and spectral properties of bright kpc-scale jets

Multiwavelength observations and simulations of "Inkathazo" - a troublesome peculiar giant radio galaxy

2-min sparklers

Previous Day Review: Big Questions in Block C?

From the accretion disc to the CGM: multi-scale simulations of Blandford–Znajek jet feedback in dwarf galaxies

Brightest Cluster Galaxies with 16 Years of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

Simulating realistic morphologies of FRI jets in a self-regulating cool-core cluster

What's missing in AGN feedback?Lessons from Magneticum, IllustrisTNG & SIMBA

Conference key takeaway? Questions? Future?

Focus Africa..how we can support researchers in the continent?