Towards the Full Bloom of First Star, Galaxy,

and Black Hole Formation Exploration:

JWST + Multi-Facility Observations and Theory for Future Programs

March 23-27, 2026, Tokyo, Japan

“西新宿の超高層ビル群と富士山” by Morio licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (Modified)

Science Rationale Show

Scientific Topics

  • First Stars/Clusters/Galaxies
  • ISM Chemistry (Ionized State)
  • Dust and Cold Gas
  • SMBH and AGN (incl. LRDs)
  • Massive/Quiescent Galaxies
  • Morphology and Dynamics (incl. Outflows and Feedback)
  • IGM and Reionization (incl. CGM)
  • Future Projects/Instrumentation

Invited Speakers

  • Rebecca Bernstein
  • Michele Cirasuolo
  • Mamoru Doi
  • Richard Ellis (Opening Review)
  • Seiji Fujimoto
  • Anna de Graaff (Review)
  • Yuichi Harikane
  • Michaela Hirschmann
  • Jeyhan Kartaltepe (Review)
  • Harley Katz
  • Janice Lee
  • Roberto Maiolino (Review)
  • Charlotte Mason
  • Andrei Mesinger (Review)
  • Rohan Naidu
  • Kimihiko Nakajima
  • Francesca Rizzo
  • Raffaella Schneider
  • Alice Shapley (Review)

Toru Yamada's Recongnition Session

To honor Toru Yamada's contributions to both space- and ground-based programs, Mark Dickinson, Keiichi Wada, and Daniel Schaerer will give talks on Toru's pioneering works and contributions in high-z galaxy studies that continues to provide valuable insight for shaping the JWST+ELTs generation of research that will fully bloom in the 2030s.

Important Dates

  • November 15, 2025: Closing the Registration
  • By the End of December, 2025: Announcing the Talk/Poster Selection Results and Program
  • March 23 - 27, 2026: Conference

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)

  • Sarah Bosman (U. Heidelberg)
  • Denis Burgarella (LAM)
  • Emma Curtis-Lake (U. Hertfordshire)
  • Pratika Dayal (U. Toronto)
  • Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin)
  • Roberto Maiolino (U. Cambridge)
  • Ken Nagamine (Osaka U.)
  • Pascal Oesch (U. Geneva)
  • Masami Ouchi (NAOJ/U Tokyo; Chair)
  • Laura Pentericci (INAF)
  • Alice Shapley (UC Los Angeles)
  • John Silverman (U Tokyo/IPMU)
  • Dan Stark (UC Berkeley)
  • Kate Whitaker (U. Massachusetts)

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

  • Takako Idomura
  • Yuta Kageura
  • Daichi Kashino
  • Tomokazu Kiyota
  • Mariko Kubo
  • Yongming Liang
  • Yuichi Matsuda
  • Akimi Matsuura
  • Ken Mawatari
  • Minami Nakane
  • Yoshiaki Ono
  • Masami Ouchi
  • Kana Takechi
  • Yui Takeda
  • Hiroya Umeda
  • Hiroto Yanagisawa

    Conference Poster

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