Oct 15 – 18, 2024
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
Asia/Shanghai timezone

Rationale:

We plan to organize the international conference on "Transient Phenomena and Physical Processes Around Supermassive Black Holes” at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute in Shanghai, China from October 15th to 18th, 2024.

The goal of the conference is to discuss the latest research on the dynamical processes and high-energy phenomena around supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. Topics include tidal disruption events, quasi-periodic phenomena, stellar dynamics and accretion processes around SMBHs, EMRIs, binary SMBHs, and gravitational waves.

 

Conference Venue & Dates:

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
No.1 Lisuo Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

October 15th to 18th, 2024

Due to meeting room limitations, we accept a maximum of 150 participants

 

Registration fee:

 Regular: 1800RMB, Students: 1000RMB

 

Important Dates:

  • September 1st: Tentative opening of registration and abstract submission
  • September 30th: Deadline for abstract submission
  • Early October: The oral program finalize
  • October 6th: Deadline for registration
  • October 15th: Conference starts 

 

Main Organizers:

Dong Lai (Conell Univ., TDLI), Hui Li (LANL), Yosuke Mizuno (TDLI), Zhen Pan (TDLI), Re'em Sari (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem)

SOC:

Kate Alexander (Univ. of Arizona), Jane Dai (Univ. of Hong Kong), Stefan Gillessen (MPE), Zoltan Haiman (Columbia Univ.), Luis Ho (KIAA), Wenbin Lu (UC Berkeley), Brian Metzger (Columbia Univ.), Weimin Yuan (NAOC), Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)

LOC:

Yosuke Mizuno, Zhen Pan, Lisa Duan, Lan Yang

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Asia/Shanghai
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
No.1 Lisuo Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

Visa application: 

Please check the following website for visa information for China:

https://tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/EN/local-guide/for-visiting-scholars/372/content

Some of the nationalities are visa exemption. If you need an invitation letter for the F visa application, please send the following information to the e-mail address: leeastronomy@sjtu.edu.cn

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Another easier option is applying for a tourist visa. There is a high chance you may get a long-term tourist visa.