Apologies I could not join today. For the DM topic, the options I proposed were: Mariangela Lisanti (Princeton) or Vera Gluscevic (USC). I can add Ethan Nadler (UCSD, https://eonadler.github.io/) to that list. All US-based, with the option to choose someone who is more senior (Mariangela, Vera) or more early career (Ethan just started his faculty position). I don’t know Ethan that well and I have not heard him speak, but I’ve interacted with him in the context of Rubin Observatory, and he seems excellent.

On 4 Feb 2026, at 13:47, Matthieu Schaller <mschaller@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:

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Hi all,

Here are some action items following today's cosmo-26 organisation
meeting:

- Subodh: Ping Vernizzi about invited speaker invitation
- Daan: Ping Simonovic about invited speaker invitation
- Daan: Decide whether to invite Foreman or Pen for 21cm and send
invitation. Decision left to you.
- Alessandra: Invite Caprini or a replacement if one was found

Additionally, Sasaki and Shiu will be invited to complete the list of
speakers.
We are looking at options still for the DM topic.

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Summary:
- Room are now OK but we will have to invert parallel/plenaries on
Tuesday
- We are working with 4 parallels. Two blocks of 1hr30 in the
afternoons with coffee in between.
- This gives 5 talks of (15 min + 2) + spare change per block
- That is 5*4*2 = 40 parallel talks / day. Or 160 for the week (200 if
we also have parallels on Friday)
- We listed 10 themes that people can pick from when applying for a
talk (see google doc)

We need to finalise the list of invited speakers soon so we can properly
advertise the conference.

Cheers,
Matthieu

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