By completing this form, you register to attend the ESO workshop “VLT Beyond 2030”, taking place from 26 to 30 January 2026, and consent to being added to the workshop participants’ mailing list.

To facilitate the organisation of the workshop, ESO requires a set of personal data from each participant. This data will be processed solely for the purpose of organising the workshop and will not be used for any other purpose. In particular, ESO does not sell personal data or make it available for accommodation bookings or any other commercial use.

Your personal data will be retained only for as long as is necessary for the organisation of the workshop and will be deleted thereafter.

The following data is collected for statistical purposes and shall be processed in an anonymised way.

 Your home institute or affiliation*

 If you have multiple affiliations, choose the one most relevant to the "VLT Beyond 2030".

Abstract submission: In the case you wish to submit more than one abstract, please complete and resubmit the form for each additional submission

Please beware of special characters that may not be accepted by this web site (triggering an "invalid text" warning).

Please select the workshop theme(s) that your abstract is most applicable to:

We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everyone, with a special focus on students and early-career scientists facing financial constraints. Although our funding is limited, we are pleased to offer partial financial support to a select number of participants, based on their need and the value of their attendance.
If you require financial assistance, please check the box below and enter an estimated breakdown of your travel expenses, along with a brief justification of your participation in the workshop. 

The cost of the workshop dinner is to be supported by the participant. More details regarding the dinner venue will be given in due time.

Dietary restrictions (will be taken into consideration at lunches and dinners)

I agree that the European Southern Observatory (ESO) uploads my presentation slides and/or poster along with my name, affiliation, and ORCID (if provided) to the Zenodo platform under a CC BY 4.0 license with the purpose of creating workshop proceedings.

I confirm that I read and understood the information for presenters at https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/zenodo.html and grant the permission as mentioned therein.

I agree that ESO processes the above data for the purpose of organising the workshop.

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