Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting 2025

The Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting (ADAM 2025) took place on 20–21 May 2025 at Comwell Kellers Park, Børkop/Vejle, Denmark. The meeting brought together researchers and students working in astronomy and astrophysics across Denmark and at Danish-affiliated institutions for two days of scientific exchange and networking.

Keynote Speaker

The meeting featured a keynote lecture by David Spergel (Princeton University, USA)
What does the cosmic microwave background tell us about cosmology? New Results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

Invited National Speakers

The programme included contributions from leading researchers in Denmark:

• Maximilian Stritzinger (Aarhus University)
  Supernovae and the Signatures of Circumstellar Interaction
• Manuel Meyer (University of Southern Denmark)
  Probing cosmic magnetism with high-energy gamma-ray observations
• Vitor Cardoso (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
  Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Waves
• Marianne Vestergaard (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
  “Now you see me, now you don’t” – Supermassive black holes dying to be special
• Lise Bech Christensen (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
  Investigating high-redshift galaxies with quasar spectroscopy

Special Session

A dedicated Art & Science session was led by Jo Verwohlt (Niels Bohr Institute), highlighting interdisciplinary perspectives between scientific research and artistic expression.

IDA PhD Prize 2024

Winner of the IDA PhD prize 2024: Selina Ringsborg Howalt Owe
Shaping the Future of Soft Gamma-Ray Astronomy with Novel 3D Imaging Detectors

Best poster 2025

Additional Information

The meeting also included contributed talks, poster sessions, and the annual IDA Board election, held during the conference.