InSciTech Meet on
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Technology
IMASTRONOMY2026
Copenhagen, Denmark June 22-24, 2026
Early Bird Registration February 30, 2026
About Conference
InSciTech Meet on Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Technology
InSciTech
Meet on Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Technology (IMASTRONOMY2026) is an international conference dedicated to
showcasing the latest advancements, innovations, and research in the dynamic
fields of Astronomy. Scheduled to take place from June 22-24, 2026 in the vibrant city of Copenhagen, Denmark.
IMASTRONOMY2026 brings together leading academics, researchers,
doctors, and industry professionals from around the globe.
Organized by InSciTech Summits, this three-day event provides a
multidisciplinary platform for exchanging cutting-edge ideas, discussing
real-world applications, and fostering collaborations across academia and
industry. The program will feature plenary and keynote talks, technical sessions,
interactive panels, and networking opportunities designed to inspire innovation
and promote technological advancement.
Market Analysis- IMASTRONOMY2026
The global
astronomical telescope market was valued at over ($284.9) million in 2023 and is
projected to reach between ($620.6) million and ($1.4) billion by 2033–2034,
with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around (8.2%).
Best Regards
Lopez, Erika
Event Manager
Important Dates
Conference Updates
- Conference Dates June 22-24, 2026
- Early Bird Registration February 30, 2026
- Abstract Submission Deadline May 24, 2026
- Conference Venue Copenhagen, Denmark
Collaborations and Event Updates
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Dan Xiao
Harbin Institute of Technology
China
Prof. Dan Xiao
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina
Biography
Speech Title
Dr. Dan Xiao is an Associate Researcher at the Zhengzhou Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). She received both her B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Science (2014) and Ph.D. in Pharmacology (2019) from Harbin Medical University. Her research focuses on radiation-based natural product with particular emphasis on the food-medicine homology paradigm. She has led 13 research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and key R&D programs of Henan Province. As first or corresponding author, she has published 20 peer-reviewed papers, including 9 articles in CAS Tier 1 TOP journals (e.g., Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, Phytomedicine, Redox Biology, Food Science and Human Wellness). She has been granted or filed 4 patents and has achieved technology transfer valued at approximately 3.2 million RMB. Dr. Xiao has presented her research at multiple international conferences, including the 25th International Congress on Medicinal Plants (St. Petersburg, 2024). She is also the chief editor of a monograph published by HIT Press and serves as Associate Editor for a special issue of Food & Medicine Homology.
Prof. Weihong Lu
Harbin Institute of Technology
China
Prof. Weihong Lu
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina
Biography
Prof. Lu Weihong is a tenured professor and PhD supervisor at HIT. As a leading expert in multiple interdisciplinary fields, Prof. Lu has long been committed to research on foodomics and nutritional health, extreme environmental nutrition, functional ingredients of medicinal and edible homologous foods, and natural active ingredient separation technology. She has established a comprehensive research system for biological life support and nutrition under extreme conditions such as space, and has made remarkable achievements in space radiation protection, aerospace food development, and intelligent separation of natural active ingredients – including building Asia's largest anthocyanin separation and purification production line. Her laboratory has undertaken numerous national-level projects, published over 50 high-impact academic papers in recent five years, and obtained more than 30 authorized patents, making significant contributions to the integration of academic research and industrial application.
Speech Title
Acanthopanax Senticosus Modulates Gut-Brain Axis to Improve Cognitive Impairment in Irradiated Mice
Liu Xiaohong
National Space Science Center, CAS
China
Liu Xiaohong
National Space Science Center, CASChina
Biography
She is a hardware design engineer and serves as an associate researcher at the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, China. She is currently also a PhD candidate at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Her research mainly focuses on payload development and design. She is now serving as the deputy chief designer in the Chang 'e-8 Soft X-ray Telescope project in China, responsible for the instrument's research and development as well as testing and verification. In addition, she served as the deputy chief designer in the SMILE satellite ultraviolet imager (UVI) project, fully responsible for the development and testing verification of the electronic system.
Speech Title
Development of Lunar-based Soft X-ray Telescope on Chang’e-8 Mission
Jinghua Mao
NSSC, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Jinghua Mao
NSSC, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
Biography
Jinghua Mao obtained her PhD degree in space environment exploration from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, in 2017. Currently, she serves as an associate researcher at the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Her research mainly focuses on the alignment，pre-launch calibration and on-orbit data preprocessing of optical instruments. At present, she is the Instrument Scientist of the Ozone Monitoring Suite-nadir (OMS-N) on the Chinese FengYun-3F meteorological satellite. In this role, she is responsible for the alignment, pre-launch calibration, and on-orbit data preprocessing. Additionally, she has been involved in the AAS project of Gao-Fen 5B. She also participated in the development of the UVI of the SMILE satellite, a China-Europe cooperation project, where she was in charge of researching the pre-launch calibration method.
Speech Title
Pre-launch Calibration Results of the OMS-N Payload On-board the FY-3F Satellite
Yongmei Wang
NSSC, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Yongmei Wang
NSSC, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
Biography
Yongmei Wang is a Professor of the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She graduated from Chengdu University of Information Technology in atmosphere physics department in China, and got her MS and PhD degrees in space physics from the National Space Science Center, CAS, respectively. Her research interesting focuses on the optical remote sensing for atmosphere and space weather. Since 2001, she has worked in the field of development of optical instruments for atmospheric environment monitoring, ionosphere and magnetosphere by airglow and aurora monitoring. She has been responsible for the Total Ozone Unit (TOU) onboard the FengYun-3B/C meteorological satellite of China, Absorbing Aerosol Sensor (AAS) on Gao-Fen 5B and The Ozone Monitoring Suite - Nadir (OMS-N) on the FenYun-3F mission. She currently is the Chief engineer of the UltraViolet Imager on SMILE Mission.
Speech Title
The Introduction to the UltraViolet Imager on SMILE Mission
Sethanne Howard
US Naval Observatory/Retired
USA
Sethanne Howard
US Naval Observatory/RetiredUSA
Biography
Senior manager retired from government with experience managing large contracts and budgets as well as leading technical teams. Scientific background in extragalactic astronomy, planetary astronomy, high energy astrophysics with heavy emphasis on numerical modeling, massive data management, and data center development. Program Manager for several NASA satellites. Well versed in the development and integration of information systems providing user friendly data retrieval and interface. Quite skilled in developing training and indoctrination services. Now active in international organizations that make students comfortable with science including “Ask a physicist”, “Skype with a scientist”, and “Letters to a pre-scientist” plus science fair judging and talks to school classes. Works to create awareness of historical contributions of women in science including live presentations and a YouTube video on “4000 Years of Women in Science.” Active in the Washington (DC) Academy of Sciences, served as Vice President for Membership and served for almost 20 years as editor-in-chief of the venerable Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences. Still active scientifically with last science publication in 2022.
Speech Title
Why do spiral galaxies spiral?
Nikolaos K. Spyrou
Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki
Greece
(Retired)
Nikolaos K. Spyrou
Aristoteleion University of ThessalonikiGreece
(Retired)
Biography
Nikolaos K. Spyrou is Professor of Astronomy at the Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Greece, retired since 2011. He has taught extensively at both the under graduate and post graduated levels, conducted research work and lectured in many universities and research centers in Greece and abroad, and, also, served in many national and international administrational-scientific posts. His books and research articles belong to General Relativity Theory, Fluids, Gravitational Astrophysics, Environnemental Physis (and, secondarily, Space Physics, History of Astronomy, and Science Education), and, recently, Relativistic Cosmology combined with Thermodynamics for the polytropic Universe and its radical consequences and predictions as a viable alternative to the ΛCDM model.
Speech Title
Brunello Tirozzi
University of Rome
Italy
Brunello Tirozzi
University of RomeItaly
Biography
Brunello Tirozzi is a professor in the Department of Physics, University of Rome. His research interests are Elementary Particle Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Dynamical Systems, Disordered Systems Renormalization Group, Neural Networks, Neurobiology, Asymptotic methods, fluid dynamics, typhoons, tsunami, Plasma Physics. He has published over 200 research papers and participated in various International Conferences.
Speech Title
Analysis of MHD instabilities by asymptotic methods
Invited Speakers
Nublat Hafsa
Independent University
Bangladesh
Nublat Hafsa
Independent UniversityBangladesh
Biography
Nublat Hafsa is a dedicated student specializing in Mathematics and Astronomy. Her academic background is rooted in computational research, with a specific focus on observational cosmology and dark matter distribution. She possesses a strong foundation in technical communication and programming, having mastered tools such as LaTeX, Python, and R to deliver high-pressure research outputs and academic presentations. Currently, she is finalizing her research on morpho-kinematic candidates and developing machine learning pipelines to optimize the discovery of rare galactic systems for future large-scale surveys. She remains committed to advancing the field of galaxy evolution through the intersection of mathematics and machine learning
Speech Title
Yishu Yin
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina
Biography
Yishu Yin is a Doctor of Engineering. She is the first associate researcher in the field of aerospace medicine introduced by the Zhengzhou Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. She discovered that long-term aerospace flight combined stress can cause depression and cognitive impairment in rats by damaging the synaptic plasticity of the hippocampus in their brains. As a key member, she has participated in many important projects of China's aerospace medicine.
Speech Title
Food science and Space medicine
Dr. Pralay Kumar Karmakar
Tezpur University
India
Dr. Pralay Kumar Karmakar
Tezpur UniversityIndia
Biography
Dr. Pralay Kumar Karmakar, Professor, Department of Physics, Tezpur University (India), has completed his PhD from Centre of Plasma Physics – Institute for Plasma Research (CPP-IPR), Guwahati, India, under Gauhati University, Assam, India. He has joined Tezpur University as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Tezpur, India. He has, since then, been widely interested in diversified research and teaching areas, such as Astrophysical plasmas, Cosmic fluid dynamics, Stability analyses of complex media, Nonlinear wave dynamics, Structure formation, Plasma-wall interaction, Gravito-electrostatic sheath, Physics of complex plasmas, Nonlinear plasma theory, Advanced electrodynamics, and so forth. He has successfully completed several awarded research projects, sponsored by Government of India, such as DST, SERB, UGC, etc. He is in the editorial and review board of a number of prestigious international refereed journals. A noteworthy number of active reviewer certificates of honour have been awarded to him. He has good impactful publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals (# 119), book chapters (# 16), proceedings (# 29), etc. He has acted as an invited speaker, keynote speaker, and plenary speaker in a reasonable number of scientific programs both in India and abroad. He has guided a sensibly good number of Research Scholars for PhD, Project Students for Masters, and Interns for Bachelors. He has recently received an award of IUCAA Associateship for executing supported research works in Astronomy in the duration of 2023-26. He is actively associated with several national and international scientific societies of high repute towards promoting science, technology, and academic growth for the mankind globally.
Speech Title
André Conceição Pereira
Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
André Conceição Pereira
Institute for Bioengineering and BiosciencesBiography
André C. Pereira earned his Master's in Applied Microbiology (2017) and PhD in Microbiology (2024) from the University of Lisbon. He works on the Blue Bioeconomy Pact project, exploring microbial symbionts’ roles in macroalgal health and growth in aquaculture. His research focuses on leveraging these microbes' biotechnological potential to develop safer, sustainable macroalgae cultivation within a circular bioeconomy. By combining bioinformatics and molecular biology, André aims to discover microbiota-produced metabolites that can enhance aquaculture production. He is also committed to science communication and outreach, sharing his research insights with broader audiences. Currently he is a post-doctoral fellow at the Microbial Ecology and Evolution Research Group (MicroEcoEvo) at Biological Sciences Research Group (BSRG)
Speech Title
Marine invertebrate microbiomes and valuable biotechnological secondary metabolites.
Pastushenko Vladimir Alexandrovich
Banking University
Ukraine
Pastushenko Vladimir Alexandrovich
Banking UniversityUkraine
Biography
Speech Title
Vacuum structures
Yousef FARHAOUI
Moulay Ismail University
Morocco
Yousef FARHAOUI
Moulay Ismail UniversityMorocco
Biography
Yousef FARHAOUI is Professor at IDMS Team, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of sciences and Techniques, Morocco. Local Publishing and Research Coordinator, Cambridge International Academics in United Kingdom. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Security from Ibn Zohr University of Science. His research interests include learning, e-learning, computer security, big data analytics, and business intelligence. Farhaoui has three books in computer science. He is a coordinator and member of the organizing committee and also a member of the scientific committee of several international congresses, and is a member of various international associations. He has authored 4 Book and many Book Chapters with Reputed Publishers such as Springer and IGI. He is served as a Reviewer