Event details

Date
July 6, 2026  – July 10, 2026
Location
Sexten Primary School - Via Panorama 6, Sexten
This workshop is by invitation only

Scientific Rationale

The most massive galaxies in the Universe represent unique laboratories for testing models of galaxy formation and evolution. Their stellar populations, morphologies, kinematics, and chemical abundances preserve a fossil record of the physical processes that shaped them, from the earliest collapse of density peaks to their subsequent growth through mergers, accretion, and feedback. Equally crucial are the roles of environment and central supermassive black holes: massive galaxies reside preferentially in dense regions, where their co-evolution with groups and clusters, as well as the influence of AGN feedback, imprints key signatures on their observable properties.

Over the past decade, deep multi-wavelength surveys and advances in numerical simulations have transformed our understanding of massive galaxies and their environments, while upcoming facilities—including JWST, Euclid, Rubin, Roman, and next-generation spectroscopic campaigns—promise to revolutionize the field. These data will enable unprecedented constraints on stellar assembly histories, quenching pathways, SMBH–galaxy co-evolution, and the links between galaxies and large-scale structure from cosmic noon to the present day.’

This workshop will bring together observers and theorists to synthesize the latest results, confront models with data, and chart the path forward. Topics will include the demographics of the most massive galaxies across redshift, the co-evolution of galaxies and SMBHs, the role of environment in shaping their properties, feedback and quenching mechanisms, intra-cluster light and brightest cluster galaxies, and the connections between galaxies and their surrounding halos. By uniting diverse expertise, the meeting aims to build a comprehensive picture of the formation and evolution of the Universe’s most massive galaxies across cosmic time.

Organizers

Scientific Organising Committee

Stefano Borgani (Università di Trieste)
Amata Mercurio (Università di Salerno)
Piero Rosati (Università di Ferrara)
Paolo Tozzi (INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

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Registration Fee
Senior: 250€ Students: 200€
Workshop code for bus and payment
MMG26