In 2025, it will be 10 years since the first Cosmology on Safari conference. It is time once again to gather and reflect on the progress made towards understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Are there cracks starting to appear in the ΛCDM model? Is there now observational evidence in favor of evolving dark energy? Or are the tensions seen between different methods of measuring the universe the result of systematics that we have yet to control? Let us meet once again in the tranquil setting of northern KwaZulu-Natal between 1-7 June 2025 to sort it all out.
Confirmed invited speakers:’
- François Bouchet (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris)
- Esra Bulbul (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
- Tamara Davis (Queensland)
- Cristhian Garcia-Quintero (Harvard)
- Jacqueline Hewitt (MIT)
- Colin Hill (Columbia)
- Andrei Mesinger (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- Cristobal Padilla (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies)
- Mario Santos (University of the Western Cape)
- Amanda Weltman (University of Cape Town / AIMS)
We welcome contributed talks and poster presentations on all aspects of observational and theoretical cosmology. Abstract submission is now closed. Registration is open until April 15.
Organising committee:
- H. Cynthia Chiang (McGill University / University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Matt Hilton (University of the Witwatersrand / University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Kabelo Kesebonye (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Kenda Knowles (Rhodes University / South African Radio Astronomy Observatory)
- Yin-Zhe Ma (Stellenbosch University / University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Kavilan Moodley (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Edwin Retana-Montenegro (University of the Witwatersrand / University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Jonathan Sievers (McGill University / University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Sinenhlanhla Sikhosana (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Unnikrishnan Sureshkumar (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Tony Walters (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Please contact help@cosmosafari.co.za with any enquiries.