Scientific Rationale

The latest edition of the workshop “Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics and Cosmology" will take place between the 4th and the 9th of December, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel on the campus of The Hebrew University. We wish to promote strong interdisciplinary interactions in this stimulating setting.

The rationale of the workshop is to bring together leading scientists in those fields of Astrophysics and Cosmology that hold the promise of answering the most fundamental questions about the Universe. The workshop will be very interactive, and will center around as many discussions as possible. We kept organizing this meeting regularly, to provide a forum to chart the path to progress. The highly successful inaugural edition took place in 2011 in Benasque, followed by meetings in Budapest in 2014 and 2018, and we had excellent feedback from participants at those meetings about collaborations, ideas and papers that originated during those sessions.

The workshop will also coincide with (the round of 16 games during) the 2022 FIFA world cup and we will provide facilities and schedule the talks to allow viewing the corresponding matches. The meeting will follow the informal and highly interactive and successful workshops we have held during the last five world cups (in Daejong, Korea in 2002, and in Budapest in subsequently).

We have invited leading researchers in topics ranging from exoplanets to cosmology, and reached a quorum of about 50 people.

 Code of Conduct:

We are dedicated to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for all people, regardless of background or identity.

We do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or bullying.
 
Please follow these guidelines:

1. Behave professionally. Harassment, bullying, and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment and bullying include sustained disruption of speakers, talks, or other events, inappropriate contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, and stalking. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.
2. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate.
3. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Critique ideas, not people.
4. Be respectful of the intellectual property of others.
5. If participants wish to share photos or contents of un-published research and/or presentations belonging to others, they must first get permission from the author. 

This Code of Conduct applies to all workshop discussions or collaborations on any platform, either online or in-person. Anyone who wishes to report a violation of our values or guidelines is asked to contact Elena Rossi (emr@strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nicholas Stone (nicholas.stone@mail.huji.ac.il), or another member of the Scientific Organizing Committee. Please include “Unsolved Problems Meeting Code of Conduct” in the subject line of an email on this topic.