This webinar will provide an overview of the current landscape of space interferometry, spanning foundational concepts, enabling technologies, mission architectures, and key astrophysical science applications. Experts across the community will explore how interferometric techniques can enable transformative advances in Physics of the Cosmos, Cosmic Origins, and Exoplanets science.

The event is intended both as an introduction for scientists and technologists interested in the field and as a forum for community discussion in support of the ASTRA process. The webinar will conclude with an open discussion aimed at identifying opportunities for collaboration.

Agenda

Begin (PT)	Begin (ET)	Title	Speaker	Affiliation
9:00 AM	12:00 PM	Introduction	David R. Ardila	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9:05 AM	12:05 PM	Interferometry landscape - Primer + past, present, and future	Gerard Van Belle	Northern Arizona University
9:25 AM	12:25 PM	Architectures, capabilities, and technology enablers	Rashied Amini	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9:45 AM	12:45 PM	Science: Exoplanet Detection	Scott Gaudi	The Ohio State University
10:00 AM	1:00 PM	Science: Exoplanets Characterization	John Monnier	University of Michigan
10:15 AM	1:15 PM	Science: COR science	William Danchi	Fulbright Scholar for France, 2026-2027
10:30 AM	1:30 PM	Science: PhysCos science	Kim Weaver	Goddard Space Flight Center
10:45 AM	1:45 PM	Summary and Open Discussion

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