January 20-22, 2026, Bern, organized by NCCR PlanetS, Workshop website

The workshop will feature the Swiss technical expertise with the scientific needs of upcoming national and international programs for (1) ground and space telescopes and instrumentation and (2) in-situ experiments and instrumentation. It will bring together the Swiss engineering partners from Universities, Universities of Applied Science, national Research Centers, and Industry engaged or interested to support technology development for Big Science. Thus, SIAPS will establish a national coordination platform to promote long-term planning and collaboration for the next-generation of instruments for ground and space missions. An invited talk on the EST technological challenges will be presented by Prof. Svetlana Berdyugina, CH-EST coordinator.