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Kazakhstan - China - Korea (KCK) becomes Silk Road Conference

13th / 14th Silk Road Conference

1st Meeting of the Silk Road Astronomy Research and Education Alliance, Silk Road AREA, Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China-Korea and more countries
13th Silk Road Conference: Dali, China, June 23-26, 2025
(just after the IAU Symposium 398 Compact Objects and Binaries in Dense Star Clusters
to be held in Seoul, Korea, June 16-20, 2025)


Exploring the Frontiers of Dynamical Astronomy with High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Leading-Edge Observational Techniques.

We continue the numbering of these conferences, which started as Korea-China meeting in 2009; later it became Kazakhstan-China-Korea meeting, and due to increasing interest and participation of colleagues from all over central and east Asia we decided now to rename it to Silk Road Conference.

note already now for the calendar:
14th Silk Road Conference: New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 18-22, 2026.
Last Conference: 12th Kazakhstan-China-Korea meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, May 20-24, 2024
 

Scientific Organizing Committee*:

Rainer Spurzem (ARI/ZAH, NAOC/CAS, KIAA/PKU)

Zhongmu Li (Dali U)

Bobomurat Ahmedov (ITP, IAS, IFAR, UBAI, HAI)

Kanat Baigarim (ECL/NU), Chingis Omarov (FAI), Ernazar Abdikamalov (ECL/NU), Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev (ECL/NU)

Hyung Mok Lee (SNU)

Thijs (M.B.N.) Kouwenhoven (XJTLU)

*Abbreviations of affiliations:

  • ARI/ZAH - Astronomisches Rechen-Institut at Zentrum fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Dali U – Dali University, Dali, China
  • ITP - Institute of Theoretical Physics, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
  • IAS - Institute for Advanced Studies, New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent
  • IFAR - Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • UBAI - Ulugh Begh Astronomical Institute, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent
  • HIT - Harbin Institute of Technology, China
  • NAOC/CAS - National Astronomical Observatories of China/ Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • KIAA/PKU - Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, Beijing, China
  • FAI – Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • ECL/NU - Energetic Cosmos Lab, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • SNU – Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
  • XJTLU – Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Visa information

See conference webpage link above.

From Dec 2024 to Dec 2025, citizens from 38 countries can enter China and stay for up to 30 days without Visa, where the purpose of academic exchange is included.

See http://kr.china-embassy.gov.cn/lsfw/hzlxzyw/zgqz/202412/t20241202_11536235.htm (announcement taken from Chinese Embassy in Korea, but applies globally)