Cold Cores - Helsinki 9.-11.6.2025


The 15th annual meeting of the Cold Cores project will be held in Helsinki from Monday the 9th till Wednesday the 11th of June 2025. The days will consist of scientific talks, discussion sessions, and possible mini workshops.

SOC: Isabelle Ristorcelli, Mika Juvela

Practical information

The Cold Cores 2025 meeting takes place at the Helsinki university Kumpula campus, at the physics department, in the Physicum building. The address is Gustaf Hallstromin katu 2, and here is a link to the Google maps. Information on accommodation options and public transportation can be found at the end of this page.

Physicum building

Programme

The meeting is foreseen to start with coffee and tea at 9:00 on Monday the 9th of June and to end at lunch time (around 13:00) on Wednesday the 11th of June. The conference dinner will be organised in the evening of Tuesday the 10th of June, in downtown Helsinki.

Monday, 9th of June

09:00-09:15 Welcome coffee
09:15-09:20 Isabelle and Mika Opening of the meeting
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
Session...
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
Session...
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00
19:30 Workhop dinner

Tuesday, 10th of June

09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
Session...
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
Session...
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00
19:30 Workhop dinner

Wednesday, 11th of June

09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Final discussion
12:30 End of the meeting

List of participants

  • Joó, András Péter (ELTE, Budapest): Earliest Stages of Star Formation in Planck Compact Sources within OMC
  • Juvela, Mika (University of Helsinki): Modelling dust emission of Orion Molecular Cloud 3
  • Koncz, Bendegúz (ELTE, Budapest): The history of galaxy mergers and star formation in IlustrisTNG
  • Mai, Xiaofeng (Shanghai Observatory, University of Helsinki): TBD
  • Mannfors, Emma (University of Helsinki): Lambda Orionis: feedback and dust evolution in irradiated molecular ring
  • Ristorcelli, Isabelle (IRAP, Toulouse)
  • Tharakkal, Devika (University of Helsinki): Simulations of dust polarisation
  • Toth, Viktor (ELTE, Budapest): Detecting gas infall to molecular clouds and cloud cores
  • Vorster, Job (University of Helsinki): Multiscale gravitational stability in the B-FROST fields

Accommodation options

You can look for hotels on services like booking.com or hotels.com, and most locations in downtown Helsinki have good public transportation connections to the Kumpulas campus. However, below is a list of some recommendations, where you can also check the route maps from the hotels to the meeting locations.
Well-known hotel chains in Finland:

Downtown:

Next to the railway station (direct bus connection to Kumpula campus & airport trains):

Hakaniemi (Short metro/bus/tram ride/~10 minute walk from central railway station. Direct bus connection to Kumpula campus.)

Pasila (1 train stop to central railway station, direct train to airport. Direct bus to Kumpula Campus, or train+bus via downtown.)

University housing, discounts offered for people attending university events (give us as university contact when making the reservation).

Käpylä (Further from city center, nearer to Kumpula, direct bus or train to central railwal station, direct bus to Kumpula campus (10 min). 2 minute walk to Käpylä railway station, direct train to Helsinki-Vantaa airport and central railway station)