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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">This
is the second announcement of the <b>Bridging scales: star
clusters and their host galaxies from the Local to the
high-z Universe</b> conference, which will be held in <b>Matera
(Italy) from the 1st to the 5th of September 2025.</b></div>
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<div>Website:<b> </b><font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" color="#0433ff"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><a href="https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/bridging-scales-in-matera-2025/home" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/bridging-scales-in-matera-2025/</a></span></font></div>
<div>Contacts: <a href="mailto:bridgingscales2025@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">bridgingscales2025@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b>Abstract
submission</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">We
are pleased to announce that the submission of abstracts for
oral contributions and posters is now open at the following <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFoxTsJ9n2wYQ5OF2bzsA99FcN9_5cSkTAkLqvked5AqcNqg/viewform?usp=sharing" target="_blank">link</a>.<br>
The deadline for abstract submission is <b>March 14th, 2025</b>.
Notifications regarding abstract selection will be sent by <b>mid
April, 2025</b>. <br>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Please
note that all oral presentations will be given in person.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b>Key
scientific topics</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">The
conference aims at<span style="text-align:justify"> bringing
together observers and theorists from both the local and
high-z Universe communities to inspire discussions about how
to build a comprehensive picture of star cluster formation
and evolution, explore the link between old massive, young
star clusters and high-z proto-globular clusters, their
connection to galaxy formation and their potential role in
the reionization of the Universe.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="text-align:justify">Special focus will be given to
the following topics</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left:15px">Local young clusters:
insights on cluster formation and early evolution</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Local globular clusters and
globular cluster systems and their link with galaxy
assembly and evolution</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">High-z observations of
proto-clusters and dense stellar systems: their role
in the early Universe</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Cluster formation in the
context of cosmological simulations</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Next generation of
observational facilities </li>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">For
further details please visit the <a href="https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/bridging-scales-in-matera-2025/home" target="_blank">conference website</a>. </div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Please
circulate this announcement among your colleagues and
apologize for any duplicates you may receive.</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b>Important
dates</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Abstract
submission closes: <b>March 14th, 2025</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Speaker
notification: <b>mid April, 2025</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Conference
dates: <b>September 1-5, 2025</b><br>
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Looking forward to meeting you in Matera!</div>
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<div><b>SOC</b></div>
<div>Emanuele Dalessandro (INAF OAS; co-Chair)</div>
<div>Alison Sills (McMaster University; co-Chair)</div>
<div>Mario Cadelano (University of Bologna)</div>
<div>Michela Mapelli (Heidelberg University)</div>
<div>Florent Renaud (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg)</div>
<div>Eros Vanzella (INAF OAS)</div>
<div>Enrico Vesperini (Indiana University)</div>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Alison Sills
Professor, Physics & Astronomy</pre>
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