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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">We
 are pleased to announce MODEST-27: Modelling and Observing DEnse 
STellar systems 2027, which will take place at ICTP-SAIFR, on the campus
 of IFT-UNESP in São Paulo, Brazil, from 5 to 16 July 2027.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">MODEST-27 will consist of two consecutive events:</div>
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<div role="presentation">MODEST-27 School: 5–9 July 2027</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">MODEST-27 Conference: 12–16 July 2027</div></li></ul>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>MODEST-27 Conference</b></div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">This
 will be the 25th annual international conference in the MODEST 
(Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems) meeting series, the first
 to be hosted in Brazil and the second to be held in South America, 
following MODEST-15 in 2015.</div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">The
 conference aims to connect theoretical models and numerical simulations
 with the rapidly growing wealth of astronomical observations. Topics 
will include, among others:</div>
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<div role="presentation">numerical methods and simulations of dense stellar systems</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">formation and evolution of star clusters across cosmic time</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">observational properties and stellar populations of star clusters</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">binaries, higher-order multiples, and gravitational few-body dynamics</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">compact objects and gravitational wave sources</div></li><li style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<div role="presentation">X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables, millisecond pulsars, stellar transients, and other multi-messenger phenomena</div></li></ul>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Detailed information about the opening and closing dates for registration and abstract submission will be announced soon.</div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">In the meantime, if you are interested in attending the MODEST-27 Conference, please fill out the pre-registration form:</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Please note that this is a pre-registration form only and does not constitute registration for the conference</u>.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">For additional information, please visit:</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>MODEST-27 School</b></div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">During
 the week preceding the conference, we will organize the MODEST-27 
School, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate, Master's, and PhD 
students. The goal of the School is to provide a broad introduction to 
the main physical processes governing the formation and evolution of 
stars and stellar systems, with lectures and hands-on sessions covering 
stellar evolution, stellar dynamics, and observational astronomy.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">The school registration website is:</div><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ictp-saifr.org/modests2027/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-OWAf9e5c985-d1e8-5171-7321-c92d26cbf824" title="https://www.ictp-saifr.org/modests2027/">https://www.ictp-saifr.org/modests2027/</a></span> 
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 feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues and students who 
may be interested. We apologize if you receive this message more than 
once through different mailing lists.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">We look forward to welcoming the MODEST community to São Paulo in July 2027.</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Best wishes,</div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Alessandro Alberto Trani</div>
<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">on behalf of the MODEST-27 Local and Scientific Organizing Committees</div>
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<div style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Alessandro Alberto Trani, Ana Chies Santos, Beatriz Barbuy, Bruno Dias, Maria Celeste Artale, Nathan Leigh, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello</div>
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 Askar, Alison Sills, Alessandro Alberto Trani, Ana Chies Santos, Anna 
Lisa Varri, Beatriz Barbuy, Bolivia Cuevas, Bruno Dias, Carl Rodriguez, 
Celeste Parisi, Dominik Schleicher, Enrico Vesperini, Fabio Antonini, 
Katie Breivik, Kristen Dage, Long Wang, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Maria 
Celeste Artale, Mario Spera, Michiko Fujii, Paula Coelho, Rafael da 
Silva de Souza, Rainer Spurzem, Silvia Toonen</div>

<br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Alessandro Alberto Trani, PhD<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Astronomy, University of Concepción<br><a href="https://alessandrotrani.space/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://aatrani.gitlab.io/" target="_blank">GitLab</a></span></font></div></div></div></div>