P-Star AstronomyForAll 2026 International Student Conference
The P-Star AstronomyForAll International Student Conference - 14-15 December 2026
An opportunity for students to present your work internationally!
Presentation and meeting available in-person and online.
Funded by AstronomyForAll via the Royal Astronomical Society of the UK.
Themes
Our Planet: Observations, Engineering and the Earth
Near Universe: The Sun, and Solar System
Far Universe: Beyond the solar system
Dates
14th-15th December 2026
Venues
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Local time: 14:00-17:00
Location to be confirmed
University of Sheffield, UK
Local time: 09:00-12:00
Alfred Denny Conference Room (Capacity 70)
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany
Local time: 10:00-13:00
Location to be confirmed
Key dates
| 1st June 2026 | Registration Opens |
| 17th October 2026 | Prize talk draft submission |
| 31st October 2026 | Abstract submission deadline |
| 6th November 2026 | Schedule and prize talk announcements |
| 14th-15th December | Conference |
Registration
Click below to register for attendance!
Abstract submission
Conference keynote talks
| Dr. Malcolm Druett | Welcome and AstronomyForAll |
| Prof. Dr. Syed Amer Mahmood | Welcome and P-star |
| Dr. Alex Pietrow | Collaboration across borders |
| Invited Speaker | Germany |
| Invited Speaker | China |
| Your Name Here? | 2 Student prize talks from Pakistan |
| Your Name Here? | 1 Student prize talk from Europe |
Prize talks
Click here to learn how you could win a prize talk!
Conference programme
Click here to see the latest version of the conference programme!
Our sponsors
Many thanks to our sponsors for making this happen!
The Royal Astronomical Society Kindly sponsored this event and many other P-Star activities.
The University of Sheffield kindly provided free use of the Alfred Denny Lecture Theatre.
The University of the Punjab kindly provided hosting facilities in Pakistan.