Yannick Mellier Memorial > May 20th 2026

Europe/Paris
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris 98 bis boulevard Arago 75014 Paris
Description

Dear colleagues, 
We are organizing a memorial for Yannick, which will take place on May 20th at the Institute of Astrophysics of Paris. The event will also be accessible in a hybrid format. This event is not exclusive to the Euclid community, so please feel free to share this message with colleagues who may have known Yannick beyond his work with Euclid.



Photo: Jean Mouette /IAP-CNRS-SU

    • 9:00 AM
      Welcome coffee in the IAP entrance hall
    • 1
      Welcome by the IAP Deputy Director
      Speaker: Patrick Hudelot (IAP)
    • Yannick's Career: An Uncompromising Path
      Conveners: Bernard Fort (Thesis advisor of Yannick and former director of IAP), Mireille Dantel-Fort
    • Yannick's Career
      Convener: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay)
    • Toulouse Era - the Giant Arc Saga
      Convener: Geneviève Soucail (IRAP / Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées)
    • Toulouse Era - the Giant Arc Saga
      Convener: Richard Ellis (University College London)
    • Toulouse Era - the Giant Arc Saga
      Convener: Danielle Alloin (Directrice de recherches émérite au CNRS)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Ludovic Van Waerbeke (University of British Columbia)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Emmanuel Bertin (CEA-AIM / OSUPS- Universite Paris-Saclay)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Henry Joy McCracken (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Martin Kilbinger (CEA Paris-Saclay)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Brice Ménard (John Hopkins University)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Ismael Tereno (IA - University of Lisbon)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Georges Meylan (Ecole Polytecnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Mark Cropper (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London)
    • From Cosmic Shear at CFHT to Euclid
      Convener: Céline Reylé (CNRS-INSU - Institut national des sciences de l’Univers)
    • 12:35 PM
      Lunch Break
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Giuseppe Racca (Former Euclid ESA project manager)
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Roberto Scaramella (INAF - Rome Obs)
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Francisco Castander (ICE-CSIC, IEEC, Barcelona)
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Jean-Philippe Uzan (CNRS - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Carlo Baccigalupi (The International School for Advanced Studies)
    • The Euclid Adventure I
      Convener: Brigitte Rocca (Pr emerite U. Paris-Saclay, et IAP)
    • 3:30 PM
      Coffee Break in the IAP entrance hall
    • The Euclid Adventure II
      Convener: Pierre Ferruit (ESA / ESAC)
    • The Euclid Adventure II
      Convener: Konrad Kuijken (Leiden University)
    • The Euclid Adventure II
      Convener: Andy Taylor (University of Edinburgh)
    • The Euclid Adventure II
      Convener: Jason Rhodes (NASA JPL)
    • The Euclid Adventure II: Concluding Remarks
      Convener: Mark Sauvage (CEA/DRF/Irfu/Département d’Astrophysique)