Conference Rationale
The proposed conference aims to provide an innovative platform for experts, students, and the local community in Ecuador and the region to interact with each other and work collaboratively towards common research and outreach goals. The conference also seeks to provide important insights for naval research and applications, which have been learned from astronomy and space science research on e.g. multi-physics, hydrodynamic simulations, tradeoffs between computational time and accuracy in analyzing big data from radio and high-energy telescopes, machine learning algorithms for object detection and environment assessment used in astronomy, adaptive mesh strategies in simulations climate, and materials in extreme, space-like conditions. The parallel conference program is designed to address three important components: (1) research, (2) education, and (3) outreach simultaneously, and make the most of the visit to Ecuador of world-renowned scientists. The conference will offer opportunities to: (1) international experts and ~60 regional researchers and students to discuss the latest advances in astrophysics and space sciences via a symposium, (2) ~40 motivated students to receive high-quality training in modern astrophysics via the ISYA 2025 school, and (3) ~50 motivated members the local community to receive interactive astronomy training by experts and actively engage in cultural astronomy activities. The deliverables include: (1) a volume of peer-reviewed proceedings papers (three journals have been contacted by the organizing committee so far), (2) comprehensive astronomy and astrophysics materials taught at ISYA, and (3) interactive physics and astronomy materials delivered during the outreach events.
