This week I attended the second Vasto Accretion Meeting, held in lovely Vasto, Italy. Building on the success of the 2023 meeting, this year's instalment was expanded to two weeks duration, with the first week focussing on binaries. The program covered a wide range of topics and objects, across all wavelengths. A good mix IMO of review talks and new results, with a strong showing from junior researchers and students.

I gave an invited talk on thermonuclear bursts, which was followed (in the same session) by terrific presentations by Yuri Cavecchi and Amy Knight. Great discussions followed in the coffee sessions, held in the beautiful gardens of the lovely Palazzo d'Avalos, with wonderful views down to the marina and across the Adriatic.

Kudos to the organisers, particularly Simone Scaringi for not only repeating their 2023 success but raising the bar for 2025! Looking forward to future instalments of this great meeting!

Labels: 2025, meetings