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The first international online symposium Glorious Women will be held on March 5-6, 2026. “Glorious Women” will celebrate women scientists in the field of gravitational-wave astronomy.

The purpose of this symposium is to showcase the accessible, real-world role models, which may inspire young people to consider careers in astronomy and astrophysics.

This two-day event will bring together women scientists at different career stages to share their work in gravitational-wave science across various collaborations and research areas. The symposium will also feature panel discussions on “Women’s representation in GW science” and an interactive session “Ask a Woman Scientist”.

Registration is free and will remain open until 27 Feb 2026.

Speakers:

• Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
• Isabel Cordero-Carrión (University of Valencia, Spain)
• Shilpa Kastha (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India)
• Ju Li (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University, USA)
• Samaya Nissanke (DESY, Germany)
• Archana Pai (IIT Bombay, India)
• Surabhi Sachdev (Georgia Tech University, USA)
• Andreea Monica Scorta (Institute of Space Science, Romania)
• Manasa Thirugnanasambandam (IUCAA, India)

Panelists:

• Debatri Chattopadhyay (Northwestern University, USA)
• Shanika Galaudage (Northwestern University, USA)
• Maria Haney (National Institute for Subatomic Physics, The Netherlands)
• Disha Kapasi (California State University – Fullerton, USA)
• Lorena Magana-Zertuche (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
• Debnandini Mukherjee (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
• Isobel Romero-Shaw (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
• Kanchan Soni (Syracuse University, USA)
• Nami Uchikata (University of Tokyo, Japan)

The event is hosted by LIGO-India Education & Public Outreach with support from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India.

Organizers:

• Debarati Chatterjee (IUCAA, India)
• Anuradha Gupta (University of Mississippi, USA)

Symposium Website

The upcoming Symposium will take place in Aachen from June 15th at noon until June 19th early afternoon.

Hosted by the RWTH Aachen University, the event will be held at the central campus of the University in the heart of the city of Aachen.

Registrants can also participate in every session online via a two-way zoom connection. Zoom links for each session can be found as an attachment to the session in the Indico timetable.

Social events:

Early Career Researchers Meeting: Monday, 15.06.2026 Conference Dinner: Wednesday, 17.06.2026

Local Organizing Committee:

Markus Bachlechner, Charlotte Benning, Silke Christ, Ruth Jansen, Robert Joppe, Jan Kelleter, Stefan Krischer, Michael Kubocz, Tim Kuhlbusch, Niklas Nippe, Oliver Pooth, Achim Stahl

We look forward to welcoming all participants, both in person and online, for a productive and engaging meeting!

Symposium Website

We welcome you to the 16th International LISA Symposium! Continuing from past editions, the Symposium will highlight gravitational wave astrophysics, with a primary focus on the most up-to-date mission development, theory and analysis enabling the science to be done with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. The Scientific Organizing Committee is planning an engaging program of invited talks and special sessions to be complemented by your contributions of talks, posters, questions and discussions. We look forward to bringing together a wide cross-section of the international community, including students (with a discounted registration fee).

The Symposium will take place on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, USA, beginning with registration and a welcome reception on the evening of Sunday, June 21. Scientific sessions (plenary, parallel and poster) will be held Monday through Friday, June 22 to 26, ending in the mid-afternoon on Friday. Breakfast and coffee breaks will be in the room where posters are displayed. A public lecture is being planned on Tuesday evening. Following tradition, Wednesday afternoon is kept open and a variety of local activities, ranging from organized to informal, will be available depending on your interests; details will be posted on this website.

We recognize the constraints and concerns about international travel and want to support scientists who are unable to attend in person while still maintaining the value of a lively in-person meeting. While remote attendance will be possible, the number of remote presentations will be limited and the selection of submitted abstracts will prioritize in-person talks and posters. Maryland prides itself on being a welcoming state and a home to many cultures, and we hope you will take part in symposium if you are able to.

Registration and abstract submission are now open. You may submit an abstract and register (and pay) all at once, or at different times.

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Shane Larson (Chair), Clarkson University
• Stanislav Babak, APC – Paris
• Richard Brito, Instituto Superior Técnico
• Maria José Bustamante Rosell, Fisk & Vanderbilt Universities
• Laurentiu Caramete, Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele
• Eleonora Castelli, University of Maryland, Baltimore County & NASA GSFC
• Maria Charisi, Washington State University & University of Crete
• Nelson Christensen, Observeratoire Cote d’Azur
• John Conklin, University of Florida
• Neil Cornish, Montana State University
• Daniel J. D’Orazio, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Deborah Ferguson, University of Rhode Island
• Alessia Franchini, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Daryl Haggard, McGill Unviersity, Trottier Space Instittue
• Zoltan Haiman, Institute of Science & Technology Austria
• Sarah Vigeland, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• Stefano Vitale, Università di Trento
• Gudrun Wanner, AEI – Hannover
• David Weir, University of Helsinki
• Helvi Witek, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• William Joseph Weber, Università di Trento

Local Organizing Committee

Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland
Ann Hornschemeier Cardiff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ira Thorpe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Elizabeth Ferrara, University of Maryland & NASA GSFC
Bernard Kelly, University of Maryland, Baltimore County & NASA GSFC

First held in 1996, the International LISA Symposium is held every two years to celebrate and share infornation and science related to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission, a three-arm space-based gravitational wave detector being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

History

A listing of prior LISA Symposia and links to their websites can be found here.

Conference Website

42nd Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting - February 27-28, 2026 at UC Riverside 
The 42nd Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting will be held on Friday, February 27, 2026 - Saturday, February 28, 2026 at the University of California, Riverside.

In the tradition of the Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings, students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to participate, and all areas of gravitational physics—classical and quantum, theory and experiment—are welcome. We would like this meeting to serve as a communication medium among all branches of gravitational physics. Because this is a regional APS meeting, many participants will be from the Western U.S., but all are welcome.

The meeting is free to attend. There is no registration fee. However, we are not able to provide financial assistance to speakers and participants. A prize sponsored by the APS Division of Gravitational Physics (DGRAV) will be awarded for the best student talk.

Registration

Please register using this registration form. For full consideration, your application should be received by 11:59 PM on February 18, 2025. Late applications will be considered at the discretion of the organizers.

The Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting has grown to the point where we can no longer promise to accommodate all requests to speak. Priority will be given to talks by graduate students and postdocs.

DGRAV Prize

A prize will be awarded for the best talk by a student at the meeting. If you are eligible (i.e., if you are a graduate or undergraduate student), please be sure to indicate that on the registration form. Detailed eligibility criteria can be found here.

Program

Below is the tenative schedule of program events. Assigned talk slots will be posted in late February 2026.

Thursday, February 26

   5:00 PM –     6:00 PM Welcome Reception,  University Lecture Hall (map)

   6:00 PM –     7:00 PM Frontiers of Cosmology Public Lecture,  University Lecture Hall (map)
Featuring APS President-Elect Brad Marston, with introductory remarks by 2017 Nobel Laureate Barry Barish

Friday, February 27

   9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Session I,  HUB 302 North (map)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Session II,  HUB 302 North (map)

12:30 PM –    2:00 PM Lunch

   2:00 PM –    3:30 PM Session III,  HUB 302 North (map)

   3:30 PM –    4:00 PM Coffee Break

   4:00 PM –    5:30 PM Session IV,  HUB 302 North (map)

Saturday, February 28

   9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Session V,  HUB 302 North (map)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Session VI,  HUB 302 North (map)

12:30 PM –    2:00 PM Lunch

   2:00 PM –    3:30 PM Session VII,  HUB 302 North (map)

   3:30 PM –    4:00 PM Coffee Break

   4:00 PM –    5:30 PM Session VIII,  HUB 302 North (map)

Logistics

Meeting Room

The conference will take place in the Highlander Union Building (HUB) in Room 302 North (see this campus map). Room 302 North is located on the third floor of the building (see this building map).

Conference Website