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Glorious Women Symposium, March 5-6 2026, online

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

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IOP Gravitational Physics Annual Scientific Meeting – Feb 25, 2026

We are pleased to announce the annual scientific meeting of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, which will take place at the Institute of Physics headquarters in London on Wednesday 25th February 2026. This year's 1-day meeting celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves. The meeting will cover the historical context and impact of the first discovery itself, the highlights of the exciting present of gravitational-wave astronomy, and its bright future prospects.

This meeting welcomes talks from the following speakers:

  • Maria Alessandra Papa(Hannover, Germany) – “The history of Gravitational Wave astronomy and the impact of the first discovery”
  • Stephen Fairhurst(Cardiff, UK / Spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) – “Ground based Gravitational Wave astronomy and the latest results from GWTC-4”
  • Krishnendu NaderiVarium (Birmingham, UK) – “Testing General Relativity, and the nature of exotic compact objects with Gravitational Waves”
  • Niels Warburton (UCD,Dublin / Spokesperson of the LISA Consortium) – “Gravitational self-force and the future prospects of Gravitational Wave astronomy”

This event is open to everyone from all backgrounds whether you are a practicing physicist or if you have an interest in the subject and would like to know more.

Organised by the IOP Gravitational Physics Group

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XVI Einstein Telescope Symposium, June 15-19 2026 in Aachen

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

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4th LISA Sprint, May 11-13, 2026 in Bozeman, Montana

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint effort of ESA and NASA to develop and operate the first space-based observatory of gravitational waves (GWs) in the millihertz frequency band. To prepare for LISA observations and its unique data products, we are organizing the 4th LISA Sprint in Bozeman, Montana, from Monday May 11 to Wednesday May 13, 2026.

In past LISA Sprints the participants all pitched project ideas at the workshop, and teams selecting the projects they wanted to work on. This time will be a little different. While additional project pitches are still welcome, the focus will be on several pre-defined projects that have been identified as critical needs by the NASA Science Ground Segment team. Participants will be asked to list their preferences for which of the pre-define projects they would be most interested in contributing to in advance of the workshop.

This will be a hands-on workshop: there will be no talks–only brief project descriptions at the beginning of the workshop, and “show and tell” at the close of the meeting to share progress with the group.

In late January 2026 we will advertise the meeting website and application form for interested participants. Please note that space will be limited, so applying does not guarantee acceptance. Accepted applicants will be notified by the end of February. There is no financial support available to attend the meeting, nor is there any registration fee for participating.

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16th International LISA Symposium, June 22-26, 2026, College Park, Maryland

The 16th International LISA Symposium will highlight gravitational wave astrophysics, with a primary focus on the most up-to-date theory and analysis that will inform science to be performed by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.

Details on remote participation, which will be limited, will be announced when registration opens in early 2026.

The symposium will be held at the University of Maryland’s Adele H. Stamp Student Union on June 22-26, 2026 in College Park, Maryland, USA.

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

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.

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42nd Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting – February 27-28, 2026 at UC Riverside

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

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Symposium & Memorial for Professor Rainer Weiss, February 27–28, 2026

The MIT Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research would like to share with you plans for a symposium and memorial service honoring Professor Rainer Weiss, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2017) and longtime member of our faculty, whose visionary work made the discovery of gravitational waves possible.

Symposium: Friday, February 27, 2026 (all day) — A full day of scientific talks and reflections celebrating Rai’s pioneering contributions to physics and his profound influence on generations of researchers.

Memorial Service: Saturday, February 28, 2026 (morning) — A gathering of family, friends, and colleagues to honor his life and legacy.

We invite members of the scientific community, alumni, collaborators, and friends to join us in celebrating the life and work of Rai.

Both events will take place at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with further details—including venues and programs — to follow in the coming weeks.

We kindly ask you to indicate your intent to attend by using this form: Weiss Event Form.

Deepto Chakrabarty, MIT Physics Department Head

Robert A. Simcoe, Director, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

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Gravitational Waves and Detection Technologies – PAS Rome Meeting 2026, March 16-17

Gravitational Waves and Detection Technologies - PAS Rome meeting 2026, jointly organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Perugia and INFN Perugia, will take place in Rome from 16 March to 17 March 2026. This event aims to provide a platform for sharing recent advancements in the rapidly evolving field of gravitational-wave science, with a particular focus on detector science and experimental technologies.

The program will bring together researchers working on both theoretical and experimental aspects of gravitational waves, fostering exchange across different detector concepts, data analysis techniques and astrophysical applications. Talks will focus on the future of interferometric detectors, modern sensing technologies, signal processing methods and multi-messenger connections encouraging discussions that span physics, engineering and data science.

Invited speakers

prof. dr hab. Andrzej Królak, Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences

prof. dr hab. Tomasz Bulik, Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw

dott. Gianluca Gemme, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, VIRGO Collaboration spoke-person

Important dates

  • Opening abstract submission: Tue, 2 Sep 2025
  • Opening registration: Tue, 7 October 2025
  • Closing abstract submission: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 (extended to Fri, 19 Dec 2025)
  • Abstract acceptance notification: Mon, 5 Jan 2026
  • Closing registration (final): Mon, 9 Mar 2026

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From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of the LPF launch, December 3-4 2025 at CSIC Catalan Delegation

On 3 December 2015, the European Space Agency launched LISA Pathfinder, a pioneering mission designed to test the technologies required to open a new window onto the Universe: the detection of low-frequency gravitational waves from space. Over its operational lifetime, LISA Pathfinder surpassed expectations, demonstrating with unprecedented precision that free-falling test masses could be shielded from all external forces, and that their motion could be tracked with picometre accuracy.

Now, ten years later, we come together to celebrate the success of this extraordinary mission, which laid the foundations for LISA, ESA’s future space-based gravitational wave observatory. LISA Pathfinder not only proved the feasibility of revolutionary instrumentation — from drag-free control to micro-newton thrusters — but also paved the way for a completely new form of astronomy. This anniversary is an opportunity to look back on a milestone in space science, and to look ahead to the scientific revolutions that LISA will bring.

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Amplitudes, Strong-Field Gravity and Resummation, April 7-17 2026, Stockholm

Registration is now open for the Nordita Program on Amplitudes, Strong-Field Gravity and Resummation, to be held at Nordita (Stockholm, Sweden) from 7 to 17 April 2026.

The program is structured as follows:

Week 1 [April 7–10, 2026 (4 days)]: The PhD school will focus on foundations and tools for gravitational self-force, amplitudes, self-force EFT, resummation strategies and data analysis relevant to waveform modelling. Theoretical lectures will be complemented by hands-on programming sessions and dedicated tutorials.

Week 2 [April 13–17, 2026 (5 days)]: Workshop focused on uniting the weak-field (PM) and strong-field (GSF) approaches to the two-body problem, as well resummation strategies relevant for gravitational-wave phenomenology. Individual talks will be complemented by discussion sessions to promote cross-community interaction and constructive debates.

PhD School (7-10 April 2026)

Topics will include:

  1. Scattering amplitudes and the EFT approach to self-force.
    Lecturers: Nabha Shah (NBI) & Chia-Hsien Shen (Uppsala Univ. and NTU, Taiwan)
  2. Introduction to gravitational self-force theory.
    Lecturers: Leor Barack (Univ. of Southampton) and Barry Wardell (UCD)
  3. Introduction to Numerical Relativity, Resummation strategies and Data Analysis.
    Lecturer: Patricia Schmidt (Univ. of Birmingham)

Workshop (13-17 April 2026)

There is pressing need for high-precision models of gravitational waveforms from binary black hole mergers, driven by the increasing sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors. The central theme of this program is how to leverage particle physics methods when calculating processes relevant to gravitational-wave phenomenology. In particular, the workshop focuses on uniting two key perturbative approaches — post-Minkowskian (PM) theory, effective for weak-field, widely separated systems, and gravitational self-force (GSF) theory, suited to extreme-mass-ratio systems in strong fields. Crucial to combining these tools is understanding the resummation of the perturbative series. We aim to bring together both experts and younger theorists from these communities, fostering new collaborations and combining our efforts to address the pressing questions at the interface between these fields.

Invited speakers: [* To be confirmed]

D. Akpinar (University of Edinburgh), L. Bohnenblust (Humboldt University), D. Bini* (IAC, Rome), A. Buonanno* (AEI, Potsdam), T. Damour* (IHES), J. Hoogeveen (Humboldt University), K. Lee (APCTP, Pohang), O. Long (AEI, Potsdam), J. Mathews (National University of Singapore), S. Mougiakakos (LUTH, Meudon), J. Parra-Martinez* (IHES), H. Pfeiffer (AEI, Potsdam), J. Plefka (Humboldt University), R. Porto (DESY), T. Rahnuma (APCTP, Pohang), P. Rettegno* (University of Turin), R. Russo (QMUL), J. Steinhoff (AEI, Potsdam), C-H. Shen (Uppsala University), M. van de Meent (NBI), A. Vaswani (University of Southampton), N. Warburton (UCD), Z. Zhou (Princeton).

Venue

The program will be hosted by Nordita in Stockholm (Sweden) from 7th – 17th April 2026.

Application/Registration

Due to limited space, registration will be moderated for both the PhD school and the workshop. You may apply to the PhD school only, the workshop only, or both. Registration to be considered for on-site participation will close on 31 January 2026; after this date, registrants will receive an on-site/remote participation confirmation from the organizers.

Remote participation: All talks will be livestreamed via Zoom, and recordings will be made available to registered participants who cannot attend in person.

Organizers

Lucile Cangemi — University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Paolo Di Vecchia — Nordita, Sweden
Riccardo Gonzo — Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Chris Kavanagh — University College Dublin, Ireland
Adam Pound — University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Geraint Pratten — University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Funding sources:

This workshop is partially supported by the UKRI/ERC grant GWModels.

Workshop Website