The workshop APCTP-GW2025 aims to bring together researchers from the Asia Pacific region who are working on various aspects of the rapidly advancing field of GW astronomy. Set in the beautiful backdrop of Taipei in the spring, participants will not only engage in discussions but also enjoy the excellent weather, vibrant culture, and authentic traditional cuisine.
Gravitational waves (GWs) are transforming our understanding of the Universe, offering a revolutionary window into cosmic phenomena that were previously inaccessible through traditional astronomical observations. The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA consortium’s observations of hundreds of transient GW events from merging stellar mass black holes and neutron stars during the last decade have inaugurated the era of GW Astronomy by deepening our knowledge of these extreme stars of Einstein’s General Relativity. Rapidly maturing Pulsar Timing Array efforts have provided glimpses of nanohertz GWs, offering new insights into high-energy phenomena in the early Universe and supermassive black hole binaries. The upcoming/proposed GW observatories like SKA, LIGO-India, LISA, Taiji/TianQin, ET, CE, and LILA are expected to address some of the most pressing challenges in modern cosmology, such as the Hubble tension and the nature of inflation in the early Universe while providing ultra-sensitive tests for Einstein’s universe.
Invited Speakers
Alvin Chua (NUS)
Anna Heffernan (UIB)*
Che-Yu Chen (RIKEN)
Feng-Li Lin (NTNU)
George Hobbs (CSIRO)
Jai-chan Hwang (IBS)
Otto Hannuksela (CUHK)
Ryan Shannon (Swinburne)
Sarah Vigeland (UWM)
Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto U.)
Tjonnie Li (KU Leuven)
Vicharit Yingcharoenrat (Chulalongkorn U.)
Xiao Xue (IFAE)
Xingjiang Zhu (BNU)
Yuki Inoue (NCU)
More To Be Confirmed*
Dates and Venue
20 – 25 April, 2025
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Registration deadline: 1st March 2025
No registration fee, but slots are limited
Contributed talks and posters are welcome
Code of Conduct
The organizers are committed to ensuring that this workshop is a positive, inclusive, and enriching experience for all participants. We aim to foster an environment free from harassment and discrimination, welcoming individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, physical appearances, body sizes, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and ages. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. Thank you for helping us create a supportive and collaborative community.
Scientific Organising Committee
Achamveedu Gopakumar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Ian Vega (National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman)
Kin-Wang Ng (Academia Sinica)
Reginald Christian Bernardo (APCTP)
Stephen Appleby (APCTP)