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Tales of Black Holes – International Doctoral Summer School on Advanced Black Hole Physics, June 29 – July 3, 2026, Granada

Black holes are among the most fascinating objects in the universe. From cosmological, galactic and stellar scales, where black holes are integral pieces in the formation and evolution of different structures, to microscopic scales, where the study of the fabric of spacetime and black hole interiors are interrelated, black holes are ubiquitous in all research areas in which gravity is a prominent actor. A proper understanding of many aspects of modern physics requires being familiar with the concept of black hole; conversely, comprehending black holes in all their dimensions requires extensive knowledge in diverse branches of physics, including geometry, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, quantum field theory and numerical analysis.

This summer school will offer PhD and MSc students the opportunity to gain a solid understanding of the theory, phenomenology and observations of black holes and acquire a broad perspective of current research tendencies. Lectures covering each of these aspects will be delivered by three leading international experts.

The school will take place in the historical Carmen de la Victoria at the heart of the Albayzín, the old Arab neighborhood of Granada, where all participants will be hosted on a full board basis. The Carmen de la Victoria faces the famous Alhambra, the place of inspiration of the popular book by Washington Irving that the name of the school pays homage to.

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Causalworlds 2026: The 3rd International Conference on Quantum, Classical, and Relativistic Causality, June 22-26, 2026, Grenoble

Understanding causality is foundational to science and has wide-ranging applications, yet there are several distinct notions of causation. Recently, there have been important developments on the role of causality in quantum physics, relativistic physics and their interplay. These have unearthed a plethora of deep and fascinating questions regarding the nature of causation in physical theories, emergence of space-time structure and how relativistic principles can shape the landscape of quantum information processing. At the same time, causal reasoning is central in classical statistics, and has become a crucial tool in machine learning, with applications ranging from big data to healthcare. The interface between classical and quantum causality has also been crucial for identifying when and how quantum theory can surpass classical models in information processing. Causalworlds aims to bring together researchers from different areas of physics, computer science, mathematics and philosophy working on such questions related to causality, both from fundamental and applied perspectives, to provide a venue for cross-pollination of ideas and techniques across these disciplines and consolidate efforts towards a more unified understanding of causation.

The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to):

  • Quantum and classical causal inference and causal models
  • The role of causal structure in information processing
  • Indefinite causality and quantum reference frames
  • Cyclic causality and time symmetry
  • Causality in quantum field theory and quantum gravity
  • Experiments in causality and applications

Important dates

  • Paper submission deadline: Feb 20, 2026
  • Paper notification: Late March, 2026
  • Registration deadline: TBC
  • Conference: June 22-26, 2026

All deadlines are stated with respect to the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

Submission Guidelines

We invite submissions of papers for talks and/or posters. Submissions for a talk will automatically be considered for a poster if not accepted for a talk.

  • Talk: Submission will consist of a 3 page (excluding references) extended abstract, together with a link to the full paper (published or preprint) or a draft of the manuscript if not yet publicly available.
  • Poster: Submission will consist of a short plaintext abstract. Work in progress is welcome.

Submissions will be considered via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=cw2026

Invited Speakers

To be announced shortly.

Organising Committee

  • Alastair Abbott (Inria)
  • Cyril Branciard (Institut Néel)
  • Mehdi Mhalla (LIG)
  • Kuntal Sengupta (Institut Néel)
  • V. Vilasini (Inria)

PC Chairs

  • Alastair Abbott (Inria)
  • Elie Wolfe (Perimeter Institute)

The programme committee will be announced shortly.

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The Extragalactic Transient Universe, July 6-10 2026 in Marseille

The 2026 edition of the GECO-LAM conference will discuss the “Extragalactic Transient Universe” at a time of great research opportunities favored by new facilities such the SVOM and Einstein Probe (EP) high-energy missions or the Vera Rubin Observatory, among multiple others. The conference will focus on diverse topics ranging from observations, theory and modeling of the broad population of astronomical transients, through multi-messenger astronomy, to the instrumentation, techniques and data management that are needed to make transient research successful.

Abstract submission opens on 12th of January 2026 and remains open until 27th February 2026. The programme will be published on April, 17th. Registration is already open and will stay open until May 1st. The meeting will be proposed in hybrid format. The conference will count with invited talks, contributed talks, and posters. Registrations fees: [to be announced here]

A social dinner will be organized ; more informations will be given here.

Research topics to be discussed at the conference will include:

  • Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Fast Blue Optical Transients
  • Core-collapse supernovae
  • Tidal Disruption Events
  • Fast Radio Bursts
  • Exotic transients
  • Multi-messenger observations
  • Theory and simulations
  • Massive stars as progenitors
  • Host galaxies
  • Instrumentation, surveys, and observational techniques

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Einstein Telescope Research Infrastructure: Challenges and Long-Term Sustainability, February 16-17 2026 at Sapienza University Rome

This workshop aims to bring together leading researchers and industry professionals to address sustainability challenges and innovative solutions for this large underground infrastructure. Discussions will span the entire project lifecycle, from initial design to decommissioning, with a dedicated session fostering collaboration opportunities for industrial partners.

Sustainability has become a top priority across industries, fueling global initiatives to conserve resources, reduce carbon emissions, and mitigate environmental impacts while promoting efficiency and collaboration throughout product life cycles. The development of large-scale underground infrastructures, such as the Einstein Telescope, requires an integrated and forward-thinking approach to ensure sustainability is embedded across every phase of its lifecycle.
This research-industry workshop seeks to bring together leading experts and industry actors to discuss sustainability challenges linked to large-scale underground scientific infrastructures. Using the Einstein Telescope project as a model case, the event will foster innovative discussions and collaborative solutions to address these critical issues.

The program will facilitate the examination and the discussion of sustainability approaches applicable throughout the complete project lifecycle:

  • Design Phase: Integration of sustainability principles in initial conceptualization and planning
  • Construction Phase: Implementing eco-friendly building techniques and material selection and reuse strategies.
  • Operational Phase: Minimizing resource consumption and environmental impact
  • Decommissioning Phase: Evaluation of responsible site restoration approaches.


The workshop will include a dedicated session, for potential industrial collaborators, to explore partnership opportunities in this cutting-edge scientific endeavor, to examine relevant aspects of a sustainable procurement strategy and to have the opportunities of scheduling 1:1 meetings with project experts in “Affreschi” Room adjacent to the main workshop room.

This Workshop is organized in the context of the activities carried out by Workpackages 7 and 9, of the Einstein Telescope Preparatory Phase (ET_PP) EU funded program.

Overview of the Workshop Sessions

MONDAY 16/02/26

  • 8.00 – 9.00: Registration for the Workshop
  • 9.00 – 11.00: Session I – Introduction
  • 11.00 – 11.30: Coffee Break
  • 11.30 – 13.00: Session II – Life cycle sustainability assessment
  • 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch break
  • 14.00 – 15.45: Session III – Sustainable transportation and smart energy
  • 15.45 – 16.15: Coffee break
  • 16.15 – 18.00: Session IV – Efficient operation
  • 20.00 – 22.00: Social Dinner

TUESDAY 17/02/26

  • 9.00 – 10.45: Session V – Solutions for underground construction
  • 10.45 – 11.15: Coffee Break
  • 11.15 – 13.00: Session VI – Societal Impact Strategy and Participatory Design
  • 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch Break
  • 14.00 – 15.45: Session VI – Industry engagement and sustainable procurement


The preliminary timetable can also be viewed on this page with more detailed information.

Workshop Website

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Dark Matter and Stars: Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity, July 13-15 2026, Southampton

The International Conference "Dark Matter and Stars: Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity" aims to bring together scientists working across the different research fields of astrophysics, cosmology, and modified gravity. We want to look at the dark matter problem from different perspectives, considering it to be of particle nature, as well as modification of gravity. This meeting is intended to initiate cross-field discussions of dark matter searches, their current status, and future prospects.

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Quantum Gravity and Cosmology 2026, February 9-13, Bologna

General Relativity (GR) perfectly describes a variety of phenomena in gravity at energy scales much less than the Planck mass. However, this theory calls for an ultraviolet (UV) completion at higher energies.

Various approaches have been developed in this direction in the past decades, including (but not limited to) string theory, which naturally contains the limit of GR. The low-energy effective field theory (EFT) of GR can also have a UV completion which is formulated as a field theory, perturbatively including higher curvature operators or non- perturbatively with an asymptotically safe fixed point. Formulation of new methods, especially working for gravity in the non-perturbative regime, requires more exchanges between the scientific communities that used to be separated. We believe that cross-team discussions will lead to significant progress in understanding the self-consistency and potential phenomenological implications of UV complete descriptions of gravity.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together the experts working on different UV complete approaches to quantum gravity, from string theory to various perturbative and non-perturbative approaches. Given the promising opportunity to probe quantum gravity effects in the very early Universe with future CMB and gravitational wave experiments, we expect the in-depth discussions on predictions and self-consistency of low- energy effective theories on top of cosmological backgrounds.

The meeting will be mainly focused on the following directions:

  • Non-perturbative methods, in application to quantum gravity, such as string theory, amplitudes bootstrap, functional renormalisation group, loop quantum gravity, etc.
  • Quantum gravity effects in the early Universe: inflation, cosmological correlators, non-gaussianities, gravitational waves.
  • EFT of gravity in connection with cosmology and Black Holes.
  • other related topics.

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CosPA2026 and ACGRG13, July 6-10 2026, Christchurch, New Zealand

The International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2026) and the 13th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG13) will be held jointly, bringing together two complementary scientific communities. CosPA2026 is part of an annual conference series organized in the Asia-Pacific region under the Asia Pacific Organization of Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (APCosPA), while ACGRG13, convened by the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, is a biennial forum for regional researchers in all areas gravitational physics from mathematical relativity to experimental gravitational wave detection.

Together, these meetings aim to unite theorists, experimentalists, and observers working across gravitation, particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics, and astroparticle physics. Participants will engage in discussions on the latest observations, theoretical developments, and emerging directions in these intersecting fields.

Key areas of focus include:

  • Classical and Quantum Theories of Gravity
  • Cosmology
  • Radio Astronomy
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Dark Matter
  • Neutrino Physics
  • Relativistic Astrophysics
  • Mathematical and Numerical Relativity

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GW:UK @ Nottingham, January 15-16 2026

GW:UK@Nottingham is the first meeting of the GW:UK initiative (website). It will bring together researchers from across the UK involved in gravitational wave science to celebrate 10 years of gravitational wave discoveries (day 1) and to engage in community-building activities (day 2).

Due to the nature of this meeting, we will only offer in person participation. Some funding to cover accommodation and travel expenses for UK-based participants is available. There will be a number of slots available for contributed talks, including flash talks. We especially encourage early career researchers to apply for a slot.

To be considered for financial support and a contributed or flash talk, please complete your registration by 16 December.

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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).

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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