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PAFT26 – Quantum Frontiers in Gravity, March 29 – April 1 2026 in Vietri Sul Mare

The main objective of the conference "PAFT26 - Quantum Frontiers in Gravity" is to bring together theoretical physicists and phenomenologists who are experts in the complementary fields of classical and quantum gravity, modified gravity, and experimental aspects of gravity in quantum systems. The conference will give space to a constructive exchange of ideas and encourage new collaborations.

All conference participants will be accommodated at the Lloyd’s Baia Hotel (see Accommodation for details). The conference fee is 120 euros. Students can apply for a fee waiver during registration.

A Gala dinner is included in the social program at a cost of 70 euros, to be paid at the venue.
Important Dates

The conference starts on Sunday, March 29, at 2pm (after lunch) and it ends on Wednesday, April 1st, at 1pm (before lunch).
Deadline for Talk submission on February 23
Confirmation of acceptance will be given on February 28

Deadline for registration on March 13

Deadline for reservation at Lloyd’sBaia on March 2nd

Invited Speakers
A preliminary list of invited speakers includes:

G. Barnich (ULB), L.-Q. Chen (IQOQI), C. Curceanu (INFN), L. Diosi (Budapest, RMKI), J. Kowalski-Glikman (NCBJ & UWr), R. Loll (Nijmegen U & IMAPP), N. Mavromatos (Natl. Tech. U. Athens and King’s Coll. London), A. Pachol (USN), T. Sotiriou (U Nottingham)

Organising Committee
Michele Arzano (Napoli Federico II & INFN Napoli), Massimo Blasone (Salerno & INFN Napoli/Salerno), Goffredo Chirco (Napoli Federico II & INFN Napoli), Gaetano Fiore (Napoli Federico II & INFN. Napoli), Giulia Gubitosi (Napoli Federico II & INFN Napoli), Gaetano Lambiase (Salerno & INFN Napoli/Salerno), Fedele Lizzi (Napoli Federico II & INFN Napoli), Tanmay Kumar Poddar (IPPP, Durham), Luca Visinelli (Salerno & INFN Napoli/Salerno), Patrizia Vitale (Napoli Federico II & INFN Napoli)

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IberiCos 2026, April 22-24 2026 at University of Granada

The 2026 edition of the Iberian Cosmology Meetings (IberiCos 2026) will be held in Granada, Spain, from April 22 to 24, 2026, organized by the Theoretical Physics and Cosmos Department of the University of Granada (UGR).

The IberiCos meetings aim to promote exchange and collaboration among researchers working in Cosmology and related fields in Portugal and Spain, while also welcoming participants from all over the world.

The spirit of the meetings is to provide an open and inclusive forum for sharing ongoing research. Accordingly, IberiCOS 2026 will cover a wide range of topics, including primordial black holes, dark energy and dark matter, theoretical and observational cosmology, and gravitational waves. A key goal of the meeting is to foster dynamic interactions between theorists and observers.

All participants interested in presenting their work are invited to register and submit their title and abstract. We particularly encourage early-career researchers to contribute and share their results with the community.

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Black Holes & Cosmology, June 15-19 2026, Granada

The purpose of the international conference series Black Holes & Cosmology is to bring together world-renowned experts as well as junior researchers working on theoretical and observational aspects of black holes, particularly (but not limited to) their role in cosmology.

Topics include:

  • Dark Matter
  • Structure Formation
  • Primordial Black Holes
  • Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
  • Quantum Aspects of Black Holes

This event will take place in Granada, Spain, at ‘Carmen de la Victoria’ — an historic 19th-century estate with an unobstructed view onto the Alhambra — between the 15th and the 19th of June 2026. We look forward to meet you!

The opening talk will be held by Professor Alan Guth (MIT).

Invited Speakers (* = TBC):

  • Alessandra Buonanno* (MPI for Gravitational Physics)
  • Roger Blandford (Stanford)
  • Andreas Burkert (LMU)
  • Diego Blas (IFAE)
  • Volker Bromm* (UT)
  • Nico Cappelluti (UF)
  • Bernard Carr (QMUL)
  • Sébastien Clesse (ULB)
  • Tamara Davis (UQ)
  • Gia Dvali (LMU & MPI for Physics)
  • Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
  • Glennys Farrar (NYU)
  • Wendy Freedman (Chicago)
  • Katherine Freese (UT)
  • Jaume Garriga (ICCUB)
  • Sarah Geller (UCSC)
  • Alan Guth (MIT)
  • Günther Hasinger* (DZA)
  • Michael Hawkins (ROE)
  • Vicky Kalogera (NW)
  • Alexander Kusenko (UCLA)
  • Julien Lavalle (UoM)
  • Deyan Mihaylov (CWRU)
  • Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale)
  • Lisa Randall (Harvard)
  • Mairi Sakellariadou (KCL)
  • Pearl Sandick (UU)
  • Ravi Sheth (UPenn)
  • Adam Riess* (JHU)
  • Joe Silk (IAP & JHU & Oxford)
  • Glenn Starkman (CWRU)
  • Lárus Thorlacius (UI)
  • Vincent Vennin (ENS Paris)
  • Tanmay Vachaspati (ASU)
  • Alexander Vikman (CEICO)
  • David Wands (UoP)

Organisational Committee:

  • Florian Kühnel (LMU & TU Dortmund) [Chair]
  • Juan García-Bellido (UAM)
  • Mar Bastero-Gil (UGR)
  • David Kaiser (MIT)

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Open Data Workshop 2026, April 20-23 in Toulouse and online

This is an exciting time in gravitational-wave astronomy! LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA just finished their fourth observing run (O4). Data from the past three observing runs (O1, O2, and O3) and the beginning of O4 (O4a) are publicly available, and include over 200 detections of compact object mergers. And the list continues to grow as more confirmed detections are added.

After you enroll, you will receive a crash-course in gravitational-wave (GW) data analysis. By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the basics of how LIGO and Virgo record data
  • Find and download LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA data
  • Make plots of real data and simulated waveforms
  • Use matched filtering to identify transient signals in LIGO/Virgo data
  • Use parameter estimation to extract astrophysical information from transient signals

This course includes lectures, software tutorials, quiz questions, and a data challenge. Complete the course and data challenge to receive a certificate.

Workshop Website

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Binary compact objects on eccentric orbits and their gravitational-wave signatures, September 1-6 2026, Corfu

The discovery of gravitational waves has opened an entirely new observational window on the Universe, and eccentric systems represent one of the most exciting frontiers. While most detected binaries to date are consistent with circular inspirals, there is mounting evidence that eccentricity may already be present in current events, with claims ranging from high-mass and low-mass black hole binaries to neutron star-black hole systems. Understanding, modeling, and interpreting eccentric sources is both timely and urgent. The workshop will bring together experts in theory, numerical relativity, data analysis, and astrophysics, as well as early-career researchers entering these fields. We aim to create a collaborative environment where participants can share results, exchange ideas, and identify the next key steps.

The core program of the workshop will take place on September 1st-4th, 2026 at the Corfu Summer Institute, which is located in Mon Repos park, a short walk from Corfu town. In addition, the conference center will also be open and available to us on September 5th-6th; attendees can take it as an opportunity to work in small groups while enjoying Corfu’s seaside, beaches, and great food.

The workshop will have a conference fee of 350 Euros (250 Euros for students) covering coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception, conference dinner, and two excursions (hopefully on a boat). While we are unable to provide travel support, accommodation in Corfu in September is relatively inexpensive (but the beaches are still great!). The workshop will be in person without remote options.

Workshop Website

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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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Thematic school GWsNS-2026: Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars, June 28 – July 3 2026 Station Biologique de Roscoff, France

The thematic school Gravitational Waves emission from proto-neutron stars and Neutron Star mergers (GWsNS-2026) is a graduate school that will cover several aspects of the gravitational wave (GW) emission from neutron stars, with special attention to neutron star mergers and proto-neutron stars. This is the 2026 edition of the event GWsNS-2023 (check the website for the lecture material of the previous edition!), and will take place at the Station Biologique de Roscoff (Brittany, France), a CNRS facility with full conference infrastructure and on-site accommodation.

The rapidly evolving field of multi-messenger astronomy and the arrival of third-generation detectors (like the European Einstein Telescope project and the American Cosmic Explorer) are expected to lead to further advances in both our understanding of neutron star astrophysics and the possibility of constraining theoretical models of ultra-dense matter with astronomical observations.

A complete understanding of the observations expected from third-generation gravitational-wave detectors will only emerge through a close dialogue between theory and data. Achieving this demands a broad and interdisciplinary skill set — spanning nuclear and hadronic physics, numerical relativity simulations, Bayesian inference, and multi-messenger astronomy.
The GWsNS-2026 school aims to bring together both young and experienced researchers wishing to gain a comprehensive view of this rapidly evolving and highly interdisciplinary field.

School 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

Meeting Website

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Save the date: GRASS 2026 – GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium, Padova, Italy

The 5th GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium (GRASS 2026) will be held in Padova (Italy) on 22 - 24 June 2026.

To help everyone connect and get to know each other, we’re organizing a kayak tour to Venice on the Sunday 21 June 2026 before the start of the conference. It’s a great way to enjoy the city and kick off the conference in a relaxed atmosphere.

The website of the conference is in preparation and will be advertised within a few weeks. Mark your calendar and stay tuned!

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BritGrav 2026, April 9-10 in Cardiff

The 26th BritGrav meeting will be hosted by the Gravity Exploration Institute at the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University.

The meeting will be held on the 9th and 10th of April 2026.

The aim of BritGrav is to bring together early-career researchers working on all aspects of gravitational physics, including astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, quantum gravity, gravitational-wave data analysis and instrumentation.

Following the BritGrav tradition, the meeting will consist of short talks, with priority given to PhD students and postdocs. The meeting has no registration fee. Limited funding will be available from the IOP Gravitational Physics Group to support travel for PhD students based in the UK and Ireland. You may request travel support by emailing the organisers. See also the logistics page.

At the end of the meeting, a prize for the Best Student Talk, sponsored by the IOP Publishing Group, will be awarded.

Local organising committee: Fabio Antonini, Isobel-Romero Shaw, Parthapratim Mahapatra, Mukesh Singh, Beth Flanagan, Fani Dosoupolou, Ohkyung Kwon, Sama Al-Shammari, Ruaraidh Dumbreck, Meryl Kinnear

For any enquiries, please contact us:
Isobel Romero-Shaw: romero-shawi(at)cardiff.ac.uk
Fabio Antonini: antoninif(at)cardiff.ac.uk

BritGrav 26 is supported by the Institute of Physics and Cardiff University.

Conference Website