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PhD International School on Technologies in Gravitational Waves Detection 2026, May 20-27, Sicily

First edition of the PhD International School on Technologies in Gravitational Waves Detection (STGWD). The event will be held at Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Sicily (Italy), on May 20th-27th, 2026.

The scientific program includes a theoretical introduction to the fundamental principles of gravitational wave detection, along with lectures and practical sessions dedicated to the main features of ground-based and space-based interferometric detectors, paying particular attention to the following fields:

  • GW theoretical aspects and principia
  • Future GW Observatories
  • Technologies aspects (interferometry, optics, controls, noise mitigation)
  • Data Analysis

The school STGWD is designed primarily for PhD students, recent MSc graduates, final‑year MSc candidates, and early‑career researchers, while remaining open to anyone eager to deepen their expertise.

STGWD aims to foster scientific exchange through dedicated time for discussions, hands‑on activities, and poster sessions. The event offers an excellent opportunity to strengthen connections within the GW community and to expand networks with fellow young researchers as well as established experts.

Registration will be open from 19/01/2026 to 30/04/2026

Payment information are available in the indico page after the pre-registration phase.

Scientific Organizing Committee: M. Punturo, P. Campana, H. Lueck, G. Gemme, D. D’Urso, G. Cella, R. Dolesi, F. Travasso, L. Naticchioni.

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2026 North American Einstein Toolkit Workshop and School, June 15-18 in Urbana

The 2026 edition of the North American Einstein Toolkit Workshop and School is taking place in Urbana, Illinois on June 15 – 18, 2026 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Room 1040).

The Workshop, hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, will provide an opportunity for researchers and students to learn about the Einstein Toolkit, a community-driven software platform of core computational tools to advance and support research in relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics.

The workshop will offer a mixture of talks and tutorials, with the tutorials including basic tutorials for new users and more advanced topics. The talks will, likewise, provide information for new users and will highlight exciting science cases and the latest developments in numerical relativity. On the final day, we will discuss future directions and development.

Limited travel support is available and can be requested via the registration form.

Workshop Website

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AI for Gravitational Waves at CERN, May 5–8, 2026 at CERN

As gravitational-wave (GW) observatories enter an era of rapidly increasing detector sensitivity, bandwidth, and data rates—while the machine-learning (ML) ecosystem continues to mature—there is a timely opportunity to bring together the GW and AI communities in a focused setting at CERN.

This workshop will convene researchers from the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) collaboration, the Einstein Telescope (ET), LISA, and the broader CERN AI community to (i) share recent advances, (ii) identify common technical challenges across experiments, and (iii) seed new cross-disciplinary collaborations—especially those relevant to next-generation detectors and real-time analysis. A dedicated focus will be placed on real-time data processing and next-generation triggers, highlighting synergies between GW low-latency pipelines and high-energy physics trigger/DAQ developments.

Workshop format 

The program combines invited keynotes and contributed talks, plus posters and hands-on tutorials:

  • Tuesday: Keynotes (LVK, ET, LISA, AI @ CERN)
  • Wednesday: Contributed talks — AI for detector operations and AI for GW simulation; AI for data analysis; keynote on AI tools for edge computing; tutorials
  • Thursday–Friday: Contributed talks — Next-Generation Triggers and AI for real-time data processing; tutorials; closing plenary and discussion on GW collaborations with CERN

Important deadlines

  • Abstract submission for contributed talks deadline – March 25th
  • Poster submissions deadline – March 25th
  • Acceptance announcement – March 26th
  • Registration deadline – May 1st

We welcome contributions for

  • Contributed talks
  • Posters

Scientific committee

  • Elena Cuoco (University of Bologna)
  • Valerie Domcke (CERN)
  • Jan Harms (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
  • Gianluca Inguglia (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
  • Erik Katsavounidis (MIT)
  • Samaya Nissanke (DESY, German Centre for Astrophysics DZA)

Organising committee

  • Katya Govorkova (MIT)
  • Eric Moreno (MIT)
  • Maurizio Pierini (CERN)

Workshop Website

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POSYDON Summer School, August 24-27 2026 in Geneva

Join us in Geneva for the 2026 POSYDON School and learn how to use POSYDON, a state-of-the-art binary population synthesis code now in its second version. This four-day workshop is designed to help participants incorporate POSYDON effectively into their own research.

Through a series of hands-on labs, we will explore astrophysical scenarios such as mass-transfer stability, supernovae, binary black-hole populations, and more, showcasing how POSYDON can advance your research goals. Participation is limited to 25 attendees to keep the school highly interactive and discussion-driven.

Registration Is Now Open

Registration for the 2026 POSYDON School is now open and will remain open until April 30, 2026. Attendance is limited to 25 participants. To apply, please complete the registration form here: POSYDON School 2026 Registration Form.

There is no registration fee for the school. We will provide free coffee breaks and lunches to all participants throughout the week.

We ask all participants to plan to attend the full school from August 24 to August 27, 2026.
Participants are expected to have a solid background in the physics of single and binary stellar evolution, typically acquired through advanced undergraduate or graduate-level coursework, or through relevant research experience.
Participants are not expected to know how to use POSYDON but should bring a personal laptop for the hands-on sessions.
We recommend that participants read the instrument papers for POSYDON v1 and POSYDON v2 to familiarize yourself with the code infrastructure.
Familiarity with Python and command line usage is expected.
For PhD, Master’s, and Bachelor’s students, we will reach out to your supervisor to confirm that you meet the availability, funding, and preparedness requirements. Make sure you have your supervisor’s permission before applying.

Limited financial support may be available. Applicants for whom financial support is necessary for participation should, after submitting the registration form, send a separate email to posydon.school@gmail.com explaining and motivating their request.

Please email posydon.school(at)gmail.com with any questions or concerns. We expect to notify participants after the application period closes.

The school will take place at the Geneva Observatory, located at Chemin Pegasi 51, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland.

POSYDON School Science Organizing Committee:
Jeff Andrews, Tassos Fragos, and Vicky Kalogera

School Website

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Science with LSST: From Transients to Cosmology – JHU May 11-15

LSST Discovery Alliance Regional Meeting
Science with LSST: From Transients to Cosmology

We are pleased to announce the first LSST Discovery Alliance (DA) Regional Meeting “Science with LSST: From Transients to Cosmology”, that will be held at Johns Hopkins University (Homewood Campus, Baltimore MD) on May 11–15, 2026. This meeting is envisioned as a five-day, in-person event. The program will include invited presentations spanning a broad range of topics:

  • Cosmology / Dark Energy Science
  • Time-domain / Multi-messenger science
  • Stellar activity and stellar/galactic archaeology
  • Galaxy and AGN science
  • Software, AI, and LINCC Frameworks

The meeting will include tutorials, as well as dedicated time for open discussion on the use of Rubin early science data. The goals of the meeting are to: (i) introduce early-career researchers and their advisors across DA member institutions in the region to the data analysis tools and software available through the Rubin Science Platform and LINCC Frameworks, and (ii) identify strategies for leveraging Rubin early science data and alert streams to enhance the scientific return of complementary ground- and space-based facilities. We also hope the meeting will catalyze new collaborative projects across DA institutions.
To register, please fill in and submit this form by 2026 March 31. Submission of the registration form does not guarantee a place due to participant limits. We will prioritize participants from Discovery Alliance member institutions in the region, especially early-career researchers and their advisors.

Invited speakers: Alexandra Amon (Princeton), Federica Bianco (University of Delaware), Neven Caplar (University of Washington), Gordon Richards (Drexel University), Nora Shipp (University of Washington).

LOC/SOC: Alessandra Corsi (JHU), Tony Chen (JHU), Daniel D’Orazio (STScI), Mitchell Karmen (JHU), Xiaolong Li (JHU), Armin Rest (STScI), Kevin Schlaufman (JHU), Andrew Sturner (LSST-DA), Beth Willman (LSST-DA), Nadia Zakamska (JHU).

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Iberian GW Meeting and International School on GWs 2026, Apr 26 – May 02, Benasque

The Iberian Gravitational Wave Meetings (IGWM) are annual meetings organized by the REDONGRA community which have played a key role in establishing a Spanish GW community, and in integrating new groups.

We organize these meetings with focus on specific joint R&D activities, in particular toward maximizing the Spanish role in the breakthrough discoveries expected in the next few years (the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detections and the new Pulsar Timing Array data), and in developing the future Einstein Telescope (ET) and LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatories.

In the context of the new REDONGRA funded network, we add the International School on Gravitational Wave Physics (ISGWP), which will consist of a series of lectures and hands-on sessions covering all relevant aspects of GW science (instrumentation, simulations, data analysis algorithms, theory), to be delivered by internationally recognized experts. We profit from the joint organization of the IGWM and ISGWP by the presence of these experts in both events. The ISGWP will be mainly addressed to PhD students and young postdocs, with the aim of training the next generations of GW scientists.
International School of Gravitational Wave Physics (ISGWP)
‘Simulations and Data Exploitation in Gravitational Wave Astronomy’

The School (ISGWP-2026) will take place form April 27 to April 29, 2026.
It is primarily aimed at graduate students and early-career researchers, although participation is open to all interested scientists.

The school will consists of six lecture courses of three hours each, covering the following subjects:

  • Tools of Bayesian Inference in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
  • Simulations and Waveform Models for Compact Binary Coalescences
  • Basics of Searches of Compact Binary Coalescence Events
  • Simulations and Data Analysis for Supernovae and other Burst Events
  • Basic Elements of Data Analysis for LISA
  • Simulation Based Inference in Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting 2026 (IGWM 2026)

The Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting (IGWM-2026) will take place from April 30 to May 2, 2026.
This annual meeting has been organized since 2011 and brings together researchers interested in all aspects of Gravitational Wave Astronomy.
It plays an important role in consolidating the gravitational-wave community in Spain and Portugal and is supported by the REDONGRA network.

The meeting will feature invited and contributed talks on current developments in gravitational-wave physics, promoting interaction within the Iberian community while strengthening connections with international collaborations.

Meeting Website

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APPEC Town Meeting Geneva 2026, September 2-3

Dedicated to the preparation of the 
European Astroparticle Physics Strategy 2027–2036
The meeting will take place in person in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2–3 September 2026.
**Registrations will open in the coming weeks**

As part of the roadmap development process, a community-wide survey was conducted in 2024 within the astroparticle physics community, followed more recently by a second survey across European astroparticle physics collaborations. Drawing on these valuable inputs, the APPEC Scientific Advisory Committee is preparing a draft Roadmap addressing all strategic themes identified in the surveys, with a preliminary version expected in summer 2026.

This Town Meeting will provide an opportunity to examine each scientific topic in depth, considering both the European and the broader international context. We will discuss recent advances in astroparticle physics and neighbouring disciplines, as well as developments in the research infrastructures landscape — all of which will contribute to shaping the strategic recommendations for the coming decade.

Over the course of two days, the programme will combine plenary presentations with focused round-table discussions. This format is designed to foster broad community engagement and to ensure that participants play a central role in defining the future strategic directions of astroparticle physics in Europe.

The discussions and conclusions from this 2nd Town Meeting will serve as the final community input to the European Astroparticle Physics Strategy 2027–2036.

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Balzan Conference on Open Issues in Gravitation, March 24-26, 2026 at IHES

The Balzan Conference on Open Issues in Gravitation is part of the research project carried out at IHES with the 2021 Balzan Prize for Gravitation: Physical and Astrophysical Aspects, awarded to T. Damour.

Though gravity is the oldest investigated interaction both observationally and theoretically, it remains mysterious and challenging in many aspects.
This three-day conference will bring together leading experts in a wide range of topics related to gravitation. Besides offering an overview of the status of the field, the talks will address open issues in gravitation that are currently the focus of intense research, such as: gravitational waves, tests of General Relativity, numerical relativity, self-force, new approaches to Black Hole perturbations, extreme black holes, BMS, post-Minkowskian gravity, scattering amplitudes, high-energy scattering, effective field theory, etc.

The talks will be videotaped, thereby completing the collection of Balzan Lectures at IHES (available on carmin.tv)

Organizing Committee:

Thibault Damour (IHES), Alessandro Nagar (INFN, Torino), Julio Parra Martinez (IHES)

Invited speakers:

  • Simone Albanesi (Friedrich-Schiller University Jena)
  • Zvi Bern (UCLA)
  • Donato Bini (IAC, CNR, Rome)
  • Marie-Anne Bizouard (ARTEMIS, Nice)
  • Alessandra Buonanno (Max-Planck Institute, Potsdam)
  • Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Inst. Tech.) – REMOTE
  • Alba Grassi (Université de Genève & CERN)
  • Marc Henneaux (International Solvay Institutes & Collège de France)
  • Gustav U. Jakobsen (Humbolt U., Berlin & Max Planck Inst., Potsdam)
  • Carlos Lousto (Rochester Inst. Tech.)
  • Simon Maenaut (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen)
  • Pierpaolo Mastrolia (INFN Padova)
  • Keefe Mitman (Cornell University)
  • Ugo Moschella (Insubria U., Como & INFN, Milano)
  • Alessandro Nagar (INFN, Torino)
  • Julio Parra-Martinez (IHES)
  • Harvey Reall (University of Cambridge)
  • Jorge Santos (University of Cambridge) – REMOTE
  • Chiara Toldo (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  • Filippo Vernizzi (IPhT, Saclay)
  • Niels Warburton (University College, Dublin)

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Gravity & Cosmology: Searching for Concordance – 6th EPS Conference on Gravitation, June 1-3, 2026 in Stavanger

Gravity impacts all stages of the evolution of the universe, but the precise role of fundamental gravity in modeling cosmology remains to be understood. Current cosmological tensions may be related to an incomplete or oversimplified treatment of gravity and spacetime in the ΛCDM model, and highlight the need for quantifying the influence of initial conditions, local effects of gravity and backreaction beyond a perturbative analysis on FLRW backgrounds.

Recent advances in numerical and analytical methods and a wealth of astrophysical precision data allow for new, systematic studies of the interplay of matter, geometry and inflationary expansion, and open new pathways for a model-independent analysis. Research that exploits the interwovenness of gravity and cosmology includes the proposed use of gravitational wave observations to elucidate the extreme physics of the early universe, and of cosmological probes to constrain modified gravity theories. The big underlying challenge – besides unraveling the complexities of the history of our universe and the nature of its initial big-bang singularity – is to come up with clear evidence for new (quantum) physics beyond general relativity and the standard model of particle physics.

Gravity & Cosmology: Searching for Concordance brings together researchers working on different aspects of the cosmology-gravity interface, who may not necessarily meet at more specialized, subcommunity-oriented events, to exchange views on what are the most feasible and promising ways forward and explore how they relate to each other. Our keynote speakers are leading experts on numerical and mathematical relativity, modified gravity, quantum cosmology, cosmography, gravitational wave cosmology, cosmological tensions, backreaction and phase transitions, and on foundational aspects. We aim for an interactive meeting and for constructive and respectful dialogue, including organized discussions on future challenges and opportunities. We invite the submission of abstracts for contributed talks and posters and encourage especially junior researcher to participate.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

  • Martin Bojowald (Penn State)
  • Chris Clarkson (Queen Mary)
  • Ed Copeland (Nottingham)
  • Eleonora Di Valentino (Sheffield)
  • Ruth Durrer (Geneva)
  • Grigorios Fournodavlos (Crete)
  • Mark Hindmarsh (Helsinki)
  • Alexander Kamenshchik (Bologna)
  • Sofie Marie Koksbang (Odense)
  • Marek Lewicki (Warsaw)
  • Eugene Lim (King’s College)
  • David Mota (Oslo)
  • Nataliya Porayko (Bonn) – tbc
  • Zoe Wyatt (Cambridge)

Location and Venue

The location of the conference is in Stavanger, located on the coast in south-western part of Norway. Western part of Norway is famous for its spectacular fjords, and the Stavanger region is particularly known for its Pulpit Rock situated at the Lysefjord, see conference picture.

Stavanger has coastal climate being a result of being by the relatively temperate North Sea. The city typically experience mild winters and cool summers, and the average day temperature in June is around 15ºC.

The venue for the conference is at the University of Stavanger (UiS), campus Ullandhaug, which is just a couple of kilometers from the city centre, and 7km from Stavanger Airport. There are direct flights to Stavanger from several European cities like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, London, Frankfurt and Helsinki.

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CoCoNuT Meeting 2026, September 8-11, at University of Southampton

The CoCoNuT Meeting is a series of workshops aimed at fostering collaboration among relativistic astrophysics groups, especially within Europe. The series has been taking place yearly since 2009, and this edition will be hosted at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom).

This edition will focus on Magnetohydrodynamics, particularly in the context of core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers, and magnetars. The different topics will be introduced by the invited speakers, followed by contributed talks.

There will also be a day-0 Workshop on the 8th of September about machine learning applications in numerical relativity, jointly organised with members of the CPP-UKNR community. During registration, please mention if you want to attend only the workshop or the CoCoNuT meeting, or both.

The meeting will take place at the Mathematical Sciences Student Centre (Building 56) of the University of Southampton.

Meeting Website