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Materials for Advanced Detectors 2026 (MAD26) Workshop, October 12-14 2026

MAD Workshop is an excellent opportunity to connect with collegues involved in the development of advanced materials for gravitational wave detectors as well as with researchers from crystal growth community and industry who share a deep interest in the topic. Together we will discuss recent achievements and challenges in material research and outline prospects for future cooperation. We are confident that face-to-face workshops with a lot of space for personal interaction and individual meetings will contribute to achieving our common goals.

Where:

ENSSIB lecture hall, Université Lyon I
17 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918
Campus de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne (France)

General Info:

This is a hybrid event. Participants can join all sessions either in person or online via Zoom. Personal attendance is highly appreciated.

Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants. For the first time, a proceeding of the meeting will be proposed.

Beyond the sessions:

Crystal growth and coating laboratory tours featuring a variety of materials and techniques will be proposed the Monday morning.

The coffee breaks, two lunches and one social event dinner is included in the registration fees.

Presentations and Posters:

It is possible to submit an abstract for either a talk or a poster. Note that, depending on the topic and on the available time slot, we might ask you to convert your contribution to either a talk or a poster. Since the workshop is over 2 days, talks are the preferred format.

Registration:

Registration will open soon. Note that the registration is considered completed only when the payment has been fulfilled. In addition, if no payment has been received after the deadline, you will be automatically deregistered from in-person participation.

No payment fee is required for remote participation.

Important Deadlines

  • Registration Open: 1st July
  • Early Registration Close: 13th September
  • Final Registration Close: 27th September
  • Abstract Submission Open: 1st July
  • Abstract Submission Close: 31st July
  • Abstract Review Completed: 9th September

Local Organizing Committee:
Jerome Degallaix, Severin Nadji
MAD26(at)lma.in2p3.fr

Scientific Committee:

  • Alex Amato – Maastricht University / Nikhef, Netherlands
  • Iryna Buchovska – Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ), Germany
  • Mariana Fazio – University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
  • Massimo Granata – Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IP2I-CNRS, France
  • Margot Hennig – The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom / Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik (DZA), Germany
  • Luca Naticchioni – INFN Roma, Italy
  • Andrew Spencer – The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Flavio Travasso – Università di Camerino, Italy

Workshop Website

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IGWN-PI School on Gravitational Waves, August 10-14 2026, Waterloo, Canada

The International Gravitational Wave Network (IGWN) School is an intensive one-week program designed for graduate students and early-career researchers seeking to contribute to gravitational wave astronomy through engagement with the global LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration.

The school will offer a comprehensive introduction to the science, infrastructure, techniques, and collaborative practices that underpin modern gravitational-wave astronomy given by leading scientists from across this international network of advanced gravitational-wave detectors. Participants will explore the many aspects of gravitational wave observations—from detector operations and characterization to data analysis and astrophysical interpretation—gaining the practical knowledge and methodological tools needed to contribute effectively to this large, worldwide scientific effort. Through lectures, tutorials, and interactive sessions, this program aims to foster a new generation of researchers capable of actively participating in a global collaboration of thousands of scientists working together to make groundbreaking discoveries.

Topics include:

  • compact binary coalescence, continuous wave, and dark matter searches; building gravitational wave catalogs
  • multi-messenger gravitational wave astronomy
  • gravitational wave observatories, instrument science, and detector characterization
  • structure and integrating into the collaboration

More information: https://igwn.docs.ligo.org/web/website/

School Website

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2nd New Horizons for Psi Workshop – Black Holes and Fundamental Fields, August 24-28- 2026 in Beijing

The 2nd New Horizons for Psi Workshop will be held in Beijing, China, from 24–28 August 2026, hosted by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (ICTP-AP).

The New Horizons for Psi Workshop is an international conference series devoted to exploring fundamental fields in the vicinity of compact objects, and to understanding how these extreme gravitational environments can serve as powerful laboratories for fundamental physics. The growing interplay between black hole astrophysics, gravitational-wave observations, and particle physics has opened new opportunities to probe phenomena at the intersection of these fields. The workshop brings together researchers working on black holes, gravitational waves, and particle physics, fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue.

In addition to plenary talks, the program will include contributed talks, focused mini-workshop sessions, and a half-day excursion. Abstract submissions for contributed talks are due by 30 June 2026.

Invited Speakers

  • Haipeng An (Tsinghua U)
  • Enrico Barausse (SISSA)
  • Xiaojun Bi (IHEP, CAS)
  • Diego Blas (ICREA/IFAE)
  • Kfir Blum (Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • Richard Brito (IST)
  • Vitor Cardoso (NBI/IST)
  • Arianna Foschi (LESIA)
  • Lam Hui* (Columbia U)
  • Hyungjin Kim (IPhT)
  • Eugene Lim (KCL)
  • Andrea Maselli (GSSI)
  • Hidetoshi Omiya (Kyoto U)
  • Paolo Pani(Sapienza U of Rome) Gilad Perez (Weizmann Institute of Science) Jing Ren (IHEP, CAS) Nils Siemonsen (Princeton U) Thomas Spieksma (Oxford U)
  • Volodymyr Takhistov (KEK & IPMU)
  • Giovanni Tomaselli (IAS)
  • Rodrigo Vicente (U of Amsterdam)
  • Shaojiang Wang (ITP, CAS)
  • Hong Zhang (Shandong U)
  • Yue Zhao (Hong Kong U. Sci. Tech.)
  • *=TBD

International Advisory Board

Gianfranco Bertone, Diego Blas, Richard Brito, Vitor Cardoso, Katy Clough, William East, Joseph Silk, Takahiro Tanaka, Yue-Liang Wu.

Local Organising Committee

Haipeng An, Yifan Chen, Xiaoyong Chu, Huaike Guo, Da Huang, Jing Liu, Teng Ma, Andrew Miller, Shi Pi, Jing Ren, Yong Tang, Yu Tian, Shaojiang Wang, Huan Yang, Jun Zhang (Chair), Yunlong Zhang, Yue Zhao.

REGISTRATIONS and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ARE NOW OPEN

The registration and abstract submission deadline is 30 June, 2026.

Workshop Website

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AG splinter session on Relativistic Astrophysics, September 11 2026, Garching, Germany

Splinter session about “Relativistic Astrophysics” as part of the annual meeting of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG), hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophyics from September 7 to 11, 2026, in Garching, Germany.

This session covers the observational and theoretical aspects of the physics in strong gravitational fields and of the emergence of high energy phenomena. Strong gravity and relativity will be important for the formation and nature of white dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes. Physical phenomena in the vicinity of compact objects are lensing and shadows, the motion of stars in strong gravitational fields, gravitational waves, accretion disks, jets, and Gamma-Ray-Bursts. Also the aspects of relativity in cosmology and dark matter search will be part of this session.

For more details please visit the website of the AG meeting and the website of the splinter session .

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XV International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP2026), August 19-30 2026, Crete, Greece

The International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics aims to promote scientific exchange and the development of novel ideas in science, with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. The conference will bring together experts from around the world, as well as promising young scientists working on experimental and theoretical aspects of particle, nuclear, heavy ion, and astroparticle physics and cosmology, along with colleagues from other disciplines, such as solid-state physics, mathematics, mathematical physics, quantum optics, and more.

The conference will be hosted at the Conference Center of the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), which is situated in an exceptionally beautiful location just a few meters from the Mediterranean Sea.

Arrival day: Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Departure day: Sunday, 30 August 2026

Conference Website

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Cosmological Fundamental Observables and Novel Discoveries in Universe Evolution, January 25-29, 2027 at CERN

hile new discoveries in cosmology have revolutionized our understanding of the Universe over the past decades, many unresolved mysteries remain, such as the nature of dark energy or the physical processes occurring in the earliest stages of history. To resolve these questions in light of new observations, joint efforts across the whole community are needed.

The conference Cosmological Fundamental Observables and Novel Discoveries in Universe Evolution (CosmoFONDUE) aims at offering an occasion for scientists across all fields of cosmology to interact in an engaging and inclusive atmosphere, and to reflect on promising new research directions. A special focus is put on fostering exchange among junior and senior researchers. The conference will cover a broad range of topics across the full redshift span, including:

  • Inflation, pre-CMB cosmology
  • CMB surveys
  • Neutrino & particle cosmology
  • Gravitational waves
  • Galaxy surveys, large-scale structure observables
  • Intensity mapping
  • Supernovae
  • Modified gravity
  • Cosmological tensions

Confirmed speakers:

  • David Alonso (U. of Oxford)
  • Tessa Baker (Portsmouth U., ICG)
  • Julien Carron (U. Geneva)
  • Edmund Copeland (Nottingham U.)
  • Rachel Gray (U. of Glasgow)
  • Kylar Greene (Seoul Natl. U. )
  • Lavinia Heisenberg (Heidelberg U.)
  • Oksana Iarygina (NORDITA)
  • Jae Hyeok Chang (Seoul Natl. U.)
  • Elisabeth Krause (U. of Arizona)
  • Sung Mook Lee (CERN)
  • Vivian Poulin (U. Montpellier)
  • Mickael Rigault (U. Lyon)
  • Marta Spinelli (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur)
  • Licia Verde (ICCUB)
  • Seokhoon Yun (Kyungpook Natl. U.)

Conference Website

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IGWN School at Perimeter Institute, August 10-14, 2026

The IGWN School will be held August 10 - August 14, 2026 at Perimeter Institute.

The International Gravitational Wave Network (IGWN) School is an intensive one-week program designed for graduate students and early-career researchers seeking to contribute to gravitational wave astronomy through engagement with the global LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration. The school will offer a comprehensive introduction to the science, infrastructure, techniques, and collaborative practices that underpin modern gravitational-wave astronomy given by leading scientists from across this international network of advanced gravitational-wave detectors. Participants will explore the many aspects of gravitational wave observations—from detector operations and characterization to data analysis and astrophysical interpretation—gaining the practical knowledge and methodological tools needed to contribute effectively to this large, worldwide scientific effort. Through lectures, tutorials, and interactive sessions, this program aims to foster a new generation of researchers capable of actively participating in a global collaboration of thousands of scientists working together to make groundbreaking discoveries.

Lecturers:

Patrick Brady (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Elenna Capote (LIGO Hanford Observatory)
Derek Davis (University of Rhode-Island)
Chad Hanna (Pennsylvania State University)
Jess McIver (University of British Columbia)
Jessica Steinlechner (Maastricht University)
Daniel Williams (The University of Glasgow)
Nicolas Arnaud (CNRS/IN2P3 & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) – TBC
Barbara Patricelli (University of Pisa) – TBC

Scientific Organizers:

Luis Lehner (Perimeter Institute)
Will East (Perimeter Institute)
Rob Coyne (University of Rhode Island)
Edward Porter (APC)
Quynh Lan Nguyen (Phenikaa University)

Information for this event can be found here.

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Ripples Through Time: Past Triumphs, Mapping the Future, November 25-27, 2026 at UWA Perth

Celebrating 50 years of gravitational wave research, science education, and future innovation

A century ago gravitational wave detection was thought to be impossible. Fifty years ago it was the quest of a small bunch of intrepid physicists. They faced challenge after challenge, but their optimism persisted. They uncovered new physics, invented novel instruments and new techniques. New disciplines like quantum optomechanics, space laser communication, clock technology and airborne exploration technologies emerged from their efforts. Year after year they overcame setbacks, never imagining that it would take 40 years of struggle to achieve their quest.

When the direct detection of gravitational waves was finally achieved in 2015, it marked the beginning of a new era in astronomy. It brought with it surprises and opportunities, new horizons and new questions. Today, thousands of researchers all over the world work together, using increasingly sensitive detectors to explore the universe in ways that were once unimaginable.

This symposium marks fifty years since Australia became part of the international quest to detect gravitational waves. Celebrating the remarkable achievements of gravitational wave researchers, it aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, map the future, and identify opportunities. What are the greatest challenges, what might we discover and what is the future of physics?

The symposium is held in honour of David Blair, commemorating his 80th birthday and recognising his extraordinary 50 years of contributions to physics, physics education and public awareness of science.

Symposium Website

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APS Division of Particles and Fields (DPF), July 20-24, 2026 at Fermilab

The 2026 edition of the APS Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) meeting will be held at Fermilab on July 20-24, 2026.

Registration is now open. Please note May 20 registration deadline for non-US citizens.

Abstract submission for parallel talks and posters is now open at https://indico.fnal.gov/event/72820/abstracts/

The Fermilab Users and Affiliates Meeting will be held on the overlapping Friday, July 24, 2026 https://indico.fnal.gov/event/73552/

Please note that low-cost housing ($50/night) will be available in dormitories at nearby Benedictine University.

A limited number of student travel awards will be available: https://indico.fnal.gov/event/72820/page/4422-student-travel-awards

Important deadlines:

  • Abstract submission deadline: May 11, 2026
  • In‑Person Registration (Non‑U.S. Citizens): May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST
  • In‑Person Registration (U.S. Citizens): June 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST
  • Virtual Registration: July 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST

Meeting Website

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Ringdown in Lisbon, October 19-21 2026

Ringdown-focussed workshops have been held in New York in February 2022 and in Copenhagen in August 2024. For the growing community of people working on this topic, we plan to have the next meeting in 2026.

In the last year, the realm of black hole quasi-normal modes have been more vibrant than ever. The large number of updates is recognisable in the rise of a vibrant, young and motivated community that is pushing the boundaries of where we can test the nature of black holes with gravitational waves observations. The aim of this workshop is to give a space to this community for relaxed discussion session and fostering the birth of collaborations.

If you want to participate to the workshop, please fill in the registration form. Please be aware that the maximum number of partecipants is 100 and priority is given to invited participants. You will need manual confirmation from the organisers to finalise the registration.

Local Organising Commitee

Nicola Franchini, David Hilditch, Rita Sousa

Scientific Organising Commitee

Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Gregorio Carullo, Nicola Franchini, David Hilditch

Speakers and Chairs

Marina de Amicis (Perimeter Institute)
Macarena Lagos (Universidad Andres Bello)
Mark H. Y. Cheung (Princeton Univerity) [TBC]Neev Khera (Guelph University)
Lorena Magaña Zertuche (Niels Bohr Institute)
Costantino Pacilio (Università “La Sapienza” of Rome)
Paolo Arnaudo (Southampton University)
Adrien Kuntz (Instituto Superior Técnico)
Marina David (Leuven University)
Jutta Kunz (Oldenburg University)
Joao Cavalcante (ABC Federal University)
Hayato Motohashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Joachim Pomper (Università di Pisa)
Ling Sun (Australian National University)
Chantal Pitte (SISSA)
Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute – Potsdam)

Workshop Website