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Gravity 2025: New Horizon of Black Hole Physics, January 27-31, Kyoto University

Fundamental aspects of black holes have been actively studied so far to unravel the mystery of black holes and to achieve new physics like the quantum theory of gravity. Black holes are the simplest astrophysical objects in the Universe as each black hole can be characterized by a few parameters only in general relativity. For this reason, they are regarded as the best sites to probe new physics.

Given the recent developments in observational and theoretical progress in black hole physics, it is important for theoretical physicists to discuss how we can unravel the mysteries of black holes, probe new physics, and test existing theories from both fundamental and observational points of view.

This workshop aims to bring together experts working on astrophysical and fundamental aspects of black holes to share ideas and expertise and to offer introductory talks to learn relevant state-of-the-art knowledge.

Invited Speakers (*=tbc)

Yanbei Chen (Caltech)
Katy Clough (Queen Mary U. of London)
Astrid Eichhorn (Southern Denmark U.)
Akihiro Ishibashi (Kindai U.)
Paolo Pani (Sapienza U. of Rome)
Chia-Hsien Shen (Natl. Taiwan U.)
*Sergey Sibiryakov (Perimeter Inst.)
Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto U.)

Contact
gravity2025(at)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Organizers
Katsuki Aoki, Antonio De Felice, Francesco Di Filippo, Mohammad Ali Gorji, Shinji Mukohyama, Naritaka Oshita (Chair), Masroor C. Pookkillath, Kazufumi Takahashi

Workshop Website

JGRG 33 – The 33rd Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation, December 2-6, 2024 in Japan

JGRG is the community of researchers in Japan, working on General relativity and Gravitation. JGRG has hosted an annual workshop series under the same title since 1991. The main purpose of the workshop is to provide a venue for exchanging ideas to pursue future trends of research. The workshop covers a wide range of topics related to general relativity and gravitation.

Date & Venue

December 2 (Mon) – December 6 (Fri), 2024
HigashiOsaka Campus, Kindai University, Osaka

Invited Speakers

  • Vitor Cardoso (Niels Bohr Institute/Lisbon IST)
  • Shasvath Kapadia (IUCAA)
  • Jutta Kunz (University of Oldenburg)
  • Pablo A. Cano (ICC, University of Barcelona)
  • Guo-Chin Liu (Tamkang University)
  • Kent Yagi (University of Virginia)
  • Hirotaka Yuzurihara (ICRR)
  • and more


Registration

Registration form:
Please register from here.
Registration is free of charge.
We do not offer live streaming of sessions or provide recorded presentations.

Important dates

  • September 25 (24:00 JST): Deadline for travel support, Visa support
  • October 15 (24:00 JST): Deadline for abstract submission
  • October 30: Deadline for registration (without presentation)

Travel Support
We offer travel support for domestic participants, particularly students. If you would like to request travel support, please indicate this in the registration form. As our budget for travel support is limited, we may not be able to accommodate all requests.

Programme

Dec. 2 (Mon) – Reception: 9:30 – 10:30, Opening: 10:30 – 10:45
Dec.4 (Wed) – Banquet: 18:00- 20:00
Dec.6 (Fri) – Award & Closing: 12:00 – 12:30

Participant List – TBA

Banquet – Date: Dec. 4th (Wed) 18:00-20:00

Place: THE CHARGING PIT&DINER (Building No.7) [Japanese]Price: TBA (cash only)

Scientific Organizing Committee

Hideki Asada (Hirosaki U.), Tomohiro Harada (Rikkyo U.), Kenta Hotokezaka (RESCEU), Akihiro Ishibashi (Kindai U.), Yosuke Itoh (Osaka Metropolitan U.), Keisuke Izumi (Nagoya U.), Sugumi Kanno (Kyushu U.), Kohei Kamada (HIAS, UCAS, Hangzhou), Tsutomu Kobayashi (Rikkyo U.), Kazunori Kohri (NAOJ), Koutarou Kyutoku (Chiba U.), Kei-ichi Maeda (Waseda U.), Hayato Motohashi (Kogakuin U.), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP), Keiju Murata (Nihon U.), Atsushi Nishizawa (Hiroshima U.), Toshifumi Noumi (University of Tokyo), Masato Nozawa (Osaka Institute of Technology), Ryo Saito (Yamaguchi U.), Hisa-aki Shinkai (Osaka Institute of Technology), Teruaki Suyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto U.), Takashi Torii (Osaka Institute of Technology), Shinji Tsujikawa (Waseda U.), Masahide Yamaguchi (IBS/ Tokyo Institute of Technology), Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Kyushu U.), Shuichiro Yokoyama (Nagoya U.), Chul-Moon Yoo (Nagoya U.), Hirotaka Yoshino (Osaka Metropolitan U.)

Local Organizing Committee

Kaiki Taro Inoue, Akihiro Ishibashi, Yosuke Itoh, Yoshinori Matsuo, Ken-ichi Nakao, Masato Nozawa, Hisa-aki Shinkai, Takashi Torii, Hirotaka Yoshino

Workshop Website

CoCoNuT Meeting, December 11-13, 2024 in Valencia

The CoCoNuT Meeting is a series of workshops aiming at fostering collaboration among relativistic astrophysicsgroups, specially within Europe. The series has been taking place yearly since 2009 and this year is hosted by the University of Valencia. 

This edition will be focused on gravitational waves, in particular in the modelling and detection of compact objects with matter, such as binary neutron stars, supernovae and neutron stars. The different topics will be introduced by the invited speakers, followed by contributed talks.

The meeting will take place at the ADEIT, the University-Enterprise Foundation of the University of Valencia.

About Registration

The registration period for the CoCoNuT Meeting 2024 is from September 5th to November 25th and must be done through the black button “ENROLL”

Participation is not guaranteed until full payment of the registration fee is received. The registration cost meeting is 50€. It includes the access to all sessions, all coffee breaks and lunches, as well as the conference dinner on Thursday and certificate of participation issued online. If you need an invoice, you can ask it during the registration process.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission period: Until October 31st
Registration period: Until November 25th
CoCoNuT Meeting 2024: December 11th-13th

Invited speakers
Elena Cuoco, EGO-European Gravitational Observatory
Pia Jakobus, University of Hamburg
Nikolaos Stergioulas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Meeting Website

XVII Black Holes Workshop, December 19-20, 2024 at University of Aveiro

From astrophysics to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity, black holes have acquired an ever increasing role in fundamental physics, and are now part of the terminology of many important branches of observational, theoretical and mathematical physics.

The Black Holes Workshops gather researchers working on physical and mathematical problems of black holes, both in their classical and quantum aspects, as well as their connections to general relativity and gravitation, string theory, cosmology, and astrophysics, and stimulate the interaction between all these issues.

The seventeenth edition of the Black Holes Workshop celebrates landmark contributions in the history of black holes and gravitation, namely the 50 years of the Hawking radiation, the 50 years of the discovery of the Hulse and Taylor pulsar, and the 75 years of the Gödel solution.

The workshop will take place at the University of Aveiro, in December 19 and 20, 2024. Researchers on black holes in all their aspects are invited to participate. Registration for the event will start on September 16th and end on December 2nd. The deadline to submit abstracts is November 22nd. A limited number of accepted contributions will be selected, taking into account their scientific merit. Submissions of abstracts after the deadline will not be allowed. Please follow the registration instructions.

In this edition there will be no registration fee for participants.

Workshop Website

Theoretical Aspects of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation – 2025, March 3-14, Florence

The School aims at providing robust and detailed introductions on the basic theoretical concepts and main tools to work in the field of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation. Gravitational waves of astrophysical and cosmological origin, neutrino physics and astronomy, early universe physics, dark matter and dark energy, galactic and extra-galactic cosmic rays and gamma-rays will be some among the main topics, and will be alternated along the years. The courses are organised as lectures and are integrated with hands-on and discussion sessions with an instructor.

he School will start on Monday, March 11, at 9:00am and end on Friday, March 22, at 1:00pm.

Organizers
Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova and INFN/Padova)
Carmelo Evoli (Gran Sasso Science Institute/L’Aquila)
Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino and INFN/Torino)
Dario Grasso (INFN Pisa and University of Pisa)
Leonardo Gualtieri (University of Pisa and INFN/Pisa)
Eligio Lisi (INFN Bari)
Ofelia Pisanti (University of Napoli and INFN/Napoli)

Email: apcg.school(at)gmail.com

School Website

Detection and Analysis of Gravitational Waves in the era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy, November 17-22, 2024

The Banff International Research Station will host the “Detection and Analysis of Gravitational Waves in the era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy: From Mathematical Modelling to Machine Learning” workshop in Banff from November 17 - 22, 2024.

Gravitational waves are a new way to explore the sky and uncover the Universe’s deepest mysteries. In the last few years, tens of gravitational-wave detections have allowed scientists to harness the potential of gravitational waves in testing Einstein’s General Relativity theory under extreme conditions, helping to understand the origin of dense matter, measuring the Hubble constant, and estimating the population of black holes in the Universe.

Researchers from all around the world are gathering in Banff to discuss new, recent results from the LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA detectors and the future of gravitational-wave science. The workshop “Detection and analysis of gravitational waves in the era of multi-messenger astronomy: From mathematical modelling to machine learning”, a second in its series, provides a forum, unique in its genre, for discussing new mathematical methods in modelling, detecting, and analyzing gravitational waves, as well as their integration with machine learning and artificial intelligence.

The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is a collaborative Canada-US venture that provides an environment for creative interaction as well as the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and methods within the Mathematical Sciences, with related disciplines and with industry. The research station is located at The Banff Centre in Alberta and is supported by Canada’s Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Government of Alberta.

BIRS sits on the traditional territory of the Stoney Nakoda Nations of Wesley, Chiniki, and Bearspaw; three Blackfoot Confederacy nations: the Pikani, Kainai, and Siksika; and the Tsuut’ina First Nations, and is shared with the Métis Nation of Alberta. Before provincial boundaries were established, the Ktunaxa and Maskwacis people lived in this territory as well. For decades, these peoples have contributed to preserve this land, honoring and cherishing it as a place of knowledge and healing. We invite you to follow in their footsteps and join us in celebrating human creativity, cooperation, and learning.

Organizers

Marco Cavaglia (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Jade Powell (Swinburne University of Technology)
Elena Cuoco (European Gravitational Observatory)
Shaon Ghosh (Montclair State University)

Workshop Website

RENATA & 21th MultiDark joint Meeting, October 8-11, 2024 in Santander

MultiDark2024 is the annual meeting of the Spanish network, Multidark, funded by the Agencia Estatal Española del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (RED2022-134411-T). This time will be joint with a special meeting of RENATA (Red Nacional de astroparticulas ) in order to prepare the update on the European Strategy of Particle Physics. 

Scientific Programme
This is a special meeting joint with the RENATA network to prepare the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. In this meeting, the first two days will be dedicated to the MultiDark/RENATA update of the European Strategy, with review talks on the different topics covered by RENATA and a discussion session at the end of the second day.

The next two days will be dedicated to report recent activities of the different groups composing the current MultiDark network (see https://projects.ift.uam-csic.es/multidark_new/working_groups/ for information about the groups).

All talks will be plenary, lasting 15-20 minutes each, with time for questions and discussions. We are still preparing a final version of the program but when ready it will appear here.

MultiDark meetings are crucial for sharing new ideas, advances, and state-of-the-art knowledge in astroparticle physics. The scientific program will cover a range of topics in DM research, showcasing the latest results from the different participating groups, which intersect particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and instrumentation.

Meeting Website

LISA-Spain Meeting 2024, October 15-16 in Barcelona

The Institute of Space Sciences is organising the LISA-Spain Meeting 2024 at the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, on October 15-16, 2024.

The LISA mission has been adopted in January 2024 and has just entered the implementation phase. There are many challenges ahead of us before the mission launch in 2035.

The main goal of the meeting is to bring together scientists interesting in participating the Spanish contribution to LISA, from the instrument/experiments to the Science exploitation. Everyone interested is invited to attend and contribute. The Registration website is here:

Meeting Website

Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA) Workshop, 30 September–3 October, 2024, France

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Astroparticle and Astrophysics laboratory (University Paris Cité) and Vanderbilt Lunar Labs Initiative (Vanderbilt University) cordially invite the scientific community to France's stunning Belle Île en Mer for the 2024 Lunar GW Workshop dedicated to the Laser Interferometer Lunar Antenna (LILA) project. The registration is open till September 20.

The workshop will take place at Hôtel Le Grand Large, where experts will focus on lunar geoscience, multi-messenger astrophysics, and technology development for the LILA project. This meeting is funded by Labex UnivEarth and by Vanderbilt University.

Meeting Website

Testing Gravity 2025, January 29 – February 1, 2025, Vancouver

Testing Gravity 2025 will be the 5th Testing Gravity conference hosted by Simon Fraser University. Held at the SFU Harbour Centre January 29 - February 1, 2025, it will bring together leading experts on various ways of testing laws of gravity. Testing Gravity remains a topical theme because of the unexplained nature of dark matter and dark energy and the long-standing failure to reconcile gravity with quantum physics. Like the previous meetings, TG2025 will feature latest updates from gravitational wave and astrophysical observatories, lab-based experiments, as well as discussions of recent theoretical advances. The conference aims to provide theorists working on extensions of General Relativity with a realistic perspective on what aspects of their theories can be tested. On the other hand, the experimentalists and observers will get a chance to learn about new ideas that their experiments can test.

Wednesday, January 29th, will feature a school with five review lectures given by some of the invited speakers providing background into the key topics covered by the conference. The main conference, January 30 – February 1, will include invited and contributed talks, and a poster session.

Conference Website