The 16th International LISA Symposium will highlight gravitational wave astrophysics, with a primary focus on the most up-to-date theory and analysis that will inform science to be performed by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.
Details on remote participation, which will be limited, will be announced when registration opens in early 2026.
The symposium will be held at the University of Maryland’s Adele H. Stamp Student Union on June 22-26, 2026 in College Park, Maryland, USA.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Shane Larson (Chair), Clarkson University Stanislav Babak, APC – Paris Richard Brito, Instituto Superior Técnico Maria José Bustamante Rosell, Fisk & Vanderbilt Universities Laurentiu Caramete, Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele Eleonora Castelli, University of Maryland, Baltimore County & NASA GSFC Maria Charisi, Washington State University & University of Crete Nelson Christensen, Observeratoire Cote d’Azur John Conklin, University of Florida Neil Cornish, Montana State University Daniel J. D’Orazio, Space Telescope Science Institute Deborah Ferguson, University of Rhode Island Alessia Franchini, Università degli Studi di Milano Daryl Haggard, McGill Unviersity, Trottier Space Instittue Zoltan Haiman, Institute of Science & Technology Austria Sarah Vigeland, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Stefano Vitale, Università di Trento Gudrun Wanner, AEI – Hannover David Weir, University of Helsinki Helvi Witek, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign William Joseph Weber, Università di Trento
Local Organizing Committee
Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland
Ann Hornschemeier Cardiff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ira Thorpe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Elizabeth Ferrara, University of Maryland
First held in 1996, the International LISA Symposium is held every two years to celebrate and share infornation and science related to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission, a three-arm space-based gravitational wave detector being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
History
A listing of prior LISA Symposia and links to their websites can be found here.