We welcome you to the 16th International LISA Symposium! Continuing from past editions, the Symposium will highlight gravitational wave astrophysics, with a primary focus on the most up-to-date mission development, theory and analysis enabling the science to be done with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. The Scientific Organizing Committee is planning an engaging program of invited talks and special sessions to be complemented by your contributions of talks, posters, questions and discussions. We look forward to bringing together a wide cross-section of the international community, including students (with a discounted registration fee).
The Symposium will take place on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, USA, beginning with registration and a welcome reception on the evening of Sunday, June 21. Scientific sessions (plenary, parallel and poster) will be held Monday through Friday, June 22 to 26, ending in the mid-afternoon on Friday. Breakfast and coffee breaks will be in the room where posters are displayed. A public lecture is being planned on Tuesday evening. Following tradition, Wednesday afternoon is kept open and a variety of local activities, ranging from organized to informal, will be available depending on your interests; details will be posted on this website.
We recognize the constraints and concerns about international travel and want to support scientists who are unable to attend in person while still maintaining the value of a lively in-person meeting. While remote attendance will be possible, the number of remote presentations will be limited and the selection of submitted abstracts will prioritize in-person talks and posters. Maryland prides itself on being a welcoming state and a home to many cultures, and we hope you will take part in symposium if you are able to.
Registration and abstract submission are now open. You may submit an abstract and register (and pay) all at once, or at different times.
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 & NASA GSFC
Bernard Kelly, University of Maryland, Baltimore County & NASA GSFC
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).
LISA Symposium Conference Website
History
A listing of prior LISA Symposia and links to their websites can be found here.