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A decade ago, science witnessed an extraordinary milestone: the first direct detection of gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein in his Theory of General Relativity in 1915. These ripples in spacetime, generated by extreme cosmic events such as black hole mergers, remained merely a theoretical prediction until September 14, 2015, when the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) experiment captured this historic signal.

This achievement revolutionized astrophysics and earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne, recognizing their essential contributions to the design and implementation of LIGO, as well as the data analysis that confirmed the phenomenon.

The First International Latin American Conference on Gravitational Waves celebrates this milestone by bringing together researchers from across Latin America to discuss advancements in detection, theory, and instrumentation in the field of gravitational waves. Moreover, the event serves as a unique opportunity to unify and strengthen the Latin American scientific community, fostering institutional partnerships and collaborations that solidify the region’s presence in this cutting-edge field of science.

With a comprehensive program, the conference will feature lectures by renowned experts, technical sessions, discussion panels, and presentations of recent research. The primary goal is to foster the growth of the Latin American scientific community and encourage international cooperation, promoting regional leadership in a field that shapes our understanding of the universe.
Scientific Committee:

• Dr. Odylio Denys Aguiar (Brasil, INPE)
• Dr. Riccardo Sturani (Brasil, UNESP)
• Dr. Henrique Pereira de Oliveira (Brasil, UERJ)
• Dr. Márcio Eduardo da Silva Alves (Brasil, UNESP)
• Dr. Antonio Enea Romano (Colombia, UNIANDES)
• Dra. Claudia Moreno (México, UNAM)
• Dra. Iara Tosta e Melo (UNICT- Itália e UNIFAL)
• Dr. Florian Pretorius (África do Sul, UP)

Speakers:

• Dr. David Shoemaker (EUA, MIT-LIGO)
• Dra. Bangalore Sathyaprakash (Índia, Eberly College of Science-LIGO India)
• Dr. Peter Saulson (EUA, Syracuse University-LIGO)
• Dr. Barry Barish (EUA, Caltech-LIGO)
• Dr. Matthew Evans (EUA, MIT-LIGO)
• Dra. Gabriela González (Argentina, Louisiana State University-LIGO)
• Dr. Michele Punturo (Itália, INFN-Virgo)
• Dr. Sendhil Raja (Índia, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT)-LIGO India)

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The detection of gravitational waves in 2015 marked a groundbreaking milestone in science, not only confirming a key prediction of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity but also opening the door to an entirely new era of astrophysical exploration. India is contributing significantly to this global endeavor through the LIGO-India initiative - a mega science project on Indian soil, which aims to establish a gravitational wave observatory as part of the international network dedicated to detecting and studying these ripples in spacetime.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this historic scientific achievement, a dedicated discussion meeting is planned at IIT Gandhinagar. The event will serve as a
platform to reflect on past achievements, and explore future prospects in gravitational wave research.

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The Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation announces the 26th SIGRAV Conference, hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca, to be held in Milan (Italy) from September 8th to 12th, 2025. 

The conference will cover various aspects of Classical and Quantum Gravity, including tests of General Relativity, cosmology, gravity experiments, and gravitational waves from experimental, theoretical, and data-analysis perspectives.

Key Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 31 May 2025
• Program announcement: 30 June 2025
• Registration deadline (including fee payment): 15 July 2025
• Conference! 8-12 September 2025

Plenary SPEAKERS

• Stephanos Aretakis (Toronto, Canada)
• Tessa Baker (Portsmouth, UK)
• Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins, USA)
• Camille Bonvin (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Alejandra Castro (Cambridge, UK)
• Elena Cuoco (Bologna, Italy)
• Simone Dell’Agnello (INFN Frascati, Italy)
• Ciriaco Goddi (Cagliari, Italy)
• Ruth Gregory (King’s College London, UK)
• Zoltan Haiman (Vienna, Austria)
• Mercedes Martin Benito (Madrid, Spain)
• Annalisa Murgia (Milan, Italy)
• Michele Vallisneri (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

PuBLIC Round Table

Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins, USA)
Marco Drago (Rome, Italy)
Fulvio Ricci (Rome, Italy)

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The purpose of the conference Black Holes & Cosmology is to bring together world-renowned experts as well as junior researchers working on theoretical and observational aspects of black holes, particularly (but not limited to) their rôle in cosmology.

Topics include:

• Dark Matter
• Structure Formation
• Primordial Black Holes
• Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
• Quantum Aspects of Black Holes

This event will take place at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik between the 5th and 8th of August 2025. We look forward to meet you!

Invited Speakers include (* = TBC):

• Andreas Albrecht* (UCD)
• Earl Bellinger (Yale)
• Alessandra Buonanno* (AEI)
• Matt Caplan (ISU)
• Nico Cappelluti (UM)
• Bernard Carr (QMUL)
• Sébastien Clesse (ULB)
• Nelson Christensen (Artemis & OCA)
• Gia Dvali (MPP & LMU)
• Alexander Dolgov (NSU & Unife)
• Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
• Glennys Farrar* (NYU)
• Katherine Freese* (UTAUS)
• Enrique Gaztanaga (UoP)
• Sarah Geller (MIT)
• Reinhard Genzel* (MPE & UCB)
• Marat Gilfanov (MPA)
• Ruth Gregory (KCL)
• Alan Guth* (MIT)
• Michael Hawkins (ROE)
• Dan Hooper (UW)
• David Kaiser (MIT)
• Sasha Kashlinsky (NASA)
• William Kinney (UB)
• Alexander Kusenko (UCLA)
• Julien Lavalle (UoM)
• Guido Müller* (AEI)
• Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale)
• Samaya Nissanke* (UvA & GRAPPA)
• Mairi Sakellariadou (KCL)
• Lisa Randall* (Harvard)
• Luciano Rezzolla* (GU)
• Subir Sarkar* (Oxford)
• Ravi Sheth (UPenn)
• Joe Silk* (IAP & JHU & Oxford)
• Mark Trodden* (UPenn)
• Hai-Bo Yu (UCR)

Organisational Committee:

• Florian Kühnel (MPP & LMU) [Chair]
• Lárus Thorlacius (UI)
• Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti (UI)
• David Kaiser (MIT)

AEI = Albert Einstein Institute
GRAPPA = Gravitation & Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam
GU = Goethe University Frankfurt
Harvard = Harvard University
IAP = Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
ISU = Illinois State University
JHU = Johns Hopkins University
KCL = King’s College London
LMU = Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MPA = Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
MPE = Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
MPP = Max Planck Institute for Physics
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSU = Novosibirsk State University
NYU = New York University
OCA = Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
QMUL = Queen Mary University of London
Oxford = University of Oxford
ROE = Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
UB = University at Buffalo
UCB = University of California, Berkeley
UCD = University of California, Davis
UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles
UCR =University of California, Riverside
UI = University of Iceland
ULB = Université Libre de Bruxelles
UM = University of Miami
Unife = University of Ferrara
UoM = University of Montpellier
UoP = University of Portsmouth
UPenn = University of Pennsylvania
UTAUS = The University of Texas at Austin
UvA = University of Amsterdam
UW = University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yale = Yale University

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Symposium on "Understanding and Interpreting Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe" at EAS 2025 in Cork, organized by John Regan and Michael Tremmel. This symposium will take place across June 23rd and 24th (first two days or the symposium). Within this session there will be dedicated blocks focused on signatures of massive black hole binaries and the organizers encourage abstracts from the GW community in this direction.

Within EAS there are of course multiple other sessions and symposia focused on Massive Black Holes (e.g.Modelling the First Billion Years) all of which may appeal those with research interested in MBH(B)s.

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The second “European AI for Fundamental Physics Conference” (EuCAIFCon) will be held in Sardinia, from 15 - 20 June 2025. This event aims to provide a platform for establishing new connections between AI activities across various branches of fundamental physics, by bringing together researchers that face similar challenges and/or use similar AI solutions. The conference will be organized “horizontally”: sessions are centered on specific AI methods and themes, while being cross-disciplinary regarding the scientific questions.

EuCAIFCon 2025 is organized by EuCAIF, and hosted by the NFN Cagliari, the University of Cagliari and the University of Sassari. EuCAIF is a new European initiative for advancing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Fundamental Physics. Members are working on particle physics, astroparticle physics, nuclear physics, gravitational wave physics, cosmology, theoretical physics as well as simulation and computational infrastructure.

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Starting at its very origin, the universe is awash with mechanisms for gravitational wave (GW) production. The upcoming launch of an unprecedented array of gravitational wave missions, capable of testing more than 20 decades in frequencies, will usher in the era of gravitational wave cosmology and open up a new window on fundamental physics. It is thus more timely than ever for the physics community to identify priorities and coordinate the efforts in the field.

It is fair to say theory has not yet fully caught up with experiments and that a theory-to-data pipeline ought to be built to maximize and amplify the discovery potential of GW probes. There is more: the sheer number and range of forthcoming probes call for a truly multi-messenger approach to cosmology.

The Benasque Program is the ideal setting to:
(i) put together experts on many different GW probes, from the CMB to large scale structure, from PTAs to laser interferometers. This will enable the community to paint a complete picture of what can be achieved in the coming years, a pursuit that will not be complete without a strong focus on (ii) the possibility of cross-correlating different probes. One key aspect of cross-correlations is indeed their ability to disentangle the primordial from the astrophysical GW signal. This is central to the success of the entire field of GW cosmology.

Benasque is the beautiful town on the Spanish Pyrenees where the ‘Pedro Pascual’ Science Center (https://www.benasque.org/) is located.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Peter Adshead (UIUC)
Luca Amendola (Heidelberg)
Tessa Baker (ICG Portsmouth)
Enrico Barausse (Sissa)
Nicola Bartolo (Padova)
Daniele Bertacca (Padova)
Jose Blanco-Pillado (UPV/EHU)
Clare Burrage (Nottingham)
Philippe Brax (IPhT, Saclay)
Robert Caldwell (Dartmouth)
Carmelita Carbone (INAF)
Neil Cornish (Montana)
Antonio De Felice (Kyoto)
Claudia de Rham (Imperial)
Ema Dimastrogiovanni (Groningen)
Gabriele Franciolini (CERN)
Tomohiro Fujita (Ochanomizu & Waseda)
Juan Garcia-Bellido (IFT Madrid)
Oliver Gould (Nottingham)
Mark Hindmarsh (Helsinki & Sussex)
Lam Hui (Columbia)
Raul Jimenez (ICCUB Barcelona)
Sachiko Kuroyanagi (IFT Madrid)
Michele Maggiore (Geneva)
Azadeh Maleknejad (KCL)
Olga Mena (IFIC Valencia)
Suvodip Mukherjee (Tata)
Shinji Mukohyama (Kyoto)
Savvas Nesseris (IFT Madrid)
Ryo Namba (RIKEN)
Germano Nardini (Stavanger)
Marco Peloso (Padova)
Angelo Ricciardone (Pisa)
Toni Riotto (Geneva)
Mairi Sakellariadou (KCL)
Misao Sasaki (IPMU)
Kai Schmitz (Munster)
Danielle Steer (APC)
Nicola Tamanini (Toulouse)
Gianmassimo Tasinato (Swansea)
Andrew Tolley (Imperial)
Mark Trodden (UPenn)
David Wands (ICG Portsmouth)
Scott Watson (Syracuse)
Ivonne Zavala (Swansea)
Chiara Caprini (CERN & Geneva)
Alvise Raccanelli (Padova)
Samaya Nissanke (GRAPPA, Amsterdam)

Abstract deadline: 10th March 2025
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on 15th March 2025.

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The direct detection of gravitational waves heralded a new era in gravity and astrophysics, allowing us to probe the universe in ways previously thought impossible. Electromagnetic observations have also made remarkable progress over the last decade. Thus, we live now in times where the strong-field regime of gravity and the behavior of matter at ultra-high densities can be tested with unprecedented precision, offering new insights into fundamental physics. 

Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and Gravitational Waves @ Black Sea aims to highlight the significance of these discoveries, discuss the latest theoretical and observational advancements, and explore future directions in the field. For this purpose, we will bring together gravity researchers from different backgrounds. We are delighted to be hosting a broad range of invited speakers and we aim for a constructive and interactive meeting. Apart from the invited speakers, we will be able to accommodate a limited number of contributed talks. A poster session will also be organized.

The main topics of the conference are:

• Gravitational waves from the coalescence of black holes, neutron stars, and other compact object
• Detection and analysis of gravitational waves
• Strong field tests of General Relativity and alternative theories of gravity
• Accretion discs and shadows of compact objects
• Pulsar timing
• Fundamental physics with gravitational waves
• Modified theories of gravity
• Long-range gravity, dark matter, dark energy

Invited speakers

Eugeny Babichev (University of Paris-Saclay)
Miguel Bezares (University of Nottingham)
Jose Luis Blázquez Salcedo (Complutense University of Madrid)
Christos Charmousis (University of Paris-Saclay)
Pablo Cerdá-Durán (University of Valencia)
Isabel Cordero-Carrión (University of Valencia)
José Antonio Font (University of Valencia)
Leonardo Gualtieri (University of Pisa)
Carlos Herdeiro (University of Aveiro)
Tanja Hinderer (Utrecht University)
Sascha Husa (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
Laur Järv (University of Tartu)
José Beltrán Jiménez (University of Salamanca)
Hao-Jui Kuan (Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam)
Adrien Kuntz (CENTRA, Lisbon)
Jutta Kunz (University of Oldenburg)
Felipe Llanes-Estrada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Elisa Maggio (Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam)
Andrea Maselli (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
Hector Olivares (University of Aveiro)
Carlos Palenzuela (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
Lefteris Papantonopoulos (University of Athens)
George Pappas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Milton Ruiz (Univesity of Valencia)
Fethi Ramazanoglu (Koc University)
Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)
Mairi Sakellariadou (King’s College London)
Nicolas Sanchis-Gual (University of Valencia)
Llibert Aresté Saló (Leuven University)
Masaru Shibata (Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam)
Sergey Solodukhin (University of Tours)
Hajime Sotani (Kochi University)
Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham)
Alejandro Torres-Forné (University of Valencia)
and more (TBC)

Location and Venue
Varna, Bulgaria

Varna, located on the eastern coast of Bulgaria, is a vibrant city with a rich history, stunning beaches, and a thriving cultural scene. As one of Europe’s oldest cities, Varna boasts a history spanning over 7,000 years, influenced by civilizations such as the Thracians, Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.

The city’s location along the Black Sea provides beautiful beaches, attracting visitors from across Europe. Varna also offers several must-see attractions, such as the Varna Archaeological Museum, which houses the famous Gold of Varna, the world’s oldest processed gold treasure, as well as the Roman Baths, Varna Cathedral, and the Sea Garden.

Conference venue

The Conference venue is Hotel Cherno More in Varna. The hotel is located near the beautiful sea park, and then the beach.

The venue is around 10 km far from the Varna International Airport. There is a direct bus 409 connection to the venue.

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