March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting

Name: March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2026-03-09T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

9 Mar 2026, 08:30 → 12 Mar 2026, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Description

Please go to https://lvk2026pisa.org/ for more information

Monday 9 March
- 08:30
  
  Registration
- AllSkyShort Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- CCSN Room C (Building 1)
  
  Room C
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- Lensing Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- MMT Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
- OWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  OWG
- Operations Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- Parameter Estimation Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- SWG Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
  
  SWG
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- AllSkyShort Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- CCSN Room C (Building 1)
  
  Room C
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  LAWG/AIC/QN
- OWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  OWG
- Operations Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- Parameter Estimation Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- SWG Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
  
  SWG
- Testing GR Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- Burst Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- CBC all hands: CBC All Hands Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- CompSoft Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
  - 1
    
    DQsegDB Migration
    
    Speaker: Erin Elizabeth Seder (European Gravitational Observatory)
  - 2
    
    DetChar Computing Concerns for IR1
- EPO Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
- IGWN Design Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  LAWG/AIC/QN
- Low Latency Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- OWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  OWG
- 15:30
  
  Coffee break
- Burst Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- CBC all hands: CBC All Hands Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- CW: Stochastic + DetChar Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- Calibration Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- CompSoft Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- EPO Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
- IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  LAWG/AIC/QN
- Low Latency Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- OWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  OWG
- IGWN Design Committee Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
- Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  Joint Instrument Science
- 20:00
  
  Welcome cocktail Arsenali Repubblicani
  
  Arsenali Repubblicani
  
  Via Bonanno Pisano, 2, 56126 Pisa PI
Tuesday 10 March
- 08:30
  
  Regsitration + Coffee
- AllSky Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- Burst Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- CompSoft Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  - 3
    
    MADDEN Project
    
    Speaker: Nikita Avdeev (INFN Torino)
    
    Madden project
  - 4
    
    IGWN Digital Infrastructure Plan
    
    Speaker: Duncan Macleod (Cardiff University)
- EPO Room C (Building 1)
  
  Room C
  
  Building 1
- Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  Joint Instrument Science
- Lensing Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
- MLA Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- Burst Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- CompSoft Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  - 5
    
    Discussion of IGWN Transition and IR1 Preparation
- Cosmo Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- EPO Room C (Building 1)
  
  Room C
  
  Building 1
- Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  Joint Instrument Science
- MLA Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
- Waveforms Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- Meetings: DEI Committee Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- Burst Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- Burst: Long Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- Coatings workshop Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  Coating Workshop
- Cosmo Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- Extreme Matter Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- MLA Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- Ops & Obs Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- SWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  SWG
- Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
- Waveforms Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- 15:30
  
  Coffee break
- Burst: Long Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- CW Room 3 (Building 2)
  
  Room 3
  
  Building 2
- Coatings workshop Room 4 (Building 2)
  
  Room 4
  
  Building 2
  
  Coating Workshop
- Cosmo Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- MLA Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- MMT Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- Ops & Obs Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
- SWG Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
  
  SWG
- Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)
  
  Room 2
  
  Building 2
Wednesday 11 March
- 08:30
  
  Registration + coffee
- Plenary: I Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 6
    
    Welcome by LOC
    
    Speakers: Elisa Velcani, Gianluca Gemme, Massimo Carpinelli, Vincenzo Napolano
  - 7
    
    KAGRA
    
    Speaker: Masaki Ando
  - 8
    
    EGO
    
    Speaker: Massimo Carpinelli
  - 9
    
    Virgo
    
    Speaker: Gianluca Gemme
  - 10
    
    LIGO Lab
    
    Speaker: David Reitze
  - 11
    
    LSC
    
    Speaker: Peter Shawhan
  - 12
    
    Poster Sparkler I
    
    Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Mikhail Korobko
- Extreme Matter Room A (Building 1)
  
  Room A
  
  Building 1
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- Extreme Matter Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- Plenary: II Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 13
    
    Welcome by Local Authorities
  - 14
    
    GEO600
    
    Speaker: Harald Lueck
  - 15
    
    LIGO India
    
    Speaker: Sendhil Raja
  - 16
    
    Poster Sparkler II
    
    Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- Meetings: Joint EB lunch Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- Plenary: III Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 17
    
    Poster Sparkler III
    
    Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko
  - 18
    
    OPS division summary/update
    
    Speaker: Jonah Kanner
  - 19
    
    LAAC/VECS update
    
    Speakers: Elenna Capote, Lorenzo Mirasola, Mikhail Korobko
- LAAC Tutorial Room 1 (Building 2)
  
  Room 1
  
  Building 2
- Meetings: LSC Council Room H (Building 1)
  
  Room H
  
  Building 1
- Meetings: VSC Room D (Building 1)
  
  Room D
  
  Building 1
- Poster session
Thursday 12 March
- 08:30
  
  Registration + coffee
- Plenary: IV Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 20
    
    Continuous-Wave GW searches
  - 21
    
    GW Burst searches
  - 22
    
    CBC group report
  - 23
    
    Stochastic GW Background searches
  - 24
    
    Climate Change Committee update
    
    Speaker: Daniela Pascucci
  - 25
    
    COMS/EPO division update
    
    Speaker: Robert Coyne
- Meetings: IS Chairs Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- Plenary: V Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 26
    
    Rapid Response Team Update
  - 27
    
    IR1
  - 28
    
    Cosmic Explorer
    
    Speaker: Michael Landry
  - 29
    
    Einstein Telescope
    
    Speaker: Michele Punturo
  - 30
    
    DEI Exercise & DEI Committee update
  - 31
    
    Group Photo
- 13:00
  
  Lunch
- Meetings: Climate Change Room B (Building 1)
  
  Room B
  
  Building 1
- Plenary: VI Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI
  - 32
    
    Announcement of poster prize winners
    
    Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Mikhail Korobko
  - 33
    
    Announcement of Virgo awards winners
    
    Speakers: Gianluca Gemme, Viola Sordini
  - 34
    
    LIGO upgrade plans
    
    Speaker: Peter Fritschel
  - 35
    
    Virgo upgrade plans
    
    Speaker: Alessio Rocchi
  - 36
    
    KAGRA upgrade
    
    Speaker: Yoichi Aso
  - 37
    
    Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India
    
    Speaker: Sanjit Mitra
- 16:00
  
  Coffee break
- Plenary: IGWN Auditorium (Building 1)
  
  Auditorium
  
  Building 1
  
  PLENARY I
  
  PLENARY II
  
  PLENARY III
  
  PLENARY IV
  
  PLENARY V
  
  PLENARY VI

March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting

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