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

March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting

from Monday 9 March 2026 (08:30) to Thursday 12 March 2026 (18:00)

Monday 9 March 2026

08:30 Registration
Registration
08:30 - 09:00

09:00 AllSkyShort

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room A

CCSN

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room C

CW

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 3

IGWN Program Committee

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room B

Lensing: Lensing
Lensing
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room D

MMT

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 4

OWG

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 1

Operations: Operations
Operations
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium

Parameter Estimation

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room H

SWG

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 2

10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 AllSkyShort

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room A

CCSN

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room C

CW

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 3

IGWN Program Committee

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room B

LAWG/AIC/QN

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 4

OWG

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 1

Operations

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium

Parameter Estimation: Parameter Estimation
Parameter Estimation
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room H

SWG

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 2

Testing GR: Testing GR
Testing GR
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room D

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Burst: Burst
Burst
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room H

CBC all hands: CBC All Hands
CBC All Hands
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium

CW

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 3
CompSoft
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room D
Contributions

14:00 DQsegDB Migration - Erin Elizabeth Seder (European Gravitational Observatory)

14:30 DetChar Computing Concerns for IR1
EPO

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 2

IGWN Design Committee

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room B

IGWN Program Committee

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room B

LAWG/AIC/QN

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 4

Low Latency

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room A

OWG

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 1

15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 Burst: Burst
Burst
16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room H

CBC all hands: CBC All Hands
CBC All Hands
16:00 - 17:30
Room: Auditorium

CW: Stochastic + DetChar
Stochastic + DetChar
16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 3

Calibration

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room B

CompSoft

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room D

EPO

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 2

IGWN Program Committee

16:00 - 17:45
Room: Room B

LAWG/AIC/QN

16:00 - 16:45
Room: Room 4

Low Latency

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room A

OWG

16:00 - 16:30
Room: Room 1

16:30 IGWN Design Committee

16:30 - 17:30
Room: Room 1

16:45 Joint IS

16:45 - 17:45
Room: Room 4

20:00 Welcome cocktail
Welcome cocktail
20:00 - 21:00
Tuesday 10 March 2026

08:30 Regsitration + Coffee
Regsitration + Coffee
08:30 - 09:00

09:00 AllSky

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room H

Burst

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room D

CW

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 3
CompSoft
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 MADDEN Project - Nikita Avdeev (INFN Torino)

09:30 IGWN Digital Infrastructure Plan - Duncan Macleod (Cardiff University)
EPO

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room C

Joint IS

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 4

Lensing

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 1

MLA

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room A

Stochastic

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room 2

10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Burst

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room D

CW

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 3
CompSoft
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 4
Contributions

11:00 Discussion of IGWN Transition and IR1 Preparation
Cosmo

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room H

EPO

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room C

Joint IS

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 4

MLA

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room A

Stochastic

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 2

Waveforms

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room 1

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

Meetings: DEI Committee
DEI Committee
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Room B

14:00 Burst

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room D

Burst: Long
Long
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room B

Coatings workshop

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 4

Cosmo

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room H

Extreme Matter

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room B

MLA

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room A

Ops & Obs

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium

SWG

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 1

Stochastic

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 2

Waveforms

14:00 - 15:30
Room: Room 3

15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 Burst: Long
Long
16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room B

CW

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 3

Coatings workshop

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 4

Cosmo

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room H

MLA

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room A

MMT

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room D

Ops & Obs

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Auditorium

SWG

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 1

Stochastic

16:00 - 17:30
Room: Room 2
Wednesday 11 March 2026

08:30 Registration + coffee
Registration + coffee
08:30 - 09:00
08:45 Plenary: I
I
08:45 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

08:45 Welcome by LOC - Elisa Velcani Gianluca Gemme Massimo Carpinelli Vincenzo Napolano

08:50 KAGRA - Masaki Ando

09:10 EGO - Massimo Carpinelli

09:25 Virgo - Gianluca Gemme

09:40 LIGO Lab - David Reitze

09:55 LSC - Peter Shawhan

10:10 Poster Sparkler I - Andrew Spencer Mikhail Korobko
09:00 Extreme Matter

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room A

10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Extreme Matter

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Room B
Plenary: II
II
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 Welcome by Local Authorities

11:30 GEO600 - Harald Lueck

11:45 LIGO India - Sendhil Raja

12:00 Poster Sparkler II - Andrew Spencer Elenna Capote Jessica Steinlechner Mikhail Korobko
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

Meetings: Joint EB lunch
Joint EB lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Room D
14:00 Plenary: III
III
14:00 - 15:10
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

14:00 Poster Sparkler III - Andrew Spencer Elenna Capote Jessica Steinlechner Mikhail Korobko

14:20 OPS division summary/update - Jonah Kanner

14:50 LAAC/VECS update - Elenna Capote Lorenzo Mirasola Mikhail Korobko
15:00 LAAC Tutorial

15:00 - 16:30
Room: Room 1

Meetings: LSC Council
LSC Council
15:00 - 16:30
Room: Room H

Meetings: VSC
VSC
15:00 - 16:30
Room: Room D

16:30 Poster session

16:30 - 18:30
Thursday 12 March 2026

08:30 Registration + coffee
Registration + coffee
08:30 - 09:00
08:45 Plenary: IV
IV
08:45 - 10:35
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

08:45 Continuous-Wave GW searches

09:05 GW Burst searches

09:25 CBC group report

09:45 Stochastic GW Background searches

10:05 Climate Change Committee update - Daniela Pascucci

10:20 COMS/EPO division update - Robert Coyne
09:00 Meetings: IS Chairs
IS Chairs
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Room B

10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Plenary: V
V
11:00 - 13:05
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 Rapid Response Team Update

11:15 IR1

11:30 Cosmic Explorer - Michael Landry

11:45 Einstein Telescope - Michele Punturo

12:00 DEI Exercise & DEI Committee update

13:00 Group Photo
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30

Meetings: Climate Change
Climate Change
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Room B
14:30 Plenary: VI
VI
14:30 - 15:35
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

14:30 Announcement of poster prize winners - Andrew Spencer Elenna Capote Mikhail Korobko

14:35 Announcement of Virgo awards winners - Gianluca Gemme Viola Sordini

14:45 LIGO upgrade plans - Peter Fritschel

15:00 Virgo upgrade plans - Alessio Rocchi

15:15 KAGRA upgrade - Yoichi Aso

15:30 Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India - Sanjit Mitra
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30

16:30 Plenary: IGWN
IGWN
16:30 - 18:00
Room: Auditorium

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