March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting

Europe/Rome
Description

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

    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration 30m
    • 09:00 10:30
      AllSkyShort Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      CCSN Room C (Building 1)

      Room C

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 09:00 10:30
      IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      Lensing Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      MMT Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 09:00 10:30
      OWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      OWG
    • 09:00 10:30
      Operations Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      Parameter Estimation Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      SWG Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

      SWG
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      AllSkyShort Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      CCSN Room C (Building 1)

      Room C

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 11:00 12:30
      IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 11:00 12:30
      OWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      OWG
    • 11:00 12:30
      Operations Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      Parameter Estimation Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      SWG Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

      SWG
    • 11:00 12:30
      Testing GR Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Burst Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      CBC all hands: CBC All Hands Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 14:00 15:30
      CompSoft Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

      • 14:00
        DQsegDB Migration 30m
        Speaker: Erin Elizabeth Seder (European Gravitational Observatory)
      • 14:30
        DetChar Computing Concerns for IR1 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      EPO Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 14:00 15:30
      IGWN Design Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 14:00 15:30
      Low Latency Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      OWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      OWG
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 17:30
      Burst Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      CBC all hands: CBC All Hands Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      CW: Stochastic + DetChar Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 16:00 17:30
      Calibration Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      CompSoft Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      EPO Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 16:00 17:45
      IGWN Program Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 16:00 16:45
      LAWG/AIC/QN Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 16:00 17:30
      Low Latency Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 16:00 16:30
      OWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      OWG
    • 16:30 17:30
      IGWN Design Committee Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

    • 16:45 17:45
      Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 20:00 21:00
      Welcome cocktail 1h Arsenali Repubblicani

      Arsenali Repubblicani

      Via Bonanno Pisano, 2, 56126 Pisa PI
    • 08:30 09:00
      Regsitration + Coffee 30m
    • 09:00 10:30
      AllSky Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      Burst Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 09:00 10:30
      CompSoft Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 09:00
        MADDEN Project 30m
        Speaker: Nikita Avdeev (INFN Torino)
      • 09:30
        IGWN Digital Infrastructure Plan 1h
        Speaker: Duncan Macleod (Cardiff University)
    • 09:00 10:30
      EPO Room C (Building 1)

      Room C

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 09:00 10:30
      Lensing Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

    • 09:00 10:30
      MLA Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 09:00 10:30
      Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Burst Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 11:00 12:30
      CompSoft Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

      • 11:00
        Discussion of IGWN Transition and IR1 Preparation 1h 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Cosmo Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      EPO Room C (Building 1)

      Room C

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      Joint IS Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 11:00 12:30
      MLA Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 11:00 12:30
      Waveforms Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 12:30 14:00
      Meetings: DEI Committee Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      Burst Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      Burst: Long Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      Coatings workshop Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 14:00 15:30
      Cosmo Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      Extreme Matter Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      MLA Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      Ops & Obs Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:30
      SWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      SWG
    • 14:00 15:30
      Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 14:00 15:30
      Waveforms Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 17:30
      Burst: Long Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      CW Room 3 (Building 2)

      Room 3

      Building 2

    • 16:00 17:30
      Coatings workshop Room 4 (Building 2)

      Room 4

      Building 2

    • 16:00 17:30
      Cosmo Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      MLA Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      MMT Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      Ops & Obs Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

    • 16:00 17:30
      SWG Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

      SWG
    • 16:00 17:30
      Stochastic Room 2 (Building 2)

      Room 2

      Building 2

    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration + coffee 30m
    • 08:45 10:30
      Plenary: I Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 08:45
        Welcome by LOC 5m
        Speakers: Elisa Velcani, Gianluca Gemme, Massimo Carpinelli, Vincenzo Napolano
      • 08:50
        KAGRA 20m
        Speaker: Masaki Ando
      • 09:10
        EGO 15m
        Speaker: Massimo Carpinelli
      • 09:25
        Virgo 15m
        Speaker: Gianluca Gemme
      • 09:40
        LIGO Lab 15m
        Speaker: David Reitze
      • 09:55
        LSC 15m
        Speaker: Peter Shawhan
      • 10:10
        Poster Sparkler I 20m
        Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Mikhail Korobko
    • 09:00 10:30
      Extreme Matter Room A (Building 1)

      Room A

      Building 1

    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Extreme Matter Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary: II Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 11:00
        Welcome by Local Authorities 30m
      • 11:30
        GEO600 15m
        Speaker: Harald Lueck
      • 11:45
        LIGO India 15m
        Speaker: Sendhil Raja
      • 12:00
        Poster Sparkler II 20m
        Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 12:30 14:00
      Meetings: Joint EB lunch Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 14:00 15:10
      Plenary: III Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 14:00
        Poster Sparkler III 20m
        Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko
      • 14:20
        OPS division summary/update 30m
        Speaker: Jonah Kanner
      • 14:50
        LAAC/VECS update 10m
        Speakers: Elenna Capote, Lorenzo Mirasola, Mikhail Korobko
    • 15:00 16:30
      LAAC Tutorial Room 1 (Building 2)

      Room 1

      Building 2

    • 15:00 16:30
      Meetings: LSC Council Room H (Building 1)

      Room H

      Building 1

    • 15:00 16:30
      Meetings: VSC Room D (Building 1)

      Room D

      Building 1

    • 16:30 18:30
      Poster session
    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration + coffee 30m
    • 08:45 10:35
      Plenary: IV Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 08:45
        Continuous-Wave GW searches 20m
      • 09:05
        GW Burst searches 20m
      • 09:25
        CBC group report 20m
      • 09:45
        Stochastic GW Background searches 20m
      • 10:05
        Climate Change Committee update 15m
        Speaker: Daniela Pascucci
      • 10:20
        COMS/EPO division update 15m
        Speaker: Robert Coyne
    • 09:00 10:30
      Meetings: IS Chairs Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 13:05
      Plenary: V Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 11:00
        Rapid Response Team Update 15m
      • 11:15
        IR1 15m
      • 11:30
        Cosmic Explorer 15m
        Speaker: Michael Landry
      • 11:45
        Einstein Telescope 15m
        Speaker: Michele Punturo
      • 12:00
        DEI Exercise & DEI Committee update 1h
      • 13:00
        Group Photo 5m
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:00 14:30
      Meetings: Climate Change Room B (Building 1)

      Room B

      Building 1

    • 14:30 15:35
      Plenary: VI Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 14:30
        Announcement of poster prize winners 5m
        Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Mikhail Korobko
      • 14:35
        Announcement of Virgo awards winners 10m
        Speakers: Gianluca Gemme, Viola Sordini
      • 14:45
        LIGO upgrade plans 15m
        Speaker: Peter Fritschel
      • 15:00
        Virgo upgrade plans 15m
        Speaker: Alessio Rocchi
      • 15:15
        KAGRA upgrade 15m
        Speaker: Yoichi Aso
      • 15:30
        Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India 5m
        Speaker: Sanjit Mitra
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:30 18:00
      Plenary: IGWN Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1