March 2026 LVK Collaboration Meeting

Europe/Rome
Description

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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 20:00
      Welcome cocktail Arsenali Repubblicani

      Arsenali Repubblicani

      Via Bonanno Pisano, 2, 56126 Pisa PI
    • 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)
      • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 08:30
      Registration + coffee
    • Plenary: I Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 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

      • 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

      • 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
    • 08:30
      Registration + coffee
    • Plenary: IV Auditorium (Building 1)

      Auditorium

      Building 1

      • 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

      • 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

      • 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