Name: LVK 2026 Pisa - Plenary Sessions
Start: 2026-03-11T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-12T17:30:00+01:00
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LVK 2026 Pisa - Plenary Sessions

from Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 12 March 2026 (17:30)

Monday, 9 March 2026
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Wednesday, 11 March 2026

08:30 Registration + Coffe

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

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

08:50 Status of 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 Elenna Capote Jessica Steinlechner Mikhail Korobko
10:30 Coffe
Coffe
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Plenary II: Plenary II
Plenary 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
Room: Auditorium
14:00 Pleanry III: Plenary III
Plenary III
14:00 - 15:00
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 LSC Council: LSC Council
LSC Council
15:00 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium

16:30 Poster Session: POSTER Session
POSTER Session
16:30 - 18:30
Room: Auditorium
Thursday, 12 March 2026

08:30 Registration + Coffe: Registration + Coffe
Registration + Coffe
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Auditorium
08:45 Plenary IV: Plenary IV
Plenary 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
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Plenary V: Plenary V
Plenary 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
Room: Auditorium
14:30 Plenary VI: Plenary VI
Plenary VI
14:30 - 17:05
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 @ LVK Meeting, March 2026 - Alessio Rocchi

15:15 KAGRA upgrade - Yoichi Aso

15:30 Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India - Sanjit Mitra

15:35 IGWN