LVK 2026 Pisa - Plenary Sessions

11 Mar 2026, 08:30 → 12 Mar 2026, 17:30 Europe/Rome

Auditorium

Wednesday 11 March

08:30 → 09:00 Registration + Coffe

08:45 → 10:30 Plenary I

08:45 Welcome by LOC

Speakers: Elisa Velcani, Gianluca Gemme, Massimo Carpinelli, Vincenzo Napolano

08:50 Status of KAGRA

Speaker: Masaki Ando

09:10 EGO

Speaker: Massimo Carpinelli

09:25 Virgo

Speaker: Gianluca Gemme

09:40 LIGO Lab

Speaker: David Reitze

09:55 LSC

Speaker: Peter Shawhan

10:10 Poster Sparkler I

Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary II

11:00 Welcome by Local Authorities

Antonio Zoccoli, President of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Antonella Bogoni, Scuola Superiore S.Anna
Paolo Spagnolo, Director of INFN Pisa Division
MIchele Conti, Mayor of Pisa

11:30 GEO600

Speaker: Harald Lueck

11:45 LIGO India

Speaker: Sendhil Raja

12:00 Poster Sparkler II

Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Pleanry III: Plenary III

14:00 Poster Sparkler III

Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Jessica Steinlechner, Mikhail Korobko

14:20 OPS division summary/update

Speaker: Jonah Kanner

14:50 LAAC/VECS update

Speakers: Elenna Capote, Lorenzo Mirasola, Mikhail Korobko

15:00 → 16:30 LSC Council

16:30 → 18:30 Poster Session: POSTER Session

Thursday 12 March

08:30 → 09:00 Registration + Coffe

08:45 → 10:35 Plenary IV

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

Speaker: Daniela Pascucci

10:20 COMS/EPO division update

Robert Coyne
Simone Mastrogiovanni
Vincenzo Napolano
Hisaaki Shinkai

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 13:05 Plenary V

11:00 Rapid Response Team Update

11:15 IR1

11:30 Cosmic Explorer

Speaker: Michael Landry

11:45 Einstein Telescope

Speaker: Michele Punturo

12:00 DEI Exercise & DEI Committee update

13:00 Group Photo

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 17:05 Plenary VI

14:30 Announcement of poster prize winners

Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Mikhail Korobko

14:35 Announcement of Virgo awards winners

Speakers: Gianluca Gemme, Viola Sordini

14:45 LIGO upgrade plans

Speaker: Peter Fritschel

15:00 Virgo Upgrade Plans @ LVK Meeting, March 2026

Speaker: Alessio Rocchi

15:15 KAGRA upgrade

Speaker: Yoichi Aso

15:30 Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India

Speaker: Sanjit Mitra

15:35 IGWN