LVK 2026 Pisa - Plenary Sessions

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

Auditorium

Wednesday 11 March

Registration + Coffe

Plenary I

1 Welcome by LOC

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

2 Status of KAGRA

Speaker: Masaki Ando

3 EGO

Speaker: Massimo Carpinelli

4 Virgo

Speaker: Gianluca Gemme

5 LIGO Lab

Speaker: David Reitze

6 LSC

Speaker: Peter Shawhan

7 Poster Sparkler I

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

10:30 Coffe

Plenary II

8 Welcome by Local Authorities

9 GEO600

Speaker: Harald Lueck

10 LIGO India

Speaker: Sendhil Raja

11 Poster Sparkler II

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

12:30 Lunch

Pleanry III: Plenary III

12 Poster Sparkler III

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

13 OPS division summary/update

Speaker: Jonah Kanner

14 LAAC/VECS update

Speakers: Elenna Capote, Lorenzo Mirasola, Mikhail Korobko

LSC Council

Poster Session: POSTER Session

Thursday 12 March

Registration + Coffe

Plenary IV

15 Continuous-Wave GW searches

16 GW Burst searches

17 CBC group report

18 Stochastic GW Background searches

19 Climate Change Committee update

Speaker: Daniela Pascucci

20 COMS/EPO division update

Speaker: Robert Coyne

10:30 Coffee

Plenary V

21 Rapid Response Team Update

22 IR1

23 Cosmic Explorer

Speaker: Michael Landry

24 Einstein Telescope

Speaker: Michele Punturo

25 DEI Exercise & DEI Committee update

26 Group Photo

13:00 Lunch

Plenary VI

27 Announcement of poster prize winners

Speakers: Andrew Spencer, Elenna Capote, Mikhail Korobko

28 Announcement of Virgo awards winners

Speakers: Gianluca Gemme, Viola Sordini

29 LIGO upgrade plans

Speaker: Peter Fritschel

30 Virgo Upgrade Plans @ LVK Meeting, March 2026

Speaker: Alessio Rocchi

31 KAGRA upgrade

Speaker: Yoichi Aso

32 Preview Sep 2026 LVK meeting @LIGO India

Speaker: Sanjit Mitra

33 IGWN