Konferenzen

20260127

Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Dynamic Universe, January 26 - February 27, 2026 at YITP Kyoto University

Astrophysics has finally entered a new era, transitioning from the multi-wavelength observation approach of the 20th century to the era of multi-messenger observations. The discovery of the binary neutron star merger event GW170817 in 2017 marked the beginning of this shift, as it was first detected through a gravitational wave and gamma-ray burst, followed by electromagnetic counterparts observed across various wavelengths, including X-ray, optical, infrared, and radio. In addition to gravitational waves, significant advancements have also been made in other multi-messenger signals, such as high-energy neutrinos and high-energy gamma rays. Traditional X-ray, optical, infrared, and radio observations are not only achieving higher sensitivities but are also making great strides in discovery science through time-domain astronomy, focusing on transient events.

Long-term Workshop Website

20260209

Quantum Gravity and Cosmology 2026, February 9-13, Bologna

The goal of the workshop is to bring together the experts working on different UV complete approaches to quantum gravity, from string theory to various perturbative and non-perturbative approaches. Given the promising opportunity to probe quantum gravity effects in the very early Universe with future CMB and gravitational wave experiments, we expect the in-depth discussions on predictions and self-consistency of low- energy effective theories on top of cosmological backgrounds.

Workshop Website

20260216

Neutron Stars: Modelling and Detection - SIGRAV International School 2026, February 16-20 in Vietri sul Mare

This edition of the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) International School is dedicated to the study of neutron stars as outstanding sources of gravitational and electromagnetic waves in the strong-field regime.

School Website

20260216

Einstein Telescope Research Infrastructure: Challenges and Long-Term Sustainability, February 16-17 2026 at Sapienza University Rome

This workshop aims to bring together leading researchers and industry professionals to address sustainability challenges and innovative solutions for this large underground infrastructure. Discussions will span the entire project lifecycle, from initial design to decommissioning, with a dedicated session fostering collaboration opportunities for industrial partners.

Workshop Website

20260218

Einstein Telescope science workshop for early career Researchers, February 18-20, 2026 at Sapienza University of Rome

The workshop wants to bring together young researchers actively involved in the activities of the Observational Science Board (OSB), Instrumental Science Board (ISB) and Site Characterization Board (SCB) of the Einstein Telescope. Leaving plenty of room for discussions, it will be a great occasion to share research and ideas, start projects, learn about new topics, and build collaborations.

Workshop Website

20260225

IOP Gravitational Physics Annual Scientific Meeting - Feb 25, 2026

Annual scientific meeting of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, which will take place at the Institute of Physics headquarters in London on Wednesday 25th February 2026. This year's 1-day meeting celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves. The meeting will cover the historical context and impact of the first discovery itself, the highlights of the exciting present of gravitational-wave astronomy, and its bright future prospects.

Meeting Website

20260227

Symposium & Memorial for Professor Rainer Weiss, Fri-Sat February 27–28, 2026

The MIT Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research would like to share with you plans for a symposium and memorial service honoring Professor Rainer Weiss, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2017) and longtime member of our faculty, whose visionary work made the discovery of gravitational waves possible.

Symopsium Announcement

20260227

42nd Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting - February 27-28, 2026 at UC Riverside

In the tradition of the Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings, students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to participate, and all areas of gravitational physics—classical and quantum, theory and experiment—are welcome. We would like this meeting to serve as a communication medium among all branches of gravitational physics. Because this is a regional APS meeting, many participants will be from the Western U.S., but all are welcome.

Conference Website

20260228

WE Heraeus Physics School und 62. Karpacz Winter School in Theoretical Physics "Multimessenger Astrophysics and Cosmology", February 28 - March 6 2026 in Karpacz

With next-generation observatories like the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, multi-messenger astrophysics—combining gravitational waves, electromagnetic signals, and neutrinos—will sharpen constraints on the dense-matter equation of state, extreme gravity, and heavy-element nucleosynthesis. Mergers also serve as standard sirens, enabling independent measurements of the Hubble constant. The school will cover the thermal history of the Universe after its first second, from the quark–hadron transition to neutrino decoupling, linking microphysics to cosmological observables.

School Website

20260304

3rd International Online Conference on Universe (IOCU 2026), March 4-6 2026

The 3rd International Online Conference on Universe (IOCU 2026), organized by the MDPI journal Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997, Impact Factor 2.6), will bring together leading experts to share and discuss the latest research across fields such as gravitation and cosmology, field theory, high energy physics, space and planetary sciences, galaxies, stellar physics, quantum mechanics, and many other astrophysics-related topics.

Conference Website

20260309

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting, March 9-13 2026 in Pisa

We are delighted to host the March 2026 LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration Meeting in Pisa, Italy, from March 9th to 13th, 2026, at Pala Todisco – Meetings and More. The meeting will be hosted by the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO). Whether you are attending in person or online, we look forward to a week of engaging discussions and fruitful collaborations!

Conference Website

20260315

APS Global Physics Summit, March 15-20 2026 in Denver and online

The joint March and April American Physical Society Meeting, known as the Global Physics Summit, will be held in Denver, CO, USA March 16-19, 2026. Contributed abstracts are invited at this link and are due October 23, 2025.

Meeting Website

20260316

Gravitational Waves and Detection Technologies – PAS Rome Meeting 2026, March 16-17

Gravitational Waves and Detection Technologies - PAS Rome meeting 2026, jointly organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Perugia and INFN Perugia, will take place in Rome from 16 March to 17 March 2026. This event aims to provide a platform for sharing recent advancements in the rapidly evolving field of gravitational-wave science, with a particular focus on detector science and experimental technologies.

Meeting Website

20260329

PAFT26 - Quantum Frontiers in Gravity, March 29 - April 1 2026 in Vietri Sul Mare

The main objective of the conference "PAFT26 - Quantum Frontiers in Gravity" is to bring together theoretical physicists and phenomenologists who are experts in the complementary fields of classical and quantum gravity, modified gravity, and experimental aspects of gravity in quantum systems. The conference will give space to a constructive exchange of ideas and encourage new collaborations.

Conference Website

20260407

Amplitudes, Strong-Field Gravity and Resummation, April 7-17 2026, Stockholm

The event will include a PhD School (7-10 April) on scattering amplitudes, gravitational self-force and waveform modelling, followed by a focused workshop (13-17 April) on connecting post-Minkowskian and strong-field approaches to gravitational dynamics, with a focus on resummation strategies.

Workshop Website

20260409

BritGrav 2026, April 9-10 in Cardiff

The 26th BritGrav meeting will be hosted by the Gravity Exploration Institute at the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University. The aim of BritGrav is to bring together early-career researchers working on all aspects of gravitational physics, including astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, quantum gravity, gravitational-wave data analysis and instrumentation.

Conference Website

20260420

GW Open Data Workshop 2026, April 20-23 in Toulouse and online

This course includes lectures, software tutorials, quiz questions, and a data challenge. Complete the course and data challenge to receive a certificate.

Workshop Website

20260421

Einstein Telescope Vacuum and Cryogenics Industrial Workshop: opportunities and challenges, April 21–22 2026 at CERN

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together the leading institutes which are designing the vacuum and cryogenic systems of the Einstein Telescope (the third generation gravitational wave detector which is currently being designed in Europe) and European Big Science industries specialised in vacuum and cryogenic technologies, to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Workshp Website

20260421

Massive Black Hole Spin Workshop, April 21-24 2026, Edinburgh

Astrophysical black holes can be entirely described by just two properties: their mass and their spin. While masses of black holes have been extensively studied, black hole spin remains poorly understood. This is because spin is both much more difficult to observe and more complex to model. Nevertheless, spin is no less integral to the evolution of massive black holes over time, and the role they play in shaping their host galaxies.

Workshop Website

20260422

IberiCos 2026, April 22-24 2026 at University of Granada

The spirit of the meetings is to provide an open and inclusive forum for sharing ongoing research. Accordingly, IberiCOS 2026 will cover a wide range of topics, including primordial black holes, dark energy and dark matter, theoretical and observational cosmology, and gravitational waves. A key goal of the meeting is to foster dynamic interactions between theorists and observers.

Conference Website

20260427

Gravity2026: New Frontiers in Cosmology, April 27 - May 1 2026 in Daejeon

The aim of the workshop is to foster comprehensive and in-depth discussions on the rapidly expanding frontiers of gravitational physics. The program will cover a wide spectrum of topics central to cosmology, including gravitational waves, early- and late-time cosmology, and theories of modified gravity.

Workshop Website

20260526

@FlipPhysics, May 26-29 2026 at Universidad de Valencia

The 3rd edition of the @FlipPhysics workshop seeks to bring together the community of physicist working in the areas of Nuclear, Particle Physics and its Applications, especially women, and also (under)-graduate, PhD students, and young researchers, who have the opportunity to be introduced to several scientific topics through (mostly) women who have been successful in the field.

Workshop Website

20260615

Black Holes & Cosmology, June 15-19 2026, Granada

The purpose of the international conference series Black Holes & Cosmology is to bring together world-renowned experts as well as junior researchers working on theoretical and observational aspects of black holes, particularly (but not limited to) their role in cosmology.

Conference Website

20260615

XVI Einstein Telescope Symposium, June 15-19 2026 in Aachen

The upcoming Symposium will take place in Aachen from June 15th at noon until June 19th early afternoon. Hosted by the RWTH Aachen University, the event will be held at the central campus of the University in the heart of the city of Aachen. Registrants can also participate in every session online via a two-way zoom connection. Zoom links for each session can be found as an attachment to the session in the Indico timetable.

Symposium Website

20260622

Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop (GCW) “International Coordination of the Time - Domain and Multi-Messenger Sky: New Opportunities and New Challenges”, Görlitz, Germany, 22-26 June 2026

The workshop, to be hosted at the new German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA) in June 2026, builds on the highly successful Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop series. This will bring together approximately 50 astronomers and astrophysicists from around the world to discuss the global considerations of time-domain astronomy and multimessenger astrophysics. The drivers for these areas over the next decade will be large, international projects which require prompt and coordinated follow-up of new astronomical discoveries that may disappear in just a few days, or even sooner. The workshop will take place in Görlitz, Germany and will be invitation-only. 

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20260622

Save the date: GRASS 2026 June 22-24 - GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium, Padova, Italy

The 5th GRAvitational-wave Science&technology Symposium (GRASS 2026) will be held in Padova (Italy) on 22 - 24 June 2026. The website of the conference is in preparation and will be advertised within a few weeks.

20260622

School on Gravity, Niels Bohr Institute, June 22-26 2026

The School on Gravity (22–26 June 2026, Copenhagen) will introduce junior scientists—graduate students and advanced undergraduates with a background in general relativity—to a wide range of foundational topics in the exciting new field of gravitational wave physics. Topics will span from the theory of motion, to new challenges introduced by quantum physics, to the astrophysics of black holes and source modeling for gravitational-wave detectors. Please apply here.

20260622

The School on Gravity: from motion to commotion, June 22-26 2026 at NBI Copenhagen

Understanding the gravitational interaction is one of the great scientific endeavors of the 21st century. The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, and subsequent detections by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, have marked a revolutionary step forward in physics and astrophysics by opening an entirely new window for exploring the Universe. Future upgrades to these detectors, along with upcoming facilities such as LISA and the Einstein Telescope, promise even more breakthrough discoveries that the next generation of scientists will need to interpret.

School Website

20260622

16th International LISA Symposium, June 22-26, 2026, College Park, Maryland

The 16th International LISA Symposium will highlight gravitational wave astrophysics, with a primary focus on the most up-to-date theory and analysis that will inform science to be performed by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.

Conference Website

20260622

Causalworlds 2026: The 3rd International Conference on Quantum, Classical, and Relativistic Causality, June 22-26, 2026, Grenoble

Understanding causality is foundational to science and has wide-ranging applications, yet there are several distinct notions of causation. Recently, there have been important developments on the role of causality in quantum physics, relativistic physics and their interplay. These have unearthed a plethora of deep and fascinating questions regarding the nature of causation in physical theories, emergence of space-time structure and how relativistic principles can shape the landscape of quantum information processing.

Conference Website

20260626

Save the Date: Capra 29 in Brussels, June 26 - July 3, 2026

We are pleased to announce that the 29th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be hosted in Brussels from Monday June 29th to July 3rd 2026. It will take place as a Solvay workshop organised by the International Solvay Institutes. Further information about Capra 2026 will be posted in the coming months.

20260628

Thematic school GWsNS-2026: Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars, June 28 - July 3 2026, France

The thematic school Gravitational Waves emission from proto-neutron stars and Neutron Star mergers (GWsNS-2026) is a graduate school that will cover several aspects of the gravitational wave (GW) emission from neutron stars, with special attention to neutron star mergers and proto-neutron stars. This is the 2026 edition of the event GWsNS-2023 (check the website for the lecture material of the previous edition!), and will take place at the Station Biologique de Roscoff (Brittany, France), a CNRS facility with full conference infrastructure and on-site accommodation.

School Website

20260629

Tales of Black Holes – International Doctoral Summer School on Advanced Black Hole Physics, June 29 - July 3, 2026, Granada

Black holes are among the most fascinating objects in the universe. From cosmological, galactic and stellar scales, where black holes are integral pieces in the formation and evolution of different structures, to microscopic scales, where the study of the fabric of spacetime and black hole interiors are interrelated, black holes are ubiquitous in all research areas in which gravity is a prominent actor. A proper understanding of many aspects of modern physics requires being familiar with the concept of black hole; conversely, comprehending black holes in all their dimensions requires extensive knowledge in diverse branches of physics, including geometry, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, quantum field theory and numerical analysis.

School Website

20260629

Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes, June 29 - Juli 3 2026 at Université de Montréal

Held a week before the world-renowned Montreal International Jazz Festival, the conference aims to spotlight the significant progress made in the study of supermassive black holes, addressing open questions and exploring future prospects, particularly in the wake of the latest observations from JWST.

Conference Website

20260706

Summer school on Multimessenger Astrophysics at ICE in Barcelona, July 6-14 2026

9th edition of the ICE Summer School devoted to Multimessenger Astrophysics. This intensive programme is designed for advanced Master’s and PhD students, early-career researchers, and
others interested in the physics and observational techniques associated with multimessenger phenomena in the universe.

School Website

20260706

CosPA2026 and ACGRG13, July 6-10 2026, Christchurch, New Zealand

The International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2026) and the 13th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG13) will be held jointly, bringing together two complementary scientific communities. CosPA2026 is part of an annual conference series organized in the Asia-Pacific region under the Asia Pacific Organization of Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (APCosPA), while ACGRG13, convened by the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, is a biennial forum for regional researchers in all areas gravitational physics from mathematical relativity to experimental gravitational wave detection.

Conference Website

20260706

The Extragalactic Transient Universe, July 6-10 2026 in Marseille

The 2026 edition of the GECO-LAM conference will discuss the “Extragalactic Transient Universe” at a time of great research opportunities favored by new facilities such the SVOM and Einstein Probe (EP) high-energy missions or the Vera Rubin Observatory, among multiple others. The conference will focus on diverse topics ranging from observations, theory and modeling of the broad population of astronomical transients, through multi-messenger astronomy, to the instrumentation, techniques and data management that are needed to make transient research successful.

Conference Website

20260713

Dark Matter and Stars: Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity, July 13-15 2026, Southampton

The International Conference "Dark Matter and Stars: Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity" aims to bring together scientists working across the different research fields of astrophysics, cosmology, and modified gravity. We want to look at the dark matter problem from different perspectives, considering it to be of particle nature, as well as modification of gravity. This meeting is intended to initiate cross-field discussions of dark matter searches, their current status, and future prospects.

Conference Website

20260713

14th Cosmic-Ray International Studies and Multi-messenger Astroparticle Conference, July 13-17 2026, Sorrento

The main focus of the CRIS-MAC conference is the multi messenger aspects of astroparticle physics which naturally includes fields such as cosmic-ray physics, gamma-ray and multi-wavelength astronomy, astrophysical neutrinos and gravitational waves. The program includes invited lectures, contributed talks, posters and flash talks.

Conference Website

20260719

Workshop on “New Frontiers in Strong Gravity IV” in Benasque in July 19-31 2026

The fourth installment of the two-week workshop “New frontiers in strong gravity” will take place in Benasque, Spain, from 19–31 July 2026 at the Science Center in Benasque (https://benasque.org/new_general/cgi-bin/years.pl?ano=2026) in the Spanish Pyrenees. The registration will open in Spring 2026.

20260824

From Black Holes to the Cosmos, August 24-28 at SISSA, Trieste

This conference honors the scientific legacy of Matt Visser, whose pioneering work has profoundly influenced our understanding of general relativity, quantum field theory in curved spacetime, wormholes, energy conditions, analogue gravity, and beyond.

Conference Website

20260824

Listening to the Cosmos: New Frontiers in Gravitational Wave Physics, Aug 24 - Sep 26, 2026, Firenze

The first detection of gravitational waves from the Ligo-Virgo-Kagra collaboration and the recent results of several pulsar timing arrays have opened the exploration of the gravitational wave Universe. Over the next decade, several other ground and space-based experiments will join this exploration and allow us to access a broad band of the gravitational wave spectrum. This new exploration comes with a series of challenges that can only be overcome through close collaboration between experimentalists and theorists. This workshop will bring together experts working on the experiments enabling this exploration, as well as particle physicists and cosmologists, to discuss the open challenges that this new exploration presents and highlight the synergies between these different communities. Application deadline: April 30th 2026.

Workshop Website

20260901

Binary compact objects on eccentric orbits and their gravitational-wave signatures, September 1-6 2026, Corfu

The workshop will bring together experts in theory, numerical relativity, data analysis, and astrophysics, as well as early-career researchers entering these fields. We aim to create a collaborative environment where participants can share results, exchange ideas, and identify the next key steps.

Workshop Website

20260915

CosmoVerse@Bilbao 2026, September 15-19

Our understanding of the Universe is at a turning point with the predictions of the standard cosmological model and the observations from different surveys are showing tensions in several key areas. The disagreement is expressed in the value of cosmic expansion as well as in the growth of large-scale structure in the Universe. New cosmological surveys, many of which are European, may expose tension in additional areas of the concordance model.

Conference Website

20270823

Save the Date: Black Holes Inside and Out 2027 (BHIO27): August 23-27 2027

The conference Black Holes Inside and Out 2027 (BHIO27) will take place at Sapienza University of Rome from August 23 to August 27, 2027. This event follows the highly successful 2024 edition [https://strong-gr.com/black-holes-inside-and-out/], which brought together leading experts in black hole physics, including astrophysics and observational astronomy, cosmology, data analysis, mathematical and numerical relativity, perturbation theory, and quantum gravity, to discuss the state of the field and its future directions. Further information about the conference will be shared in the coming months.