Iberian GW Meeting and International School on GWs 2026
(Benasque Science Center, Apr 26 - May 02, 2026)

Organizers:

Carlos F. Sopuerta (ICE-CSIC), Mario Martínez (IFAE), Ernesto Contreras (U Alicante), David Keitel (U Illes Balears), Jose Juan Blanco Pillado (EHU/UPV), Angeles Perez Garcia (U. Salamanca), Pablo Garcia Abia (CIEMAT)

The Iberian Gravitational Wave Meetings (IGWM) are annual meetings organized by the REDONGRA community which have played a key role in establishing a Spanish GW community, and in integrating new groups.

We organize these meetings with focus on specific joint R&D activities, in particular toward maximizing the Spanish role in the breakthrough discoveries expected in the next few years (the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detections and the new Pulsar Timing Array data), and in developing the future Einstein Telescope (ET) and LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatories.

In the context of the new REDONGRA funded network, we add the International School on Gravitational Wave Physics (ISGWP), which will consist of a series of lectures and hands-on sessions covering all relevant aspects of GW science (instrumentation, simulations, data analysis algorithms, theory), to be delivered by internationally recognized experts. We profit from the joint organization of the IGWM and ISGWP by the presence of these experts in both events. The ISGWP will be mainly addressed to PhD students and young postdocs, with the aim of training the next generations of GW scientists.

International School of Gravitational Wave Physics (ISGWP)

'Simulations and Data Exploitation in Gravitational Wave Astronomy'

The School (ISGWP-2026) will take place form April 27 to April 29, 2026.
It is primarily aimed at graduate students and early-career researchers, although participation is open to all interested scientists.

The school will consists of six lecture courses of three hours each, covering the following subjects:

- Tools of Bayesian Inference in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
- Simulations and Waveform Models for Compact Binary Coalescences
- Basics of Searches of Compact Binary Coalescence Events
- Simulations and Data Analysis for Supernovae and other Burst Events
- Basic Elements of Data Analysis for LISA
- Simulation Based Inference in Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting 2026 (IGWM 2026)

The Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting (IGWM-2026) will take place from April 30 to May 2, 2026.
This annual meeting has been organized since 2011 and brings together researchers interested in all aspects of Gravitational Wave Astronomy.
It plays an important role in consolidating the gravitational-wave community in Spain and Portugal and is supported by the REDONGRA network.

The meeting will feature invited and contributed talks on current developments in gravitational-wave physics, promoting interaction within the Iberian community while strengthening connections with international collaborations.

Sponsors

Call for participation

Abstract submission is closed

Abstract deadline was April 23
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on April 24

Registration fee information