IGWM2017

Introduction:

The Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting is an international conference organized yearly by different members of the Red Temática de Ondas Gravitacionales (REDONGRA). This year it will be hosted by the EARLY UNIVERSE COSMOLOGY GROUP in the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Bilbao from the 15th to the 17th of May 2017.

The meeting will take place in the Bizkaia Aretoa, a modern venue located in one of the most emblematic parts of Bilbao. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with talks by invited speakers in the morning, and contributed talks in the afternoon sessions.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Status of Gravitational Wave Observations
  • Gravitational Waves and Astrophysics
  • Gravitational Waves in Cosmology
  • Numerical Relativity
  • Test of General Relativity

Invited Plenary Speakers include:

  • Enrico Barausse, IAP/CNRS, France.
  • Marica Branchesi, Universita degli Studi di Urbino, Italy.
  • Roberto Emparan, ICREA & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
  • Sascha Husa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain.
  • Ian Jones, University of Southampton, UK.
  • Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez, Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain.
  • Xavier Siemens, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, US.
  • Alicia Sintes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain.
  • Carlos Sopuerta, IEEC-CSIC, Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Spain.
  • Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts University , US.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

  • Mar Bastero-Gil, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
  • Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado, IKERBASQUE & UPV/EHU, Spain.
  • Domenec Espriu, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
  • Jose A. Font, Universitat de València, Spain.
  • Enrique Garcia-Berro, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.
  • Juan Garcia-Bellido, Intituto de Física Teórica, Spain.
  • Kostas Glampedakis, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
  • Sascha Husa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain.
  • Alicia Sintes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain.
  • Carlos Sopuerta, IEEC-CSIC, Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Spain.
  • Jon Urrestilla, UPV/EHU, Spain

Local Organizing committee:

(you can contact us at  early-universe-cosmo –at– ehu.es )

  • Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado (co-chair)
  • Jon Urrestilla (co-chair)
  • Raül Vera
  • Iñaki Garay
  • Asier Lopez-Eiguren
  • Joanes Lizarraga

Sponsors

This meeting is sponsored by the Red Temática de Ondas Gravitacionales (REDONGRA) which is part of the Acciones de Dinamizacion Redes de Excelencia 2015 (reference FPA2015-69815-REDT) of the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competividad; the Government of the Basque Country and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).