GWADW2024

And that's a wrap for GWADW 2024

Thank you to all who participated and made it a success!

Welcome to the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop

We are delighted to host the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop, a one-week event dedicated to exploring cutting-edge research and advancements in the field of gravitational wave detection. This workshop follows the kickoff of Observation Run 4 (O4) by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration on May 24, 2023, igniting a new wave of gravitational wave detections.

GWADW will be held as an in person event in Hamilton Island, Australia, 12-18 May 2024.

GWADW 2024 will be a workshop orientated experience, and focus on active discussions about the biggest opportunities and challenges for GW detectors over the next decade, and how the current experience can guide the design of next generation observatories and their detectors.

To welcome newcomers to the field and allow old hands to refresh their knowledge, we are planning to start each day with a tutorial on topics of interest.

Broad themes encompassing the pressing challenges that will be covered during the workshops are:

Laboratory scale experiments supporting future detectors and how to train next generation instrumentation specialists.
Post-O5 upgrades and performance risk mitigation
Coatings for future detectors
Low-Frequency performance of detectors in next generation observatories and what we can learn from post-O5 3- and 4-km interferometers
Large scale infrastructure and vacuum systems for next generation observatories
Space Based detectors looking towards the 2040s and the 2050s
Machine learning for advanced instrumentation
Quantum metrology and interferometer topologies
Alternative techniques and configurations to enhance the detection of gravitational waves

Submitted abstracts will initially be offered the opportunity to present during one of the poster sessions. The conveners, with support of the scientific organising committee, will request specific presentations on particular topics in much the same way as when the meeting originated in Aspen.

Event Highlights:

Welcome Reception
Contributed Presentations
Poster Sessions
Panel Discussions
Social Dinner

Venue: We are delighted to announce that the picturesque Hamilton Island, Australia, will set the stage for our workshop. Nestled amidst the awe-inspiring beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, this idyllic destination offers the perfect backdrop for an inspiring and intellectually stimulating event. Our participants will have the pleasure of experiencing world-class accommodation at the renowned Reef View Hotel.

Registration: Registration is now closed.

Call for Abstracts: Abstract submissions are now closed.

Join us for an extraordinary week of discovery, collaboration, and exploration at the 2024 Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop in the stunning setting of Hamilton Island, Australia!

Key Event Dates

Scientific Organising Committee

Local Organising Committee

Bram Slagmolen, Australian National University
David Ottaway, University of Adelaide
Francesco Fidecaro, University of Pisa
Rana Adhikari, California Institute of Technology
Marica Branchesi, Gran Sasso Science Institute
Shinji Miyoki, University of Tokyo
Gabriele Vajente, California Institute of Technology
Kentaro Somiya, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Lisa Barsotti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bram Slagmolen, Australian National University
David Ottaway, University of Adelaide
Sareh Rajabi, Australian National University
Diana Haikal, Swinburne University of Technology
Yeshe Fenner, Swinburne University of Technology

Contact Us
Should you have any inquiries or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact our organising committee at [email protected]