10th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gravitational Waves

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the momentous first detection of gravitational waves, GW150914, a three-day event will be held in Mallorca, Spain. Monday, September 15, and Tuesday, September 16 there will be an international scientific meeting at the Auditorium of the ParcBit campus, adjacent to the University of the Balearic Islands. This will be followed by outreach activities for local students and the general public on Wednesday, September 17.

Further details and the registration and abstract submission forms are available at: https://grg.uib.es/10thAnniversaryGW150914/

There is no registration fee. The deadline for registrations including abstracts for contributed talks is July 20, and for general attendance, the deadline is August 31. (No abstracts are required for posters.) As Palma remains a popular tourist destination in September, we recommend booking your travel and accommodation as soon as possible.

We look forward to welcoming you to Mallorca for this occasion.

Important dates:

• Deadline for registration with abstracts for contributed talks: 20 July 2025
• Deadline for general registration (including posters): 31 August 2025

Invited speakers include:

• Carlos Barceló Serón: Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA‑CSIC), Spain
• Nacho Chueca: Lipsync Medialab, Spain
• Isabel Cordero Carrión: University of Valencia, Spain
• Thomas Dent: Galician Institute for High Energy Physics (IGFAE), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• José Antonio Font: University of Valencia, Spain
• Sascha Husa: Institute of Space Sciences (ICE‑CSIC) and University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain
• Harald Lück: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and Institute for Gravitational Physics of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Andrew Lundgren: Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
• Elisa Marinas: Lipsync Medialab, Spain
• Mario Martínez: Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
• Miquel Oliver Almiñana: UBS AG, Switzerland
• Bernard Schutz: Gravity Exploration Institute, Cardiff University, United Kingdom and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany
• Carlos Sopuerta: Institute of Space Sciences (ICE‑CSIC) and Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), Spain
• Clifford Will: University of Florida, United States and Paris Institute of Astrophysics, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Sorbonne University, France

Organising Committee:

• Alicia Calafat Jaso – PhD Student
• Josep Covas Vidal – Assistant Professor
• Sascha Husa – Scientific Researcher at CSIC and UIB
• Francisco Jiménez Forteza – Beatriz Galindo Researcher
• David Keitel – Associate Professor
• Antoni Ramos-Buades – Beatriz Galindo Researcher
• Alicia M. Sintes Olives – Full Professor

If you would like to contact us, please write to: gw10thanniversary@outlook.com

Sponsors:

This event is made possible thanks to the support of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), the Institute of Applied Computing and Community Code (IAC3), the Fundació Balears d’Innovació i Tecnologia (FBIT), the “la Caixa” Foundation, the Spanish Gravitational Wave Network (REDONGRA), a Strategic Network (RED2024-153735-E) funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), and the HiTech Platform – Institute of Applied Computing and Community Code – Biodiversity (HiTech-IAC3-BIO), supported by the Conselleria d’Economia, Hisenda i Innovació under grant SINCO2022/6719, and co-financed by the European Union through the FEDER Operational Program 2021–2027 of the Balearic Islands.