LGWA Meeting 2026

28 Sept 2026, 14:00 → 2 Oct 2026, 12:30 Europe/Rome

The Collaboration of the Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) is inviting to its annual meeting at the University of Liège in Belgium.

The Monday afternoon is dedicated to a closed meeting of the LGWA Steering Committee.

The main scientific program will take place from Tuesday to Thursday covering gravitational-wave science, multi-messenger and multi-band observations, and lunar science.

People are invited to join the field trip on Friday, which is organized separately from the meeting.

The workshop fee is 250€ for people not participating in the social dinner, and 310€ including the social dinner.

Local Organizing Committee

1. Christophe Collette (University of Liège)
2. Mayana Teloi (University of Liège)
3. Nadine Dumont (University of Liège)
4. Damien Libert (University of Liège)

Scientific Organizing Committee

Alessandro Frigeri (INAF-IAPS)
Jan Harms (GSSI)
Joris van Heijningen (VU Amsterdam)
Andrea Maselli (GSSI)
Gianluca Di Rico (INAF Teramo)
Roberto Serafinelli (Diego Portales University)
Paola Severgnini (INAF OABrera)
Morgane Zeoli (UC Louvain)

Monday, 28 September

Steering Committee

Closed meeting

Convener: Jan Harms (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

Tuesday, 29 September

Welcome session & intro talks

10:30 Coffee break

Synergy

12:30 Lunch

GW Sciences & MMA

16:00 Coffee break

GW Sciences & MMA

19:00 Social Event: LGWA stand up show

Stand up by Arnaud Stiepen

Wednesday, 30 September

Payload

10:30 Coffee break

Payload

12:30 Lunch

GW Sciences & MMA

Visit of the Etest prototype at the Liège Space centre

Located at the Space Center of Liège in the Liège Science Park, Belgium, the CRyogenics and Inertial STAbility Laboratory ET-CRISTAL is an open living laboratory dedicated to the validation of key technologies necessary for the future Einstein Telescope.
It consists of a full scale prototype mirror, isolated from seismic motion at low frequency, and cooled down at cryogenic temperature using purely radiative technology.

19:00 Social dinner

The social dinner will take place in a typical Belgian 'brasserie' located in the historic city centre.

Thursday, 1 October

Industry

10:30 Coffee break

Technology panel discussion

12:30 Lunch

Site & Lunar science

16:00 Coffee break

Site & Lunar science

18:00 Social Event: Belgian beer degustation

We are inviting you to attend a special belgian beer degustation

Friday, 2 October

Field trip

Convener: Christophe Collette (University of Liège)