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Glorious Women Symposium

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Debarati Chatterjee (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics), Anuradha Gupta (The University of Mississippi)
Description

The first international online symposium Glorious Women will be held on March 5-6, 2026.  “Glorious Women” will celebrate women scientists in the field of gravitational-wave astronomy. 

The purpose of this symposium is to showcase the accessible, real-world role models, which may inspire young people to consider careers in astronomy and astrophysics.

This two-day event will bring together women scientists at different career stages to share their work in gravitational-wave science across various collaborations and research areas. The symposium will also feature panel discussions on "Women’s representation in GW science" and an interactive session "Ask a Woman Scientist". 

Registration is free and will remain open until 01 March 2026.

Speakers:
Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Isabel Cordero-Carrión (University of Valencia, Spain)
Shilpa Kastha (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India)
Ju Li (University of Western Australia, Australia)
Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University, USA)
Samaya Nissanke (DESY, Germany)
Archana Pai (IIT Bombay, India)
Surabhi Sachdev (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Andreea Monica Scorta (Institute of Space Science, Romania)
Manasadevi P. Thirugnanasambandam (IUCAA, India)

Panelists:
Debatri Chattopadhyay (Northwestern University, USA)
Shanika Galaudage (Northwestern University and Adler Planetarium, USA)
Maria Haney (National Institute for Subatomic Physics, The Netherlands)
Disha Kapasi (California State University - Fullerton, USA)
Lorena Magana-Zertuche (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
Debnandini Mukherjee (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Isobel Romero-Shaw (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
Kanchan Soni (Syracuse University, USA)
Nami Uchikata (University of Tokyo, Japan)

The event is hosted by LIGO-India Education & Public Outreach with support from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India.

Organizers:
Debarati Chatterjee (IUCAA, India)
Anuradha Gupta (University of Mississippi, USA)

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  • Thursday 5 March
    • 17:00 → 19:30
      Session 1: (Plenary) Gravitational wave science: the global collaboration
      • 17:00
        Welcome address 5m
        Speaker: Debarati Chatterjee (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)
      • 17:05
        LIGO-India Scientific Collaboration 25m
        Speaker: Archana Pai (IIT Bombay, India)
      • 17:30
        OzGrav: Australia's contribution to Gravitational Wave Research 30m
        Speaker: Ju Li (University of Western Australia, Australia)
      • 18:00
        Virgo Collaboration: Women also DO science 30m
        Speaker: Isabel Cordero-Carrion (University of Valencia, Spain)
        charla gw isa.pdf
      • 18:30
        LISA: The Mission, The Consortium, and Women Scientists' Role 30m
        Speaker: Andreea Monica Scorta (Institute of Space Science, Romania)
        LISA_Consortium_Scorta.pdf
      • 19:00
        The International Pulsar Timing Array and the Dawn of Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Astronomy 30m
        Speaker: Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University, USA)
    • 19:30 → 21:00
      Session 2: Panel discussion on “Women representation in GW Science”
  • Friday 6 March
    • 17:00 → 19:30
      Session 3: Focus session
      • 17:00
        Breaking barriers in precision measurement : The GW way 30m
        Speaker: Manasadevi P. Thirugnanasambandam (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India)
      • 17:30
        Probing The Universe With 6th Sense 30m
        Speaker: Shilpa Kastha (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India)
        glorious_women_symposium_2026_Kastha.key
      • 18:00
        New perspectives on the Universe in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Era 30m
        Speaker: Samaya Nissanke (DESY, Germany)
      • 18:30
        How We Find Gravitational Waves: Methods and Discoveries with Ground-Based Detectors 30m
        Speaker: Surabhi Sachdev (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
      • 19:00
        Understanding Supermassive Black Hole Mergers through GRMHD Simulations 30m
        Speaker: Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology)
    • 19:30 → 21:00
      Session 4: Interaction session “Ask a Woman GW Scientist”