Glorious Women Symposium

5 Mar 2026, 16:55 → 6 Mar 2026, 21:00 Asia/Kolkata

Online

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

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 27 Feb 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 Tech University, USA)
Andreea Monica Scorta (Institute of Space Science, Romania)
Manasadevi P. Thirugnanasambandam (IUCAA, India)

Panelists:
Debatri Chattopadhyay (Northwestern University, USA)
Shanika Galaudage (Northwestern University, 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)

GWsymposium_poster.pdf

Thursday 5 March

Session 1: (Plenary) Gravitational wave science: the global collaboration

1 Welcome address

Speaker: Debarati Chatterjee (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)

2 LIGO-India Scientific Collaboration

Speaker: Archana Pai (IIT Bombay, India)

3 Ozgrav

Speaker: Ju Li (University of Western Australia, Australia)

4 Virgo collaboration

Speaker: Isabel Cordero-Carrion (University of Valencia, Spain)

5 LISA (Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Antenna) collaboration

Speaker: Andreea Monica Scorta (Institute of Space Science, Romania)

6 IPTA (International Pulsar Timing Array)

Speaker: Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University, USA)

Session 2: Panel discussion on “Women representation in GW Science”

Friday 6 March

Session 3: Focus session

7 GW Instrumentation

Speaker: Manasadevi P. Thirugnanasambandam (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India)

8 Fundamental Physics

Speaker: Shilpa Kastha (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India)

9 Multi-messenger Astronomy

Speaker: Samaya Nissanke (DESY, Germany)

10 Data analysis and searches

Speaker: Surabhi Sachdev (Georgia Tech University, USA)

11 Theoretical modeling

Speaker: Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Session 4: Interaction session “Ask a Woman GW Scientist”