Name: Kavli-IAU Global Coordination Workshop (GCW) 22-26 June 2026 in Görlitz, Germany
Start: 2026-06-22T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-26T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Benigna

Monday, 22 June 2026

09:00 Welcome and introductions

09:00 - 09:15
09:15 Science I: Supermassive Black Holes
Supermassive Black Holes
09:15 - 10:30
Contributions

09:15 Binary SMBHs and Low Frequency Gravitational Waves - Chiara Mingarelli (Yale University)

09:40 Tidal Disruption Events - Jane Dai (The University of Hong Kong)

10:05 Active Galactic Nuclei with high energy gamma rays
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Barriers I: AI and Machine Learning
AI and Machine Learning
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:30

13:30 Barriers II: Theory and Computation
Theory and Computation
13:30 - 15:00

15:00 coffee break
coffee break
15:00 - 15:30

15:30 Recommendations discussion

15:30 - 16:30

16:30 Wrap-up

16:30 - 17:00

18:00 welcome reception

18:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
09:00 Science II: Galactic Transients/Variables
Galactic Transients/Variables
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Variable Stars with Rubin Observatory - Rachel Street (Las Cumbres Observatory)

09:30 Magnetars and the X-ray Sky - Nanda Rea (CSIC, Institute of Space Sciences)

10:00 Ultracompact Binaries and the Radio Sky - Patrick Woudt (University of Cape Town)
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Barriers III: Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:30

13:30 Barriers IV: Workforce Development
Workforce Development
13:30 - 15:00

15:00 coffee break
coffee break
15:00 - 15:30

15:30 Recommendations discussion

15:30 - 16:30

16:30 Görlitz city tour: details tba
details tba
16:30 - 18:30
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
09:00 Science III: Supermass Black Holes
Supermass Black Holes
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Type Ia Supernovae - Brian Schmidt (The Australian National University)

09:30 Core-Collapse Supernovae - Morgan Fraser (University College Dublin)

10:00 Exotic Supernovae - Paul Groot (Radboud University; University of Cape Town; SAAO)
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Barriers V: International Funding and Collaboration
International Funding and Collaboration
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Science IV: High-Energy Neutrinos
High-Energy Neutrinos
13:00 - 14:00
Contributions

13:00 Astrophysical Neutrinos with IceCube - Marek Kowalski (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

13:20 Theoretical Constraints on HEN Sources - Eli Waxman (Weizmann Institute of Science)

13:40 Fundamental Physics with HEN - Mauricio Bustamante (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
14:00 social program & conference dinner

14:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 25 June 2026
09:00 Science V: Compact Binary Mergers
Compact Binary Mergers
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Prospects for Current-Generation GW Detectors - David Reitze (CALTECH - California Institute of Technology)

09:20 Prospects for Next-Generation GW Detectors - David Shoemaker (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

09:40 EM Counterparts of GW Detections (theory) - Kenta Hotokezaka (University of Tokyo, Japan)

10:00 EM follow up of GW mergers (obs)
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Barriers VI: Transient Alerts and Communication
Transient Alerts and Communication
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Science VI: Cosmology
Cosmology
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Cosmology with Type Ia Supernovae - Ariel Goobar (Stockholm University)

14:00 Cosmology with GW Detections

14:30 Cosmology with Fast Radio Bursts - Vikram Ravi (CALTECH - California Institute of Technology)
15:00 coffee break
coffee break
15:00 - 15:30

15:30 Recommendations discussion

15:30 - 16:30

16:30 Wrap-up

16:30 - 17:00
Friday, 26 June 2026
09:00 Science VII: Fast/Relativistic Explosions
Fast/Relativistic Explosions
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Gamma-Ray Burst Science Present and Future

09:30 The Dynamic Extragalactic Radio Sky - Gregg Hallinan (CALTECH - California Institute of Technology)

10:00 FBOTs and Orphan Afterglows - Brad Cenko (NASA)
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Barriers VII: Telescope Coordination and Data
Telescope Coordination and Data
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Recommendations Summary and Wrap-Up

13:00 - 14:00