Workshop on "Gravitational Wave Cosmology"
Brussels, 19 - 21 February 2025 - ULB - Campus Plaine
(Quartier Jaune - Building N.O. - 5th Floor - Solvay room)
The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts working in diverse fields of observational cosmology to address pressing questions that the new observations are currently bringing such as:
• How can we distinguish cosmological sources from the detected Pulsar Timing Array signal ?
• What is the nature of the Hubble tension: systematic errors or a sign for new physics?
• How will gravitational waves standard sirens contribute in the near future?
• How to distinguish the primordial gravitational wave background from the astrophysical background?
• Which notable multi-messenger signatures should be searched for ?
Invited Speakers
James Alvey (Cambridge U., UK)
Sarah Antier (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France)
Dillon Brout (Boston U., USA)
Chiara Caprini (CERN, Switerland)
François Foucart (U. New Hampshire, USA)
Wendy Freedman (Chicago U., USA)
Archisman Ghosh (Ghent U., Belgium)
Rachel Gray (Glasgow U., Scotland)
Stefan Hild (Maastricht U., The Netherlands)
Tanja Hinderer (Utrecht U., The Netherlands)
Justin Janquart (UCLouvain, Belgium)
Michael Kramer (Max-Planck, Germany)
Julien Lesgourgues (RWTH U., Germany)
Chiara Mingarelli (Yale U., USA)
Andrea Mitridate (DESY, Germany)
Antonella Palmese (Carnegie Mellon U., USA )
Adam Riess (Johns Hopkins U., USA)
Mairi Sakellariadou (Kings’s College London, UK)
Bernard Schutz (Max-Planck, Germany)
Licia Verde (Barcelona U., Spain)
Scientific and Organising Committee
Giacomo Bruno (UCLouvain, Belgium)
Sébastien Clesse (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Geoffrey Compère (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Archisman Ghosh (Ghent U., Belgium)
Alberto Marrioti (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
Samaya Nissanke (UvA, The Netherlands)
Nick Van Remortel (Antwerp U., Belgium)
Alex Sevrin (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
Practical information for attendees
Please read the Code of Conduct for workshops
Registration
Attendance is free of charge but registration is required (limited space).
Registration is now closed as we have reached the conference room's maximum capacity.
After registering you should receive an automatic response confirming that your registration has been submitted.
This message is then followed by an email confirming your participation.
- If you experience any technical issues during registration,
please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)
Name badges will be distributed on site on Wednesday 19 February from 09:00 a.m.
Short Contributed talks
A number of slots are available for short contributed talks.
If you wish to apply, please send a title and a short abstract (maximum 500 words including references)
to Isabelle Van Geet by email at isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be, by 17 January 2025.
Notifications regarding the status of your abstract will be sent once the review process is complete.
Location
The workshop will be held at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) - Campus Plaine - Bld de la Plaine
1050 Brussels - Solvay Room.Click HERE for the map of the Campus.
Banquet
A banquet will be held on Thursday 20 February at 7:30 p.m.
An email with the banquet registration details will be sent to all participants in January.
For those who wish to attend, there will be a 50 Euro banquet fee to be paid cash on the first day of the workshop.
!!Please note that prior confirmation is required to attend the banquet.
!!Registration deadline for the banquet is 7 February.
Getting here
Metro line 5 (direction "Hermann Debroux") - Station "Delta". Delta is the metro station on the campus.
Click HERE for the map of the metro.
For more information about public transport in Brussels go to the STIB's website.
MORE INFORMATION HERE ON REACHING CAMPUS PLAINE
Travel and accommodation
Attendees registering via our webpage are responsible for arranging and covering their own travel, accommodation, and meal expenses.
Please see below links that might help you find accommodation in Brussels.
Brussels City Center:
Hôtel Atlas - Sleep Well - Bed & Brussels - Booking.com - Hotel Saint-Nicolas
Hotel Queen Anne - Hotel Bloom - Max Hotel - Metropole Hotel - Plaza Hotel
Hotels close to the venue:
U-Residence: 1.2 km (12 minutes walk)
Hotel Brussels: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk - tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Barsey by Warwick: 3,8 km (28 minutes walk - tram number 8: 21 minutes)
Hotel Ibis Styles Hotel Brussels Louise: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk - tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Capital: 3.3 km (19 minutes walk - tram number 8: 16 minutes)
Coffee Breaks and Lunches
• Coffee breaks will be provided for all attendees during the three-day workshop, in the hall adjacent to the conference room.
• Participants are required to arrange their own lunch on Wednesday, 19 February, and Thursday, 20 February.
A cafeteria is available on campus, and several snack shops are within a 15-minute walk from the campus.
• Sandwiches will be provided for all attendees on Friday, 21 February, in the hall adjacent to the conference room.
For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)