Neutron Star Mergers: Prospects & Challenges by Sukanta Bose

Discussion Meeting: The Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

ORGANIZERS: Parameswaran Ajith (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India), K G Arun (CMI, Siruseri, India), Sumanta Chakraborty (IACS, Kolkata, India), Bala Iyer (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India), Prayush Kumar (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India), Surhud More (IUCAA, Pune, India), Archana Pai (IIT Bombay, India) and Sudipta Sarkar (IIT Gandhinagar, India)

DATE & TIME: 27 October 2025 to 31 October 2025

VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bengaluru

Since the first detection of gravitational waves (GWs) in 2015, GW astronomy has entered a transformative era, marked by groundbreaking observations and rapid technological advancements. This discussion meeting will bring together leading experts and early career researchers across theory, experiment and data science to explore emerging challenges and opportunities in GW physics and astronomy. This will also be a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first detection of GWs. The meeting will feature a small number of review talks that will summarise the status and the challenges of different subtopics, followed by panel discussions and interaction sessions to facilitate collaborations.

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