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Friday, February 27, 2026
Friday, February 27, 2026
Sessions topics and organizers are indicated (preliminary)
Morning session
Morning session
9:00am - 9:05am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Lisa Barsotti
MIT
9:05am - 9:30am
Rai's life and legacy
Rai's life and legacy
Peter Fritschel
MIT
9:30am - 10:30am
Big Questions in Astrophysics
Big Questions in Astrophysics
David Kaiser
MIT
Break 10:30am - 11:00am
11:00am - 12:00
Cosmic Microwave Background
Cosmic Microwave Background
Lyman Page
PRINCETON
12:00 - 12:30
Primordial Black Holes
Primordial Black Holes
Peter Fisher
MIT
Lunch 12:30pm - 1:30pm
(lunch will be provided)
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Cosmic Coda transition
Cosmic Coda transition
Mary-Jane Doherty
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
1:45pm - 3:15pm
LIGO Instrumentation
LIGO Instrumentation
David Reitze
CALTECH
Break 3:15pm - 3:45pm
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Rai's Stories
Rai's Stories
Nergis Mavalvala
MIT
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Bringing Rai's legacy into the future
Bringing Rai's legacy into the future
Cosmic Coda transition
Gabriela Gonzalez
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Closing
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