East-Asia Gravitational-Wave Science Workshop

The East-Asia Gravitational-Wave Science Workshop (EAGW) is a meeting for researchers in gravitational-wave science based in the East Asian time zones. After the first event, held at Nagoya University in 2025, this second EAGW will take place at Yonsei University, Seoul, from 23 to 25 November 2026, jointly hosted by Ewha Womans University and Yonsei University.

Goals

1. Bring together members of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration in the East Asian time zones 

2. Foster broader collaboration in GW science, not limited to the LVK Collaboration but extending to theory, experiment, and multi-messenger astronomy

3. Promote and support early-career researchers.

Satellite Hands-on Session

A satellite hands-on session will be held at Ewha Womans University from 19 to 21 November 2026, prior to the main workshop.

Each day includes an 80-minute invited tutorial for students covering the fundamentals of the field and current research, along with contributed talks (25 min talk + 5 min Q&A) and poster presentations. Posters are displayed during the workshop, and each is introduced in a 1-slide "sparkler" talk.

Daily Themes and Invited Tutorial Speakers 

• Day 1: Gravitational-wave experiments, Inoue Yuki (National Central University, Taiwan)

• Day 2: Multi-messenger astronomy & astrophysics, Myungshin Im (Seoul National University)

• Day 3: Gravitational-wave data analysis, David Hui (Chungnam National University)

Social/Networking Events

• LVK networking dinner: 24 November (for LVK members)

• Roundtable discussion: morning of 25 November (with all participants; early-career researcher networking and feedback on the current and next EAGW)

• Workshop banquet: evening of 25 November

The satellite hands-on session will be held at Ewha Womans University from 19 to 21 November 2026.