ET-Spain

Name: ET-Spain
Start: 2026-11-04T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00
Location: BSC

Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 PM → Nov 5, 2026, 5:00 PM Europe/Madrid

BSC

Mario Martinez (ICREA/IFAE), Nadia Tonello (BSC)

Description

The ET-Spain Community meeting will take place in Barcelona as organized by the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE) and hosted by the BSC-CNS to prepare the Spanish ET roadmap.

The community will coordinate actions on physics preparation, R&D on detector development and ET-Computing aspects. In the meeting, the IGWN organization and the transition to ET will be discussed.

The event is supported by IFAE, RedOngra and BSC-CNS

Meeting will support online remote participation but in-person participation is strongly encouraged.

ZOOM LINK

Mario Martinez

mmp@ifae.es

Registration

ET-PP SPAIN Participants

Participants

Alicia M Sintes
Andrew Lundgren
Angélique Lartaux
Antonio Onofre
Carlos Delgado
Carlos Sopuerta
David Keitel
Domènec Espriu
Gianluca Calcagni
Gonzalo Merino
Hristijan Kochankovski
Isabel Cordero-Carrión
Jose Antonio Font Roda
Lluïsa-M. Mir
M. Angeles Perez Garcia
Mario Martinez
Martin Obergaulinger
Michele Maggiore
Ornella Juliana Piccinni
Pablo Cerdá-Durán
Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente
Sachiko Kuroyanagi
Sascha Husa
Thomas Dent
Víctor Homar Santaner

Wed, November 4
- Wed, Nov 4
- Thu, Nov 5
- 12:00 PM → 1:30 PM
  Welcome and Overview
  
  Convener: Mario Martinez (ICREA/IFAE)
  - 12:00 PM
    
    Recent results from LVK and Future Prospects 30m
    
    Speaker: Stephen Fairhurst (LIGO Spokesperson)
  - 12:30 PM
    
    Status ET Project 30m
    
    Speaker: Fernando Ferroni (ETO)
  - 1:00 PM
    
    News from the ET Collaboration 30m
    
    Speaker: Michele Maggiore (ET spokesperson)
- 1:30 PM → 2:30 PM
  
  Lunch 1h
- 2:30 PM → 4:00 PM
  ET R&D and Computing activities
  
  Convener: Alicia Sintes (UIB)
  - 2:30 PM
    
    ET activities at CERN 30m
    
    Speaker: Luigi Scibile (CERN)
  - 3:00 PM
    
    ET Computing 30m
    
    Speaker: Stefano Bagnasco (ET Computing Coordinator)
  - 3:30 PM
    
    ET Detector Technologies 30m
    
    Speaker: Angélique Lartaux (IJCLAB)
- 4:00 PM → 4:30 PM
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 4:30 PM → 6:10 PM
  ET-Spain Roundtable
  
  Convener: Carlos Sopuerta (CSIC)
  - 4:30 PM
    
    ET activities at CIEMAT and plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Carlos Delgado, Nicanor Colino (CIEMAT)
  - 4:50 PM
    
    ET activities at USAL and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Angeles Perez-Garcia (USAL)
  - 5:10 PM
    
    ET activitites at UIB and plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Alicia Sintes, David Keitel (UIB)
  - 5:30 PM
    
    ET activities at ICCUB and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Domènec Espriu, Hristijan Kochankovski (ICCUB)
  - 5:40 PM
    
    Discussion on synergies 20m
- 8:00 PM → 10:00 PM
  
  ET-Spain Dinner 2h
Thu, November 5
- Wed, Nov 4
- Thu, Nov 5
- 9:00 AM → 11:00 AM
  ET-Spain Roundtable
  
  Convener: Carlos Delgado (CIEMAT)
  - 9:00 AM
    
    ET activities at IFAE and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Mario Martinez (ICREA/IFAE)
  - 9:20 AM
    
    ET activities at ICE and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Carlos Sopuerta (CSIC)
  - 9:40 AM
    
    UPC prospects to join ET 20m
    
    Speaker: Santiago Royo (UPC)
  - 10:00 AM
    
    ET activities at IFT/UAM and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Dra. Sachiko Kuroyanagi (IFT/UAM-CSIC)
  - 10:20 AM
    
    ET activities at University of Valencia and future plans 20m
    
    Speaker: Pablo Cerdá Durán (UV)
  - 10:40 AM
    
    Discussion on synergies 20m
- 11:00 AM → 11:30 AM
  
  Coffee 30m
- 11:30 AM → 1:00 PM
  ET-Spain Roundtable
  
  Convener: Nadia Tonello (BSC-CNS)
  - 11:30 AM
    
    Spanish Supercomputing Network 20m
    
    Speaker: Oriol PINEDA (BSC - CNS)
  - 11:50 AM
    
    LVK Computing Resources in Spain 20m
    
    Speaker: Gonzalo Merino (PIC)
  - 12:10 PM
    
    Discussion & synergies with ET groups 50m
- 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
  
  Lunch 1h 30m
- 2:30 PM → 3:30 PM
  Multimessenger & relation with LISA
  
  Convener: Antonio Font (UV)
  - 2:30 PM
    
    Multimessenger with ET 30m
    
    Speaker: Susanna Vergani (Observatoire de Paris)
  - 3:00 PM
    
    ET & LISA Synergies 30m
    
    Speaker: Carlos Sopuerta et al.
- 3:30 PM → 4:40 PM
  
  Discussion and ET Roadmap Preparation
  
  Conveners: Carlos Sopuerta (CSIC), Mario Martinez (ICREA/IFAE)
- 4:40 PM → 5:00 PM
  
  Plans and Close-out 20m