Day 1: Astrophysics of compact binary populations
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Morning: Compact binary formation models
8:30am-9:00am: de Mink
Formation of binary black holes through evolutionary channels
9:00am-9:30am: Rodriguez
Dense star clusters as binary black hole factories
9:30am-10:00am: Horowitz
Did LIGO detect primordial black holes?10:30am-12:00am: discussion panel
Miller, de Mink, Horowitz, Rodriguez, Stevenson -
Afternoon: Model selection with gravitational wave observations
1:30pm-2:00pm: Vitale
A few applications of model selection in gravitational wave astrophysics
2:00pm-2:30pm: Pankow
Towards astrophysical model selection with gravitational-wave transient observations
2:30pm-3:00pm: Stevenson
Insights into binary evolution from gravitational waves3:30pm-5:00pm: discussion panel
O’Shaughnessy, Pankow, Stevenson, Vitale
Day 2: Spin measurements in compact binaries
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Morning: Linking spin dynamics and astrophysics
8:30am-9:00am: Taracchini
Gravitational waveforms for data analysis of spinning binary black holes
9:00am-9:30am: Lousto
Flip-flopping spinning binary black holes
9:30am-10:00:am: Gerosa
Spin signatures of astrophysical black hole formation mechanisms10:30am-12:00am: discussion panel
Rodriguez, Gerosa, Lousto, Taracchini -
Afternoon: Spin precession, binary morphology and spin measurements
1:30pm-2:00pm: Kesden
Precessional dynamics: insights and questions
2:00pm-2:30pm: Chatziioannou
Spin-precessing compact binaries: gravitational wave modeling and information extraction
2:30pm-3:00pm: O’Shaughnessy
Measuring the imprint of spin in the strong field3:30pm-5:00pm: discussion panel
Vitale, Chatziionannou, Kesden, Klein, O’Shaughnessy6:00pm-8:00pm: conference dinner at Saint Leo
Day 3: Strong field gravity and cosmology
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Morning: Black hole spectroscopy, gravitational memory, recoil velocities
8:30am-9:00am: Yagi
Current status on probing gravity with binary black hole coalescences
9:00am-9:30am: Favata
Gravitational-wave memory: an overview
9:30am-10:00am: Moore
Kicked waveforms: Observing black hole recoils in gravitational wave signals11:00am-12:00am: discussion panel
Chen, Favata, Gerosa, Moore, Yagi -
Afternoon: Cosmological measurements with compact binaries
1:30pm-2:00pm: Van Den Broeck
Four ways of doing cosmography with gravitational waves
2:00pm-2:30pm: Nishizawa
Gravitational wave propagation as a probe for cosmology and gravity
2:30pm-3:00pm: Tamanini
Probing cosmology and measuring the peculiar acceleration of binary black holes with LISA3:30pm-5:00pm: discussion panel
Van Den Broeck, Horowitz, Nishizawa, Tamanini - plus slides from Chiara Caprini
Day 4: Signatures of new physics and exotic compact objects
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Morning: Modified gravity
8:30am-9:00am: Sathyaprakash
From ringdown back to inspiral
9:00am-9:30am: Yunes
Future tests of general relativity with gravitational waves
9:30am-10:00am: Sotiriou
Strong gravity and fundamental physics: the four challenges10:30am-12:00am: discussion panel
Van Den Broeck, Littenberg, Silva, Sotiriou, Yunes - see also slide from Hector O. Silva -
Afternoon: Tests of the Kerr nature of black holes and new physics
1:30pm-2:00pm: Herdeiro
Kerr black holes can have hair. So what?
2:00pm-2:30pm: Brito
Discovering new physics with gravitational wave observations
2:30pm-3:00pm: Stein
Bumpy black hole parameterizations3:30pm-5:00pm: discussion panel
Stein, Brito, Herdeiro, Pappas, Yagi