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Monday, 19 August 2019
Session 1: GW Source Modeling Using Analytical Methods
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09:40 to 10:15 Guillaume Faye (IAP, France) Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling Using Analytical Methods
10:15 to 11:00 Piotr Jaranowski (University of Bialystok, Poland) Subjective To-Do List for the Post-Newtonian (PN) Two-Body Problem
11:00 to 11:30 Ryuchi Fujita (YITP, Japan) Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling Using Analytical Methods
Session 2: GW Source Modeling Using Numerical Relativity
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11:30 to 12:00 Lawrence Kidder (Cornell University, USA) Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling Using Numerical Relativity
12:00 to 12:30 Prayush Kumar (Cornell University, USA) BBH Source Modeling Using Numerical Relativity: Status & Challenges
12:30 to 13:00 Nathan Johnson McDaniel (University of Cambridge, UK) BNS/NSBH Simulations: Challenges and Future Directions
Session 3: New Approaches to GW Source Modeling
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14:00 to 14:40 Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) New Approaches to GW Source Modeling: Overview
14:40 to 15:00 Riccardo Sturani (International Institute of Physics, Brazil) New Approaches to Gravitational-Wave Source Modeling
15:00 to 15:30 Ashoke Sen (HRI, India) Gravitational-Wave from Soft Theorem
15:30 to 16:00 Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR, India) Black Hole Dynamics at Large D
16:00 to 16:30 Siddharth G Prabhu (ICTS, India) Classical double copy for the Gravitational Binary
ICTS Distinguished Lecture:
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16:30 to 18:00 Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) The Making of High-Precision Gravitational-Waves

Solving the two-body problem in General Relativity has been crucial in observing gravitational waves from binary systems composed of black holes and neutron stars, and inferring their astrophysical and cosmological properties.  I will review the theoretical groundwork that has enabled these major scientific discoveries.

Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Session 4: Tests of GR and Strong Gravity
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09:30 to 10:00 Chris Van den Broeck (Nikhef, The Netherlands) Fundamental Physics with Gravitational-Waves
10:00 to 10:30 Badri Krishnan (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Understanding Properties of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
10:30 to 11:00 Sumanta Chakraborty (IACS, India) Signatures of Theories Beyond General Relativity through GW
Session 5: State of Dense Nuclear Matter from GW Observations
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11:30 to 12:00 Wolfgang Kastaun (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Nuclear Matter EOS Constraints from Gravitational-Waves
12:00 to 12:30 Debades Bandyopadhyay (Saha Institute, India) Neutron Star Equation of State: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
12:30 to 13:00 Sudip Bhattacharyya (TIFR, India) Probing Neutron Star Core Matter using EM Observations
Session 6: Cosmology Using Gravitational-Waves
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14:00 to 14:30 Archisman Ghosh (Nikhef, The Netherlands) Overview of Gravitational-Wave Cosmology
14:30 to 14:45 Surhud More (IUCAA, India) Cosmology from EM Observations
14:45 to 15:00 Tirthankar Roy Choudhury (NCRA, India) Gravitational-Waves and the "Final Frontier" of Cosmology
15:00 to 15:15 L. Sriramkumar (IITM, India) Generation and Amplification of Primordial Gravitational-Waves
15:15 to 15:30 Panel Discussion Cosmology using Gravitational Waves
Session 7: Future Gravitational-Wave Detectors
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16:00 to 16:20 Jo van den Brand (NIkhef, The Netherlands) 3G Opportunities in Europe
16:20 to 16:40 Rana Adhikari (LIGO/Caltech, USA) Earth + Space: A Coherent Extra-Terrestrial Network for GW Astronomy
16:40 to 17:00 David McClelland (Australian National University (ANU), Australia) 3G Global R&D
17:00 to 17:20 Suresh Doravari (IUCAA, India) Potential Role for India in the Global R&D
17:20 to 17:40 Yanbei Chen (California Institute of Technology, USA) Quantum Metrology and Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Social Event: Bala Fest
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18:00 to 20:00 Sanjeev Dhurandhar, Saraswathi Vishveshwara, J.V. Narlikar, Abhay Ashtekar, B.S. Sathyaprakash, Pramod G. Galgali, Ghanashyam Date, K.G. Arun, Tarun Souradeep, Stan Whitcomb, Spenta R. Wadia and Rajesh Gopakumar Social Event Speeches
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Session 8: Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis
Time Speaker Title Resources
09:30 to 09:40 Sanjeev Dhurandhar (IUCAA, India) Types of Gravitational-Wave Sources and Search Methods
09:40 to 10:00 Anand Sengupta (IITG, India) CBC Data Analysis
10:00 to 10:20 Archana Pai (IITB, India) GW Burst Searches in Ground Based Detectors
10:20 to 11:00 Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA, India) Stochastic Gravitational-Waves Windows to the Unknowns
Session 9: Multi-Messenger Astronomy
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11:30 to 12:00 Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton, USA) Overview: Multi-Messenger Astronomy of compact Binary Mergers
12:00 to 12:30 Varun Bhalerao (IITB, India) Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
12:30 to 12:50 Poonam Chandra (NCRA, India) Multi-Messenger Astronomy-Low Energy EM Observations of GW Events
12:50 to 13:00 Panel Discussion Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Session 10: Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
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14:00 to 14:20 B.S. Sathyaprakash (Penn State University, UK) Astrophysical Implications of Gravitational-Wave Detections
14:20 to 14:45 Tejaswi Venumadhav (IAS Princeton, USA) Astrophysics with GW Sources
14:45 to 15:00 Sourav Chatterjee (TIFR, India) Dynamical Formation of Merging Binary Black Holes
15:00 to 15:30 Panel Discussion Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
Public Lecture:
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16:00 to 17:30 Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State University, USA) Big Bang, Black Holes & Gravitational-Waves

Big Bang, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves now appear as compelling – even Obvious –consequences of general relativity. Therefore, it may seem surprising that none of these ideas were readily accepted. Not only was there considerable debate, but in fact leading figures were often arguing on what turned out to be the “wrong side” of history. These developments provide excellent lessons for younger researchers on how science un-folds. Paradigm shifts in science occur when younger researchers have the courage not to accept ideas merely because they are mainstream; patience to systematically develop novel avenues they deeply believe in; and maturity to accept that a variety of factors –  not all logical or even science related –  can drive or slow down scientific progress.

Thursday, 22 August 2019
Session 11: LIGO-India: Opportunities and Challenges
Time Speaker Title Resources
09:30 to 09:50 Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA, India) LIGO-India: An Indian Mega-Science (ad)Venture
09:50 to 10:10 Fred Raab (LIGO/Caltech, USA) LIGO-Perspective: Elements of LIGO’s Success
10:10 to 10:20 Ajit Kembhavi (IUCAA, India) Physics, Astrophysics and Gravitational-Wave Physics
10:20 to 10:30 P. Sreekumar (ISRO, India) LIGO-India as a Project (as I see it..)
10:30 to 11:00 Panel Discussion LIGO-India
Session 12: Open Discussion: The Future of GW Physics & Astronomy
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11:30 to 12:00 Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State University, USA) Final Discussion Session: Theory
12:00 to 13:00 Stan Whitcomb​​​ (LIGO/Caltech, USA) Summary Discussion: Experimental Edition