Contact: agwam.2026[AT]gmail.comLocation: Chiang Mai, Thailand
The AGWAM-2026 aims to bring together students, early-career researchers, and experts across Asia and beyond to discuss recent developments in gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. This meeting follows the successful APCTP-GW2025 program held at Academia Sinica, Taipei.
AGWAM in 2026 is structured as an integrated six-day program with two complementary components, organised on alternating days to maximise interaction between early-career researchers (ECRs), students, and experts throughout the week.
The first component is a three-day student school, designed to provide a broad and accessible introduction to GW science. It will feature pedagogical lectures by leading experts and hands-on sessions covering key aspects of GW data analysis and observational techniques, such as pulsar timing.
The second component is a three-day technical workshop, focusing on current research topics and recent advances in the field. It will include invited talks, contributed presentations, and open discussions, with a strong emphasis on fostering participation by ECRs.
By alternating school days and workshop days, the program ensures that students and ECRs can engage closely with experts over the full week, moving seamlessly from foundational learning to cutting-edge research discussions.
The scientific program will cover a broad range of topics, including:
* Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) and Their Transformative Sciences
* Current and future ground-based GW observatories and Their Precision Sciences
* Space-based GW missions and Their Discovery-Driven Sciences
* Early-Universe Probes and Their Foundational Sciences
* Data Analysis, Signal Processing and Their Computational Sciences
Distinguished Invited Speakers
Alvin Chua (National University of Singapore)
Bruce Allen (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Chunglee Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Feng-Li Lin (National Taiwan Normal University)
Hyung Mok Lee (Seoul National University)
Lan Nguyen Quynh (Phenikaa University)
Masahide Yamaguchi (Institute for Basic Science, Korea)
Myungshin Im (Seoul National University)
Otto Hannuksela (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Siyuan Chen (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
Supakchai Ponglertsakul (Silpakorn University)
Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto University)
Tjonnie Li (KU Leuven)
Wang-Wei Yu (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Yan Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Yuki Inoue (National Central University, Taiwan)
Students and early-career researchers are especially encouraged to participate. The meeting will provide an inclusive platform for learning, discussion, and networking with established leaders in the field.
A dedicated open forum will address the theme of strengthening multi-band and multi-messenger GW astronomy in the Asia-Pacific region, with the explicit goal of identifying collaborative opportunities and establishing long-term scientific priorities.
Contributed talks and posters are welcome; however, presentation slots are limited.
Deadline for registration and abstract submission: May 15, 2026
Support for attending the meeting will be available to deserving participants. Light refreshments will be provided during breaks. Participants will be responsible for their own meals. A conference banquet will be organised during the week.
Further details regarding registration, abstract submission, and the scientific program will be announced on the workshop website.
Code of Conduct. The organizers are committed to ensuring that this workshop is a positive, inclusive, and enriching experience for all participants. We aim to foster an environment free from harassment and discrimination, welcoming individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, physical appearances, body sizes, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and ages. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. Thank you for helping us create a supportive and collaborative community.
Organizing Committee
Apimook Watcharangkool (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand)
Achamveedu Gopakumar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Alvin Chua (National University of Singapore)
Ian Vega (University of the Philippines)
Kin-Wang Ng (Academia Sinica)
Reginald Christian Bernardo (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Vicharit Yingcharoenrat (Chulalongkorn University)