The 10th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gravitational Waves

ParcBit, Palma, Mallorca – September 15–17, 2025

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the momentous first detection of gravitational waves, GW150914, a three-day event will be held in Mallorca, Spain. Monday, September 15, and Tuesday, September 16 there will be an international scientific meeting at the Auditorium of the ParcBit campus, adjacent to the University of the Balearic Islands. This will be followed by outreach activities for local students and the general public on Wednesday, September 17.

The meeting will cover the historical context and impact of the first discovery itself, the highlights of the exciting present of gravitational-wave astronomy, and its bright future prospects. There will be high-level talks by invited speakers, a limited number of contributed talks and a poster session open to all participants, room for strategic discussions with a focus on GW science in Spain, and a festive reception on Monday evening. We encourage broad participation from the GW community in Europe for this unique occasion.

Further details and the registration and abstract submission forms are available at: https://grg.uib.es/10thAnniversaryGW150914/

There is no registration fee. The deadline for registrations including abstracts for contributed talks is July 20, and for general attendance, the deadline is August 31. (No abstracts are required for posters.) As Palma remains a popular tourist destination in September, we recommend booking your travel and accommodation as soon as possible.

Confirmed invited speakers so far include:

• Bernard Schutz (Emeritus, AEI Potsdam / Cardiff)
• Clifford Will (University of Florida / Paris)
• Isabel Cordero (University of Valencia)
• Thomas Dent (IGFAE, University of Santiago de Compostela)
• José Antonio Font (University of Valencia)
• Sascha Husa (ICE-CSIC / UIB)
• Harald Lück (AEI Hannover)
• Andrew Lundgren (IFAE, Barcelona)
• Mario Martínez (IFAE, Barcelona)
• Carlos Sopuerta (ICE-CSIC, Barcelona)
• Carlos Barceló Serón (IAA-CSIC, Granada)
• Nacho Chueca & Elisa Marinas (LIPSSYNC MEDIALAB)
• representatives of local, regional and national institutions (names tbc)

To mark the occasion, there will also be an exhibition at the ParcBit. We warmly invite and encourage participants to contribute additional outreach posters for this exhibition—featuring your institutes and projects or focused on general gravitational wave outreach.

We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Mallorca for this historic occasion!

Alicia M. Sintes, David Keitel, Sascha Husa, Pep Covas, Toni Ramos-Buades, Xisco Jiménez Forteza
(IAC3 Institute, University of the Balearic Islands),
with support from the REDONGRA strategic network