Glasgow 1st April

The third face-to-face meeting between UK and India scientist was held in Glasgow. This meeting was coordinated as a follow up to the meeting held in India earlier in the year. The British trade embassy supported the visit from LIGO India members to the UK. The objective of the visit was to show case the UK capabilities/ supply chain to help set-up the Gravitation Wave Detector.

Attendance list:

helped facilitate face-to-face contact between industrial partners, academic researchers and served as the base from which further discussions and collaborations were initiated.

Pictures of the meeting can be found here.

For further details on the meeting please visit our wiki page

Agenda

• 9:00-11:00: Arrival/Coffee.
• 11:00-11:15: Overview of LIGO India project - Dr Suresh Doravari.
• 11.15-11:30: LIGO Presentation + Glasgow - Prof. Giles Hammond.
• 11.30-11:45: Coffee break
• 11:45-12:00: Presentation from UWS - Prof. Des Gibson
• 12:00-12:15: Presentation from Sheffield - Dr. Tega Edo
• 12:35-13:30: Presentation from Strathclyde - Prof. Stuart Reid
• 12:45-13:45: Lunch
• 13:45-14:00: Presentation from Cardiff - Prof. Mark Hannam
• 14:00-14:15: Presentation from the University of Birmingham - Dr. Denis Martynov.
• 14:15-14:30: Presentation from University of Glasgow - Dr. John Veitch.
• 14:30-14:45: Presentation on Newton Bhabha - Dr. Mariela Masso Reid
• 14:45-15:00: Presentation by Helia Photonics - Prof. Caspar Clark
• 15:00-15:15: Presentation by Gas Sensing Solutions - Prof. Des Gibson
• 15:15-15:30: Coffee break
• 15:30-15:45: Presentation by Clyde space - Chisato Kobayashi
• 15:45-16:30: Lab tour Glasgow