1st EGO-LCGT Meeting in Kashiwa, Japan
October 3 (GCOE Seminar at UT, Hongo)
| Talk | Speakers Name | Affiliation | |
| Gravitational waves, | Francesco Fidecaro | University of Pisa and INFN | |
| a new light from the Universe | |||
October 4
| No | Talk | Speakers Name | Affiliation |
| 1 | Welcome talk | Riccardo DeSalvo | Sannio University |
| 2 | Status of Virgo : History and Status | Francesco Fidecaro | University of Pisa and INFN |
| 3 | Status of Virgo : Past, Present, Future | Federico Ferrini | EGO Director |
| 4 | LCGT project status | Seiji Kawamura | ICRR, UT |
| 5 | Seismic Isolation | Riccardo DeSalvo | University of Sannio |
| from Virgo to LCGT to ET | |||
| 6 | Numerical Simulation of Coalescence | Masaru Shibata | Kyoto University |
| of Compact Binaries | |||
| 7 | Advanced Virgo: Status of the project | Jean-Yves Vinet | ARTEMIS |
| 8 | GW Science and objective | Nobuyuki Kanda | Osaka City University |
| 9 | The European Gravitational Observatory, | Federico Ferrini | EGO |
| EGO: its role in international GW research | |||
| 10 | Underground Facility for GW | Shinji Miyoki | ICRR, UT |
| 11 | EM Counterpart Search for GW events | Nobuyuki Kawai | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
October 5
| No | Talk | Speakers Name | Affiliation |
| 12 | 3rd Generation: ET project | Michele Punturo | INFN Perugia and EGO |
| 13 | Focus on technology: Optics | Raffaele Flaminio | LMA Lyon |
| 14 | Optical design | Yoichi Aso | Phys.S.UT |
| for the interferometer control of LCGT | |||
| 15 | Numerical simulation tools for optics | Jean-Yves Vinet | ARTEMIS, VIRGO Spokesperson |
| 16 | Coating optimization for longer reach | Innocenzo Pinto | University of Sannio |
| of GW observatories | |||
| 17 | Laser and Optical system of LCGT | Norikatsu Mio | PSC, UT |
| 18 | Focus on technology: Suspensions | Ettore Majorana | Roma "La Sapienza" University and INFN |
| 19 | Focus on technologies for 3rd | Fulvio Ricci | Roma "La Sapienza" University and INFN |
| Generation : Cryogenics | |||
| 20 | Cryogenic system design of LCGT | Nobuhiro Kimura | KEK |
| 21 | Low frequency anti-vibration system | Ryutaro Takahashi | ICRR, UT |
| of LCGT | |||
| 22 | Advanced R&D for GW detection | Kentaro Somiya | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 23 | Closing Remarks1 | Jean-Yves Vinet | ARTEMIS, VIRGO Spokesperson |
| 24 | Closing Remarks 2 | Takaaki Kajita | ICRR, UT |
| 25 | The collaboration | Alberto Mengoni | Italian Embassy in Tokyo |
| from the Italian point of view |
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