To contact the Local Organizing Committee, email info[at]lisa9.org.

First Name	Last Name	Institute	Country
Alberto	Accomazzi	Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian	US
Lauren	Amundson	Lowell Observatory	US
Dr Nishtha	Anilkumar	Physical Research Laboratory	IN
Dorota	Antosiewicz	Obserwatorium Astronomiczne UJ	PL
Morgan	Aronson	US Naval Observatory	US
Antonio	Bacallado	Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias	ES
Anne	Barrett	Imperial College London	GB
Anya	Bartelmann	Princeton University	US
Christiane	Bartels	Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics	DE
Christina	Birdie	Indian institute of astrophysics	IN
Adwoa	Boateng Ed.D	RIT	US
Claudia	Boeris	Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (Conicet)	AR
Kayleigh	Bohémier	Yale University Library	US
Daina	Bouquin	Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian	US
Francesca	Brunetti	INAF Arcetri Astrophysical Library	IT
Maria Rosalia	Carotenuto	National institute for astrophysics - INAF	IT
Nico	Carver	Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian	US
Kim	Clube	Royal Astronomical Society	GB
Glenda	Coetzer	South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)	ZA
Manuela	Coniglio	Inaf - OAPa	IT
Samantha	Correia	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	GB
Patricio	Cortés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	CL
Dennis	Crabtree	NRC Herzberg	CA
Kristy	Davis	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	US
James	Dawson	Society for the History of Astronomy	GB
Theresa	de Young	South African Astronomical Observatory	ZA
Denise	Depoortere	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	CL
Meg	Eastwood	University of Denver Libraries	US
Nathalia	Escarlate	European Southern Observatory	DE
SON	Evelyne	CDS - Strasbourg Observatory	FR
Lydia	Fletcher	The University of Texas at Austin	US
Katie	Frey	Wolbach Library, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian	US
Monique	Gomez	Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias	ES
Carolyn	Grant	ADS Abstract Service	US
Kristen	Greenland	UC Berkeley	US
Uta	Grothkopf	European Southern Observatory (ESO)	DE
Katharine	Hancox	The IET	GB
Hilary	Hargis	Space Telescope Science Institute	US
Robin	Haunschild	Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research	DE
Shealynn	Hendry	John G. Wolbach Library	US
Andras	Holl	Library and Information Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences	HU
Jerrel	Horn	Florida Atlantic Library	US
Arne	Hoyer	Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy	DE
Sharon	Hunt	NOIRLab	US
Mark	Hurn	University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy	GB
Eva	Isaksson	University of Helsinki	FI
Maria Elena	Jimenez	UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MÉXICO, INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMIÍA-SEDE ENSENADA	MX
Beatriz	Juárez Santamaría	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	MX
Eva	Jurlander	Astronomy Library, Lund Observatory	SE
Barbara	Kern	University of Chicago Library	US
Ruth	Kneale	NSO/DKIST	US
Joseph	Kraus	Colorado School of Mines	US
Marek	Krośniak	Jagiellonian University / Jagiellonian Library	PL
Tomasz	Kundera	Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University	PL
Gilles	Landais	CDS	FR
Verónica	Lencinas	Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba	AR
Soizick	Lesteven	CDS - CNRS (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg France)	FR
Denice	Lewis	Wake Forest University	GB
Kevin	Lindstrom	University of British Columbia	CA
Francesca	Martines	INAF - Palermo Astronomical Observatory	IT
Maria	McEachern	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	US
Silvia	Meakins	European Southern Observatory	DE
Evan	Meszaros	Case Western Reserve University	US
Karen	Moran	UK ATC/STFC. ROE LIBRARY	GB
Zuthobeke	Mvakade	South African Astronomical Observatory	GB
Nageswaran	Narayanasamy	IUCAA	IN
Jenny	Novacescu	Space Telescope Science Institute	US
Anais	Oberto	CDS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg	FR
LUCY	OPAZO	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	CL
Joy	Painter	Caltech	US
Simon	Pasquier	EPFL	CH
Ricky	Patterson	University of Virginia	US
Vijay Kumar	Rai	Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India	IN
Donatella	Randazzo	INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Palermo	IT
Dr. Hemant Kumar	Sahu	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics	IN
Leslie	Saldias	European Southern Observatory	CL
André	Schaaff	Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, CNRS,CDS	FR
Thomas	Scheidsteger	Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research	DE
Marion	Schmitz		US
Greg	Schwarz	American Astronomical Society	US
Timothy	Spuck	Associated Universities Inc.	US
Julie	Steffen	American Astronomical Society	US
Melissa	Thies	Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam	DE
Donna	Thompson	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	US
Petri	Turunen	University of Helsinki	FI
Lance	Utley	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	US
Kristina	Verdozzi	Library of Science, Lund university, Sweden	SE
Regina	von Berlepsch	Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam	DE
Sarah	Weissman	Space Telescope Science Institute	US
Michael	White	Queen's University	CA
Barbara	Williams	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	US
Ulrike	Wyputta	Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy	DE
Xiaoyu	Zhang	Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab	US
Namisile Sithabile	Zuma	South African Astronomical Observatory	ZA

Thank you for registering for the LISA IX conference. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email the organisers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or contact us via the conference Slack channel (more information below).

LISA IX will take place online, using a combination of Zoom, Slack, and YouTube.  Zoom will be used to stream pre-recorded presentations at scheduled times, allow for interactions during the live Q&A portion of the presentation as well as other aspects of the conference.  Slack will be used for asynchronous Q&A, as well as general discussions throughout the conference. 

If you can’t watch a live-streamed session, you will be able to access the pre-recorded talks on YouTube via links posted in Slack.

 

Participating in the conference

 

Step 1

Register

By registering for the conference, delegates will be agreeing to adhere to the LISA IX Conference Code of Conduct.

Step 2

Join the Slack Workspace

The conference organisers will be sending out individual invitations to delegates to join the LISA IX Slack Workspace, so please look out for this email in your inbox or spam folders three weeks before the start of the conference.

If you are a speaker who has already joined the LISA IX Slack workspace, you can ignore this invitation.

If you are new to Slack, have a look at this ten-minute tutorial video which was created by the American Astronomical Society for their latest conference. It gives an overview of how to join Slack, how to set up your profile, and how to use it to participate during the conference.

Step 3

Participate in the conference

The conference organisers will be posting links to the live Zoom sessions in Slack - there will be a different channel for each day of the conference. We recommend that you set up a Zoom account if you don’t already have one, and download the Zoom client software. It is possible to access Zoom meetings without downloading Zoom, but if you are a speaker or chair who will be taking part in a live Zoom Q&A, it’s best to download Zoom.

For those who will be taking part asynchronously, we will be sharing the pre-recorded sessions via YouTube links posted in the relevant Slack channel.

The programme will be available to consult on the conference website.

The conference will consist of 20 minute talks, and 5-minute talks to accompany posters. The posters, and any supporting material or slides, will be uploaded to the LISA IX Zenodo platform.

 

FAQs

WHAT TIME DOES THE CONFERENCE START?

The conference will be running on a split timetable, with the first session running from at 8am UTC to 11am UTC. The second session will start at 3pm UTC and will run till 6pm UTC.

We have found the timezone converter on the website Time and Date useful when planning the conference, perhaps you will too.

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO ATTEND LISA IX?

To attend LISA IX, all you need is a good internet connection and a valid registration which will give you access to the conference Slack workspace, and to the relevant Zoom links or YouTube videos.

 

WHAT IS THE BEST BROWSER AND HARDWARE? 

It should be possible to access the conference via any up-to-date browser on a computer, tablet or mobile device. For more specific information, see the browser advice pages for Slack, Zoom and YouTube.

 

HOW DO I WATCH THE SESSIONS? 

You can watch the sessions live via Zoom, during which the pre-recorded sessions will be played, followed by live Q&A sessions. Alternatively, you can click on the YouTube links in Slack to watch at a time convenient to you in your timezone, and follow along the conversation in Slack.

 

WHERE DO I FIND THE POSTER PRESENTATIONS?

Poster presentations are 5- minute pre-recorded presentations which will be played during the relevant Zoom sessions, and also uploaded to YouTube. The posters will be  uploaded to the LISA IX Zenodo platform.

 

HOW DO I ASK QUESTIONS? 

All sessions will have live Q&A. Go to the Slack channel for the relevant day of the conference to post a question. The conference chairs will verbally relay questions posted to the speaker who will answer in real time, or questions will be followed up later on Slack.

 

WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR NETWORKING AND CONNECTING? 

You can edit your profile in Slack - add a photo of yourself, update your professional info, and include your social media links if you’d like to. 

You are welcome to join the ‘Introduce yourself’ Slack channel.

 

WILL THERE BE TECHNICAL SUPPORT?

If you have any questions, just ask in Slack or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

I AM A SPEAKER, WHAT SHOULD I DO? 

You will have been contacted directly by the Scientific Organising Committee with information about your talk, but if you need further support in relation to your participation in the programme, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

WHO DO I CONTACT FOR OTHER QUESTIONS? 

You can email the local organising committee on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.