Unveiling massive black hole evolution with gravitational waves and light

19th-23rd May 2025

Paris, France

This workshop will focus on improving our understanding of massive black hole evolution through theory, simulations, modelling and both electromagnetic and gravitational wave radiation. There will be sessions on the seeding of massive black holes, the dynamics and structure of massive black hole interactions, the spin evolution of the black holes, as well as related objects such as extreme mass ration inspirals (EMRIs) and quasi periodic eruptions (QPEs). There will also be sessions on interpreting multi-messenger and electromagnetic observations, and future observing strategies. Each session will start with comprehensive review talks and then include a number of contributed talks.

Important: reaching the meeting

The meeting will take place at two different sites 

Monday 19th May 2025 (afternoon)

Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris (IAP, 98bis Bd. Arago, 75014 Paris; Salle des séminaires, floor : -1). Please see this page: http://www.iap.fr/accueil/acces/acces.php?langue=en for more details on how to reach the venue

Tuesday 20th - Friday 23rd May 2025

AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris), building Condorcet. It will be in room 454A (Luc Valentin) on the 4th floor of building A. Please see https://apc.u-paris.fr/APC_CS/fr/acces-contact for more details on how to reach the venue

Preliminary program

Invited speakers

Tamara Bogdanovic 

Monica Colpi

Alessandra de Rosa

Alessia Franchini 

Jonathan Gair

Javier Garcia

Alessia Gualandris

Peter Johansson

Alessandro Lupi 

Giovanni Miniutti

John Regan 

Jessie Runnoe 

Alberto Sesana

Steve Taylor

Discussion leaders :

Mélanie Habouzit

David Izquierdo-Villalba