BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Perth BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20090329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:AWST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260726T063219Z UID:477B5B72-38DE-4E78-963B-EE1BE073F5DC DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260723T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260723T130000 DESCRIPTION:A decade on from the first observation of gravitational waves f rom a binary black hole merger the detection of gravitational waves has be come routine. The increasing sensitivity of the gravitational wave detecto rs and the coordination of the global detector network has yielded signifi cant increases in the rate of observed events and their signal to noise ra tio\, generating increasing scientific payoff through gravitational waves themselves and honing the gravitational wave event based alert system for multi-messenger events. In this talk I will provide an overview of gravita tional wave detectors and the network\, review the last decade of instrume ntal upgrades in the gravitational wave network\, and discuss the upgrades currently underway and plans for the future of the field.\n\nSpeaker(s): Robert L. Ward\n\nRoom: Billings Room (303)\, Bldg: Electrical\, Electroni c and Computer Engineering Building (226)\, University of Western Australi a \, Fairway\, Carpark 15\, 3rd Floor\, Crawley\, Western Australia\, Aust ralia\, 6009\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568332 LOCATION:Room: Billings Room (303)\, Bldg: Electrical\, Electronic and Comp uter Engineering Building (226)\, University of Western Australia \, Fairw ay\, Carpark 15\, 3rd Floor\, Crawley\, Western Australia\, Australia\, 60 09\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568332 ORGANIZER:michal.zawierta@uwa.edu.au SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Gravitational Wave Discovery: The First Decade URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568332 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">A decade on from the first observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger the detection of gravitational waves has become routine . The increasing sensitivity of the gravitational wave detectors and the c oordination of the global detector network has yielded significant increas es in the rate of observed events and their signal to noise ratio\, genera ting increasing scientific payoff through gravitational waves themselves a nd honing the gravitational wave event based alert system for multi-messen ger events. In this talk I will provide an overview of gravitational wave detectors and the network\, review the last decade of instrumental upgrade s in the gravitational wave network\, and discuss the upgrades currently u nderway and plans for the future of the field.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR