Name: From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of the LPF launch.
Start: 2025-12-03T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-04T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CSIC Catalan Delegation

From LISA Pathfinder to LISA: Celebrating 10 years of the LPF launch.

from Wednesday 3 December 2025 (09:30) to Thursday 4 December 2025 (18:00)

Monday 1 December 2025
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Wednesday 3 December 2025

09:30

09:30 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

10:00 Introduction by local authorities (CSIC, ICE, IEEC) - Aldo Serenelli (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC and IEEC))

10:20 Introduction by the European Space Agency (ESA) - Paul McNamara (ESA)

10:40 Introduction by the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) - Isabel Pérez Grande (AEE)
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Auditorium
11:30
11:30 - 13:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:30 LISA Pathfinder: how we won our orders of magnitude and LISA - Stefano Vitale (University of Trento)

11:50 LPF towards LISA - Karsten Danzmann (Albert Einstein Institute at Hannover)

12:10 LPF: a leap, not just a project - César García Marirrodriga (European Space Agency (former member))

12:30 Panel: LPF legacy - Christian Trenkel (Airbus UK) Nikolaos Karnesis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Paul McNamara (European Space Agency) Rita Dolesi (University of Trento) Álvaro Giménez (National Spanish Research Council (CSIC))
13:30 Lunch Break (after Group Picture)
Lunch Break (after Group Picture)
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

15:00 Free-falling test masses from LPF and preparing the LISA GRS - William Weber (University of Trento)

15:20 LPF IS FEE Performances and Operations - Luigi Ferraioli (ETH Zürich)

15:40 From LPF to LISA: Building Diagnostics for Environmental Monitoring - Miquel Nofrarias (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC and IEEC))
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium
16:30
16:30 - 17:10
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

16:30 Short history of the LPF interferometer - Gerhard Heinzel (Albert Einstein Institute at Hannover)

16:50 OMS - OB - Henry Ward (University of Glasgow)
Thursday 4 December 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 LISA Pathfinder - the View from an Industrial (Prime) Perspective - Christian Trenkel (Airbus UK)

09:20 LTP at Airbus and setting the stage for LISA - Ulrich Johann (Airbus Friedrichshafen (former member))

09:40 LISA Pathfinder Mission Operations Experience and Outlook for LISA Operations - Andreas Rudolph (European Space Agency - ESOC)
10:00 Coffee Break - POSTER SESSION
Coffee Break - POSTER SESSION
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

10:00 Testing photo-emission of Au-coated surfaces for the LISA Gravitational Reference System (GRS) - Francesco Venturelli (University of Trento)

10:05 On-ground testing of the LISA Gravitational Reference System - Davide del Bosco (University of Trento)

10:10 Stable, precise and durable sputtered, dielectric coatings for LISA and other space missions - Michael Troebs (Laseroptik)

10:15 10 Years of LISA Pathfinder: Early-Career continuations behind the Launch - Fumiko Kawazoe (Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover) Gerhard Heinzel (Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover) Karsten Danzmann (Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover) Sascha Rieger (AEI / Milde Science Comms) Susanne Milde (AEI / Milde Science Comms)

10:20 Mode crossing of thermally controlled whispering gallery modes resonators - Alba Moras (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC and IEEC))

10:25 In orbit LISA Diagnostics Demonstrator (ILIADA) - Nerea Laporta (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC and IEEC))
10:30
10:30 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

10:30 The heritage of LISA Pathfinder for the development of the Gravitational Reference System for LISA - Paolo Francesco Sarra (OHB Italia SpA)

10:50 SENER contribution to LISA Pathfinder and the future LISA - Xavier Llamas (SENER)

11:10 LISA Pathfinder Data Analysis - Daniele Vetrugno (Albert Einstein Institute at Hannover)

11:30 LPF results: femto-g free fall for sub-mHz frequencies - Lorenzo Sala (University of Trento)

11:50 Results from the magnetic diagnostics on board LISA Pathfinder - Daniel Serrano (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC and IEEC))

12:10 DC forces and self-gravity in LISA Pathfinder - Valerio Ferroni (University of Trento)
12:30 End of Meeting
End of Meeting
12:30 - 12:50
Room: Auditorium

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