"Gravitational Waves: New Frontier", First Announcement
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Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce an international conference on
"Gravitational Waves: New Frontier" that will be held in Seoul, Korea between 16-18, January, 2013.

webpage: http://astro1.snu.ac.kr/gw2013/

Registration is open (due: December 31, 2012).

* Rational *
It is nearly a century since Albert Einstein solved the puzzle of apparent instantaneous action at a distance which plagued Newtonian gravity for centuries. His theory of general relativity predicts gravitational waves, 'ripples' in spacetime, which propagate with the speed of light through the universe and ‘communicate’ motions of masses gravitationally. It is now expected that ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors and pulsar timing arrays will reach the necessary sensitivity to finally detect these elusive waves within this decade. But gravitational wave detectors are more than simple discovery machines; they will also open a new window to the Universe and allow us to directly observe the coherent bulk motion of massive, often highly relativistic objects.
The ''Gravitational Waves: New Frontier'' conference is organized to bring the world’s leading experts on gravitational wave detector technology, astrophysics and astronomy together to discuss the current status of the detectors, the research efforts to further improve existing or build new detectors and the worldwide efforts to prepare the science community for the new era of gravitational wave astrophysics and astronomy. In addition, this meeting will provide excellent introduction of this rapidly growing field to the Korean scientific community.
The conference program is designed to cover the current and future detectors, detection concepts and techniques, astrophysical perspectives and theoretical expectations in the context of open questions in cosmology, astrophysics, fundamental physics, and astronomy. The goal of this conference is to encourage active interactions and discussions between scientists with different backgrounds and expertise.

* Topics *
- aLIGO/VIRGO/LIGO India
- KAGRA
- Beyond aLIGO/VIRGO
- LISA/DECIGO
- Beyond LISA/DECIGO
- Atom Interferometer
- TOBA
- Pulsar Timing Array
- Inflation Probe

* Venue *
Research Park, Seoul National University (SNU).
It located near a rear gate of SNU.
Please refer the conference webpage for a map.

* Accommodation *
The Hoam faculty house: http://www.hoam.ac.kr/english

* Travel *
If you come from either the Incheon international airport (ICN) or Gimpo international airport (GMP), airport limousine bus is the most convenient to get to the Hoam facalty house. The conference venue is about 10 minutes by walk from the Hoam Faculty House.
 
More detailed information can be found at the conference webpage.
If you need help, please contact the LOC (gw2013@astro.snu.ac.kr)
regarding accommodation, visa, and other information.

Best regards,

Hyung Mok Lee and Guido Mueller (co-chairs)
on behalf of the organizing committee