GWnext 2024: Meeting Summary

TL;DR

GWnext 2024 was a comprehensive meeting at Peking University where researchers discussed the latest developments, challenges, and future prospects in gravitational wave astronomy across astrophysics, theory, and detection.

Contribution

This paper provides a summary of the GWnext 2024 meeting, highlighting key discussions, results, and future directions in gravitational wave research.

Findings

Summarized current status of GW astronomy

Identified future research prospects

Presented recent student research results

Abstract

GWnext 2024 was a meeting held in the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University in March $4^\text{th} - 8^\text{th}$, 2024. In the meeting researchers at different career stages -- with a particular focus on early career scientists -- working on the different aspects of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy gathered to discuss the current status as well as prospects of the field. The meeting was divided into three core sessions: Astrophysics, GW Theory, and Detection. Each session consisted of introductory talks and extended discussion sessions. Moreover, there was a poster session where students could present their results. In this paper, we summarize the results presented during the meeting and present the most important outcomes.