Hosted at the Alpine Heath Resort against the backdrop of the Drakensberg of South Africa, the 2026 IPTA Science Meeting invites participants to provide updates on the advancements in IPTA science as well as broader pulsar science in line with the African Pulsar Timing group's efforts to build pulsar science capacity in South Africa and across the continent.


Scientific Programme

The outline of the scientific programme can be viewed here. Additional programme information to follow soon.


Confirmed Invited Speakers

Bence Becsy — University of Birmingham
Continuous Gravitational Waves with PTAs

Fernando Camilo — South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Future with MeerKAT+ and transition into SKA

Colin Clark — Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Gamma-ray Pulsar Timing Array

Paulo Freire — Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Future of Gravity Experiments with Pulsars

Jonathan Gair — Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA, online)

Chiara Mingarelli — Yale University
Astrophysical Interpretations of PTA datasets (online)

Alberto Roper Pol — Université de Genève
Cosmological Background Interpretation of PTA data

Ryan Shannon — Swinburne University of Technology
The PTA Noise Analysis