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The Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting is a yearly physics conference held to discuss topics in general relativity. [1]
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The Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting is a yearly physics conference held to discuss topics in general relativity. [1]
| Number | Year | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | Caltech |
| 2 | 1986 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 3 | 1987 | UC Irvine |
| 4 | 1988 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 5 | 1989 | Caltech |
| 6 | 1990 | University of Oregon |
| 7 | 1991 | Harvey Mudd College |
| 8 | 1992 | University of Utah |
| 9 | 1993 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 10 | 1994 | Oregon State University |
| 11 | 1995 | Caltech |
| 12 | 1996 | University of Utah |
| 13 | 1997 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 14 | 1998 | University of Oregon |
| 15 | 1999 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 16 | 2000 | Caltech |
| 17 | 2001 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 18 | 2002 | UC Davis |
| 19 | 2003 | University of Utah |
| 20 | 2004 | Caltech |
| 21 | 2005 | University of Oregon |
| 22 | 2006 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 23 | 2007 | Caltech |
| 24 | 2008 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 25 | 2009 | University of Oregon |
| 26 | 2010 | UC San Diego |
| 27 | 2011 | Caltech |
| 28 | 2012 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 29 | 2013 | UC Davis |
| 30 | 2014 | UC San Diego |
| 31 | 2015 | University of Oregon |
| 32 | 2016 | CSU Fullerton |
| 33 | 2017 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 34 | 2018 | Caltech |
| 35 | 2019 | Utah State University |
| 36 | 2020 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 37 | 2021 | University of Arizona |
| 38 | 2022 | UC Davis |
| 39 | 2023 | Caltech link |
| 40 | 2024 | UC Santa Barbara link |
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