The IAU Symposium on Gravitational Wave Astrophysics celebrates advancements in the field, including GW detections from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA, neutron stars, black holes, cosmology with GWs, and next-gen detectors. Featuring experts like Ryan Shannon, Sylvia Biscoveanu, Kenta Hotokezaka, Jocelyn Read, Jonathan Gair, Floor Broekgaarden, and Stefan Ballmer.