Physics Sessions Initiative
11 June, 17:00 - 18 June, 10:00 -- Pensinsula Resort & Spa, Agia Pelagia, Crete, Greece
Overview
The PSI meetings will be structured in a minimalist fashion. Approximately twenty-five of us will meet for a week to discuss a set of five questions. Each topic of discussion will be led by one of the participants, who will also provide a selection of relevant papers in advance for people to study. These sessions will not revolve around the speaker’s latest work but will be focused on future ideas for a current problem.
In preparation for the workshop, participants must:
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* Suggest topics for discussion.
* Read the assigned literature.
* Be present & actively participate the whole week.
Organisers
Diego Hofman (University of Amsterdam) & Dionysios Anninos (King's College London) & Ben Freivogel (University of Amsterdam)
Agia Pelagia 71500, Peninsula Hotel, Iraklio 715 00, Greece
Participants
Dionysios Anninos, King's College London
Tarek Anous, Queen Mary University of London
Costas Bachas, ENS Paris
Jose Barbon, IFT UAM-CSIC Madrid
Panagiotis Betzios, University of British Columbia
Horacio Casini, Instituto Balseiro
Alejandra Castro, Cambridge University
Frederik Denef, Columbia University
Netta Engelhardt, MIT
Bartomeu Fiol, Universitat de Barcelona
Ben Freivogel, University of Amsterdam
Rajesh Gopakumar, ICTS/TIFR
Tom Hartman, Cornell University
Diego Hofman, University of Amsterdam
Austin Joyce, University of Chicago
Andreas Karch, UT Austin
Elias Kiritsis, University of Crete
Jorrit Kruthoff, IAS
Nima Lashkari, Purdue University
Hong Liu, MIT
Henry Maxfield, Stanford University
Vassilis Niarchos, University of Crete
Olga Papadoulaki, Perimeter Institute
Achilleas Porfyriadis, University of Crete
Andrea Puhm, Ecole Polytechnique Paris
Matt Roberts, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics
Chris Rosen, University of Crete
Moshe Rozali, UBC
David Tong, Cambridge
Stathis Vitouladitis, University of Amsterdam
Xi Yin, Harvard University
Sessions
Coffee breaks 11 am - 11.30 am & 5.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Sunday:
6 pm Welcome drinks
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Monday:
Operator algebras & finite regions
9.30 am -1 pm Casini, Lashkari
3.30 pm - 5 pm Liu
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Tuesday:
Wormhole & semiclassical gravity
9.30 am - 1 pm Iliesiu, Maxfield
3.30 pm - 5 pm Engelhardt
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Wednesday:
Aspects of symmetries
9.30 am - 1 pm Tong, Karch
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3.30 pm - 8 pm winery trip
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Thursday:
Future of Strings & Matrices
9.30 am - 1 pm Yin, Papadoulaki
3.30 pm - 5 pm Gopakumar
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Friday:
Extreme horizons
9.30 am - 1 pm Betzios, Porfyriadis
3.30 pm - 5 pm Castro
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Saturday:
Question of Time
9.30 am - 1 pm Hartman, Joyce
Closing session (Freivogel)
7.30 pm Banquet
