Name: CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026
Start: 2026-02-02T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-06T13:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026

from Monday, February 2, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, February 6, 2026 (1:00 PM)

Monday, February 2, 2026
9:25 AM Welcome - Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
Welcome
- Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
9:30 AM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

6:00 PM Reception and Poster session
Reception and Poster session
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
9:30 AM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00 PM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

7:00 PM School Dinner
School Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
9:30 AM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
- Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
4:30 PM CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics - Jesse Thaler (MIT)
CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics
- Jesse Thaler (MIT)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Please find more details and the connecting link on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1642790/
Thursday, February 5, 2026
9:30 AM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
- Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Friday, February 6, 2026
9:30 AM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00 PM Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)
Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium