CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026

from Monday, 2 February 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 6 February 2026 (13:00)
CERN (500/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
2 Feb 2026
3 Feb 2026
4 Feb 2026
5 Feb 2026
6 Feb 2026
AM
09:25 Welcome - Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
09:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
09:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
09:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)  
09:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)  
09:30 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)  
18:00 --- Reception and Poster session ---
12:00 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)  
19:00 --- School Dinner ---
16:30 CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics - Jesse Thaler (MIT)  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)  
12:00 Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)