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)
CERN (500/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Feb 2, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 4, 2026
Feb 5, 2026
Feb 6, 2026
AM
9:25 AM Welcome - Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
9:30 AM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
9:30 AM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
9:30 AM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)  
9:30 AM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)  
9:30 AM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)  
PM
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:30 PM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)  
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)  
6:00 PM --- Reception and Poster session ---
12:00 PM Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:30 PM Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)  
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)  
7:00 PM --- School Dinner ---
4:30 PM CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics - Jesse Thaler (MIT)  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:30 PM Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)  
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)  
12:00 PM Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)