Prague Spring Amplitudes 2

11 May 2026, 09:30 → 15 May 2026, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Prague

Karol Kampf (Charles University (CZ)), Adam Smetana (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)), Jaroslav Trnka

Prague Spring Amplitudes Workshop focuses on some selected problems of scattering amplitudes and related topics. The schedule will allow plenty of time to discuss recent problems and challenges in the field. This event builds on a first meeting held in 2023.

Location

The workshop will take place May 11-15, 2026, in the heart of Prague in the building of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of the Czech Technical University in Husova 5. It is located in the Old Town, close to all historical monuments, shops and restaurants.

Lunch recommendations and Useful tips

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Local Organizers

Petr Beneš (Czech Technical University), Karol Kampf (CU), Adam Smetana (CTU), Jaroslav Trnka (UC Davis)       

Invited speakers

Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS, Princeton)^*
Emil Bjerrum-Bohr (NBI)
Filip Blaschke (SLU Opava)
Viktoriia Borovik (MPI-MIS Leipzig) 
Jacob Bourjaily (Penn State)
Andi Brandhuber (Queen Mary)
Tomas Brauner (Stavanger)
Sérgio Carrôlo (MPP Munich)
Jin Dong (MPP Munich)
James Drummond (Southampton)
Angelo Rafaelo Fazio (Bologna)
Livia Ferro (Hertfordshire)
Ross Glew (Hertfordshire)
Paul Heslop (Durham)
Jianrong Li (Vienna)
Renann Lipinski Jusinskas (Prague, Inst. Phys.)
Luke Lippstreu (Edinburgh)
Tim R. Morris (Southampton)
Shruti Paranjape (Brown University)
Matteo Parisi (OIST)
Jan Plefka (Humboldt University, Berlin)
Lecheng Ren (Queen Mary)
Laurentiu Rodina (BIMSA)
Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala)
Adam Smetana (CTU Prague)
Mark Spradlin (Brown University) 
Jonah Stalknecht (Charles University, Prague)
Matthias Staudacher (Humboldt University, Berlin)
Gabriel Travaglini (Queen Mary)
Anastasia Volovich (Brown University)
Shun-Qing Zhang (MPP Munich)

Junior researchers talks/Gong show

Jiahao Liu (Beijing)
Umut Oktem (UC Davis)
Hector Puerta-Ramisa (Durham)
David Podivin (Charles University, Prague)
Mattia Serrani (UMons)
Zhihao Zhang (Stavanger)

 

 

Monday 11 May

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee

10:00 → 10:30 Welcome

10:30 → 11:00 Anastasia Volovich

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:00 Jan Plefka

12:00 → 12:30 Andreas Brandhuber

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Laurentiu Rodina

15:00 → 15:30 Shun-Qing Zhang

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 16:30 Sergio Carrolo

16:30 → 17:00 Luke Lippstreu

17:00 → 18:30 Reception

Tuesday 12 May

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee

10:00 → 10:30 Matthias Staudacher

10:30 → 11:00 Oliver Schlotterer

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:00 Emil Bjerrum-Bohr

12:00 → 12:30 Gabriele Travaglini

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Kays Haddad

15:00 → 15:30 Viktoriia Borovik

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:00 Junior talks

1. Jiahao Liu
2. Zhihao Zhang
3. Umut Oktem
4. David Podivin
5. Mattia Serrani
6. Hector Puerta-Ramisa

Wednesday 13 May

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee

10:00 → 10:30 Marcus Spradlin

10:30 → 11:00 Jacob Bourjaily

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:00 James Drummond

12:00 → 12:30 Paul Heslop

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Rennan Lipinski

15:00 → 15:30 Lecheng Ren

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:00 Arkani-Hamed (zoom)

Thursday 14 May

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee

10:00 → 10:30 Livia Ferro

10:30 → 11:00 Matteo Parisi

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:00 Shruti Paranjape

12:00 → 12:30 Jianrong Li

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Adam Smetana

15:00 → 15:30 Tim Morris

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 16:30 Angelo Rafaelo Fazio (zoom)

16:30 → 17:00 Philip Blaschke

Friday 15 May

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee

10:00 → 10:30 Tomas Brauner

10:30 → 11:00 Jin Dong

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:00 Ross Glew

12:00 → 12:30 Jonah Stalknecht

12:30 → 13:00 Closing