CERN Theory Group Retreat, 2012

Friday 9 Nov 2012, 09:00 → 22:00 Europe/Zurich

Holiday Inn, Thoiry-StGenis

This year's TH retreat will take place at the Holiday Inn in Thoiry-StGenis. The scientific part of the meeting will include reviews of the activities of the theory group, and presentations by the new TH fellows. This will last until ~18:00; after that we return to CERN, for a buffet-dinner in the Main Restaurant (in the glassbox area). Your family is invited to join us for dinner.

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome address by the PH Department Head

Speaker: Philippe Bloch (CERN)

09:10 → 09:25 Introduction to the TH unit

Speaker: Ignatios Antoniadis

Slides TH_Retreat11.2012.key

09:25 → 13:00 BSM, astroparticle and cosmology

09:25 Review of BSM activities

Speaker: Gilad Perez

Slides BSM_GiladPerez.pdf

09:40 Review of astroparticle/cosmology activities

Speaker: leonardo senatore

Slides senatore_cosmo_astro.pdf

09:50 Staff self introductions

Speakers: Gian Giudice, Julien Lesgourgues

10:00 Coffee break

10:20 Introduction of new fellows

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:40 QFT and strings

14:00 Review of group activities

Speaker: Wolfgang Lerche

Slides WLretreat2012.pdf

14:20 Staff self introductions

Speakers: Boris Samuel Pioline, James Drummond, Neil Lambert, Slava Rychkov

Slides

• HouchesRetreat2012BP.pdf
• JamesD_CERNretreattalk2012.pdf
• Lambert_2012Retreat.pdf
• Rychkov.pdf

14:40 Introduction of new fellows

15:40 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 18:30 SM physics

16:00 Review of QCD and LHC activities

Speaker: Stefano Frixione

Slides thret.pdf

16:20 Review of lattice field theory activities

Speaker: Martin Luescher

Slides luscher

16:30 Staff self introductions

Speakers: Gavin Phillip Salam, Michelangelo Mangano, Peter Skands, Stefan Schaefer, Urs Wiedemann

Slides

• 2012-TH-retreat-Gavin-Salam.pdf
• Mangano.pdf
• schaefer.pdf

16:55 Introduction of new fellows