Name: Strings 2008
Start: 2008-08-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2008-08-23T13:45:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Strings 2008

from Sunday 17 August 2008 (09:30) to Saturday 23 August 2008 (13:45)

Monday 11 August 2008
Tuesday 12 August 2008
Wednesday 13 August 2008
Thursday 14 August 2008
Friday 15 August 2008
Saturday 16 August 2008
Sunday 17 August 2008

Monday 18 August 2008

10:00 Welcome Talks
Welcome Talks
10:00 - 10:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:25 Forty years of high energy string collisions - Gabriele Veneziano (College de France)
Forty years of high energy string collisions
- Gabriele Veneziano (College de France)
10:25 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30 Quantum gravity in three dimensions - Andrew Strominger (Harvard University)
Quantum gravity in three dimensions
- Andrew Strominger (Harvard University)
11:30 - 12:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:05 String theory and cosmology - Renata Kallosh (Stanford University)
String theory and cosmology
- Renata Kallosh (Stanford University)
12:05 - 12:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:40 Global warming of the de Sitter space - Alexander M. Polyakov (Princeton University)
Global warming of the de Sitter space
- Alexander M. Polyakov (Princeton University)
12:40 - 13:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:15 - 15:15
Room: Restaurant
15:15 LHC machine status - Lyn Evans (CERN)
LHC machine status
- Lyn Evans (CERN)
15:15 - 16:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:00 Status of the LHC detectors: design, construction, commissioning - Jos Engelen (CERN)
Status of the LHC detectors: design, construction, commissioning
- Jos Engelen (CERN)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:45 The search for new physics at the LHC - Oliver Buchmuller (CERN)
The search for new physics at the LHC
- Oliver Buchmuller (CERN)
16:45 - 17:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
18:00 Reception
Reception
18:00 - 22:00
Room: United Nations
Tuesday 19 August 2008
09:30 String phenomenology on the eve of the LHC - Luis Ibanez (UAM-CSIC)
String phenomenology on the eve of the LHC
- Luis Ibanez (UAM-CSIC)
09:30 - 10:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:25 F-theory, GUTs, and the weak scale - Cumrun Vafa (Harvard University)
F-theory, GUTs, and the weak scale
- Cumrun Vafa (Harvard University)
10:25 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30 A new infinite class of anti-de Sitter flux vacua - Alessandro Tomasiello (Harvard University)
A new infinite class of anti-de Sitter flux vacua
- Alessandro Tomasiello (Harvard University)
11:30 - 12:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:05 D-brane instantons in Type II orientifolds - Timo Weigand (University of Pennsylvania)
D-brane instantons in Type II orientifolds
- Timo Weigand (University of Pennsylvania)
12:05 - 12:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:40 Superstring amplitudes: formal progress and implications for LHC - Stephan Stieberger (MPI Munich)
Superstring amplitudes: formal progress and implications for LHC
- Stephan Stieberger (MPI Munich)
12:40 - 13:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:15 - 15:20
Room: Restaurant
15:20 Heterotic standard models - Ron Donagi (University of Pennsylvania)
Heterotic standard models
- Ron Donagi (University of Pennsylvania)
15:20 - 15:55
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:55 N=6 Chern Simons matter theories, M2 branes and supergravity - Juan Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
N=6 Chern Simons matter theories, M2 branes and supergravity
- Juan Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
15:55 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:00 Lagrangians for multiple M2-branes - Neil Lambert (Kings College London)
Lagrangians for multiple M2-branes
- Neil Lambert (Kings College London)
17:00 - 17:35
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:35 Multiple membrane dynamics - Sunil Mukhi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Multiple membrane dynamics
- Sunil Mukhi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
17:35 - 18:10
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
21:00 Concert
Concert
21:00 - 22:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Wednesday 20 August 2008
09:30 Unveiling the structure of amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity - Lance Dixon (SLAC)
Unveiling the structure of amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity
- Lance Dixon (SLAC)
09:30 - 10:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:25 Maximal supersymmetry, duality and scattering amplitudes - Michael B. Green (DAMTP Cambridge)
Maximal supersymmetry, duality and scattering amplitudes
- Michael B. Green (DAMTP Cambridge)
10:25 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30 What is the simplest quantum field theory? - Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter Institute)
What is the simplest quantum field theory?
- Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter Institute)
11:30 - 12:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:05 Fermionic T-duality - Nathan Jacob Berkovits (Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Sao Paulo)
Fermionic T-duality
- Nathan Jacob Berkovits (Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Sao Paulo)
12:05 - 12:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:40 Dual superconformal symmetry of scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM - Emery Sokatchev (LAPTH-Annecy)
Dual superconformal symmetry of scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM
- Emery Sokatchev (LAPTH-Annecy)
12:40 - 13:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:15 - 15:20
Room: Restaurant

19:00 Banquet
Banquet
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Unimail Geneva
Thursday 21 August 2008
09:30 The gauge-string duality and QCD at finite temperature - Steven Gubser (Princeton University)
The gauge-string duality and QCD at finite temperature
- Steven Gubser (Princeton University)
09:30 - 10:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:25 Integrability of the AdS/CFT system - Matthias Staudacher (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik)
Integrability of the AdS/CFT system
- Matthias Staudacher (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik)
10:25 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30 Nonlinear fluid dynamics from gravity - Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR)
Nonlinear fluid dynamics from gravity
- Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR)
11:30 - 12:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:05 Scattering amplitudes via AdS/CFT - Luis Fernando Alday (Utrecht University)
Scattering amplitudes via AdS/CFT
- Luis Fernando Alday (Utrecht University)
12:05 - 12:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:40 Holographic recipes at finite density and low temperature - Andrei Starinets (Institute for Advanced Study)
Holographic recipes at finite density and low temperature
- Andrei Starinets (Institute for Advanced Study)
12:40 - 13:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:15 - 15:20
Room: Restaurant
15:20 Holographic gauge mediation - Herman Verlinde (Princeton University)
Holographic gauge mediation
- Herman Verlinde (Princeton University)
15:20 - 15:55
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:55 General gauge mediation - David Shih (IAS/Princeton)
General gauge mediation
- David Shih (IAS/Princeton)
15:55 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffe Break
Coffe Break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:00 4-loop perturbative Konishi from AdS5xS5 string sigma model - Romuald Janik (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
4-loop perturbative Konishi from AdS5xS5 string sigma model
- Romuald Janik (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
17:00 - 17:35
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:35 Loop quantum gravity - Carlo Rovelli (Marseille University)
Loop quantum gravity
- Carlo Rovelli (Marseille University)
17:35 - 18:10
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Friday 22 August 2008
09:30 BPS black holes and topological strings: a review - Boris Pioline (Laboratoire de Physique Theorique Jussieu)
BPS black holes and topological strings: a review
- Boris Pioline (Laboratoire de Physique Theorique Jussieu)
09:30 - 10:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:25 Extremal black holes and AdS2/CFT1 correspondence - Ashoke Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute)
Extremal black holes and AdS2/CFT1 correspondence
- Ashoke Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute)
10:25 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30 Developments in BPS wall-crossing - Gregory Moore (Rutgers University)
Developments in BPS wall-crossing
- Gregory Moore (Rutgers University)
11:30 - 12:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:05 S-duality and boundary conditions in N=4 SYM - Davide Gaiotto (IAS Princeton)
S-duality and boundary conditions in N=4 SYM
- Davide Gaiotto (IAS Princeton)
12:05 - 12:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:40 Cosmological unification of string theories - Simeon Hellerman (Institute for Advanced Study)
Cosmological unification of string theories
- Simeon Hellerman (Institute for Advanced Study)
12:40 - 13:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:15 - 15:20
Room: Restaurant
15:20 Tadpole cancellation in the topological string - Johannes Walcher (ETH Zurich)
Tadpole cancellation in the topological string
- Johannes Walcher (ETH Zurich)
15:20 - 15:55
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:55 Remodeling the topological string, perturbatively and nonperturbatively - Marcos Marino Beiras (University of Geneva)
Remodeling the topological string, perturbatively and nonperturbatively
- Marcos Marino Beiras (University of Geneva)
15:55 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:00 Summary - Hiroshi Ooguri (Caltech)
Summary
- Hiroshi Ooguri (Caltech)
17:00 - 17:50
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:50 Outlook - David Gross (KITP)
Outlook
- David Gross (KITP)
17:50 - 18:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Saturday 23 August 2008

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