PASCOS2016 Announcement We are pleased to let you know that the registration and abstract submission is open for PASCOS 2016: 22nd International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology -- XIIth Rencontres du Vietnam, July 10-16, 2016, ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam. https://indico.cern.ch/e/PASCOS2016 The goal of this symposium is to review and discuss recent progress in particle physics, string theory and cosmology. Following important discoveries made within the last few years, including properties of neutrino mixings, the Higgs particle, and most recently gravitational waves, we will bring together theorists and experimentalists to discuss what has been learned and what might show up in the next few years. ICISE will provide an ideal setting for both established and young physicists to present new theoretical ideas and new experimental projects. Topics to be covered: * Neutrino physics * LHC Physics and theoretical status * Dark Matter and Dark Energy * Precision measures and non-accelerator probes of new physics * Inflation and alternatives * String methods and phenomenology * Future accelerator projects and technologies A series of plenary talks will cover the highlights of these diverse and exciting areas of research. Abstracts for presentations in corresponding parallel sections are encouraged. Some key dates of the conference include: May 10, 2016: Abstract submissions close May 31, 2016: Extended Abstract deadline June 1, 2016: Early bird registration ends June 6, 2016: The last day to guarantee hotel reservation Please contact the program committee with any questions at: pascos2016@virginia.edu Conference Website: https://indico.cern.ch/e/PASCOS2016 =================================================================== Confirmed Plenary Speakers -------------------------- Neutrino Physics: Serguey Petcov, Alfredo Aranda, Manfred Lindner, Kam­Biu Luk (DayaBay) , T. Kajita, Jeff Hartnell (Long Baseline), Tyce de Young (IceCube), Danny Marfatia Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Celine Boehm, Paolo Gondolo, Federico Piazza, Shinji Tsujikawa, Soo­Jong Rey, speakers from major experimental programs LHC Physics: Mihoko Nojiri, Xerxes Tata, Giovanni Punzi (LHCb), speakers from ATLAS, CMS, ALICE Precision experiments: Antonio Delgado, Bob Bernstein (mu2e), more... Cosmology: Gary Shiu, Valerie Domcke, Eric Hivon (Planck), Yuri Levin (LIGO), more... Strings: Rajesh Gopakumar, Kimyeong Lee New Accelerators and technologies: Jie Gao, more... Parallel Session Conveners -------------------------- Neutrino Physics: Andre de Gouvea, Jose Valle, Jacques Dumarchez, Craig Dukes Physics at the LHC/Colliders: JoAnne Hewett, Bob Hirosky Dark Matter, Dark Energy: Alex Kusenko, Pierre Binetruy Precision Experiments and "Low­energy" Probes of Physics Beyond the Standard Model: Craig Group, Tc Yuan Inflation and alternatives, Strings: Qaisar Shafi, Chong­Sun Chu ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chairs ------ P. Q. Hung (Virginia) Jean Tran Thanh Van (Rencontres du Vietnam) Membership ---------- Pierre Binetruy (APC, Paris, France) Kingman Cheung (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Chong-Sun Chu (NCTS, Taiwan) Andre de Gouvea (Northwestern University, USA) Craig Dukes (U. of Virginia, USA) Jacques Dumarchez (LPNHE, France) Paul Frampton (Oxford) Craig Group (U. of Virginia, USA) Kaoru Hagiwara (KEK, Japan) Hong-Jian He (Tsinghua University, China) Xiao-gang He (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) JoAnne Hewett (SLAC,USA) Bob Hirosky (U. of Virginia, USA) George Hou (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, Korea) Otto Kong (National Central University, Taiwan) Alex Kusenko (UCLA, USA) Hitoshi Murayama (UC Berkeley, USA and IPMU, Japan) Satya Nandi (Oklahoma State University, USA) Monica Pepe-Altarelli (CERN) Qaisar Shafi (Bartol Institute, University of Delaware, USA) Marc Sher (College of William and Mary, USA) Jose WF Valle (IFIC, U. of Valencia, Spain) Yifang Wang (IHEP, Beijing, China) T.C. Yuan (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) International Advisory Board ---------------------------- J. Bagger (Johns Hopkins) W. Buchmülller (DESY) P. Frampton (Oxford) J.F. Gunion (UC Davis) J.E. Kim (Kyung Hee) R.C. Myers (Perimeter Institute) P. Nath (Northeastern) S. Raby (Ohio State) D.P. Roy (Tata Institute) P. Shellard (Cambridge) J. Silk (Oxford) M.T. Vaughn (Northeastern) K.C. Wali (Syracuse)