PROGRAM
Status: June 18
Printable PDF version here.
Speaker information: Talks are 30 minutes + 15 minutes questions.
All talks and discussions will take place in room FA32 on the third floor in the
AlbaNova building.
| 9:45 | REGISTRATION | |
| 10:00 | Opening | |
| 10:15 | Wagner, Robert | Exploring quantum gravity with VHE γ-ray telescopes - status, prospects and limitations Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Kelley, John |
Searching for Quantum Gravity with High-energy Neutrinos Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 | Calmet, Xavier | Unitarity in Quantum Gravity and Models of Particle Physics Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 14:45 | Sakellariadou, Mairi | Noncommutative Geometry as framework for Unification: Introduction and
cosmological consequences Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS Slides (PDF) |
| 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:45 | Christian, Joy | Probing the Planck Scale with Cosmic Neutrinos Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 16:30 | Alexander, Stephon | Quantum Gravity Phenomenology, Neutrino Oscillations and Dark Energy Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 17:30 | RECEPTION |
Tuesday, July 13
| 10:15 | Bambi, Cosimo | Search for quantum gravity effects in astrophysical compact objects Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Collins, Hael | The subtleties of a quantum field in an inflationary universe |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 | Sudarsky, Daniel | Phenomenology of a Lorentz -respecting space-time granularity |
| 14:45 | Kent, Adrian | Testing the (Non)locality of the Gravitational Field Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:45 | Magueijo, Joao | A quantum gravity foundation for inflation? Sleeping with the enemy Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 16:30 | Discussion | What to sacrifice? Moderation: Claus Lämmerzahl Panelists: Xavier Calmet, Domenico Giulini, Stephon Alexander Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
Wednesday, July 14
| 10:15 | Roura, Albert | Quantum light-cone fluctuations: probing quantum metric fluctuations with massless fields Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Bojowald, Martin | LQGD(S)R: On the low-energy implications of loop quantum gravity Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 | Liberati, Stefano | Emergent gravity phenomenology Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 14:45 | Dowker, Fay | Polarization Diffusion from Spacetime Uncertainty Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:45 | Smolin, Lee |
On the issue of non-locality in deformed special relativity Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 16:30 | Discussion | Experiments and Thought Experiments Moderation: Amit Hagar Panelists: Lee Smolin, Joy Christian, Sabine Hossenfelder Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
Thursday, July 15
| 10:15 | Mavromatos, Nikolaos | Naturalness, Planck scale, quantum-gravity induced refractive indices and the GRB 090510 results
Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS Slides (PDF) |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Troja, Eleonora | Precursor activity in short duration GRBs |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 | Cavaglia, Marco | Hunting for black holes at the LHC Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 14:45 | Rizzo, Thomas | Testing Gravity at Colliders
Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:45 | Landsberg, Greg | Vanishing Dimensions and Planar Events at the LHC Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 16:30 | Discussion | The Future of Particle Physics Moderation: Greg Landsberg Panelists: Marco Cavaglia, Thomas Rizzo, Brian Keating |
| 15:45 | BBQ | The BBQ will take place in front of the institute. |
Friday, July 16
| 10:15 | Hofmann, Stefan | Massive Cosmological Gravitons
Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS Slides (PDF) |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:15 | Keating, Brian | Experimental Quantum Gravity with the BICEP CMB Polarimeter Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 | Amelino-Camelia, Giovanni | Quantum Gravity Phenomenology farther, slower Video/Audio (WMF): via HTTP, via MMS Slides (PDF) |
| 14:45 | Closing | |
| 15:30 | END OF WORKSHOP |
