Annual Theory Meeting

15 Dec 2025, 09:00 → 17 Dec 2025, 18:00 Europe/London

Applebey Lecture Theatre (Geography )

Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)

The Annual Theory Christmas Meeting will again be held in Durham, 16-18th of December, hosted and organised by the Centre for Particle Theory, UKLFT, FPUK and the IPPP. Following tradition, we use the format of three days of talks from world-class speakers reviewing the latest developments in the key areas of our subject. 

 

 

Organisation Committee:

Steve Abel (IPPP) 

Jeppe Andersen (IPPP) 

Francesca Chadha-Day (IPPP) 

Simon Hands (Liverpool) 

Neil Lambert (KCL) 

Simon Ross (CPT Maths Durham) 

Michael Spannowsky (IPPP) 

Jessica Turner (IPPP)

 

All sessions of the 57th edition of the Annual Theory Meeting can be attended remotely via zoom using this link:

Day 1 -

Day 2 -


Day 3 - 


However, it will not be possible to ask the speaker questions or to unmute yourself. Questions can be submitted via zoom chat.

 

Confirmed speakers are:

Clare Burrage (Nottingham)

Jon Butterworth (UCL)

Christoph Englert (Manchester)

Julia Harz (Mainz)

Sungwoo Hong (KAIST)

Sven Kripppendorf (Cambridge)

Peter Millington (Manchester)

David Schaich (Liverpool)

Gabriele Travaglini (QMUL)

Tobias Tsang (Liverpool)

Georg Weiglein (DESY)

 

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Monday 15 December

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Session 1

Convener: Jeppe Andersen (IPPP, University of Durham)

14:00 Gravitational Waves from Amplitudes

Speaker: Gabriele Travaglini

15:00 Generalised Symmetries

Speaker: Sungwoo Hong

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Session 2

Convener: Simon Ross

16:30 AI in Fundamental Physics

Speaker: Sven Krippendorf

17:30 Dark Matter Phenomenology

Speaker: Julia Harz

18:30 → 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday 16 December

08:00 → 08:45 Breakfast

09:00 → 11:00 Session 3

Convener: Martin Bauer (IPPP Durham)

09:00 Lattice for Flavour Physics

Speaker: Tobias Tsang

10:00 Beyond the Standard Model Physics on the Lattice

Speaker: David Schaich

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:30 Session 4

Convener: Francesca Chadha-Day (Durham University)

11:30 The Phenomenology of Modified Gravity Theories

Speaker: Peter Millington (University of Manchester)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Session 5

Convener: Steven Abel (IPPP)

14:00 Highlights in Collider Phenomenology

Speaker: Christoph Englert (Glasgow)

15:00 Higgs Boson Phenomenology connection to Early Universe Physics

Speaker: Georg Weiglein (DESY)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 17:30 Session 6

Convener: Peter Richardson (IPPP)

16:30 Phenomenology beyond Colliders

Speaker: Clare Burrage (Nottingham)

18:30 → 20:00 Dinner

Wednesday 17 December

08:30 → 09:15 Breakfast

09:30 → 10:30 Session 7

Convener: Danny van Dyk (IPPP Durham)

09:30 The Future of Collider Physics

Speaker: Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Session 8

Convener: Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)

11:00 PPAP

11:30 STFC Townhall Meeting

Speakers: Grahame Blair, Karen Clifford

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch