Annual Theory Meeting
from
Thursday 18 December 2008 (14:15)
to
Saturday 20 December 2008 (14:00)
Monday 15 December 2008
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Thursday 18 December 2008
14:15
Multiple Brane Dynamics: D-branes to M-branes
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Neil Lambert (Kings College)
Multiple Brane Dynamics: D-branes to M-branes
Neil Lambert (Kings College)
14:15 - 15:45
15:45
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15:45 - 16:15
16:15
Strongly coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma
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Edward Shuryak (Stonybrook)
Strongly coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma
Edward Shuryak (Stonybrook)
16:15 - 17:45
17:45
The Newton Institute: programmes and activities
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Sir David Wallace (INI, Cambridge)
The Newton Institute: programmes and activities
Sir David Wallace (INI, Cambridge)
17:45 - 18:00
Friday 19 December 2008
09:00
String Phenomenology on the Eve of the LHC
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Luis Ibanez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
String Phenomenology on the Eve of the LHC
Luis Ibanez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
09:00 - 10:30
10:30
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10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Flavor models in warped extra dimensions
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Csaba Csaki (Cornell U.)
Flavor models in warped extra dimensions
Csaba Csaki (Cornell U.)
11:00 - 12:30
12:45
lunch
lunch
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
Cosmology
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George Efstathiou (Cambridge U.)
Cosmology
George Efstathiou (Cambridge U.)
14:00 - 15:30
15:30
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15:30 - 16:00
16:00
The Quest for Solving QCD: Recent Advances on the Lattice
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Karl Jansen (DESY, Zeuthen)
The Quest for Solving QCD: Recent Advances on the Lattice
Karl Jansen (DESY, Zeuthen)
16:00 - 17:00
17:00
New Insights into the Structure of Hadrons
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Tony Thomas (Jefferson Lab)
New Insights into the Structure of Hadrons
Tony Thomas (Jefferson Lab)
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Town Meeting: Discussion of UK Theory
Town Meeting: Discussion of UK Theory
18:00 - 18:45
Saturday 20 December 2008
09:00
Physics Highlights from the Tevatron
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Beate Heinemann (LBL)
Physics Highlights from the Tevatron
Beate Heinemann (LBL)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00
LHC Prospects
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Dave Charlton (Birmingham U.)
LHC Prospects
Dave Charlton (Birmingham U.)
10:00 - 11:00
11:00
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11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes: From QCD to Gravity
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Zvi Bern (UCLA)
Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes: From QCD to Gravity
Zvi Bern (UCLA)
11:30 - 13:00
13:00
lunch
lunch
13:00 - 14:00