Annual Theory Meeting & STFC Town Meeting

Europe/London
Valya Khoze (IPPP)
Description
The Annual Theory Meetings ("Christmas Meetings") started in 1961 and have been held every year since (with the possible exception of two years), previously at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and more recently at Durham. This year, accommodation is in Collingwood College, and the lectures are in the Appleby Lecture Theatre on the University's Science Site. Note that the allocated time includes discussion periods - 15 minutes for 1 hour slots and 30 minutes for the 1'30 hour slots.
    • 2:15 PM 3:45 PM
      Scattering Amplitudes and Wilson Loops 1h 30m
      Speaker: Dr Gabriele Travaglini (Queen Mary)
      Slides
    • 3:45 PM 4:15 PM
      break 30m
    • 4:15 PM 5:45 PM
      Technicolour and Strong Dynamics 1h 30m
      Speaker: Prof. Francesco Sannino (CP3 Denmark)
    • 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
      Status of the LHC and Experimental Highlights 1h
      Speaker: Prof. Jim Virdee (Imperial)
      Slides
    • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
      The first year of the LHC: what have we learned 1h 30m
      Speaker: Prof. Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
      Slides
    • 11:30 AM 12:00 PM
      break 30m
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Tevatron Achievements: past, present and future 1h
      Speaker: Prof. Stefan Soldner-Rembold (Manchester)
    • 1:00 PM 2:30 PM
      lunch 1h 30m
    • 2:30 PM 4:00 PM
      SUSY Phenomenology 1h 30m
      Speaker: Prof. Steven Abel (IPPP Durham)
    • 4:00 PM 4:30 PM
      break 30m
    • 4:30 PM 6:00 PM
      Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology 1h 30m
      Speaker: Prof. Ed Copeland (Nottingham)
      Slides
    • 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Applications of the AdS/CFT Correspondence 1h 30m
      Speaker: Dr Andrei Starinets (Oxford)
      Slides
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      break 30m
    • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM
      STFC Town Meeting 2h
      • STFC and Science Funding 50m
        Speaker: Prof. John Womersley (STFC)
      • Grants Review Panel update 25m
        Speaker: Prof. James Stirling (Cambridge)
      • Particle Theory Grants update 25m
        Speaker: Prof. Michael Seymour (Manchester)
        Slides
      • Discussion 20m
        Speaker: TBC