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.
    • 1
      Scattering Amplitudes and Wilson Loops
      Speaker: Dr Gabriele Travaglini (Queen Mary)
      Slides
    • 15:45
      break
    • 2
      Technicolour and Strong Dynamics
      Speaker: Prof. Francesco Sannino (CP3 Denmark)
    • 3
      Status of the LHC and Experimental Highlights
      Speaker: Prof. Jim Virdee (Imperial)
      Slides
    • 4
      The first year of the LHC: what have we learned
      Speaker: Prof. Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
      Slides
    • 11:30
      break
    • 5
      Tevatron Achievements: past, present and future
      Speaker: Prof. Stefan Soldner-Rembold (Manchester)
    • 13:00
      lunch
    • 6
      SUSY Phenomenology
      Speaker: Prof. Steven Abel (IPPP Durham)
    • 16:00
      break
    • 7
      Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
      Speaker: Prof. Ed Copeland (Nottingham)
      Slides
    • 8
      Applications of the AdS/CFT Correspondence
      Speaker: Dr Andrei Starinets (Oxford)
      Slides
    • 10:30
      break
    • 9
      STFC Town Meeting
      • a) STFC and Science Funding
        Speaker: Prof. John Womersley (STFC)
      • b) Grants Review Panel update
        Speaker: Prof. James Stirling (Cambridge)
      • c) Particle Theory Grants update
        Speaker: Prof. Michael Seymour (Manchester)
        Slides
      • d) Discussion
        Speaker: TBC