Registration
- Free entrance but registration is mandatory.
Date and time
- Sunday 22 October 2023 at 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30).
Location
- Flagey Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels.
(The parking area is located below the Place Flagey).
Language
- English - translation in both French and Dutch will be provided.
PROGRAMME
Moderator: Prof. Alexander Sevrin
(VUB & International Solvay Institutes)
15:00 – 15:10: Opening by Prof. Marc Henneaux
(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)
15:10 – 15:35: Solvay Awards ceremony: during this short Award Ceremony,
brilliant students in physics, chemistry and engineering at the ULB and the
VUB who had been distinguished for their work will be handed out an award
from the Solvay Company.
15:35 – 16:15: Lecture by Prof. Leticia Cugliandolo (Sorbonne University, Paris)
"Computational optimization: from glasses to black holes"
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ABSTRACT
16:15 – 16:55: Lecture by Prof. Paul Chaikin (New York University)
"How many candies are in that jar? A dynamical phase transition"
16:55 – 17:55: Panel Discussion with Profs.:
David Gross (Chair - Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, 2004 Physics Nobel Laureate)
Paul Chaikin (New York University)
Leticia Cugliandolo (Sorbonne University, Paris)
Andrea Liu (University of Pennsylvania)
Marc Mézard (Bocconi University, Milan)
Giorgio Parisi (Sapienza University of Rome, 2021 Physics Nobel Laureate)
Dragana Popovic (Florida State University)
17:55 – 18:00: Closing by Prof. Marc Henneaux
(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)
18:00: Drink