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Solvay-Perimeter-APC Workshop on "Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics"

Brussels, 6 - 9 July 2015

ULB - Campus Plaine - Solvay Room


The workshop is part of a series organized jointly by the International Solvay Institutes, APC (University Paris VII, France) and the Perimeter Institute (Waterloo, Canada). The series aims to discuss, in an informal setting, recent developments at the interface of cosmology and fundamental physics. The previous edition was held by the APC in June 2014. The 2015 edition is held in the context of the ERC Advanced Grant "SyDuGraM".

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Scientific Committee

Ana Achúcarro (Leiden U., The Netherlands)
Pierre Binétruy (APC, Paris, France)
Latham Boyle (PI, Waterloo, Canada)
Ben Craps (VUB & Solvay I., Belgium)
Thibault Damour (IHES, Paris, France)
Frederik Denef (Columbia U., USA)
Marc Henneaux (ULB & Solvay I., Belgium)
Thomas Hertog (KULeuven, Belgium)
Gary Horowitz (UCSB, Santa Barbara, USA)
Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU, Munich, Germany)

 

Organizing Committee

Ben Craps (VUB & Solvay I., Belgium)

Marc Henneaux (ULB & Solvay I., Belgium)

Thomas Hertog (KULeuven, Belgium)

Isabelle Van Geet (Solvay I., Belgium)

Speakers

Ana Achúcarro (Leiden U., The Netherlands)

Pierre Binétruy (APC, Paris, France)

Piotr Bizoń (Jagiellonian U. Krakow, Poland)
Thibault Damour (IHES, Paris, France)

Frederik Denef (Columbia U., New York, USA)
Jan de Boer (UvA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Oleg Evnin (Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok, Thailand)
Raphael Flauger (NYU, New York, USA)
Jaume Garriga (Barcelona U., Spain)

James Hartle (UCSB, Santa Barbara, USA)

Stephen Hawking (Cambridge U., UK)

Matt Kleban (NYU, New York, USA)
Axel Kleinschmidt (AEI, Golm, Germany)
Luis Lehner (PI, Waterloo, Canada)
Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU, Munich, Germany)
Hiranya Peiris (UCL, London, UK)
Edgar  Shaghoulian (UCSB, Santa Barbara, USA)
Neil Turok (PI, Waterloo, Canada)

Mark Van Raamsdonk (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)

Licia Verde (Barcelona U., Spain)
Aron Wall (IAS, Princeton, USA)

 

Practical Information for registrants

Fee

There is no registration fee. (Except for those who wish to attend the banquet, there will be a 50 Euro banquet fee to be paid cash on the first day of the workshop).

Event

A banquet will be held on Wednesday 8 July at 7.30 p.m.

Location

The workshop will be held at ULB - Campus Plaine - Solvay Room Campus Plaine, Building N.O. (5th Floor).

Click HERE for the map of the Campus.


Metro line 5 (direction "Hermann Debroux") - Station "Delta".

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Accommodation

Hotel reservations must be made directly by the registrants.

Hotels that we often use for our visitors are Hôtel Astrid, Hôtel Atlas and Hôtel Opéra



***For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)