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MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER


CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

8:45-9:00

WELCOME

9:00-10:00

QG.1

A. Ashtekar

Introduction to Quantum Gravity

10:00-11:00

QG.2

K. Stelle

Quantum Gravity and String Theory

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

C1

J. Silk

Observational Status of Dark Matter

12:30-13:30

C2

R. Bradenberger

Unconventional Cosmology in the Early Universe

13:30-14:30

LUNCH

16:00-16:30

S1

A. Goerlich

Introduction to Dynamical Triangulation

16:30-17:00

S2

M. Arzano

Quantum Fields on Curved Momentum Space

17:00-17:30

S3

O. Evnin

Quantum Backreaction in String Theory

17:30-18:00

S4

S. Alexander

Inflation, Parity Violation and Baryogenesis

18:00-18:15

COFFEE

18:15-18:30

S5

S. Rechenberger

Lorentzian Quantum Einstein Gravity

8:30-18:45

S6

L. Sindoni

Emergent Gravity from Group Field Theories

18:45-19:00

S7

J. Ohashi

Observational Constraints on Assisted k-inflation

19:00-19:15

S8

C. Guedes

The Space of Generalized Fluxes for U(1) Loop Quantum Gravity

19:15-19:30

S9

A. Patrushev

Hamilton-Jacobi Equation for Gravity

19:30-19:45

S10

P. Hoehn

Canonical Simplicial Gravity

19:45-20:00

S11

J. Ovalle

Astrophysical Solutions in Randall-Sundrum  Gravity



TUESDAY  13  SEPTEMBER

 

CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

9:00-10:00

QG.1

A. Ashtekar

Introduction to Quantum Gravity

10:00-11:00

QG.2

K. Stelle

Quantum Gravity and String Theory

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

QG.3

M. Reuter

Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity

12:30-13:30

C2

R. Brandenberger

Unconventional Cosmology in the Early Universe

13:30-14:30

LUNCH

16:00-16:30

S12

B. Wang

Interaction between Dark Energy and Dark Matter

16:30-17:00

S13

E. Abdalla

Dark Sector Interactions in Cosmology

17:00-17:30

S14

L. Modesto

Super-renormalizable Quantum Gravity

17:30-18:00

S15

M. Katanaev

Geometric Theory of Defects and Gravity

18:00-18:15

COFFEE

18:15-18:30

S16

M. Geiller

Spin Foam Models: Lessons from the Canonical Theory

18:30-18:45

S17

D. Becker

Non-perturbative Renormalization of the Gibbons-Hawking Term

18:45-19:00

S18

U. Harst

Tetrad Quantum Gravity and Asymptotic Safety

19:00-19:15

S19

L. Bethke

Chiral Vacuum Fluctuations and the Ground State of Quantum Gravity 

19:15-19:30

S20

S. Gielen

A Cosmological Model for 3rd Quantisation

19:30-19:45

S21

B. Cuadros-Melgar

Lorentz Violating Massive Gravity

19:45-20:00

S22

P. Wallden

Canonical Quantum Cosmology, the Problem of Time and the Decoherent Histories



WEDNESDAY  14 SEPTEMBER

 

CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

9:00-10:00

QG.3

M. Reuter

Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity

10:00-11:00

QG.4

C. Bachas

Localization of Gravity in String Theory

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

QG.5

E. Bergshoeff

Massive Gravity

12:30-13:30

QG.6

C. Wetterich

Spinor Gravity - a Probabilistic Proposal for Quantum Gravity

EXCURSION TO NAXOS ISLAND



THURSDAY   15 SEPTEMBER

 

CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

9:00-10:00

QG.7

C. Rovelli

Loop Quantum Gravity

10:00-11:00

QC.1

A. Ashtekar

Quantum Gravity and Cosmology

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

QG.5

E. Bergshoeff

Massive Gravity

12:30-13:30

QC.2

M. Bojowald

Loop Quantum Cosmology

13:30-14:30

LUNCH

16:00-16:30

S23

N. Tetradis

New Quises of the BTZ Black Hole and 2d CFT 

16:30-17:00

S24

O. Bertolami

Phase-space Noncommutative Quantum Cosmology and Black Holes

17:00-17:30

S25

R. Troncoso

Anisotropic Holography and the Microscopic Entropy of Lifshitz Black Holes in Three Dimensions

17:30-18:00

S26

G. Mena Marugan

Matter in Inhomogeneous Loop Quantum Cosmology: the Gowdy Model

18:00-18:15

COFFEE

18:15-18:30

S27

R. Kase

Matter Perturbations in Galileon Cosmology  

18:30-18:45

S28

F. Vidotto

An Invitation to Spinfoam Cosmology

18:45-19:00

S29

S. Carrozza

Singular topologies in GFT

19:00-19:15

S30

M. Martin-Benito

Effective Dynamics from Spinfoam Cosmology

19:15-19:30

S31

S. Bhattacharje

Gauge Invariant Coupling of Fields to Torsion: a String Inspired Model

21:00

BANQUET



FRIDAY  16  SEPTEMBER

CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

9:00-10:00

QG.7

C. Rovelli

Loop Quantum Gravity

10:00-11:00

QC.2

M. Bojowald

Loop Quantum Cosmology

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

C3

S. Tsujikawa

Observational Status and Models of Dark Energy

12:30-13:30

QC.3

R. Woodard

Quantum Gravity and Inflation

13:30-14:30

LUNCH

16:00-16:30

S32

V. Bonzom

Recent lessons from the Topological BF Model for LQG

16:30-17:00

S33

T. Tomaras

Gravitational Bremsstrahlung in Transplanckian Collisions

17:00-17:15

S34

C. Chryssomalakos

Operational Geometry and Natural Noncommutativity

17:15:17:30

S35

S. Miao

Modified Gravity from the Standard Model

17:30:17:45

S36

T. Christodoulakis

Cannical Quntization of Geometries Admitting 2d-surfaces of Maximal Symmetry

17:45:18:00

S37

P. Pasipoularidis

Spherically Symmetric Solutions in Covariant  Horava-Lifshitz Gravity

18:00-18:15

S38

M. Scalisi

Fractal and Noncommutative Spacetimes: a Connection

18:15-18:30

COFFEE

18:30-18:45

S39

I. Güllü

Massive Gravity Theories in (Anti-) de Sitter Spacetimes

18:45-19:00

S40

R. Toriumi

Quantum Gravity and Cosmological Density Perturbations

19:00-19:15

S41

T. Sisman

Critical Gravity in D Dimensions

19:15-19:30

S42

J. Mielczarek

Quantum Dynamics of the Reduced Phase Space Loop Cosmology

19:30-19:45

S43

I. Premont-Schwarz

Primordial Loop Black Holes as Dark Matter

19:45-20:00

S44

J. Olmedo

Prescriptions and Superselection Sectors in Loops Quantum Cosmology



SATURDAY   17  SEPTEMBER

 

CODE

SPEAKER

TITLE OF LECTURE

9:00-10:00

C3

S. Tsujikawa

Observational Status and Models of Dark Energy

10:00-11:00

QC.4

P. McFadden

Holographic Universe

11:00-11:30

COFFEE

11:30-12:30

QC.3

R. Woodard

Quantum Gravity and Inflation

12:30-13:00

Discussion Session

13:00-13:15

Concluding Remarks

 

 
 

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