
A summary of the conference schedule is listed below. View a detailed copy of the conference schedule, including abstracts, here.
Monday, June 12
9:30 – 10 am |
Coffee break |
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10 – 11 am |
Robert Brandenberger (McGill University), “Emergent space and its possible observational signatures” |
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11 – 12 pm |
Daniele Oriti (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics – Albert Einstein Institute), “Cosmology as quantum gravity hydrodynamics: emergent universe without fundamental space and time” |
12 – 1 pm |
Panel discussion |
1 – 2 pm |
Lunch |
2 – 3 pm |
Francesca Vidotto (Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Radboud University), “Quanta of spacetime in a non-singular universe” |
3 – 3:30 pm |
Coffee break |
3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Henrique Gomes (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics), “Timeless cosmology with records” |
4:30 – 5:30 pm |
Panel discussion |
Tuesday, June 13
9:30 – 10 am |
Coffee break |
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10 – 11 am |
Simon Saunders (University of Oxford), “What is space-time geometry? — the non-relativistic case” |
11 – 12 pm |
Tessa Baker (University of Oxford), “Agnostic Tests of Gravity” |
12 – 1 pm |
Panel discussion |
1 – 2 pm |
Lunch |
2 – 3 pm |
Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh), “Three problems about multi-scale modelling in contemporary cosmology” |
3 – 3:30 pm |
Coffee break |
3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Karen Crowther (University of Geneva), “Emergence, Reduction, and Correspondence in the Context of Quantum Gravity” |
4:30 – 5:30 pm |
Panel discussion |
Wednesday, June 14
9:30 – 10 am |
Coffee break |
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10 – 11 am |
Nick Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago), “Cosmological Aspects of Quantum Gravity” |
11 – 12 pm |
Niayesh Afshordi (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics), “Reflections on Spacetime” |
12 – 1 pm |
Panel discussion |
1 – 2 pm |
Lunch |
2 – 3 pm |
Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute), “Galaxy rotation curves: missing matter, or missing physics?” |
3 – 3:30 pm |
Coffee break |
3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Panel discussion |
Pictured above: Original artwork by Kaća Bradonjić. Part of the “Projections” series, inspired by Carlo Rovelli, “Space and Time (or not?) in Loop Quantum Gravity”.