Quarks, Strings and the Cosmos - Héctor Rubinstein Memorial Symposium

9 Aug 2010, 09:00 → 11 Aug 2010, 19:00 Europe/Stockholm

FD4 (AlbaNova)

This Symposium commemorates the life and science of Héctor Rubinstein (1933-2009). There will be invited talks covering the history and recent developments in QCD, string theory and astroparticle physics, as well as a session on electronic publishing. Participation is by invitation only, no registration fee. We are grateful for support from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics, the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics at Stockholm University, NORDITA, the Arnold Sommerfeld Center LUM, Munich, SISSA Medialab, Trieste.

NEW. The conference group photo and other photos from the conference are now available.

International Advisory Committee: D. Amati, L. Brink, B. Huberman, V. Mukhanov, A. Schwimmer, and G. Veneziano.

Local organizing Committee: L. Bergstrom (chair), E. Aurell, U. Danielsson, J. Edsjo, A. Goobar, T.H. Hansson, P.O. Hulth, R. Liotta, E. Mortsell, and L. Thorlacius.

Monday 9 August

08:00 → 09:00 Registration

09:00 → 09:05 Welcome, Introduction

09:05 → 09:30 D. Amati: Héctor

09:30 → 10:15 N. Seiberg

10:15 → 10:35 U. Danielsson

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 11:45 G. Altarelli

11:45 → 12:15 O.W. Greenberg

12:15 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 15:45 From strong interactions to strings, and back - H. Lipkin, G. Veneziano, P. di Vecchia, M. Virasoro, E. Rabinovici, D. Zwanziger, A. Schwimmer (Discussion Leader)

15:45 → 16:10 Coffee

16:10 → 16:55 G. Parisi

16:55 → 17:25 B. Huberman

17:25 → 17:55 S. Ternström

18:15 → 18:30 Conference Photo

18:30 → 19:00 Inauguration of Héctor Rubinstein seminar room

FA31, outside the restaurant on third floor

19:00 → 22:00 Symposium Dinner (by invitation only)

Tuesday 10 August

09:15 → 09:45 P.O. Hulth

09:45 → 10:15 E. Roulet

10:15 → 10:45 V. Berezinsky

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee

11:15 → 11:45 J. Adams

11:45 → 12:15 D. Grasso

12:15 → 12:45 S. Hofmann

12:45 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:30 Past, present and future of scientific publishing - D. Amati, B. Huberman, M. Henneaux, V. Mukhanov, A. Goobar (Discussion Leader)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 16:30 E. Ortiz

16:30 → 17:00 H. Lagercrantz

Wednesday 11 August

09:15 → 10:00 M. Fukugita

10:00 → 10:30 M. Bander

10:30 → 11:00 P. Ullio

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 13:00 The Dark Universe - P. Gondolo, G. Raffelt, M. Milgrom, V. Mukhanov, J. Edsjö (Discussion Leader)

13:00 → 13:30 End of Symposium