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

1 Registration

2 Welcome, Introduction

3 D. Amati: Héctor

4 N. Seiberg

5 U. Danielsson

Coffee

6 G. Altarelli

7 O.W. Greenberg

Lunch

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

Coffee

9 G. Parisi

10 B. Huberman

11 S. Ternström

12 Conference Photo

13 Inauguration of Héctor Rubinstein seminar room

FA31, outside the restaurant on third floor

Symposium Dinner (by invitation only)

Tuesday, 10 August

14 P.O. Hulth

15 E. Roulet

16 V. Berezinsky

Coffee

17 J. Adams

18 D. Grasso

19 S. Hofmann

Lunch

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

Coffee

21 E. Ortiz

22 H. Lagercrantz

Wednesday, 11 August

23 M. Fukugita

24 M. Bander

25 P. Ullio

Coffee

26 The Dark Universe - P. Gondolo, G. Raffelt, M. Milgrom, V. Mukhanov, J. Edsjö (Discussion Leader)

End of Symposium