Name: 2015: The Spacetime Odyssey Continues
Start: 2015-06-02T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2015-06-05T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Piperska Muren, Stockholm

2015: The Spacetime Odyssey Continues

from Tuesday, June 2, 2015 (9:00 AM) to Friday, June 5, 2015 (6:00 PM)

Monday, June 1, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

9:00 AM Registration / Coffee
Registration / Coffee
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Welcome - Katherine Freese (Nordita and Stockholm University)
Welcome
- Katherine Freese (Nordita and Stockholm University)
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM Cosmology in the New Millennium - David Spergel (Princeton University)
Cosmology in the New Millennium
- David Spergel (Princeton University)
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century - Lisa Randall
Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century
- Lisa Randall
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Cosmic Microwave Background - Francois Bouchet (IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ))
Cosmic Microwave Background
- Francois Bouchet (IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ))
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Dark Energy Theory - Mark Trodden (University of Pennsylvania)
Dark Energy Theory
- Mark Trodden (University of Pennsylvania)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond - Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan)
Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond
- Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC - Pearl Sandick (University of Utah)
Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC
- Pearl Sandick (University of Utah)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Inflation - Will Kinney (University of Buffalo, the State University of New York)
Inflation
- Will Kinney (University of Buffalo, the State University of New York)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Dark Matter Theory - Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)
Dark Matter Theory
- Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Dark Matter Experiment - Bernard Sadoulet (University of California at Berkeley)
Dark Matter Experiment
- Bernard Sadoulet (University of California at Berkeley)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
7:00 PM Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
10:00 AM Future Strategy of CRESST - Leo Stodolsky (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
Future Strategy of CRESST
- Leo Stodolsky (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Highlights from the XENON dark matter search - Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)
Highlights from the XENON dark matter search
- Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter - Leszek Roszkowski
Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
- Leszek Roszkowski
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches - Graciela Gelmini (UCLA)
Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches
- Graciela Gelmini (UCLA)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana - Frank Avignone (University of South Carolina)
Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana
- Frank Avignone (University of South Carolina)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Macroscopic Dark Matter - Glenn Starkman (Case Western Reserve University)
Macroscopic Dark Matter
- Glenn Starkman (Case Western Reserve University)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Planck - Graca Rocha (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech)
Planck
- Graca Rocha (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM The International Space Station - Christer Fuglesang (KTH, Physics Department)
The International Space Station
- Christer Fuglesang (KTH, Physics Department)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond - Shirley Ho (Carnegie Mellon University)
How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond
- Shirley Ho (Carnegie Mellon University)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering - Yun Wang (IPAC, California Institute of Technology)
Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering
- Yun Wang (IPAC, California Institute of Technology)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
7:00 PM Dinner at the Grand Hotel
Dinner at the Grand Hotel
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday, June 4, 2015
10:00 AM Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse - Andy Albrecht (UC Davis)
Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse
- Andy Albrecht (UC Davis)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Particle physics beyond the Higgs - Marcela Carena (Fermilab and University of Chicago)
Particle physics beyond the Higgs
- Marcela Carena (Fermilab and University of Chicago)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime - Niels Obers (Niels Bohr Institute)
The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime
- Niels Obers (Niels Bohr Institute)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM The Initial Condition of the Universe - Laura Mersini-Houghton (UNC- Chapel Hill)
The Initial Condition of the Universe
- Laura Mersini-Houghton (UNC- Chapel Hill)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Antiproton cosmic rays: Has dark matter been detected? - Pierre Salati (LAPTh and Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc)
Antiproton cosmic rays: Has dark matter been detected?
- Pierre Salati (LAPTh and Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM From Planck scale M-theory to predictions of superpartners at LHC soon… and what about dark matter? - Gordon Kane (University of Michigan)
From Planck scale M-theory to predictions of superpartners at LHC soon… and what about dark matter?
- Gordon Kane (University of Michigan)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe - Alexander Dolgov (Novosibirsk State University)
Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe
- Alexander Dolgov (Novosibirsk State University)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Free afternoon
Free afternoon
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM

6:30 PM Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday, June 5, 2015
9:30 AM Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes - Emil Mottola (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes
- Emil Mottola (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Constraints on the birth of the universe and cosmic dark flow - Grant Mathews (Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame University)
Constraints on the birth of the universe and cosmic dark flow
- Grant Mathews (Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame University)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Neutrino Geology - Andrzej Drukier (BioTraces, Inc.)
Neutrino Geology
- Andrzej Drukier (BioTraces, Inc.)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM High Energy Cosmic Rays - Angela V Olinto (The University of Chicago)
High Energy Cosmic Rays
- Angela V Olinto (The University of Chicago)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Electroweak Baryogenesis - Kimmo Kainulainen (University of Jyvaskyla)
Electroweak Baryogenesis
- Kimmo Kainulainen (University of Jyvaskyla)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Dark Stars - Tanja Rindler-Daller (University of Michigan)
Dark Stars
- Tanja Rindler-Daller (University of Michigan)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Reionization in the Universe - Paul Shapiro (University of Texas at Austin)
Reionization in the Universe
- Paul Shapiro (University of Texas at Austin)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM The Great Collider in the Sky - Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen)
The Great Collider in the Sky
- Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science - Tony Lund
Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science
- Tony Lund
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Correlation Hunting - Frank Wilczek (MIT)
Correlation Hunting
- Frank Wilczek (MIT)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Xenon for the Future - Elena Aprile (Columbia University)
Xenon for the Future
- Elena Aprile (Columbia University)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Concluding Talk - Michael Turner (The University of Chicago)
Concluding Talk
- Michael Turner (The University of Chicago)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM End of Conference
End of Conference
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

6:00 PM Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM