IPMU focus week on string cosmology

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Location:  Kashiwa, Japan

We project a workshop on string cosmology just after the COSMO/CosPa 2010 conference. Covered topics include stringy inflation models, string phenomenology, and various theoretical approaches to string cosmology. The daily schedule will include a few presentations and plenty of time for informal discussions.

Dates: October 4-8, 2010
Place: Lecture Hall, IPMU, University of Tokyo, Japan

Organizers:
* Robert Brandenberger (McGill)
* Shinji Mukohyama (IPMU)
* Fuminobu Takahashi (IPMU)

Confirmed invited speakers:
* Daniel Baumann (IAS)
* Robert Brandenberger (McGill)
* Kiwoon Choi (KAIST)
* Sumit R. Das (Kentucky)
* Elias Kiritsis (Crete)
* Tatsuo Kobayashi (Kyoto)
* Gary Shiu (Wisconsin)
* Kostas Skenderis (Amsterdam)

Contributed talk:
Those who wish to apply for a contributed talk are requested to send the title and abstract to the registration form before July 30, 2010 (JST): http://regist.ipmu.jp/fw2010oct/

Registration:
If you would like to attend, please register on-line: http://regist.ipmu.jp/fw2010oct/

Registration Deadline:
July 30, 2010.