Contact: beyondconcordance[AT]acgc.uct.ac.zaLocation: UCT Cape Town, South Africa
BEYOND CONCORDANCE MODEL II 2016
Cape Town, 28 November – 2 December 2016
www.beyondconcordance.com
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Cosmology and Gravity Group Group and the ACGC at the University of Cape Town are pleased to be hosting the 2016 edition of the Beyond Concordance Model meeting; the second edition of its kind in the meeting series. This conference series covers a broad range of topics related to Cosmology, such as inhomogenous universes, backreaction, modified gravity, early universe and observational tests. The format of the meetings encourages discussion and interaction in a relaxed atmosphere, bringing together top-leading worldwide know experts on the subjects.
The meeting will take place from 28 November – 2 December 2016 in Cape Town, a Mediterranean (equivalent to San Francisco or Vancouver in Africa) and spectacular city with two oceans coming together and Table Mountain just behind our campus. The city is quite cosmopolitan with plenty of professionals from all over the world settling here. Moreover, Cape Town lies in the winelands region, the source of many legendary Cape wines plenty of mountainous surrounds, grand heritage and sumptuous restaurants which have earned the Cape Winelands the right to call itself South Africa’s culinary capital. Sessions will be held at the upper campus of the University of Cape Town, in the residential neighbourhood of Rondebosch-Newlands and easily reachable to the vibrant city bowl district and the Waterfront and Atlantic seaboard.
Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order) include
– Jose Beltran (CPT, University of Marseille, France)
– Carsten van de Bruck (Sheffield University, UK)
– Timothy Clifton (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
– Emilio Elizalde (ICE-IEEC, Barcelona, Spain)
– Juan Garcia-Bellido (IFT-UAM, Madrid, Spain)
– Charles Hellaby (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– Julien Larena (Rhodes University, South Africa)
– Francisco Lobo (Lisbon University, CAAUL, Portugal)
– Bishop Mongwane (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– David F. Mota (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway)
– Sergei Odintsov (ICREA, Barcelona, Spain)
– Diego Saez-Gomez (Lisbon University, Portugal)
– Obinna Umeh (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
The meetings are informal and there is a minimum registration fee covering lunch, coffee and conference dinner. All participants wishing to give a talk about their work will be able to do so by submitting a title and abstract when they register by the 15th of September 2016.
The number of participants is limited to 60, so early registration is advised. Please note that there is a limited amount of funding to support the participation of students. Applications for grants must be submitted during registration by 15th of July 2016, with preference to students with limited funding possibilities. Registration and all other logistical information is accessible via the conference website, www.beyondconcordance.com
We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town,
THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC):
Alvaro de la Cruz Dombriz
Peter K. S. Dunsby
Julien Larena
Lorenzo Reverberi
E-mail: beyondconcordance[AT]acgc.uct.ac.za
www.beyondconcordance.com