Contact: neb19conference[AT]gmail.comLocation: Athens, Greece
The 19th NEB conference on “Recent Developments in Gravity” will be held in Athens, Greece, from the 1st to the 4th of July 2020. NEB19 is an international conference devoted to all aspects of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, which is organized every two years by the Hellenic Society for Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology. A list of previous conferences in the NEB series can be found at http://www.hsrgc.gr/activities.html.
The website of the conference is https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 and the final registration deadline is March 31st, 2020.
NEB19 will focus on recent developments in several areas: gravitational waves, relativistic astrophysics, alternative theories of gravity, mathematical relativity, relativistic cosmology and quantum gravity.
The venue of the conference is the conference center of the Eugenides Foundation, near the coastal line of Faliro (located a few km south of the center of Athens).
The list of invited plenary speakers includes:
E. Berti (Johns Hopkins) E. Gourgoulhon (Meudon) R. Gregory (Durham) M. Dafermos (Cambridge/Princeton) S. Katsanevas (EGO-VIRGO) K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen) E. Plionis (NOA, Athens) D. Psaltis (Arizona) Th. Sotiriou (Nottingham) M. Sakellariadou (King’s College) S. Weinfurtner (Nottingham)
The invited plenary session speakers include:
A. Gravitational Waves and Relativistic Astrophysics: M. Agathos (Cambridge), Th. Apostolatos (Athens), E. Barausse (SISSA), D. Doneva (Tuebingen), N. Karnesis (Paris), Ch. Markakis (Queen Mary)
B. Alternative Theories of Gravity and Cosmology: E. Babichev (Paris), S. Basilakos (Athens), G. Kofinas (Athens), L. Papantonopoulos (Athens), K. Skordis (Prague), Ch. Tsagas (Thessaloniki), S. Yazadjiev (Sofia),
C. Mathematical Relativity and Quantum Gravity: Th. Christodoulakis (Athens), L. Glaser (Vienna, TBC), (additional speakers TBA) We welcome the submission of abstracts for talks in the parallel sessions and for the poster session.
We are looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Athens in July!
With our best regards,
The Organizing Committee
Ch. Charmousis (CNRS – University Paris-Saclay) G. Pappas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) E. Saridakis (NTUA, Athens) N. Stergioulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) A. Zoupas (University of Thessaly)