Contact: rpqc2021[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jpLocation: Kyoto, Japan (online)
We are pleased to announce the online YITP-workshop, Recent Progress of Quantum Cosmology (RPQC2021), which will be held from 8-10 November 2021. This workshop is aimed at shedding light on the various developments in quantum cosmology in recent years. The workshop will mostly consist of invited talks by invited speakers and be held online on the Zoom platform. The invited speakers are leading experts in quantum cosmology and will talk about its future prospects. We hope that this workshop provides an opportunity to inspire new discussion among participants, and creates a new trend in quantum cosmology.
List of confirmed invited speakers:
Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U.)
Daniel D. Baumann (Amsterdam U.)
Martin Bojowald (Penn State U.)
Robert Brandengerger (McGill U.)
James B. Hartle (UC, Santa Barbara)
Thomas Hertog (Leuven U.)
Jean-Luc Lehners (Max Planck Inst.)
Renate Loll (Nijmegen U., IMAPP)
Yasunori Nomura (UC, Berkeley)
Patrick Peter (ILP, Paris)
Neil G. Turok (Perimeter Inst.)
Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts U.)
The registration for the workshop is now open on the website.
Organizers:
Kei-ichi Maeda (Waseda Univ.), Hiroki Matsui (YITP, Kyoto Univ.,Chair), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP, Kyoto Univ.), Atsushi Naruko (YITP, Kyoto Univ.), Karim Noui (Paris-Saclay Univ.)