Contact: gravity2027resceu[AT]gmail.comLocation: Tokyo, Japan
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the international symposium “Gravity 2027: RESCEU International Symposium on Quantum Aspects of Gravity,” which will be held on February 15-19, 2027, at the Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, Japan.
For detailed information, including registration, please visit:
https://www.resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/symposium/gravity2027/index.html
The aim of the symposium is to foster comprehensive and in-depth discussions on the rapidly expanding frontiers of gravitational physics. The program will cover a wide spectrum of topics related to quantum aspects of gravity, including string/quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, quantum field theory in curved spacetime, inflationary quantum fluctuations, quantum effects on gravity experiments, and so on.
Invited Speakers:
Daniel Baumann (LeCosPA/Cambridge)
Luca Buoninfante (IGFAE)
Cedric Deffayet (ENS Paris)
Claudia de Rham (Imperial College London/Salam Centre)
Roberto Emparan (ICREA and Barcelona U.)
Gregory Gabadadze (Simons Foundation/NYU)
Ruth Gregory (King’s College London)
Sugumi Kanno (Kyushu)
Renate Loll (Radboud U., Nijmegen)
Dieter Luest (LMU, Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)
Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU)
Lisa Randall (Harvard)*
Gary Shiu (Wisconsin-Madison)
Yuko Urakawa (KEK)
Masahito Yamazaki (IPMU)
Additional invited speakers to be announced.
* To be confirmed.
Important Deadlines:
November 15, 2026: Registration deadline for those who wish to give a presentation or request visa support
November 30, 2026: Payment deadline for those who request visa support
December 31, 2026: Registration deadline for participation only
January 15, 2027: Payment deadline for those who do not request visa support
All deadlines are in Japan Standard Time (JST).
Local Organizing Committee:
Simran Arora (KCGI/YITP), Tomohiro Fujita (Ochanomizu), Anamaria Hell (IPMU), Vikramaditya Mondal (YITP), Shinji Mukohyama (RESCEU/YITP; Chair), Kota Numajiri (YITP), Alexandre Pombo (RESCEU), Masroor C. Pookkillath (Waseda U.), Sergi Sirera (RESCEU), Kazufumi Takahashi (RESCEU; Scientific Secretary), Jun’ichi Yokoyama (IPMU/RESCEU)
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Katsuki Aoki (Saitama U.), Antonio De Felice (YITP), Francesco Di Filippo (Goethe U.), Mohammad Ali Gorji (IBS), Shinji Mukohyama (RESCEU/YITP), Naritaka Oshita (Kindai U.), Masroor C. Pookkillath (Waseda U.), Kazufumi Takahashi (RESCEU), Masahide Yamaguchi (IBS), Jun’ichi Yokoyama (IPMU/RESCEU)