Smr 1745 - Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics - PROGRAMME

[Sain Rosanna, ICTP - Trieste]

SPRING SCHOOL ON SUPERSTRING THEORY AND RELATED TOPICS
27 March - 4 April 2006

P R E L I M I N A R Y     P R O G R A M M E

VENUE: MAIN LECTURE HALL (MAIN BUILDING)

Monday, 27 March 2006
  8:15 –   9:30	REGISTRATION IN LOBBY (MAIN BUILDING)
  9:30 –   9:45	Opening by K.R. SREENIVASAN, Director of the ICTP
  9:45 – 10:45	N. BEISERT (Princeton University) - Lecture I
			Integrability in AdS/CFT
11:15 – 12:15	F. DENEF (Katholieke Univ., Leuven) - Lecture I
			The string theory landscape: theory and applications
12:15 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	A. STROMINGER (Harvard University)- Lecture I
			New developments in black hole attractors
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session

Tuesday, 28 March 2006
   9:00 – 10:00	N. BEISERT - Lecture II
10:15 – 11:15	I. ANTONIADIS (CERN) - Lecture I
			Phenomenological aspects of string theory
11:30 – 12:30	F. DENEF - Lecture II
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	A. STROMINGER - Lecture II
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session
17:30			RECEPTION
			Main Building Cafeteria

Wednesday, 29 March 2006
9:00 – 10:00	N. BEISERT - Lecture III
10:15 – 11:15	I. ANTONIADIS (CERN) - Lecture II
11:30 – 12:30	F. DENEF - Lecture III
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	A. STROMINGER - Lecture III
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session

Thursday, 30 March 2006
10:15 – 11:15	N. BEISERT - Lecture IV
11:30 – 12:30	I. ANTONIADIS - Lecture III
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	C. BEASLEY (Harvard University) - Lecture I
			Worldsheet instanton effects in heterotic Calabi-Yau 
compactifications
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session

Friday, 31 March 2006
9:00 – 10:00	B. ZWIEBACH (MIT) - Lecture I
			-- To be announced --
10:15 – 11:15	I. ANTONIADIS - Lecture IV
11:30 – 12:30	C. BEASLEY - Lecture II
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	B. ZWIEBACH - Lecture II
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session

Saturday, 1 April 2006
   9:00 – 10:00	B. ZWIEBACH - Lecture III
10:15 – 11:15	C. BEASLEY - Lecture III
11:30 – 12:30	B. ZWIEBACH - Lecture IV

Monday, 3 April 2006
   9:00 – 10:00	C. BEASLEY - Lecture IV
10:15 – 11:15	D. MARTELLI (CERN) - Lecture I
			Sasaki-Einstein geometry and the AdS/CFT correspondence
11:30 – 12:30	H. OOGURI (Caltech) - Lecture I
			-- To be announced --
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30	D. MARTELLI - Lecture II
15:45 – 16:45	Discussion Session

Tuesday, 4 April 2006
9:00 – 10:00	D. MARTELLI - Lecture III
10:15 – 11:15	H. OOGURI - Lecture II
11:30 – 12:30	D. MARTELLI - Lecture IV