TUESDAY 29  MAY - WORKSHOP "Knots and Vortons"

SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK
10:00-10:40 M. Volkov Research project `Knots and Vortons': goals and results.
10:40-11:20 B. Carter Vortonic solitons, the thin ring limit
11:20-11:40
COFFEE
11:40-12:20 P. Shellard On the origin and stability of vortons
12:20-12:50 B. Hartmann Search for stationary vortons
12:50-14:30
LUNCH
14:30-14:50 X.Martin Looking for stationary vortons
14:50-15:30 J. Hietarinta Faddev-Hopf knots and the two-component Ginzburg-Landau model
15:30-15:55 M. Schmid Anomalous Abelian Solitons
15:55-16:10 G. Garaud Stability of Superconducting Semilocal Strings
16:10-16:30
COFFEE
16:30-17:10 W. Zakrzewski Solitons and other extended structures in inhomogeneus media
17:10-17:50 P. Sutcliffe Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model

 
WEDNESDAY 30  MAY - CONFERENCE

SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK
10:00-10:05 Opening
10:05-10:50 T. Kibble Kinematics of string junctions
10:50-11:35 A. Achucarro Semilocal String Networks
11:35-12:05
COFFEE
12:05-12:50 Y.Verbin Sigma Model Q-balls and Q-stars
12:50-14:45
LUNCH
14:45-15:00 C.Charmousis t.b.a.
15:00-15:35 D. Langlois Anisotropic brane cosmology
15:35-16:10 R. Durrer The Dynamical Casimir Effect in Braneworlds
16:10-16:30
COFFEE
16:30-17:00 C. Deffayet Cosmological vDVZ (dis)continuity
17:00-17:30 R. Battye Elastic dark energy
17:30-18:00 J.Urrestilla CMB predictions from cosmic strings

 
THURSDAY 31  MAY - CONFERENCE

SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK
10:00-10:45 T. Damour Chaos and Symmetry in String Cosmology
10:45-11:30 R. Gregory The Geometry of Cosmology
11:30-12:00
COFFEE
12:00-12:45 B. Julia The power of dualities
12:45-13:30 C. Bachas Solution-generating symmetries of string theory
13:30-15:00
LUNCH
15:00-19:00
EXCURSION TO AMBOISE

 
FRIDAY 1  JUNE - CONFERENCE

SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK
10:00-10:45 V. Frolov Hidden Symmetries and Separations of Variables in Higher Dimensional Black Holes
10:45-11:30 J. Kunz Rotating black holes in higher dimensions
11:30-12:00
COFFEE
12:00-12:45 T. Jacobson Lorentz violation and black hole thermodynamics
12:45-15:00
LUNCH
15:00-15:35 P. Hogan Light-Like Signals in General Relativity
15:35-16:10 R. Balbinot Extremal versus non extremal black holes
16:10-16:30
COFFEE
16:30-17:05 E. Poisson The gravitational self-force
17:05-17:50 W. Israel t.b.a.