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Showcase Conference Schedule
DATE: |
Wed, May 11, 2005 |
VENUE: First
Nations
Longhouse (UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
1530-1730 |
Registration |
|
1800-1930 |
Free Time (Dinner) |
|
1930-2130 |
PUBLIC LECTURE Prof G 't Hooft |
Title: The Universe inside an Atom
This lecture is addressed to the general public.
It is strongly recommended that one arrive well before 7:30 pm.
VENUE: IRC Woodward Lecture
Room
2 |
DATE: |
Thurs, May 12, 2005 |
VENUE: First
Nations
Longhouse (UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
0830-0920 |
Registration |
|
0920-0930 |
PCE Stamp |
Introductory Remarks |
0930-1000 |
M Piper (President, UBC) |
Opening Welcome Address |
1000-1030 |
WG Unruh |
Black Holes/Dumb Holes: Condensed Matter Analogues |
1035-1100 |
Refreshments |
|
1100-1130 |
Y Imry |
Quantum Noise: New Aspects of the Casimir Effect |
1135-1205 |
F Raab |
The Status of Gravitational Wave Detection |
1200-1330 |
Free Time (Lunch) |
|
1330-1400 |
G Kotliar |
The Mott Transition |
1405-1435 |
N Nagaosa |
Berry Phases in Optics and Solids |
1440-1510 |
S John |
Photonic Band Gap Materials: Engineering Light |
1515-1530 |
Refreshments |
|
1530-1615 |
Conversation Break |
|
1615-1645 |
G 't Hooft |
Holographic Mapping of the Standard Model onto a
Black Hole Horizon |
1650-1720 |
G Milburn |
Relational Time and Intrinsic Decoherence |
1725-1755 |
M White |
A Cosmology Overview |
DATE: |
Fri, May 13, 2005 |
VENUE: First
Nations
Longhouse (UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
0900-0930 |
J Schwarz |
String Theory: Past, Present and Future |
0935-1005 |
L Randall |
Relaxing to 3 Dimensions |
1010-1030 |
Refreshments |
|
1030-1200 |
1rst Panel Discussion: The Theory of
Everything? |
Interlocutor: S Shenker Panel Members:
Prof Gerard 't Hooft (Royal Dutch Academy)
Prof Lisa Randall (Harvard)
Prof John Schwarz (Caltech)
Prof Bill Unruh (UBC)
Prof Robert Wald (Chicago)
|
1200-1330 |
Free Time (Lunch) |
|
1330-1400 |
R Wald |
Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime |
1405-1435 |
J Cardy |
Fractal Geometry of Critical Phenomena |
1440-1510 |
SC Zhang |
Intrinsic and Quantized Spin Hall Effects |
1515-1530 |
Refreshments |
|
1530-1615 |
Conversation Break |
|
1615-1645 |
G Aeppli |
Quantum Phase Transitions |
1650-1720 |
PB Wiegmann |
Dispersive Hydrodynamics of Degenerate Quantum
Systems |
1725-1755 |
S Shenker |
Emergent Quantum Gravity |
1800-1930 |
Free Time (Dinner) |
|
1930-2130 |
PUBLIC LECTURE Prof PCW Davies |
Title: Did Life on Earth Come From Mars?
This lecture is addressed to the general public.
It is strongly recommended that one arrive well before 7:30 pm.
VENUE: IRC Woodward Lecture
Room
2 |
DATE: |
Sat, May 14, 2005 |
VENUE: First
Nations
Longhouse (UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
0900-0930 |
RW Clark |
Science and
Technology Emerging from Quantum Computer Research |
0935-1005 |
H Ooguri |
Baby Universes in Quantum Gravity |
1010-1030 |
Refreshments |
|
1030-1200 |
2nd Panel Discussion: Quantum
Mechanics: Dreams and Reality |
Interlocutor: GA Sawatzky Panel Members:
Prof Gabe Aeppli (London Centre for
Nanotechnology)
Prof Bob Clark (Sydney)
Prof Gerard Milburn (Queensland)
Prof Hari Manoharan (Stanford)
Prof Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech)
|
1200-1330 |
Free Time (Lunch) |
|
1330-1400 |
H Manoharan |
Manipulation of Matter at the Spatial Limit |
1405-1435 |
T Eguchi |
Boundary States and Modular Bootstrap in CFT |
1440-1510 |
KA Moler |
Motion of a Single Quantum Vortex |
1515-1530 |
Refreshments |
|
1530-1615 |
Conversation Break |
|
1615-1645 |
DD Osheroff |
Stabilizing a
New Phase of Superfluid He-3 |
1650-1720 |
BL Spivak |
Intermediate
Phases of the 2-Dimensional Electron Fluid |
1725-1755 |
M Rho |
New States of
Strongly-Interacting Astrophysical Matter |
1800-1900 |
Conversation Break |
|
1900-2230 |
CONFERENCE BANQUET + Borealis String Quartet |
Green College, UBC |
DATE: |
Sun, May 15, 2005 |
VENUE: First
Nations
Longhouse (UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
0900-0930 |
RW Myers |
Cosmic Superstrings |
0935-1005 |
IK Affleck |
Boundary Conformal Field Theory and Non-Fermi
Liquid Nanodevices |
1010-1030 |
Refreshments |
|
1030-1200 |
3rd Panel Discussion: What are the
Fundamental Questions of Physics? |
Interlocutor: PCE Stamp Panel Members:
Prof Phil Anderson (Princeton)
Prof Paul Davies (Sydney)
Prof Kathryn Moler (Stanford)
Prof Mannque Rho (Saclay)
Prof Lenny Susskind (Stanford)
|
1200-1320 |
Free Time (Lunch) |
|
1320-1350 |
AH MacDonald |
Bose-Einstein Condensation of Excitions in Quantum Hall
Systems |
1355-1425 |
AM Tremblay |
Theory with no Small Parameter: The Hubbard Model |
1430-1500 |
D Friedan |
Entropy Flow in Near-Critical Quantum Circuits |
1505-1535 |
D Goldhaber-Gordon |
Electrons in Semiconductor Nanostructures |
1540-1800 |
Free Time |
|
1800-1930 |
Free Time (Dinner) |
|
1930-2130 |
PUBLIC LECTURE Prof M Chan |
Title: Einstein's Legacy in Low-Temperature Physics:
Superfluids and Supersolids
This lecture is addressed to the general public.
It is strongly recommended that one arrive well before 7:30 pm.
VENUE: IRC Woodward Lecture
Room
2 |
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Monday morning session is a JOINT SESSION between
the Showcase Conference and the Emergence Workshop.
The Emergence Workshop continues until lunchtime of Wednesday,
18 May 2005.
DATE: |
Mon, May 16, 2005 |
VENUE: SUB
Auditorium
(UBC) |
TIME |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TITLE/DETAILS |
0845-0900 |
PCE Stamp |
Emergence Workshop: Opening Remarks |
0900-0940 |
PW Anderson |
Emergence and the Theory of Everything |
0945-1025 |
L Susskind |
The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of
Intelligent Design |
1030-1045 |
Refreshments |
|
1045-1125 |
FDM Haldane |
Berry's Phase and the Quantum Geometry of the Fermi
Surface |
1130-1230 |
Discussion Session |
|
1230-1240 |
GA Sawatzky |
Showcase: Closing Remarks |
1240-1400 |
Free Time (Lunch) |
|
End of Showcase Conference.
For those attending the Emergence Workshop until Wed 18 May,
please see separate notice for this workshop (the schedule for the Emergence workshop
is available). All those who
attended Showcase are welcome to stay on at the Emergence
Workshop.
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