VIII ICTP-SAIFR Workshop on String Field Theory and Related Aspects

This is the 8th annual workshop on string field theory and related aspects (which in 2016 will include double field theory and topological strings) and previous workshops were held in China (2015), Italy (2014), Israel (2012), Czechia (2011), Japan (2010), Russia (2009), Germany (2008).

The School on Fundamental Aspects of String Theory precedes this workshop, and candidates may apply either for one or both activities.

More information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/wstring2016

•  Start time: May 31, 2016
• Ends on: June 3, 2016
• Location: São Paulo, Brazil
• Venue: IFT-UNESP

Organizers:

• Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR &  IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Carmen Núñez (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Martin Schnabl (Institute of Physics AS CR – Prague, Czech Republic)
• Ashoke Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute – Allahabad, India)
• Barton Zwiebach (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Invited speakers  (* to be confirmed):

• Gerardo Aldazabal (Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina)
• David Berman (Queen Mary College – U. London, UK)
• Loriano Bonora (SISSA – Trieste, Italy)
• Martin Cederwall (Chalmers University of Technology – Goteborg, Sweden)
• Ted Erler (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
• Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS – Bangalore, India)
• Olaf Hohm (Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA)
• Chris Hull (Imperial College London, UK)
• Nobuyuki Ishibashi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• Sebastian Konopka (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
• Michael Kroyter (Holon Institute of Technology, Israel)
• Hiroshi Kunitomo (Kyoto University, Japan)
• Dieter Luest (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
• Carlo Maccaferri (Turin University, Italy)
• Diego Marques (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Lionel Mason (Oxford University, UK)
• Kumar Narain (ICTP-Trieste, Italy)
• Carmen Núñez (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Yuji Okawa (University of Tokyo – Komaba, Japan)
• Ivo Sachs (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
• Martin Schnabl (Institute of Physics AS CR – Prague, Czech Republic)
• Ashoke Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute – Allahabad, India)
• Samson Shatashvili* (Trinity College – Dublin, UK)
• Tomohiko Takahashi (Nara Women’s University, Japan)
• Daniel Waldram* (Imperial College London, UK)
• Barton Zwiebach (Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA)

Application deadline: March 25, 2016