DAY 1, Mon. Aug. 15th
| 08:45 – Introduction |
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| 09:00 – Specialized Session: THEORETICAL QUANTUM GRAVITY I | |
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| William G. Unruh | 30 min. |
| Philip Stamp | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| Clifford Cheung | 30 min. |
| Julio Parra-Martinez | 30 min. |
| Discussion | 40 min. |
| 12:00 – Mid-day BREAK & Informal Discussion |
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| 13:40 – Specialized Session: THEORETICAL QUANTUM GRAVITY II | |
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| Abhay Ashtekar | 40 min. |
| Steven B. Giddings | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| John F. Donoghue | 30 min. |
| Steve Carlip | 30 min. |
| Discussion | 50 min. |
| 17:00 – Free Time |
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DAY 2, Tue. Aug. 16th
| 09:00 – Specialized Session: DIVERSE THEMES | |
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| K. Birgitta Whaley | 30 min. |
| Michael Wright | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| Anatoly Svidzinsky | 30 min. |
| Renate Loll | 30 min. |
| Discussion | 50 min. |
| 12:10 – Mid-day BREAK & Informal Discussion |
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| 14:00 – Specialized Session: QUANTUM COSMOLOGY | |
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| Alexander Vilenkin | 30 min. |
| Gary Hinshaw | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| Informal debate: key issues in cosmology | 30 min. |
| Discussion | 60 min. |
| 16:50 – Free Time |
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DAY 3, Wed. Aug. 17th (Keynote Day)
| 08:00 – Registration Opens, Foyer, Westin Bayshore Hotel |
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| 09:00 – Opening of Inaugural Quantum Gravity Society Conference |
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| 09:10 – Plenary Session 1: BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE |
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| Moderated by: William G. Unruh |
| Viatcheslav Mukhanov – Theoretical Physicist and Cosmologist, University of Munich |
| Suzanne T. Staggs – Experimental Cosmologist, Princeton University |
| 10:15 – Plenary Session 2: THE BLACK HOLE STORY |
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| Peter Galison – Historian and Philosopher of Science, Harvard University |
| 10:45 – Refreshments |
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| 11:00 – Plenary Session 3: STORY OF THE UNIVERSE |
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| Moderated by: William G. Unruh |
| P.J.E. Peebles – 2019 Nobel Laureate, Princeton University |
| Baron Martin Rees – Cosmologist and Astrophysicist, University of Cambridge (via Zoom) |
| Sir Roger Penrose – 2020 Nobel Laureate, University of Oxford (via Zoom) |
| 12:15 – BREAK |
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| 12:30 – VIP Lunch Session: QUANTUM GRAVITY – WHY SHOULD WE CARE? (Luncheon ticket holders) |
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| Fireside Chat with QGS Founders |
| Remarks by Kip S. Thorne (2017 Nobel Laureate, Executive Producer of blockbuster film “Interstellar”), P.J.E. Peebles (2019 Nobel Laureate), and others |
| Location: Grand Ballroom |
| 13:15 – Informal Debate: QUANTUM GRAVITY – WHY SHOULD WE CARE? (All registrants) |
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| Speakers: Kip S. Thorne, P.J.E. Peebles, Philip Stamp, and others |
| 14:15 – BREAK |
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| 14:30 – Plenary Session 4: THEORY & EXPERIMENT |
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| Moderated by: Philip Stamp |
| Markus Aspelmeyer – Experimental Physicist, Quantum Optics and Optomechanics Leader, University of Vienna |
| Sir Roger Penrose – 2020 Nobel Laureate, University of Oxford (via Zoom) |
| 15:30 – Refreshments |
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| 15:45 – Plenary Session 5: QUANTUM GRAVITY & TIME TRAVEL |
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| Moderated by: Philip Stamp |
| Kip S. Thorne – 2017 Nobel Laureate, Executive Producer of blockbuster film “Interstellar” |
| 16:30 – Public Discussion/Debate |
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| 17:20 – Free Time |
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DAY 4, Thu. Aug. 18th
| 09:00 – Specialized Session: THEORETICAL QUANTUM GRAVITY III | |
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| Robert M. Wald | 40 min. |
| Daniel Carney | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| Yanbei Chen | 30 min. |
| Jordan Wilson-Gerow | 30 min. |
| Discussion | 40 min. |
| 12:40 – Mid-day BREAK |
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| 14:00 – Specialized Session: EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM GRAVITY | |
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| Hendrik Ulbricht | 30 min. |
| Rana Adhikari | 30 min. |
| BREAK | 20 min. |
| Mark A. Kasevich | 30 min. |
| 15:50 – General Discussion (on all topics) |
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| 17:00 – Private Reception, with Musicians |
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Day 5, Fri. Aug. 19th
| 09:00 – Discussion/Debate/Wrap-Up Session |
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| This will take the form of a panel discussion, with participation of audience and possibly some external Zoom participants. It will be loose in structure. There will be presentations by several people. |
| 11:30 – END OF MEETING |
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| Other activities T.B.A. |
