Monday, May 03, 2010
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| 9:15am |
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Opening remarks |
| 9:30am |
Keith Dienes
Univ. Arizona |
Semper FI? Supercurrents, R-symmetries, and the Status of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity and String Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:10am |
Paul Langacker
IAS |
Alternatives to the GUT Seesaw[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:50am |
Joseph Marsano
Univ. Chicago |
Constraining F-theory GUTs[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:30am |
Lunch |
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| 1:30pm |
Brooks Thomas
Univ. Arizona |
String Cosmology, Z' Physics, and Large Numbers of Vacua: Explicit Models of the String-Theory Landscape[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:10pm |
Ben Dundee
OSU |
Stabilizing Moduli and Breaking SUSY in Heterotic Orbifold String Models[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:50pm |
Michael Schulz
Bryn Mawr College |
Generalized Compactification and the SU(2) WZW Model[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
James Halverson
Univ. Pennsylvania |
Instanton Effects in Semi-Realistic MSSM Quivers and F-theory[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 5:00pm |
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Wine and Cheese Reception |
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
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| 9:30am |
Michael Douglas
Stony Brook |
Questions About the String Landscape[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:10am |
Wati Taylor
MIT |
Global Aspects of the Space of 6D String Vacua[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:50am |
Paul McGuirk
UW-Madison |
Holographic Gauge Mediation with Strongly Coupled Messengers[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:30am |
Lunch |
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| 1:30pm |
Stuart Raby
OSU (leader) |
Discussion of Future Directions for the SVP[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4:00pm |
Paul Langacker
IAS |
Hunt for New Physics at the LHC (Colloquium)[Slides] |
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
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| 9:30am |
Gordy Kane
Univ. of Michigan |
String Theory, Moduli, Dark Matter, and Cosmological History[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:10am |
Piyush Kumar
UCB |
Dynamical Realization of the String Axiverse and Solution to the Strong CP Problem[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:50am |
Konstantin Bobkov
OSU |
Kaehler-Independent G2 Fluxless Vacua and their Phenomenology[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:30am |
Lunch |
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| 1:30pm |
Eric Kuflik
Univ. of Michigan |
The LSP in M-Theory[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:10pm |
Jing Shao
Syracuse |
The Implication of F-theory GUTs for LHC[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:50pm |
Timothy Renner
Baylor |
Systematic Investigations of the Free Fermionic Heterotic String Landscape at Baylor University[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:10 |
Mahdi Torabian
ICTP & Michigan |
Insights into Moduli Stabilization in M-Theory on G2[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
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Workshop Summary and Conclusion |
