Conference: “Space Time Matrices” from 25 to 27 February 2019

On 25-27 February 2019, a conference on “Space Time Matrices” will be organised by Thibault Damour, Jens Hoppe and Maxim Kontsevich at IHES.

Large-N limits of matrix models have been proposed as a way of describing the structure of Space and Time.

The conference will review these models that may bring a new light on trying to reconcile Gravity and the Quantum.

Invited speakers are : Joakim Arnlind (Linköping University), Niklas Beisert (ETH Zürich), Martin Bordemann (UHA), Alain Connes (Collège de France – IHES),  Jürg Fröhlich (ETH Zürich), Antal Jevicki (Brown University), Hikaru Kawai (Kyoto University), Douglas Lundholm (KTH), Maxim Kontsevich (IHES), Denjoe O’Connor (DIAS), Harold Steinacker (University of Vienna), Asato Tsuchiya (Shizuoka University), Teoman Turgut (Boğaziçi University) et Piljin YI (KIAS).

For information and registration, please visit the conference webpage.