The 32nd Johns Hopkins Workshop
Perspectives in String Theory
May 28 - May 31, 2008
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Format:
* keynote speakers overview central issues and future prospects in string theory
* open space and time for brainstorming discussions among speakers and invitees
* participation restricted, by invitation only (for invitation, contact jhw.seoul@gmail.com)
Speakers: (partial list)
N. Berkovits (Sao Paolo) Covariant Superstring Quantization
L. Brink (Goteborg) E7(7) and E8(8) on the Light-Cone
R. Casabuoni (Galileo Galilei Inst.) QCD at Finite Density for String Theorist
M. Douglas (Rutgers & Stonybrook) Landscape & Predictability
A. Hebecker (Heidelberg) Overview of Type IIB Phenomenology and Cosmology
M. Henneaux (Solvay & Bruxelles) Hidden Symmetries & E10 / E11
D. Kutasov (Chicago) Branes and Gauge Theory Dynamics
E. Rabinovici (Jerusalem) Issues in Black Holes in String Theory
A. Sagnotti (ENS-Pisa) The High-Spin Challenges
K. Skenderis (Amsterdam) Issues in Gauge-Gravity Duality
M. Staudacher (AEI-Potsdam) Challenges in Integrability of AdS/CFT
S. Sugimoto (IPMU-Tokyo) Perspectives in Holographic QCD
P. Bantay (Budapest) Vector-Valued Modular Forms in String Theory
R. Casalbuoni (Galileo Galilei) Overview of Finite Density QCD for String Theorists
M. Cederwall (Goteborg) Pure Spinor, Supersymmetry and U-duality
J. Gomis (Perimeter) Nonlocal Observables in Gauge/String Theories
M.J. Perry (Cambridge) Duality Symmetries of String Theory in Two Dimensions
L. Baulieu (Paris) Twisted Superspace and Shadow Fields
R. von Unge (Brno) Generalized Geometry in String Theory
Stefania De Curtis (Florence)
Gabor Domokos (Johns Hopkins)
Susan Kovesi-Domokos (Johns Hopkins)
Paul MacFadden (Amsterdam)
Giusseppe Policastro (ENS Paris)
Martin Wijnholt (AEI, Potsdam)
Linus Wulff (Uppsala Univ)
Local Organizing Team
Changrim Ahn, Dongsu Bak, Soo-Jong Rey
Takao Suyama, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hossein Yavartanoo
The Johns Hopkins Workshop is organized by Eotvos University (Hungary), University of Florence (Italy), Goteborg University (Sweden), Heidelberg University (Germany), Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Seoul National University (Korea).
This workshop is supported by Seoul National University, Center for Theoretical Physics, Ewha Woman University, Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP), 6th EU-FP "Superstring Theory" and "UniverseNet", BK21 Korea, KRF and KICOS.
