Workshop on New Directions in Conformal Field Theory
Description
This event will be a twinned transatlantic Workshop on New Directions in Conformal Field Theory, taking place simultaneously at two locations: the Fields Institute in Canada and Unviersity of Hamburg in Germany.
This conference will bring together communities working on two-dimensional Conformal Field Theory (CFT) from different perspectives, some of which have had only limited interactions so far. We are thinking here specifically of the communities working on the probabilistic approach to CFT, the algebraic & geometric approach to CFT, the operator algebraic approach to CFT, and the theoretical physics approach to 2d CFT.
Invited Speakers, Toronto
- Morris Ang, Columbia University
- Guillaume Baverez, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Chiara Damiolini, University of Texas at Austin
- Davide Gaiotto, Perimeter Institute
- Angela Gibney, University of Pennsylvania
- Sergei Gukov, California Institute of Technology
- David Ridout, University of Melbourne
Invited Speakers, Hamburg
- Chris Beem, University of Oxford
- Tudor Dimofte, University of Edinburgh
- Colin Guillarmou, Universite Paris-Saclay
- Trishen Gunaratnam, University of Geneva
- Jesper Jacobsen, École Normale Supérieure
- Oleg Lisovyy, Université de Tours
- Katrin Wendland, Trinity College Dublin
Invited Speakers, Remote Participation
- Mikhail Bershtein, Skoltech
- Promit Ghosal, Brandeis University
- Bin Gui, Tsinghua University
- Nina Holden, New York Univerity
- Robert McRae, Tsinghua University
Schedule
| 08:50 to 09:00 |
Opening Remarks
Deirdre Haskell, The Fields Institute and McMaster University |
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
David Ridout, University of Melbourne |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:30 to 11:15 |
Jesper Jacobsen, École Normale Supérieure Location:University of Hamburg |
| 11:15 to 11:45 |
Break
|
| 11:45 to 12:30 |
Liouville quantum gravity in probability theory
Nina Holden, New York University Location:Online |
| 12:30 to 12:35 |
Group Photos
|
| 12:35 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
Guillaume Baverez, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Short Talks
|
| 17:00 to 18:00 |
Reception
|
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Katrin Wendland, Trinity College Dublin Location:University of Hamburg |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:30 to 11:15 |
Morris Ang |
| 11:15 to 11:45 |
Break
|
| 11:45 to 12:30 |
Mikhail Bershtein, Skoltech Location:Online |
| 12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Lecture 01 | Quantum groups at generic q and Vertex Algebras
Sergei Gukov, California Institute of Technology |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30 to 16:30 |
Guillaume Baverez, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 16:30 to 17:00 |
Short Talks
|
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Tensor categories from VOAs
Robert McRae, Tsinghua University Location:Online |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:30 to 11:15 |
Davide Gaiotto, Perimeter Institute |
| 11:15 to 11:45 |
Break
|
| 11:45 to 12:30 |
Oleg Lisovyy, Université de Tours Location:University of Hamburg |
| 12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Lecture 02 | Quantum groups at generic q and Vertex Algebras
Sergei Gukov, California Institute of Technology |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30 to 16:30 |
Guillaume Baverez, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Angela Gibney, University of Pennsylvania |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:30 to 11:15 |
No Title Specified
Promit Ghosal, Brandeis University Location:Online |
| 11:15 to 11:45 |
Break
|
| 11:45 to 12:30 |
Tudor Dimofte, University of Edinburgh Location:University of Hamburg |
| 12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Lecture 03 | Quantum groups at generic q and Vertex Algebras
Sergei Gukov, California Institute of Technology |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30 to 17:00 |
Morris Ang |
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Comparison of representation categories of unitary strongly rational VOAs and their associated conformal nets
Bin Gui, Tsinghua University Location:Online |
| 09:45 to 10:15 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:15 to 11:00 |
Chiara Damiolini, University of Texas at Austin |
| 11:00 to 11:30 |
Break
|
| 11:30 to 12:15 |
Trishen Gunaratnam, University of Geneva Location:University of Hamburg |
| 12:15 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Guillaume Baverez, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30 to 17:00 |
Morris Ang |
