Program

A printable version of the program can be downloaded here. The abstract of the talks can be found here.

The timetable is in CEST (UTC+2)

Day 1 (September 27)

Classical aspects of black holes

Session 1

Chair: Francesco Di Filippo

12.30-12.50 (20’): Opening remarks

12:50-13:30 (40’): Roger Penrose

13:30-14:10 (40’): Harvey Reall

14:10-14:50 (40’): Saul Teukolsky

10 mins break

15:00-15:30 (30’): Discussion session


Session 2

Chair: Raul Carballo-Rubio

16:30-17:10 (40’): Eric Poisson

17:10-17:50 (40’): Robert Wald

17:50-18:30 (40’): Richard Brito

10 mins break

18:40-19:10 (30’): Discussion session


Session 3

19:30-20:45 (75’): Poster Session

15 mins break

Chair: Matt Visser

• 21:00-21:40 (40’): Roy Kerr

• 21:40-22:10 (30’): Discussion session

Day 2 (September 28)

Testing the black-hole paradigm:
theory, phenomenology and observations

Session 1

Chair: Richard Brito

13:00-13:40 (40’): Reinhard Genzel

13:40-14:20 (40’): Alessandra Buonanno

14:20-15:00 (40’): Misao Sasaki

10 mins break

15:10-15:40 (30’): Discussion session

Session 2

Chair: Stefano Liberati

16:40-17:20 (40’): Luciano Rezzolla

17:20-18:00 (40’): Samaya Nissanke

18:00-18:40 (40’): Silke Weinfurtner

10 mins break

18:50-19:20 (30’): Discussion session

Day 3 (September 29)

Black holes beyond general relativity

Session 1

Chair: Niayesh Afshordi

13:00-13:40 (40’): Paolo Pani

13:40-14:20 (40’): Carlos Barceló

14:20-15:00 (40’): Enrico Barausse

10 mins break

15:10-15:40 (30’): Discussion session


Session 2

Chair: Luca Buoninfante

16:40-17:20 (40’): Astrid Eichhorn

17:20-18:00 (40’): Thomas Sotiriou

18:00-18:40 (40’): Bob Holdom

10 mins break

18:50-19:20 (30’): Discussion session

Day 4 (September 30)

Best Posters &
Quantum gravity and black-hole structure

Session 1 (Best Posters)

Chair: Masahide Yamaguchi

13:00-13:40 (40’): Naritaka Oshita

13:40-14:20 (40’): Costantino Pacilio

5 mins break

14:25-15:05 (40’): Alejandro Cardenas Avendano

15:05-15:45 (40’): João Rosa


Session 2

Chair: Luis J. Garay

16:40-17:20 (40’): Jorge Pullin

17:20-18:00 (40’): Stefano Liberati

18:00-18:40 (40’): Alessia Platania

10 mins break

18:50-19:20 (30’): Discussion session

Day 5 (October 1)

Hawking radiation and information paradox

Session 1

Chair: Shinji Mukohyama

13:00-13:40 (40’): Malcolm Perry

13:40-14:20 (40’): Samir Mathur

14:20-15:00 (40’): Jeff Steinhauer

10 mins break

15:10-15:40 (30’): Discussion session

Session 2

Chair: Don Page

16:40-17:20 (40’): Gia Dvali

17:20-18:00 (40’): Thomas Hartmann

18:00-18:40 (40’): Steven Giddings

10 mins break

18:50-19:20 (30’): Discussion session


Chair: Organizers

19:20-19:50 (30’): Final Discussion Session with all the Speakers

19:50-20:00 (10’): Concluding remarks and outlook