The first week will consist of pedagogical lectures designed to introduce participants to several central themes underlying current research in the field. These lectures aim to make the workshop accessible to students and researchers entering the area, while also providing a common foundation for later discussions. The topics are:
Quantum Gravity in de Sitter space: Sandip Trivedi (TIFR)
Closed Universes vs AdS/CFT: Pratik Rath (TIFR)
Quantum Reference Frames: Anne-Catherine de la Hamette (ETH Zurich)
Non-isometric Codes and the Gravitational Path Integral: Chris Akers (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Large N von Neumann algebras in Quantum Gravity: Gautam Satishchandran (Princeton University)
Students will be housed in institute accommodation.