QFT in AdS 2026

Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space provides a unique arena for quantum field theory and gravity. Beyond its role in the AdS/CFT correspondence: AdS acts as an “infinite volume box,” regulating infrared effects while retaining rich dynamics such as phase transitions. Its boundary structure, where the isometry group becomes the conformal group, allows strongly coupled QFTs to be probed with conformal bootstrap techniques, even away from criticality. In the flat-space limit, AdS correlators connect to S-matrix physics, and conformal defects can be naturally described as boundary conditions in AdS.

 This convergence makes AdS a natural hub for modern non-perturbative methods, linking insights from diverse communities.

• Ofer Aharony (Weizmann Institute)*

• Dean Carmi (Haifa)

• Lucia Cordova (Amsterdam)

• Miguel Correia (McGill)

• Gabriel Cuomo (NYU and Princeton)

• Fabian de Cesare (IHES)

• Lorenzo di Pietro (University of Trieste)

• Barak Gabai (EPFL)

• Simone Giombi (Princeton)

• Victor Gorbenko (EPFL)

• Aditya Hebbar (ICTP)

• Christopher Herzog (King's College)

• Zohar Komargodski (SCGP)*

• Petr Kravchuk (King's College)*

• Justin Kulp (SCGP)

• Edoardo Lauria (ENS)

• Nat Levine (Amsterdam)

• Dalimil Mazac (IPhT Saclay)

• Marco Meineri (University of Turin)

• Miguel Paulos (LPENS)

• Joao Penedones (EPFL)

• Jiaxin Qiao (EPFL)

• Veronica Sacchi (EPFL)

• Biswajit Sahoo (King's College)

• Marco Serone (SISSA)

• Tin Sulejmanpasic (Durham)

• Yuya Tanizaki (Kyoto)

• Ofri Telem (Hebew U.)

• Emilio Trevisani (CERN)

• Xiang Zhao (Saclay)

• Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN)

   *= To be confirmed 

Antonio Antunes (Ecole Normale), Christian Copetti (Oxford), Shota Komatsu (CERN), Balt van Rees (Ecole Polytechnique)