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)

• Leonardo Cardinale (LPENS)

• Dean Carmi (University of Haifa)

• Adam Chalabi (University of Turin)

• Riccardo Ciccone (University of Haifa)

• Miguel Correia (McGill University)

• Lucia Cordova (University of Amsterdam)

• Gabriel Cuomo (SISSA)

• Fabiana De Cesare (University of Turin)

• Lorenzo Di Pietro (University of Trieste)

• Jonas Dujava (EPFL)

• Maddalena Ferragatta (CPHT)

• Barak Gabai (EPFL)

• Francesco Galvagno (University of Turin)

• Sudip Ghosh (University of Haifa)

• Simone Giombi (Princeton University)

• Bastien Girault (LPENS)

• Victor Gorbenko (EPFL)

• David Gutierrez (University of Turin)

• Aditya Hebbar (ICTP Trieste)

• Chris Herzog (King’s College London)

• Julius Julius (LPENS)

• Denis Karateev (University of Geneva)

• Zohar Komargodski (Stony Brook University)

• Justin Kulp (Simons Center, Stony Brook University)

• Martín Lagares (Queen Mary University of London)

• Stefano Lanza (SISSA)

• Nat Levine (University of Amsterdam)

• Manuel Loparco (University of Turin)

• Pronobesh Maity (EPFL)

• Grégoire Mathys (EPFK)

• Dalimil Mazac (IPhT Saclay)

• Marco Meineri (University of Turin)

• Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR Mumbai)

• Miguel Paulos (École Normale Supérieure Paris)

• João Penedones (EPFL)

• Alessandro Piazza (SISSA)

• Thomas Pochart (CPHT)

• Jiaxin Qiao (IPMU Tokyo)

• Junchen Rong (CPHT)

• Francesco Russo (CPHT)

• Veronica Sacchi (EPFL)

• Biswajit Sahoo (King’s College London)

• Kamran Salehi Vaziri (University of Amsterdam)

• Fiona Seibold (EPFL)

• Orr Sela (EPFL)

• Saswato Sen (OIST – Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology)

• Marco Serone (SISSA)

• Amit Sever (Tel Aviv University)

• Nika Sokolova (DESY)

• Noé Suchel (LPENS)

• Shimon Sukholuski (University of Haifa)

• Yuya Tanizaki (Kyoto University)

• Ofri Telem (Hebrew University)

• Piotr Tourkine (LAPTh)

• Emilio Trevisani (CERN)

• Ioannis Tsiares (LPENS)

• Alessandro Vichi (University of Pisa)

• Xiang Zhao (IPhT Saclay)

• Sasha Zhiboedov (CERN)

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