Strings and Geometry 2020
Cancelled (28. April - 1. May 2020)
Utrecht
Strings and Geometry 2020 - Cancelled
It is with great reluctance that we have decided to cancel Strings and Geometry 2020 at Utrecht University. With the on-going coronavirus crisis, we are unable to find a realistic scenario in which both the conference can proceed successfully and the safety of our participants is guaranteed. We have had a number of cancellations of our speakers and participants due to the steady stream of international travel bans being enforced and this is only expected to increase over time. Furthermore, the number of reported cases in the Netherlands is growing quickly. We very much regret to cancel the conference, but hope to welcome you in Utrecht in the future. All registration fees will be reimbursed.
We plan to host the conference in Utrecht in 2021 and look forward to welcoming you then.
We would like to draw your attention to the Strings, Cosmology and Gravity Student Conference (SCGSC) which is being held at the University of Amsterdam the week before Strings and Geometry 2020 (22. April - 24. April).
Speakers include:
- Lara Anderson (Virginia Tech)
- Federico Bonetti (Johns Hopkins)
- Andreas Braun (Durham)
- Miranda Cheng (Amsterdam)
- Mirjam Cvetic (UPenn)
- Iñaki García-Etxebarria (Durham)
- Babak Haghighat (Tsinghua)
- Jim Halverson (Northeastern)
- Jonathan Heckman (UPenn)
- Martijn Kool (Utrecht)
- Dieter Lüst (LMU & MPI Munich)
- Fernando Marchesano (Madrid)
- Dario Martelli (Turin)
- David Morrison (UC Santa Barbara)
- Eran Palti (MPI Munich and Ben Gurion)
- Shlomo Razamat (Technion)
- Fabian Ruehle (CERN & Oxford)
- Sakura Schäfer-Nameki (Oxford)
- Thorsten Schimannek (Vienna)
- Washington Taylor (MIT)
- Alessandro Tomasiello (Milano Bicocca)
- Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)
- Timo Weigand (Mainz)
Conference fee and dinner costs:
The conference fee is 50 Euros. The costs for the conference dinner is 50 Euros per person. This also holds for additional guests joining conference participants. The conference fee and dinner have to be paid via credit card with the online registration. Please contact us in case you experience any problems with the registration or payment.
Conference Location
The conference will be held at;
Servaasbolwerk 1a
3512 NK Utrecht
Local organizers:
- Brice Bastian
- Christopher Couzens
- Nava Gaddam
- Thomas Grimm
- Damian van de Heisteeg
- Huibert het Lam
- Chongchuo Li
- Eric Marcus
- Kilian Mayer
- Stefan Vandoren
Contact information
Email: stringsandgeometry2020@gmail.com
Chair of organizing committee: Thomas Grimm