University of Texas at Austin
Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Building (POB), Avaya Auditorium (room 2.302)
(note: this not the physics building)
201 E 24th St
Austin, TX 78712
Hampton by Hilton Inn & Suites University/Capitol
1701 Lavaca Street
Austin, TX 78701
Please use THIS LINK to receive the group rate of $199/night (book by September 27, 2024).
Breakfast is included.
The hotel parking is quite expensive ($40/day), but there is a nearby UT parking garage (Guadalupe Garage) that we can provide parking passes for. If you are not local to Austin and might need a parking pass, please indicate it on your registration form, and we will contact you after registration closes.
We are providing boxed lunches for all registered participants on Monday, October 28.
After the meeting ends on Tuesday, October 29, participants can self-organize for lunch. Here are a few nearby suggestions:
Taco Joint (2809 San Jacinto Blvd)
Cava (2426 Guadalupe St)
Hala Bros (2712 Guadalupe St)
Black's Barbecue Austin (3110 Guadalupe St)
Sour Duck (1814 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
Salty Sow (1917 Manor Rd)
Sip Pho (512 W 29th St)
Aster's Ethiopian Restaurant (2804 N Interstate Hwy 35)
Mi Madre's Restaurant (2201 Manor Rd)
Terry Black's Barbecue (1003 Barton Springs Rd)
Tacodeli (4200 N Lamar Blvd)
Posse East (2900 Duval St)
Este (2113 Manor Rd)
We welcome workshop participants to a reception at 6:45 pm on Monday, October 28. Please join us in the lobby of Welch Hall (WEL), which is across the street/walkway from the main venue in POB. We will provide drinks (beer, wine, and nonalcoholic) and a meal catered by Torchy's.
Invited talks are either 25+5 minutes or 15+5 minutes.
Attendees are welcome to give a brief fireslide talk (i.e., talk-ito) to introduce themselves and their work. We encourage contributions from everyone: faculty, postdocs, and students! If you are interested in giving a fireslide talk, please indicate so when you register.
Volker Bromm (UT Austin)
Victor Chan (SMU)
James Dent (SHSU)
Karl Gebhardt (UT Austin)
Subhajit Ghosh (UT Austin)
Kevin Huffenberger (TAMU)
Robert Kehoe (SMU)
Ely Kovetz (Ben-Gurion University / UT Austin)
Andrew Long (Rice)
Tom Maccarone (Texas Tech)
Gabriele Montefalcone (UT Austin)
Joseph Romano (UT Rio Grande Valley)
Deepak Sathyan (TAMU)
Maria Straight (UT Austin)
Moira Venegas (Rice)
Nevin Weinberg (UT Arlington)
Heidi Wu (SMU)
Carton Zeng (TAMU)
Gilly Elor
Subhajit Ghosh
Gabriele Montefalcone
Barmak Shams Es Haghi
Maria Straight
Carolyn Dockery (admin. asst.)
Alexia Thirumalai (admin. asst.)
We gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by the Texas Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (TCCAP), which is a part of the Weinberg Institute for Theoretical Physics.