Blois 2010 Program

(as of July 19, 2010)

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Opening Session chair: Jean Trân Thanh Vân
09:00 - 09:30 Jean Trân Thanh Vân (LPT, Univ. Orsay) Welcome    
09:30 - 10:00 Marc Gricourt (Mayor of Blois) Welcome    
10:00 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Latest News from the LHC (part I) chair: Boaz Klima
11:00 - 11:30 Lucio Rossi (CERN) The LHC: Performance and Plans    
11:30 - 12:00 Guido Altarelli (RomaTre/CERN) The Physics of the LHC    
12:00 - 12:30 Yves Schutz (Nantes) Recent Results from ALICE    
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at the Chateau
Latest News from the LHC (part II) chair: Karl Jakobs
14:15 - 14:45 Marjorie Shapiro ((LBL) Recent Results from ATLAS    
14:45 - 15:15 Albert De Roeck (CERN) Recent Results from CMS    
15:15 - 15:45 Andreas Schopper (CERN) Recent Results from LHCb    
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
The Standard Model (Top and Higgs) chair: Liz Simmons
16:15 - 16:45 Lisa Shabalina (Goettingen) Review of Top Quark Physics    
16:45 - 17:15 Daniela Bortoletto (Purdue) Searches for the Higgs Boson    
17:15 - 17:45 Conference Photograph
18:00 - 19:30 Visit of the Chateau de Blois
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner at the Chateau

 

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The Standard Model (QCD and EW) chair: Zonltan Kunszt
09:00 - 09:30 Nikos Varelas (UIC) Status of QCD    
09:30 - 10:00 Ashutosh Kotwal (Duke) Precision Tests of the Standard Model    
10:00 - 10:30 Christophe Grojean (CERN) Alternative Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Models    
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
The Standard Model (Heavy Flavours) chair: Victor Matveev
11:00 - 11:30 Amarjit Soni (BNL) Theoretical Review of Heavy Flavour Physics    
11:30 - 12:00 Michael Roney (Victoria) Measurements of CP Non-Violating Processes    
12:00 - 12:30 Christian Kiesling (MPI) Measurements of CP Violation Processes    
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at the Chateau
Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model chair: Bolek Pietrzyk
14:00 - 14:30 Carlos Wagner (Argonne/Chicago) Review of SUSY and Extra Dimensions    
14:30 - 15:00 Volker Buescher (Mainz) Searches for SUSY    
15:00 - 15:30 Benjamin Grinstein (UC San Diego/CERN) Strong Dynamics and New Electroweak Models    
15:30 - 16:00 Yuri Gershtein (Rutgers) Searches for Non-SUSY    
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Parallel sessions (QCD+HF, EW+Top+Higgs, BSM/DM/Astro/Cosmo, Neutrino)
16:30 - 19:30 Parallel Sessions
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner at the Chateau

 

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Excursion (Chenonceau and Clos Lucé)
   
08:00 - 12:30 Excursion to Chenonceau and Clos Lucé
   
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at the Chateau
Parallel Sessions (QCD+HF, EW+Top+Higgs, BSM/DM/Astro/Cosmo, LHC)
14:00 - 16:00 Parallel Sessions
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 19:30 Parallel Sessions
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner at the Chateau

 

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Neutrino Physics chair: Sotiris Loucatos
08:30 - 09:00 Boris Kayser (FNAL) Open Questions on Neutrino Masses, Mixings, and Cosmology  
09:00 - 09:30 Stan Wojcicki (Stanford) Neutrino Mixing: Status and Short-Term Prospects  
09:30 - 10:00 Young-Kee Kim (FNAL) Neutrino Projects at the Intensity Frontier  
10:00 - 10:30 Belen Gavela (Madrid) Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
New Developments in HEP Theory chair: Chung-I Tan
11:00 - 11:30 Matt Strassler (Rutgers) Hidden Valleys  
11:30 - 12:00 Koji Hashimoto (RIKEN) Holographic QCD and Beyond  
12:00 - 12:30 Marcela Carena (FNAL/Chicago) The Hunt for New Physics  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at the Chateau
Discussion about Physics in Vietnam chair: Boaz Klima
14:00 - 14:30 Several Speakers (TBC) Examples for Cooperation between Vietnamese Institutions and Western Ones  
14:30 - 15:00 Jean Trân Thanh Vân (LPT, Univ. Orsay) The New Science Center at Qui Nhon  
15:00 - 15:30 All Participants Discussion about the Future of Physics in Vietnam  
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Cosmology/Astrophysics (part I) chair:Trinh Xuan Thuan
16:00 - 16:30 Anze Slosar (BNL) Cosmological Parameters from Ground-Based Surveys  
16:30 - 17:00 Paolo de Bernardis (Rome) CMB Polarisation Measurements and the Planck Mission  
17:00 - 17:30 Karim Malik (London) The Quantum Origin of Cosmic Structure .
20:00 - 24:00 Cocktail and Conference Dinner at the Chateau

 

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Cosmology/Astrophysics (part II) chair: Ludwik Celnikier
09:00 - 09:30 Justin Khoury (Penn) Gravity on the Largest Scales and Cosmic Acceleration
09:30 - 10:00 Bernard Sadoulet (Berkeley) Direct Detection of Dark Matter
10:00 - 10:30 Bruno Leibundgut (ESO) From VLT to EELT
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Cosmology/Astrophysics (part III) chair: Alexander Studenikin
11:00 - 11:30 Jochen Liske (ESO) Cosmological Dynamics -- Direct Measurement of the Expansion History
11:30 - 12:00  Thomas Bauer Progress in gravitational wave astrophysics
12:00 - 12:30 Gary Hinshaw (NASA/GSFC) Recent Results from WMAP
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at the Chateau
Summary and Conclusion chair: Trân Thanh Vân
14:00 - 14:30 Rolf Heuer (CERN) An Overview of CERN
14:30 - 15:30 E Chris Quigg (FNAL) Highlights and Perspectives
15:30 - 15:45 Jean Trân Thanh Vân (LPT, Univ. Orsay) Concluding Remarks
15:45 - 16:00 End of the Conference