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Europe/Rome 2020-06-08 14:00:00 2020-06-12 18:00:00 Workshop On Fundamental Aspects of String Theory - Week 2 2020 Workshop on String Field Theory and Related Aspects Due to Covid-19, the workshop will be held online. Links to the videoconferences will be available on the webpage. There is no registration fee and all lectures will be broadcast live. https://www.ictp-saifr.org/workshop-on-fundamental-aspects-of-string-theory/ ICTP-SAIFR, Sao Paulo, Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it 8 Jun 2020 - 12 Jun 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-06-09 14:30:00 2020-06-09 16:00:00 Photon number conserving semi-numerical models of reionization Please register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcu6hqz4tGdeprrg097d5Ys9-aOSRF1Ue After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it 9 Jun 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-06-16 14:30:00 2020-06-16 16:00:00 Exploring mass-degeneracies in extended Higgs sectors Please register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpcuCpqDsuH9fJOnjD7ywG5yGcgHD-H1Zh After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it 16 Jun 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-06-23 14:30:00 2020-06-23 16:00:00 Title to be announced Please register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcOmspz8oHtyelXXkLhGM3RqbUhwKndhs After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Zoom Meeting ICTP pio@ictp.it 23 Jun 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-06-15 08:00:00 2020-06-26 22:00:00 New Pathways in Explorations of Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity Beyond Supersymmetry - II * CANCELLED * | (smr 3454) Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February up to 26 June as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx The workshop will cover novel methods developed to understand non-perturbative phenomena in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, in the non-supersymmetric realm. The topics include the formulation of non-perturbative dualities in QFT and their application in condensed matter systems; the study of symmetries and their anomalies, including the most modern incarnations, and the constraints they put on the non-perturbative dynamics; the investigation of quantum information theoretic methods and their interplay with QFT concepts like causality, entanglement entropy, and so forth; the analysis of aspects of the swampland, through the application of string theory to phenomenological and cosmological problems. The topics will be spread over two weeks of the workshop roughly according to the order they are listed. Each day there will be 1-2 long talks and possibly a discussion session.  Most of the talks will include a pedagogical overview of the subject. There will be ample time left for discussion and the initiation of new collaborations. Topics: Dynamics of non-supersymmetric QFTs Generalized symmetries and their anomalies Quantum information in QFT and quantum gravity Swampland conjectures and quantum gravity Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.   ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it 15 Jun 2020 - 26 Jun 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-06-22 08:00:00 2020-07-03 22:00:00 2nd Joint ICTP and SAIFR School on Particle Physics | (smr 3459) II Joint ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR School on Particle Physics Due to COVID-19, the school may need to be postponded or held online. However, the application procedure is unchanged Application deadline: 12 April 2020 Following the tradition of the Summer Schools on Particle Physics at the ICTP in Trieste, the school aims at giving a detailed overview of particle physics, and covering important areas where recent progress has been made in the field. We will have at most three lectures per day, giving ample time for discussion and problem solving by the students. A poster session will be organized for advanced students that wish to show their work. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses. Please also refer to following link: https:www.ictp-saifr.org/spp2020/ Organizers: Enrico Bertuzzo (USP, Brazil) Joan Elias Miró (ICTP-Trieste, Italy) Rogerio Rosenfeld (IFT-UNESP/ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil) Giovanni Villadoro (ICTP-Trieste, Italy) São Paulo - Brazil ICTP pio@ictp.it 22 Jun 2020 - 3 Jul 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-07-06 08:00:00 2020-07-24 22:00:00 6th Biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications | (smr 3458) - POSTPONED Update as of May 2020:  ONLINE LECTURE SERIES New dates for ASP2020 will be announced in late Summer, tentatively. In the meantime, since May 2020, weekly seminars / colloquia supplementing the school are held online, via the interactive webinar platform Zoom. Check this link https://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/online-lecture-series/  for upcoming online lectures!   - - -   Update as of 31 March 2020:   ASP2020 has been postponed due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Organizers plan to hold the school at a later moment, still to be determined. - - - The aim of the Biennial Africal School of Fundamental Physics and Application is to build capacity to harvest, interpret, and exploit the results of current and future physics experiments and to increase proficiency in related applications. The school is based on a close interplay between theoretical, experimental, and applied physics. The participating students are selected from all over Africa. A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of  selected participants. The school also offers a workshop to train high school teachers, an outreach to motivate high school pupils and a physics conference to support a broader participation of African research faculties. The duration of the school allows for networking-€“interactions among the participants. Access and participation in fundamental science is an important right. Through this work, it is hoped that the community of scientists who are at the forefront of science is enhanced and diversified thus fulfilling the mission of international research and education.   Main topics: 1. Nuclear and Particle Physics; 2. Astrophysics and Cosmology; 3. Accelerators, Radiation and Medical Physics; 4. Material Physics; 5. High Performance Computing; 6. Physics Education; 7. Physics Communciation; 8. Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; 9. Quantum Information There will be lectures / talks in theory and experiment in the above fields, some of which are applied physics, and hands-on exercises on computing-related aspects.   For full information please visit  https://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/asp2020/ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS OVER * * *   IMPORTANTE NOTICE: SCAM ALERT! ICTP has been reported cases of unsolicited phone calls from a travel agency pretending to make hotel reservations on behalf of its activitiesl: Please do NOT disclose any sensitive information, it is a fraudulent attempt to collect credit card data! No agency has been delegated to take care of accomodation arrangements for this activity, and communications on this matter will occur through official channels only. In case of any doubt, or should you receive any similar request, please contact the local organization or ICTP Secretariat at smr3458@ictp.it Marrakesh - Morocco ICTP pio@ictp.it 6 Jul 2020 - 24 Jul 2020

Europe/Rome 2020-07-13 08:00:00 2020-07-17 22:00:00 DSU2020 (The Dark Side of the Universe) * CANCELLED * | (smr 3452) Note: ICTP has suspended all educational activities from 24 February up to 26 June as precautionary measures due to COVID-19; more details at https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2020/2/ictp_suspend_activities.aspx ICTP-EAIFR DSU2020 web page: https://eaifr.org/events/dsu-2020/ The Dark Side of the Universe (DSU) is a series of international workshops in cosmology and astro-particle physics.  The workshops bring together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark sector of the Universe, and relate them to ongoing and future experiments.  The 16th event of the series will be hosted by ICTP-EAIFR in Kigali, Rwanda from 13 to 17 July 2020. Topics covered include:   dark matter dark energy cosmic rays neutrino physics large-scale structure black holes gravitational waves physics beyond the standard model Speakers include: Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (NYU, USA) Francesca Calore (LAPTH, France) Kiwoon Choi (CTPU-IBS, South Korea) Basudeb Dasgupta (TIFR Mumbai, India) Ruth Durrer (Geneva, Switzerland) Silvia Galli (IAP Paris, France) Joerg Jaeckel (Heidelberg, Germany) Shaaban Khalil (Cairo, Egypt) Eiichiro Komatsu (MPA, Germany) Manuel Meyer (Erlangen, Germany) Chiara Mingarelli (U. Connecticut & Flatiron Institute, USA) Shinji Mukohyama (YITP, Japan) Ajith Parameswaram (ICTS Bangalore, India) Mario Santos (U. of the Western Cape, South Africa) Ignacy Sawicki (CEICO, Czech Republic) Leonardo Senatore (Stanford, USA) Ravi Sheth (UPenn, USA) Thomas Schwetz-Mangold (KIT Karlsruhe, Germany) Piero Ullio (SISSA, Italy) Mark Vogelsberger (MIT, USA)   Steering Committee members: Csaba Balazs (Monash U., Australia) Genevieve Belanger (LAPTh-CNRS, France) Kiwoon Choi (CTPU-IBS, South Korea) David Delepine (Guanajuato U., Mexico) Peter Dunsby (Cape Town U., South Africa) Christiane Frigerio Martins (U. de São Paulo, Brazil) Joern Kersten (Bergen U., Norway) Shaaban Khalil (Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt) Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, South Korea) Daniel Lopez-Fogliani (U. of Buenos Aires) Yann Mambrini (LPT CNRS-Univ Paris Sud 11, France) Carlos Muñoz (IFT UAM-CSIC, Spain) Keith Olive (Minnesota U., USA) Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy) Qaisar Shafi (Delaware U., USA) Fumihiro Takayama (YITP, Japan) Yu-Feng Zhou (KITPC/ITP-CAS, China) PLEASE NOTE that most fields in the APPLICATION FORM are optional. Junior researchers and those requesting financial support are encouraged to provide more detailed information. Kigali - Rwanda ICTP pio@ictp.it 13 Jul 2020 - 17 Jul 2020