Werner Israel Memorial Symposium
from
Thursday, May 18, 2023 (9:00 a.m.)
to
Friday, May 19, 2023 (7:30 p.m.)
Monday, May 15, 2023
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
9:20 a.m.
Black Hole Surprises
-
Gary Horowitz
(
UCSB
)
Black Hole Surprises
Gary Horowitz
(
UCSB
)
9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
10:00 a.m.
Aspects of the Black Hole Final State Proposal
-
Ahmed Almheiri
(
NYUAD
)
Aspects of the Black Hole Final State Proposal
Ahmed Almheiri
(
NYUAD
)
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
10:40 a.m.
Break
Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
11:00 a.m.
Walls, Bubbles, and Israel!
-
Ruth Gregory
(
King's College, London
)
Walls, Bubbles, and Israel!
Ruth Gregory
(
King's College, London
)
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
11:40 a.m.
Gravitational collapse to extremal black holes and the third law of black hole thermodynamics
-
Christoph Kehle
(
ETH Zurich
)
Gravitational collapse to extremal black holes and the third law of black hole thermodynamics
Christoph Kehle
(
ETH Zurich
)
11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
12:20 p.m.
Lunch
Lunch
12:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
LIGO is Quantum
-
Bill Unruh
(
UBC
)
LIGO is Quantum
Bill Unruh
(
UBC
)
2:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
2:40 p.m.
Counting states of quantum space
-
Ted Jacobson
(
University of Maryland
)
Counting states of quantum space
Ted Jacobson
(
University of Maryland
)
2:40 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
3:20 p.m.
Break
Break
3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
3:40 p.m.
Multiple Classical Histories as a Solution to the Black Hole Information Loss Paradox
-
Misao Sasaki
(
University of Tokyo/Kyoto University
)
Multiple Classical Histories as a Solution to the Black Hole Information Loss Paradox
Misao Sasaki
(
University of Tokyo/Kyoto University
)
3:40 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
4:20 p.m.
Stability problems in Mathematical GR
-
Elena Giorgi
(
Columbia University
)
Stability problems in Mathematical GR
Elena Giorgi
(
Columbia University
)
4:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
5:30 p.m.
Reception and Dinner
Reception and Dinner
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 19, 2023
9:20 a.m.
Gravitational-wave astronomy in 2023: progress and prospects
-
Patrick Brady
(
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
)
Gravitational-wave astronomy in 2023: progress and prospects
Patrick Brady
(
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
)
9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
10:00 a.m.
The Universe in High Fidelity
-
Jess McIver
(
UBC
)
The Universe in High Fidelity
Jess McIver
(
UBC
)
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
10:40 a.m.
Break
Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
11:00 a.m.
Using General Relativity to Understand Neutron Stars
-
Sharon Morsink
(
University of Alberta
)
Using General Relativity to Understand Neutron Stars
Sharon Morsink
(
University of Alberta
)
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Room: BWC A104
11:40 a.m.
Probing hot and dense matter with neutron star mergers
-
Carolyn Raithel
(
IAS Princeton
)
Probing hot and dense matter with neutron star mergers
Carolyn Raithel
(
IAS Princeton
)
11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
12:20 p.m.
Lunch
Lunch
12:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Hydro, Heavy Ions, and Soft pions
-
Derek Teaney
(
Stony Brook University
)
Hydro, Heavy Ions, and Soft pions
Derek Teaney
(
Stony Brook University
)
2:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
2:40 p.m.
Steady state holographic turbulence
-
Amos Yarom
(
Technion
)
Steady state holographic turbulence
Amos Yarom
(
Technion
)
2:40 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
3:20 p.m.
Reflections & Closeout
-
Eric Poisson
Reflections & Closeout
Eric Poisson
3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Room: BWC A104
5:30 p.m.
Astbury Public Lecture - Whispers from the Universe: Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Neutron Stars
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Room: BWC A104