Name: Werner Israel Memorial Symposium
Start: 2023-05-18T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-05-19T19:30:00-07:00
Location: University of Victoria

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

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