GR17 Scientific Programme

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GR17 Programme Information

Programme at a glance

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8.30		Opening		GRF – Witten			8.45
9.00		Opening	Barish	Rees	Poisson	Bildsten	9.00
9.30		Phinney	Barish	Rees	Poisson	Bildsten	9.30
10.00		Phinney	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee	10.00
10.30		Coffee	Baez	Peebles	Verde	Mavalvala	10.30
11.00		Chrusciel	Baez	Peebles	Verde	Mavalvala	11.00
11.30		Chrusciel	Alcubierre	Preskill	Polchinski	Langlois	11.30
12.00		Marolf	Alcubierre	Preskill	Polchinski	Langlois	12.00
12.30		Marolf	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	12.30
13.00		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	13.00
13.30		Lunch	A1, A4, A5, B2(iii), D1, D2.	Hawking	A3, A5, A6, B2(ii), B3, C1(i), D1.	A2, A3, B2(i), B3, C1(ii), C1(iii), C2.	13.30
14.00		A1, A3, B1, B2(iii), C1(iv), D2.		Hawking			14.00
14.30				Free afternoon			14.30
15.00	Registration						15.00
15.30		Coffee	Coffee		Coffee	Coffee	15.30
16.00		A1, A3, B1, B2(iii), C1(iv), D2	A1, A5, A6, B1, C1(i), D1.		A2, A4, A5, B2(i), B2(ii), C1(ii), D1, D3.	A3, A4, B2(i), C1(iii), C2, D3.	16.00
16.30							16.30
17.00							17.00
17.30							17.30
18.00							18.00
18.30			Poster Session I		GRG Society Assembly		18.30
19.00	Welcome Reception		Poster Session I		GRG Society Assembly		19.00
19.30					Poster Session II		19.30
20.00		Public lecture: Thorne		Irish Night	Poster Session II	Public lecture: Penrose	20.00
20.30		Public lecture: Thorne				Public lecture: Penrose	20.30
21.00							21.00
22.00							22.00

Poster sessions

Tuesday 6.30 – 8.00

A1, A3, A5, B1, B2iii, C1i, C1iv, D2.

Thursday 7.00 – 8.30

A2, A4, A6, B2i, B2ii, B3, C1ii, C1iii, C2, D1, D3.

Opening Session

The Local Organising Committee is delighted to announce that the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation will be formally opened by Her Excellency Mrs Mary McAleese, President of Ireland.
The opening session will also include the following short talk by Prof. Petros Florides, Chair of the LOC:"The Life and Work of JL Synge"
The GRG Society is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2004 Xanthopoulos Award is Professor Eanna Flanagan (Cornell University). The Award is in memory of Basilis C. Xanthopoulos and is given to a scientist below the age of 40 who has made outstanding (preferably theoretical) contributions to the area of gravitational physics. The Award will be presented to Professor Flanagan at the Opening Session of the conference.