Expectations of a Final Theory, Cambridge, 2005
Conference Programme
Thursday September 1st pm:
Arrivals and social gathering from 3pm to 6.30pm
in the Masters Lodge, Trinity College.
(Snacks and drinks will be available)
Dinner in local restaurants afterwards
Friday September 2nd:
8.15-9.00am Breakfast in Trinity College Hall
9.00-9.45am Introductory Talk (Steven Weinberg):
Discussion.
10.10am-12.55pm Anthropic constraints on cosmological parameters,
and how to implement them in probabilistic theories.
(Tea and coffee from 10.55am to 11.25am)
Speakers: Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, Alex Vilenkin
Remarks: Jaume Garriga
12.55pm Conference Photograph
1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch
2.00pm-3.00pm Top Down Approach to Cosmology (Stephen Hawking)
3.00pm-6.00pm Anthropic selection
or fine tuning of particle physics models
(Tea and coffee from 3.45pm to 4.15pm)
Speakers: Nima Arkani-Hamed, Gian Giudice, Michael Dine, Frank Wilczek
Remarks: Craig Hogan, Paul Steinhardt
Dinner in local restaurants
Saturday September 3rd:
8.15-9.00am Breakfast in College
9.00am-1.00pm Status/interpretation of the landscape in string theory
(Tea and coffee from 10.30am to 11.00am)
Speakers: Shamit Kachru, Michael Douglas,
Eva Silverstein, Tom Banks, Michael Duff
1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch
2.00pm-6.00pm Physical rather than anthropic selection mechanisms
Speakers: Neil Turok, James Hartle, Lisa Randall,
Paul Steinhardt, Lee Smolin, Paul Townsend
(Tea and coffee from 3.45pm to 4.15pm)
7.30pm Drinks in the Masters Lodge
8.00pm Conference Dinner in Trinity College
Sunday September 4th:
8.15am-9.15am Continental Breakfast in Masters Lodge Dining Room
9.15am-10.45am Summary Discussion Session
(to be decided during the meeting)
(Tea and coffee from 10.45am to 11.15am)
11.15am-12.15pm Summary Talk (Frank Wilczek) and discussion
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch in Trinity College