==================================================== = = FIFTH CIRCULAR = PLENARY PROGRAM = = MG11 = 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting = on General Relativity = July 23-29, 2006 = Freie Universitaet = Berlin, Germany = = http://www.icra.it/MG/mg11 = mg11@icra.it [precise subject headers please!] = ===================================================== To encourage those who may have missed the early deadlines, 1) we have extended the deadline for early reduced fee payment to June 15, 2006 and 2) we have extended the deadline for abstract submission to June 15, 2006. 3) The time grid for parallel sessions is now on-line: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg11/mg11parallelschedule.htm 4) The preliminary plenary program is: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg11/mg11plenaryprogram.htm namely: MONDAY 24 Opening ceremony Marcel Grossmann Awards Roy Kerr On the solution of Einstein's equations for a rotating object Ya Sinai How mathematicians and physicists found each other in the theory of dynamical systems Thibault Damour Cosmology and String theory Sasha Polyakov The structure beyond spacetime Hermann Nicolai Hidden symmetries in supergravity and cosmological singularities TUESDAY 25 Claes Uggla The nature of generic cosmological singularities Eva Silverstein Cosmological singularities in string theory Igor Klebanov Correspondence between gauge theories and string theory Joe Polchinski Cosmic superstrings Dieter Luest String theory and the standard model of particle physics Abhay Ashtekar Loop quantum gravity WEDNESDAY 26 Karsten Danzmann LISA Marie Anne Bizouard VIRGO David Shoemaker LIGO status and detection of gravitational waves Alessandra Buonanno Analytical approach to the coalescence of binary black holes Francis Everitt The NASA Gravity Probe B Mission: technical report Michael Kramer Binary pulsars and general relativistic effects THURSDAY 27 Richard Mushotzky Intermediate mass black holes and x-ray sources Josh Grindlay Globular clusters and millisecond pulsars Rashid Sunyaev The sky in the hard x-ray spectrum Reinhard Genzel The black hole in our galactic center Fulvio Melia Black holes in galactic nuclei George Djorgovski The origins of massive black holes and quasars at high redshifts Remo Ruffini Gamma ray bursts FRIDAY 28 Volker Springel Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars David Spergel WMAP and its cosmological implications Paolo De Bernardis CMB science from Boomerang to PLANCK Francis Halzen ICE CUBE Peter Biermann Sterile neutrinos in cosmology [additional talk to be announced] SATURDAY 29 John Mester Equivalence principle from space Francois Mignard Relativistic effects from HIPPARCOS and GAIA missions Theodor Haensch Precise Clocks Roberto˙Gilmozzi Science and technology of the European ELT Ethan J. Schreier ALMA Michael Garcia Science from Chandra to Constellation-X Juergen Renn The genesis of general relativity and the evening speakers for the public: Hans Ruder Visualization of relativistic effects Gunther Hasinger X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, semiconductor laboratory Christian Spiering Neutrino experiments =============================================== Important Deadlines ================== - Deadline for registration and abstract submission June 15 2006 - Final early registration fee deadline June 15 2006 - Final deadline for receiving proceedings contributions Dec 31 2006 Calendar of Events ================== - Program + abstracts on WWW June 15 2006 - Deadline for sign-up for cultural events (tours) no deadline - Plenary program April 30 2006 - Welcome reception July 23 2006 - Meeting days July 24-29 2006 - Afternoon tour of Berlin July 26 2006 - Evening banquet July 26 2006 - Publication of proceedings July 2007 E-mail Communication ==================== To manage the incoming email at mg11@icra.it, please include the string MG11 in the subject line (for forwarding to other filtered mailboxes) as well as the specific topic of the message. Greetings ========= We are looking forward to seeing you in July. Our best regards, Hagen Kleinert [mg11@physik.fu-berlin.de] chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee Remo Ruffini [ruffini@icra.it] chairperson of the International Organizing Committee Robert Jantzen [robert.jantzen@villanova.edu] chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee