Grav17, 1st Circular
We are pleased
to announce that the conference Grav17 will be held in La Falda,
Córdoba (ARGENTINA), from April 3rd through April 7th, 2017.
The venue of the conference is the Hotel del Lago: http://www.hoteldellago.com.ar/
This is the
seventh in a series ("GravYY") of conferences organized by the General
Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba) since the year 2006.
The conference
is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and
closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity,
mathematical relativity, numerical relativity, gravity in arbitrary
dimensions, astrophysics and astro-particle physics.
Graduate
students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply,
limited funds will be available to pay partial living expenses for
students.
The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English.
A list of confirmed invited speakers includes:
Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State University, USA.
Florian Beyer, University of Otago, New Zeland.
Andrea Costa, Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental, Argentina.
Jörg Frauendiener, University of Otago, New Zeland.
Helmut Friedrich, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany.
Gabriela González, Louisiana State University and LIGO, USA.
Philippe Le Floch, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris 6), France.
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada.
Alejandro Pérez, Université de Marseille, France.
Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA.
Martín Reiris, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Manuel Tiglio, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA.
Gabriela Vila, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Argentina.
Robert Wald, The University of Chicago, USA.
For
registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates
on the Grav17 meeting please check the conference's web page:
http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav17/
Applications
should be filed through the webform in the above page before March 1st,
2017. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 10th, 2017.
For hotel
booking please contact the Hotel's reception desk Tel. 0054 (0)3548
422407/421266, write to hoteldellago@yahoo.com.ar, or fill in the
"Formulario de Contacto" at the hotel's webpage. When making your
reservation please mention that you are attending the Grav17 meeting to
get the special rates.
Questions should be addressed to the Conference's email: gravconference@gmail.com
Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at
http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/