Monday, March 9, 2015

Grav15

Our collegues from Cordoba have announced that the conference Grav15 will be held in La Falda, Córdoba (ARGENTINA), from April 13th through April 17th, 2015.

The venue of the conference is the Hotel del Lago:

http://www.hoteldellagolafalda.com.ar/

This is the sixth in a new 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, funds will be available to pay living expenses for students.

The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English.

A confirmed list of invited speakers includes:

        Diego Correa, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
        Helmut Friedrich, Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany.
        Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada.
        Julio Oliva, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
        Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA.
        Gustavo Romero, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
        Manuel Tiglio, University of California, San Diego, USA.

For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav15 meeting please check the web page:

http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav15/

Applications should be filed through the webform in the above page before March 23th, 2015. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 30th, 2015.

A registration fee AR$500 will be required. The payment should be in cash and can be done upon arrival at the conference's hotel.

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 web page.  When making your reservation please mention that you are attending the Grav15 meeting to get the special rates.

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/