Scientific Program

Since this is meant to be more of a workshop than a meeting, we are having a limited number of talks, with lots of time for discussions, communication and work. Talks will take place in lecture hall, 335 West Hall.

Thursday, May 3

9:00 AM	Coffee and snacks	3481 Randall
10:00 AM	Bobby Acharya (ICTP, Italy)	"Highlighting Progress and Problems on G_2 Manifolds"
	Dominic Joyce (Lincoln College, Oxford)	"Constructing Compact 7-Manifolds with G_2 Holonomy"
2:30 PM	Afternoon Break	3481 Randall
3:00 PM	Konstantin Bobkov (University of Michigan)	"Phenomenology of M-theory Compactifications on G_2 Manifolds"
	Paul de Medeiros (University of Edinburgh)	"Topological Theories in G_2 Manifolds"

Friday, May 4

9:00 AM	Coffee and snacks	3481 Randall
10:00 AM	Spiro Karigiannis (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)	"Moduli Spaces and Functionals in G_2 Geometry"
	Jake Bourjaily (Princeton University)	"Engineering the Standard Model in M-theory: A Local Origin of Three Families from E8"
2:30 PM	Afternoon Break	3481 Randall
3:00 PM	Chris Pope (Mitchell Institute, Texas A&M)	"String Corrections to G_2 Holonomy"
	Timo Weigand (University of Pennsylvania)	"D-Brane Instanton Effects in Type IIA Brane Vacua"

Saturday, May 5

9:00 AM	Coffee and snacks	3481 Randall
10:00 AM	Stuart Raby (The Ohio State University)	"The Road to the MSSM thru M-theory"
	Sergei Gukov (UCSB)	"M-theory on Singular G_2 Manifolds"
12:00 PM	End

Other Participants include:

Dave Anderson	Jason Kumar
Per Berglund	Paul Langacker
Dan Burns	Hai Lin
Alejandra Castro	David Morrissey
Sera Cremonini	Brent Nelson
Harry D'Souza	Dan Phalen
Lisa Everett	Aaron Pierce
Joel Giedt	Leo Pando Zayas
Phil Grajek	Malcolm Perry
Arthur Greenspoon	Jing Shao
Jack Gunion	Tatsu Takeuchi
Cagatay Kutluhan	Scott Watson
	James Wells
	Akin Wingerter