First Mediterranean Conference in Classical and Quantum Gravity

1st Mediterranean Conference in Classical and Quantum Gravity

First announcement

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce the 1st Mediterranean Conference in Classical and Quantum Gravity (MCCQG). The conference will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymbari (Greece) from Monday, September 14th to Friday, September 18th, 2009. The purpose of the conference will be to discuss the present status and latest developments in the classical and quantum treatment of gravitational systems and in related subjects, e.g. classical gravity and alternative theories, quantum gravity, cosmology, black holes, gravitational waves, strings and branes. The program will consist of invited plenary talks and contributed talks in parallel sessions.


Advisory Committee:

Ignatios Antoniadis (CERN, Switzerland)
Orfeu Bertolami (IST, Lisbon, Portugal)
Loriano Bonora (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
George Contopoulos (Academy of Athens, Greece)
Ruth Durrer (Geneva University, Switzerland)
Enrique Gaztanaga (IEEC, Barcelona, Spain)
Gabriela Gonzalez (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA)
Marc Henneaux (Brussels University, Belgium)
Roman Jackiw (MIT, USA)
Claus Kiefer (Cologne University, Germany)
Stefano Liberati (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Ofer Lahav (University College London, UK)
Roy Maartens (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Don Marolf (UC Santa Barbara, USA)
Hermann Nicolai (AEI, Potsdam, Germany)
Augusto Sagnotti (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy)
Mairi Sakellariadou (King's College London, UK)
Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia, Chile)


Organizing Committee:

Spyros Basilakos (RCAAM, Academy of Athens)
Mariano Cadoni (University of Cagliari and INFN Cagliari)
Marco Cavagliΰ (University of Mississippi)
Theodosios Christodoulakis (University of Athens)
Elias Vagenas (RCAAM, Academy of Athens)


The MCCQG website : http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/mccqg/

is now open for registration and abstract submission. Further information on the conference program, conference venue and travel to Kolymbari can be found at the above website.

Please encourage other interested colleagues to apply.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the MCCQG.

Cordially Yours,

The Organizing Committee