Recent Developments in Gravity

NEB - XIII

June 4 - 6


2008


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The 13th conference in the series "Recent Developments in Gravity" (Νεώτερες Εξελίξεις στη Βαρύτητα) was organized by the relativity group of the Department of Physics, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
NEB-XIII took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 4-6 June, 2008.  You can download the conference poster here (90dpi)  or  here (300dpi). A zip file with photos taken during the conference can be downloaded here (50MB).

 

The main Topics of the conference were:

  • Gravitational Waves
  • Relativistic Astrophysics
  • Alternative Theories of Gravity
  • Mathematical Relativity
  • Cosmology
  • Quantum Gravity

Plenary Speakers were:

  • A. Ashtekar (Penn-State)
  • G. Ellis (Cape Town)
  • V. Frolov (Alberta)
  • J. Hough (Glasgow)
  • P. Laguna (Penn-State)
  • R. Loll (Utrecht)
  • D. Psaltis (Arizona)
In addition, the following keynote speakers were invited to present review talks:
  • N. Batakis (Ioannina)
  • T. Christodoulakis (Athens)
  • S. Cotsakis (Aegean)
  • P. Kanti (Ioannina)
  • L. Perivolaropoulos (Ioannina)
  • M. Plionis (NOA-Athens)
  • J. Pullin (Louisiana)
  • G. Siopsis (Tennessee)
  • M. Tsamparlis (Athens)
The venue of NEB-XIII is Hotel Philippion, located near a pine forest, a few kilometers north of the city of Thessaloniki. We have reserved a number of rooms at special conference prices, so please register early and follow this link for securing accomodation at the venue.
Registration deadline for talks is 31 March, 2008 and for posters 15 April, 2008.
The conference fee is 30 euros (waived for students) and can be paid at the conference site, uppon arrival. We're looking forward to seeing you in June!