COVID-19 information for PI Residents and Visitors
- Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
- Aida Ahmadzadegan, University of Waterloo
- David Albert, Columbia University
- Andreas Albrecht, University of California, Davis
- Stephon Alexander, Brown University
- Abhay Ashtekar, Pennslvania State University
- James Bardeen, University of Washington
- Richard Bond, CITA
- Jens Boos, Perimeter Institute
- Robert Brandenberger, McGill University
- Jimena Canelas, Harvard University
- Sean Carrol, California Institute of Technology
- Marina Cortes, Institute for Astronomy
- Bianca Dittrich, Perimeter Institute
- Fay Dowker, Imperial College London
- Barbara Drossel, Darmstadt University of Technology
- Avshalom Elitzur, Israeli Institute for Advanced Research
- George Ellis, University of Cape Town
- Adam Frank, University of Rochester
- Laurent Freidel, Perimeter Institute
- Lisa Glaser, University of Nottingham
- Henrique de Andrade Gomes, Perimeter Institute
- Sean Gryb, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Giulia Gubitosi, Imperial College London
- Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute
- Viqar Husain, University of New Brunswick
- Jenann Ismael, University of Arizona
- Stuart Kaufmann, University of Calgary
- Brian Keating, University of California, San Diego
- Tim Kowlowski, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Jurek Kowalski-Glikman, University of Wroclaw
- Andrew Liddle, University of Edinburgh
- Renate Loll, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Joao Magueijo, Imperial College London
- Robert Mann, University of Waterloo
- Flavio Mercati, Perimeter Institute
- Alvaro Mozota, Perimeter Institute
- Markus Mueller, Perimeter Institute & University of Western Ontario
- Richard Muller, University of California, Berkeley
- Ali Nayeri, Chapman University
- Elliot Nelson, Perimeter Institute
- Daniele Oriti, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
- Kaisa Rejzner, Perimeter Institute
- Carlo Rovelli, Universite de la Mediterranee
- Chris Smeenk, University of Western Ontario
- Matteo Smerlak, Perimeter Instittue
- Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
- Chopin Soo, National Cheng Kung University
- Rafael Sorkin, Perimeter Institute
- Robert Spekkens, Perimeter Institute
- Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute
- Francesca Vidotto, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard Law School
- Steve Weinstein, University of Waterloo
- Amanda Weltman, University of Cape Town
- Wolfgang Wieland, Perimeter Institute
- I-Sheng Yang, Perimeter Institute
Note: All talks are 10 + 5 minute introductions to discussions.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:30 – 10:00am |
Registration |
Reception |
|
Day 1: Cosmological Time |
|
10:00 – 10:45am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Sky Room |
10:45 – 12:00pm |
The origin of arrows and time I |
Sky Room |
12:00 – 2:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro – 2nd Floor |
2:00 – 4:00pm |
The origin of arrows of time II |
Sky Room |
4:00 – 4:30pm |
Coffee Break |
Bistro – 1st Floor |
4:30 – 6:00pm |
The origin of arrows of time II |
Sky Room |
Tuesday June 28, 2016
Time |
Event |
Location |
|
Day 2: Observing time as asymmetry – Origins of Irreversibility |
|
10:00 – 12:30pm |
Testing time asymmetry in the early universe |
Sky Room |
12:30 – 2:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro – 2nd Floor |
2:00 – 3:00pm |
The fate of the big bang |
Sky Room |
3:00 – 4:00pm |
Time as Organization – |
Sky Room |
4:00 – 4:30pm |
Coffee Break |
Bistro – 1st Floor |
4:30 – 6:00pm |
Time as Organization – |
Sky Room |
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Time |
Event |
Location |
|
Day 3: The nature of time – Emergent vs Fundamental |
|
10:00 – 12:30pm |
Emergent Time Discussion |
Sky Room |
12:30 – 2:30pm |
Lunch |
Bistro – 2nd Floor |
2:30 – 4:00pm |
Fundamental Time |
Sky Room |
4:00 – 4:30pm |
Coffee Break |
Bistro – 1st Floor |
4:30 – 6:00pm |
Fundamental vs Emergent Time |
Sky Room |
6:00 – 6:30pm |
Poème symphonique by Gyorgy Ligeti |
Atrium |
6:30pm |
Banquet |
Bistro – 2nd Floor |
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Time |
Event |
Location |
|
Day 4: Time in Physics |
|
10:00 – 12:00pm |
Causality and Becoming |
Sky Room |
12:00 – 2:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro – 2nd Floor |
2:00 – 4:00pm |
Preferred Global Slicing |
Sky Room |
4:00 – 4:30pm |
Coffee Break |
Bistro – 1st Floor |
4:30 – 6:00pm |
Summaries and closing remarks |
Sky Room |
Summaries and closing remarks
Preferred Global Slicing
Causality and Becoming
Fundamental vs Emergent Time
Fundamental Time
Emergent Time Discussion
Time as Organization – Downward Caustation, Structure and Complexity II
Time as Organization – Downward Caustation, Structure and Complexity I
The fate of the big bang
Testing time asymmetry in the early universe
Pages
Scientific Organizers:
- Marina Cortes, Institute for Astronomy
- Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard Law School