SATURDAY OCTOBER 5
MORNING
7:30am -8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am -12:30pm
Framing talk
“Where are we in cosmology today?”
Simon White
Invited talks
1) “What is the resolution of the current H0 discrepancy?”
Convenors: Wendy Freedman and Kimmy Wu
2) “Is a theory beyond Cold Dark Matter needed to describe structure formation?”
Convenors: Chihway Chang and Andrey Kravtsov
AFTERNOON
1:30 – 5:30pm
Panels
“What is the resolution of the current H0 discrepancy?”
Chair: Wendy Freedman; Panelists: George Efstathiou, Adam Riess and Licia Verde
“Is a theory beyond Cold Dark Matter needed to describe structure formation?”
Chair: Andrey Kravtsov; Panelists: Bhuvnesh Jain, Manoj Kaplinghat, and Risa Wechsler
EVENING
Reception
Reception and poster viewing at Gleacher Center
SUNDAY OCTOBER 6
MORNING
9am – 12:30pm
Invited talks
3) “What is the explanation of Cosmic Acceleration?”
Convenors: Josh Frieman and Maca Lagos
4) “Can Inflation be transformed into a fundamental theory of the early Universe?”
Convenors: Wayne Hu and Marco Raveri
AFTERNOON
1:30 – 5:30pm
Panels
“What is the explanation of Cosmic Acceleration? “
Chair: Josh Frieman; Panelists: Andy Albrecht, Saul Perlmutter and Rachel Rosen
“Can Inflation be transformed into a fundamental theory of the early Universe?”
Chair: Wayne Hu; Panelists: Marc Kamionkowski, Justin Khoury and Hirosi Ooguri
EVENING
6:30 – 9:30pm
Banquet
Dinner at UChicago – ERC 161 + atrium
Speaker: Marc Davis
MONDAY OCTOBER 7
MORNING
9am -12:30pm
Invited talks
5) “Is there a Dark Matter Particle or do we need another explanation for the dark matter phenomenon?“
Convenors: Rocky Kolb and Yoni Kahn
6) “What more can we learn from particle physics about cosmology?”
Convenors: Michael Turner
AFTERNOON
1:30 – 5:30pm
Panels
“Is there a Dark Matter Particle or do we need another explanation for the dark matter phenomenon? “
Chair: Rocky Kolb; Panelists Graciela Gelmini, Tim Tait and Kathryn Zurek
“What tools are critical for making progress in cosmology in the coming decades?“
Chair: John Carlstrom; Panelists Scott Dodelson, Jonathan Feng and David Spergel
EVENING
7:20 – 9pm
Panel
“Do we need the Multiverse and can it made turned into a scientific theory?”
Chair: Jeffrey Harvey; Panelists: David Albert, Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, and Joe Silk
TUESDAY OCTOBER 8
MORNING
9am – 1:30pm
Panels
Best of the posters: Five 10-minute talks
“What more can we learn from particle physics about cosmology?“
Chair: Michael Turner; Panelists Nima Arkani-Hamed, Gian Giudice and Lisa Randall
Summary Panel
“Convergence or Disruption”
Chair: Michael Turner; Panelists: Joe Silk and Joe Lykken
Adjourn at 1:30 PM