New Directions in Theoretical Physics 5: Programme, Registration and Accommodation
from
Tuesday 6 January 2026 (08:30)
to
Friday 9 January 2026 (17:00)
Monday 5 January 2026
Tuesday 6 January 2026
08:30
Registration
Registration
08:30 - 09:20
Room: LT 4
09:20
Welcome - Steve Tobias
Welcome - Steve Tobias
09:20 - 09:30
Room: LT 4
09:30
Roger Blandford (Stanford) - New Directions in Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources
Roger Blandford (Stanford) - New Directions in Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources
09:30 - 10:10
Room: LT 4
10:15
Katy Clough (Queen Mary, University of London) - Gravity in the strong field regime
Katy Clough (Queen Mary, University of London) - Gravity in the strong field regime
10:15 - 10:55
Room: LT 4
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: LT 4
11:30
Leor Barack (Southampton)
Leor Barack (Southampton)
11:30 - 12:10
Room: LT 4
12:15
Raju Venugopalan (Brookhaven)
Raju Venugopalan (Brookhaven)
12:15 - 12:55
Room: LT 4
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: LT 4
14:00
Stephen Belcher (Met Office)
Stephen Belcher (Met Office)
14:00 - 14:40
Room: LT 4
14:45
Lois Baker (University of Edinburgh)
Lois Baker (University of Edinburgh)
14:45 - 15:25
Room: LT 4
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: LT 4
16:00
Florence Marcotte (Nice)
Florence Marcotte (Nice)
16:00 - 16:40
Room: LT 4
16:45
Laura Currie (Durham)
Laura Currie (Durham)
16:45 - 17:25
Room: LT 4
17:45
Drinks Reception
Drinks Reception
17:45 - 18:30
Room: G.03
18:30
Public Lecture - Steve Cowley (PPPL)
Public Lecture - Steve Cowley (PPPL)
18:30 - 20:30
Room: G.03
Wednesday 7 January 2026
09:30
Tim Palmer (Oxford)
Tim Palmer (Oxford)
09:30 - 10:10
Room: LT 4
10:15
Brad Marston (Brown) Waves of Topological Origin in the Fluid Earth System and Beyond
Brad Marston (Brown) Waves of Topological Origin in the Fluid Earth System and Beyond
10:15 - 10:55
Room: LT 4
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: LT 4
11:30
Anna Frishman (Technion)
Anna Frishman (Technion)
11:30 - 12:10
Room: LT 4
12:15
Jacob Page (Edinburgh)
Jacob Page (Edinburgh)
12:15 - 12:55
Room: LT 4
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: LT 4
14:00
Steve Cowley (PPPL)
Steve Cowley (PPPL)
14:00 - 14:40
Room: LT 4
14:45
Alex Schekochihin (Oxford)
Alex Schekochihin (Oxford)
14:45 - 15:25
Room: LT 4
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: LT 4
16:00
Andrea Liu (Penn)
Andrea Liu (Penn)
16:00 - 16:40
Room: LT 4
16:45
Andela Saric (IST)
Andela Saric (IST)
16:45 - 17:25
Room: LT 4
17:30
Poster session
Poster session
17:30 - 19:00
Room: LT 4
19:30
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 22:00
Thursday 8 January 2026
09:30
Beverley McKeon (Stanford)
Beverley McKeon (Stanford)
09:30 - 10:10
Room: LT 4
10:15
Taraneh Sayadi (Sorbonne)
Taraneh Sayadi (Sorbonne)
10:15 - 10:55
Room: LT 4
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: LT 4
11:30
Aida El Khadra (Illinois)
Aida El Khadra (Illinois)
11:30 - 12:10
Room: LT 4
12:15
Clifford Cheung (Cal Tech) - From Supercolliders to Black Holes.
Clifford Cheung (Cal Tech) - From Supercolliders to Black Holes.
12:15 - 12:55
Room: LT 4
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: LT 4
14:00
Luis Fernando Alday (Oxford)
Luis Fernando Alday (Oxford)
14:00 - 14:40
Room: LT 4
14:45
Chris Heunen (Edinburgh) - How to use a quantum computer.
Chris Heunen (Edinburgh) - How to use a quantum computer.
14:45 - 15:25
Room: LT 4
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: LT 4
16:00
Guillaume Salbreux (Geneva)
Guillaume Salbreux (Geneva)
16:00 - 16:40
Room: LT 4
16:45
Martin Howard (JIC)
Martin Howard (JIC)
16:45 - 17:25
Room: LT 4
17:30
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
17:30 - 18:30
Room: LT 4
Friday 9 January 2026
09:30
Subir Sachdev (Harvard) - Critical quantum liquids and the cuprate high temperature superconductors
Subir Sachdev (Harvard) - Critical quantum liquids and the cuprate high temperature superconductors
09:30 - 10:10
Room: LT 4
10:15
Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
10:15 - 10:55
Room: LT 4
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: LT 4
11:30
TBC
TBC
11:30 - 12:10
Room: LT 4
12:15
Laura Keating (Edinburgh)
Laura Keating (Edinburgh)
12:15 - 12:55
Room: LT 4