Workshop Topics

This workshop aims to bring together theoretical physicists from various branches of cosmology to discuss the initial state of the universe in an informal setting, with plenty of time for discussions. Planned subjects include:

• Theoretical and observational constraints on initial conditions
• Eternal inflation
• Quantum cosmology
• Initial conditions in string cosmology
• Statistics and naturalness

Invited speakers

• Jürgen Baacke
• Martin Bojowald
• Claus Kiefer
• Andrei Linde
• Brett McInnes
• Laura Mersini
• Roberto Trotta
• Jan Pieter van der Schaar
• Vitaly Vanchurin
• Alex Vilenkin
• Sergei Winitzki

Location

The workshop will take place in the beautiful town of Würzburg in Bavaria. Würzburg is located in the Main valley surrounded by vineyards and forests. It can easily be reached by train from Frankfurt International Airport in approximately 1.5 hours. The meeting location is a restored historic barn in the city center (map).

Sponsor

This conference is supported by the

Organizers

SOC: Jens Niemeyer, Renaud Parentani, Achim Kempf
LOC: David Campo, Dennis Simon, Gisela Heyder