Young Researchers Conference 2008

This conference  provides an opportunity for  young physicists to experience the dynamic environment and research opportunities offered to Postdoctoral Fellows pursuing their research careers at Perimeter Institute.  Invited participants enjoy a multidisciplinary conference, which highlights new developments in theoretical physics contributed by their peers.  The main areas of the conference are quantum information, quantum foundations, string theory, quantum gravity, cosmology and elementary particle theory.  The speakers are postdoctoral level theorists from around the world and the event is also attended by Perimeter Institute resident scientists.

Participants:

Nabamita Banerjee, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Giulio Chiribella, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Roger Colbeck, ETH Zurich
Jonathan Engle, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany 
Adrienne Erickcek, Caltech
Enrique Fernandez-Borja, University of Valencia
Anna Gustavsson, Imperial College London
Yevgeny Kats, Harvard
Michael Kiermaier, MIT
Louis LeBlond, Texas A&M
Netanel Lindner, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Alberto Montina, University of Firenze
Arvind Murugan, Princeton
Aseem Paranjape, TIFR Mumbai
Gil Paz, IAS
Roberto Pereira, Marseille
Fabian Schmidt, University of Chicago
Michael Seevinck, Utrecht University 
Sarah Shandera, Columbia University
Yanwen Shang, University of Toronto 
Lorenzo Sindoni, SISSA, Italy
Yuji Tachikawa, Institute for Advanced Study
Ethan Thompson, University of Washington
Gonzalo Torroba, Rutgers University
Jon Yard, Los Alamos National Laboratories