9:30-10:00

Coffee and snacks

Feraz Azhar (University of Notre Dame)

Flows into de Sitter space from anisotropic initial conditions: An effective field theory approach

Commentator: Adam Koberinski (University of Western Ontario)

Coffee break

Katherine Mack (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

Dark Matter: A Cosmological Perspective

Commentator: Chris Smeenk (University of Western Ontario)

Lunch

Abigail Holmes (University of Notre Dame)

Are there independent measurements of the Hubble constant?

Commentator: Nick Huggett (University of Illinois Chicago)

Coffee break

Chris Smeenk and Adam Koberinski (University of Western Ontario)

Do we have a theory of the early universe?

Commentator: Christian Wüthrich (University of Geneva)

Discussion

Dinner at Blackfriar’s Bistro

9:00-9:30

9:30-10:45

10:45-11:00

11:00-12:15

12:15-1:45

1:45-3:00

3:00-3:30

3:30-4:45

4:45-6:00

7:00-9:00

Coffee and Snacks

Mike Schneider (University of Missouri)

Quantum Gravity and Emergence

Commentator: Francesca Vidotto (University of Western Ontario)

Coffee break

Sean Gryb (University of Groningen)

The Shape of Past and Future

Commentator: Niels Linneman (University of Geneva)

Lunch

Luca Marchetti (University of New Brunswick)

Cosmic Emergence in Quantum Gravity

Commentator: Fabio Mele (University of Western Ontario)

Coffee break

Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

TBA

Commentator: Emilia Margoni (University of Florence/Geneva)

Discussion

Dinner at The Springs

8:30-9:00

9:00-10:15

10:15-10:30

10:30-11:45

11:45-12:15

12:15-1:45

Coffee and snacks

Jamee Elder (Tufts University)

How Theory-laden are Observations of Black Holes?

Commentator: Yichen Luo (University of Western Ontario)

Coffee break

Dominic Ryder (London School of Economics)

The Idealization Paradox in Hawking Radiation

Commentator: Saakshi Dulani (University of Geneva)

Closing remarks

Lunch