September 15-18, 2026
at IHES - Marilyn and James Simons Conference Center
How to get to IHES
This workshop will bring together experts in string theory and quantum field theory to discuss recent advances in these fields, and also to foster collaboration between the Korean and French theoretical and mathematical physics communities.
Key topics will include conformal field theory, generalized symmetries and topological quantum field theory, scattering amplitudes, quantum gravity/holography, black-hole physics.
The event will mark the second edition of a new biennial series, alternating between the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) and institutions in the Saclay region, near Paris, and it will feature speakers both from Saclay and Korea, as well as worldwide experts in these areas.
Organizing Committee:
Piljin Yi (KIAS), Sangmin Lee (KIAS), Sungjay Lee (KIAS), Ruben Minasian (IPhT, CEA Saclay), Julio Parra Martinez (IHES), Eric Perlmutter (IPhT, CEA Saclay).
Invited speakers:
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Stefano de Angelis (IPhT, CEA Saclay)
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Jan de Boer (Univ. of Amsterdam)
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Anna Biggs (Princeton Univ.)
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Thibault Damour (IHES)
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Matilda Delgado (Harvard Univ. & MPI Munich)
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Dongmin Gang (Seoul National Univ.)
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Elliot Gesteau (MIT & Harvard CMSA)
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Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS, Bangalore)
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Mariana Graña (IPhT, CEA Saclay)
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Robin Karlsson (Oxford Univ.)
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Anton Kapustin (Caltech & IHES)
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Jung-Wook Kim (CERN)
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Seung-Joo Lee (Yonsei Univ.)
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Henry Lin (Princeton Univ.)
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Hong Liu (MIT)
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Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR Mumbai)
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Mukund Rangamani (QMAP, UC Davis)
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Diandian Wang (Harvard Univ.)
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Anna Wolz (UCLA)
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Alberto Zaffaroni (Milano Bicocca Univ.)