Programme

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17:00 − 21:00	Registration
from 18:30	Buffet supper and informal get-together

8:00	Breakfast
8:45 − 9:00	Claus Kiefer and Mairi Sakellariadou Welcome remarks
9:00 − 9:50	Torsten Enßlin Cosmology with Planck
9:50 − 10:00	Discussion
10:00 − 10:50	Alexei Starobinsky Parameters of inflation in the Einstein and modified gravity with new CMB data
10:50 − 11:00	Discussion
11:00 − 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 − 12:20	Andrei Barvinsky CFT driven cosmology: initial conditions, Higgs inflation and temperature of the CMB temperature
12:20 − 12:30	Discussion
12:30	*Conference photo*
12:45	Lunch
14:30 − 14:45	Ernst Dreisigacker About the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation
14:45 − 15:35	Shinji Tsujikawa The effective field theory of modified gravity and the Horndeski theory
15:35 − 15:45	Discussion
15:45 − 16:35	Patrick Peter Out-of-equilibrium quantum cosmology
16:35 − 16:45	Discussion
16:45 − 17:15	Coffee break
17:15 − 18:05	Nelson Pinto-Neto Quantum cosmology from the de Broglie–Bohm perspective
18:05 − 18:15	Discussion
18:30	Heraeus Dinner (cold and warm buffet, free beverages)

8:00	Breakfast
9:00 − 9:50	Michael Ryan Highways and Byways of Quantum Cosmology in Ancient Days
9:50 − 10:00	Discussion
10:00 − 10:50	Beverly Berger Gowdy Cosmologies and Their Generalizations as a Theoretical Laboratory for Classical and Quantum Gravity
10:50 − 11:00	Discussion
11:00 − 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 − 12:20	Mariam Bouhmadi-López A tale of cosmic doomsdays: from modified theories of gravity to quantum cosmology
12:20 − 12:30	Discussion
12:45	Lunch
14:30 − 15:20	Alexander Kamenshchik Relations between matter properties and geometrical structures in classical and quantum cosmology
15:20 − 15:30	Discussion
15:30 − 16:20	Remo Garattini Quantum Cosmology in Distorted Gravity
16:20 − 16:30	Discussion
16:30 − 17:00	Coffee break
17:00 − 17:50	Gianluca Calcagni Cosmology of multiscale spacetimes
17:50 − 18:00	Discussion
18:00 − 18:45	Poster Session I
19:00	Dinner

8:00	Breakfast
9:00 − 9:50	Don Page Observational Probabilities in Quantum Cosmology
9:50 − 10:00	Discussion
10:00 − 10:50	Laura Mersini-Houghton Localization on the Landscape and Eternal Inflation
10:50 − 11:00	Discussion
11:00 − 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 − 12:20	Mariusz Dąbrowski Varying constants universes, singularities, and quantum cosmology
12:20 − 12:30	Discussion
12:45	Lunch
Afternoon	Excursion (boat trip to Linz am Rhein)
19:00	Dinner

8:00	Breakfast
9:00 − 9:50	Martin Bojowald An effective framework for quantum cosmology
9:50 − 10:00	Discussion
10:00 − 10:50	Jakub Mielczarek Euclidean Big Bounce
10:50 − 11:00	Discussion
11:00 − 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 − 12:20	Francesca Vidotto What can we learn from Loop Quantum Cosmology? The case of Planck stars
12:20 − 12:30	Discussion
12:45	Lunch
14:30 − 15:20	Włodzimierz Piechocki Towards solving generic singularity problem
15:20 − 15:30	Discussion
15:30 − 16:20	Philippe Spindel Mini-Superspace Quantum Supergravity and its Hidden Hyperbolic Kac–Moody Structures
16:20 − 16:30	Discussion
16:30 − 17:00	Coffee break
17:00 − 17:50	Hermann Nicolai On Exceptional Geometry and Supergravity
17:50 − 18:00	Discussion
18:00 − 18:45	Poster Session II
19:00	Dinner

8:00	Breakfast
9:00 − 11:00	Hermann Nicolai Discussion session
11:00 − 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 − 12:00	Claus Kiefer and Mairi Sakellariadou Poster awards and closing remarks
12:15	Lunch
	*End of the seminar*
	Please note that there will be no dinner at the Physikzentrum for participants leaving on Saturday morning, but there will be breakfast on Saturday morning.