100 years of relativity

international conference on classical and
quantum aspects of gravity and cosmology

august 22-24
2005

são paulo
brasil

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Conselho Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Científico
e Tecnológico

Fundação de Amparo à
Pesquisa do Estado
de São Paulo

Fundação de Amparo à
Pesquisa do Estado
do Rio de Janeiro

Financiadora de
Estudos e Projetos

Sociedade Brasileira
de Física

Coordenação de
Aperfeiçoamento de
Pessoal de Nível Superior

International Centre
for Theoretical Physics

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> The Conference Program is now online!

> You can also read the Abstracts Book (some special characters may not appear correctly.)

> You can find your hotel here.

> We have also compiled a list of restaurants near MASP. The gala dinner, on the night of the 24th, will take place in the Restaurante À Mineira, Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima 697, near MASP (see the map here).

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We are very pleased to announce that, as part of the world-wide commemorations of the centennial of Einstein's Annus Mirabilis, the international conference 100 years of relativity will be held on August 22-24 in São Paulo, Brazil, to highlight Einstein's most cherished legacy: the modern theories of Relativity and Cosmology.

Never has this legacy been so evident to everyone, scientists as well as the general public, as in recent years, with dramatic new observations of the Cosmos firing up our curiosity.

This conference has two goals: first, to provide an opportunity for high-level scientific discussions and the presentation of new results, and second, to call the attention of a wide spectrum of the general public to the exciting new developments in our current understanding the Universe. Hence, besides the plenary and paralell sessions during morning and afternoons, public lectures will be delivered on the evenings of Aug. 22-24.

The main thrust of the conference is classical and quantum aspects of Gravitation and Cosmology - theoretical and experimental. A non-exhaustive list of subjects includes black holes, quantum and semi-classical gravity, exact solutions of GR, gravity waves, cosmic microwave background, structure formation, weak/strong lensing, gamma-ray bursts, dark matter and dark energy.

We will hold parallel sessions on the sub-topics:

Dark Energy and Dark Matter
Gravitational Waves
Semiclassical Gravity and QFT in Curved Spacetimes
Observations: Experimental Cosmology
Topics in Modern Cosmology
Black Holes
Astroparticle Physics
Classical General Relativity
Quantum Gravity, Strings and Branes

The conference will be held in MASP (Sao Paulo Art Museum), an architectural landmark in the cultural and financial center of Sao Paulo, with a dazzling choice of gastronomic, cultural and entertainment opportunities nearby. Some paralell sessions will be held at IFT (Theoretical Physics Institute), which can be reached from MASP by a 10min footwalk.

It is with great pleasure that we invite everyone to participate in this Conference.

> First Announcement

> Second Announcement