Schedule

Monday 26th November

9.45-10.30 – J. Lewandowski – Semiclassical geometry felt by quantum modes probing quantum spacetime
10.30-11.00 – coffee break
11.00-11.45 – G. Catren – On Cartan geometries and the formulation of a gravitational gauge principle
11.45-12.30 – discussion
12.30-14.00 – lunch
14.00-14.45 – G. Ellis – The Evolving Block Universe: A more realistic view of spacetime geometry
14.45-15.30 –A. de Saint Ours – Negative philosophical discoveries of Machian approaches to the problem of time
15.30-16.00 – coffee break
16.00-16.45 S. Majid – Emergence of wave equations from quantum spacetime
16.45-17.30 – discussion

Tuesday 27th November

9.45-10.30 – P. Peter – The measurement problem for quantum cosmological perturbations
10.30-11.00 – coffee break
11.00-11.45 – A. Barrau – From Loop Quantum Cosmology to the Multiverse
11.45-13.30 – lunch
13.30-14.15 – discussion
14.15-15.00 – N. Huggett – Emergent Spacetime and Empirical (In)coherence
15.00-15.45 – J. Bain – The Emergence of Spacetime in Condensed Matter Approaches to Quantum Gravity
15.45-16.15 – coffee break
16.15-17.00 – M. Esfeld – Against the emergence of space-time
17.00-17.45 – discussion

Wednesday 28th November

10.15-11.00 – F. Dowker – Materialism vs idealism in quantum gravity
11.00-11.30 – coffee break
11.30-12.30 – discussion
12.30-14.00 – lunch
14.00-15.00 – J. Renn / D. Salisbury – A semiclassical intrinsic canonical approach to quantum gravity
15.00-15.45 – D. Giulini – Space-Time and Matter. Accidents and Essentials
15.45-16.15 – coffee break
16.15-17.45 – discussion