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About the Conference

As we all loved Jiří and miss him very much, we decided to invite his friends, collaborators, and former students to spend three days remembering Jiří and celebrating his scientific achievements and his beloved general relativity.

The conference will take place at the Troja campus of the Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague (Wednesday - Thursday) and in the historical building of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Friday).

Conference Topics

  • mathematical relativity
  • relativistic astrophysics
  • black holes
  • classical and quantum effects in curved spacetimes
  • gravitational waves
  • social gathering remembering Jiří

Conference Dates:

May 28-30, 2025

Invited Speakers

  • Andres Anabalon
  • Piotr Chrusciel*
  • Wan Cong
  • Valeri Frolov
  • Christian Klein
  • Robert Mann*
  • Hermann Nicolai
  • Volker Perlick
  • Tsvi Piran
  • Martin Rees*
  • Gerhard Schäfer
  • Kip Thorne
* online

Conference Photo

Public Lecture

Kip Thorne: Quantum Fluctuations in our Universe's Warped Side: Big Bang, Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel and Gravitational Waves. May 28, 2025 in Blue Lecture Hall

Conference Poster

Poster in A4 format: 6 MB, 570 kB

Organizers

D. Kubizňák, P. Krtouš, V. Karas

Contact

joyn7974Fzxi.nfe.zqic.uq

Public Lecture

Prof. Kip Thorne will give a public lecture intended for both professional and lay audiences (in English):

  • Title: Quantum Fluctuations in our Universe’s Warped Side: Big Bang, Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel and Gravitational Waves
  • When: Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00 PM
  • Where: Blue Auditorium – Karolinum, Charles University (Celetná 20, Prague 1)

Pozvánka v češtině je na stránkách Vesmír pro lidstvo:

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Conference Schedule

Below is the preliminary schedule for the conference (click on any row of the table to view the respective abstract). You can also get the program as a pdf file with abstracts or without abstracts.

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Day 1: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Location: T1 Lecture room in Troja campus.

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Public Lecture

Location: Blue auditorium in Prague center.

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1900–2000Kip ThorneQuantum Fluctuations in our Universe's Warped Side:
Big Bang, Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel and Gravitational Waves.
1900–2000Kip Thorne
Quantum Fluctuations in our Universe's Warped Side:
Big Bang, Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel and Gravitational Waves.

Day 2: Thursday, May 29, 2025

Location: T1 Lecture room in Troja campus.

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Day 3: Friday, May 30, 2025

Location: Czech Academy of Sciences building in Prague center.

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Venue Information

The conference will take place at the Troja campus of the Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague (Wednesday - Thursday) and in the historical building of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Friday).

Troja Campus

V Holešovičkách 2
Prague

The T1 lecture room is across the hallway from the entrance near the tallest building of the campus.

Coordinates: 50.1149550N, 14.4491139E

Czech Academy of Sciences

Národní 3
Prague

The Czech Academy of Sciences building is located in downtown Prague.

Coordinates: 50.0816261N, 14.4145375E

Blue Auditorium

The public lecture takes place in Blue Auditorium – Karolinum, Charles University (Celetná 20, Prague 1)

Coordinates: 50.0872379N, 14.4240589E

Church of Our Lady of the Snows

The church is located in downtown Prague.

Coordinates: 50.0833853N, 14.4223942E

Transportation

All sites are readily accessible by Prague public transport, see dpp.cz.

Participants

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