Winnipeg Institute
for Theoretical Physics

WITP

WITP 2024 Summer School and Student Symposium
21-23 August 2024
Room 2L17, University of Winnipeg

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

August 21

Time Speaker Title
9:30-9:45 Evan McDonough (Director, WITP) Opening Remarks
9:45-10:45 Brad Cownden (U. Coll. Dublin) Lecture: General Relativity and Black Holes
10:45-11:15Coffee
11:15-12:30Stephon Alexander (Brown) Lecture: Dark Matter I
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Student talks
3:00-3:30 Coffee
3:30-4:45Leah Jenks (Chicago) Lecture: Gravitational Waves Theory I
4:45 Group Photo
EveningSocial Event

August 22

Time Speaker Title
9:30-10:45 Leah Jenks (Chicago) Lecture: Gravitational Waves Theory II
10:45-11:15Coffee
11:15-12:30Seyda Ipek (Carleton)Lecture: Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry I
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00Student Talks
3:00-3:30Coffee
3:30-4:45Stephon Alexander (Brown) Lecture: Dark Matter II
EveningDinner & Movie Night

August 23

Time Speaker Title
9:30-10:45 Student Talks
10:45-11:15Coffee
11:15-12:30Seyda Ipek (Carleton)Lecture: Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry II
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45Nathan Steinle (UManitoba) Lecture: GW Observations
2:45 End of conference
Prizes for student talks