This conference will be in honor of Jean-Bernard Zuber, a leading figure of the french theoretical physics community for many years. It will cover a variety of topics dear to Jean-Bernard, including random matrix models, conformal theories, combinatorics, integrable models and the mathematical aspects of field theories. A conference dinner will be held on Thursday 24 evening, location to be announced.
Invited speakers:
- Costas Bachas (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris)
- Philippe Biane (U. Gustave Eiffel, Champs sur Marne)
- Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (LaBRI, U. Bordeaux)
- Andrea Cappelli (INFN Florence)
- Robert Coquereaux (CPT Marseille)
- Benoit Estienne (LPTHE, Sorbonne U. Paris)
- Alice Guionnet (UMPA, ENS Lyon)
- Sylvain Lacroix (LPTHE, Sorbonne U. Paris)
- Marcos Marino (Université de Genève)
- Colin McSwiggen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
- Paul Pearce (U. Melbourne)
- Didina Serban (IPHT Saclay)
- Michel Talagrand (IMJ Paris)
- Paul Zinn-Justin (U. Melbourne)
Organizers:
Denis Bernard, Philippe di Francesco, Sylvain Lacroix, Michela Petrini, Boris Pioline
Financial support is kindly provided by Fédération de Recherches Interactions Fondamentales (FRIF), Fondation Mathématiques Jacques Hadamard (FMJH), Institut Philippe Meyer (IPM) , Institut de Physique Théoriques du CEA (IPHT), and Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies (LPTHE).
Attendance to the talks is open to everyone, participation to the dinner will be upon invitation. For logistical reasons we ask participants to register before September 7.