Max Planck Institute for Physics: 100 Year Anniversary

10 Oct 2017, 09:00 → 12 Oct 2017, 23:55 Europe/Berlin

Albert Einstein was the original director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society’s Institute for Physics, founded in October 1917, the predecessor of today‘s Max Planck Institute for Physics. It is time to celebrate this anniversary. In our symposium we will review the historical developments in particle physics, focusing on the role of our institute, as well as review the most thrilling current research topics. The Max Planck Institute for Physics is excited to bring together renowned researchers in both theoretical and experimental particle physics to address these topics. We cordially invite you to join our symposium and to celebrate our 100th anniversary with us! The symposium will take place from October 10-12, followed by the ceremony on the afternoon of October 12. Allen Caldwell Managing Director Max Planck Institute for Physics

Poster Plakat_Symposium-Ceremony.pdf

Tuesday, 10 October

Symposium

Convener: Siegfried Bethke

1 Introduction

Speaker: Allen Caldwell

2 Theoretical physics at the MPP – a historical perspective

Speaker: Wolfgang Hollik

Slides history_theory.pdf

3 Particle Physics phenomenology

Speaker: John Ellis

15:35 Coffee

4 Experimental physics at the MPP – a historical perspective

Speaker: Christian Kiesling

Slides CK_100_Year.pdf

5 Detector and techology developments in particle physics

Speaker: Robert Klanner

Slides Robert_Klanner_100J-MPI-.pptx

17:30 Reception

Symposium

Convener: Georgi Dvali

6 Finding Cosmic Inflation

Speaker: Eiichiro Komatsu

Slides finding_inflation_mpp.pdf

Wednesday, 11 October

Symposium

Convener: Dieter Lüst

7 Experimental particle physics – future perspectives

Speaker: Eckhard Elsen

Slides Experimental_Particle_Physics_-_Future_Perspectives.pdf

8 Neutrino physics – a theoretical perspective

Speaker: Manfred Lindner

Slides lindner.pdf

10:30 Coffee

9 The search for sterile neutrinos

Speaker: Thierry Lasserre

Slides Lasserre-MPP100-2017.pdf

10 Hot topics in particle physics and cosmology

Speaker: Gia Dvali

Slides Gia.pdf

11 WIMPs – motivation and detection

Speaker: Leo Stodolsky

Slides Stodolsky.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Symposium

Convener: Masahiro Teshima

12 New physics deep underground

Speaker: Stefan Schönert

Slides underground_sts.pptx

13 Axions – motivation and detection

Speaker: Roberto Peccei

Slides Peccei_Axion_talk_MPI.pptx

15:30 Coffee

14 Neutrino astronomy

Speaker: Elisa Resconi

Slides MPP_17_Resconi.pdf

15 Gamma-ray astronomy: discovery perspectives

Speaker: Karl Mannheim

Slides Mannheim_KWIP-100.pptx

16 Ground-based gamma ray astronomy

Speaker: Razmik Mirzoyan

Slides HEGRA-MAGIC-CTA-MPP-100-Mirzoyan-11-Oct-17.pptx

Thursday, 12 October

Symposium

Convener: Wolfgang Hollik

17 Quantum Gravity, Unification and E10

Speaker: Hermann Nicolai

Slides Nicolai_MPI100.pdf

18 The LHC – perspectives for discovery

Speaker: Jim Virdee

Slides MPI_100th_F.pdf

10:30 Coffee

19 Status and perspectives in String Theory

Speaker: Dieter Lüst

Slides 100Years.pdf

20 The discovery of the Higgs Boson

Speaker: Sandra Kortner

Slides SKortner_MPP100.pdf

21 Precision calculations for discovery

Speaker: Gudrun Heinrich

Slides Heinrich_MPP100Y.pdf

12:30 Lunch

100-year ceremony and reception

22 Begrüßung, Prof. Dr. Allen Caldwell, Geschäftsführender Direktor

23 Begrüßung: Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann, Präsident der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

24 Grußwort: Ilse Aigner, MdL, Bayerische Staatsministerin für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technologie

25 Grußwort Kristina Frank, Stadträtin Landeshauptstadt München

26 Musikalisches Intermezzo

27 Festvortrag Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bethke, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

28 Musikalischer Ausklang

29 Sektempfang, Austausch und mögliche Führung durch die Ausstellung

Evening program

30 Max-Planck-Institut für Physik – die nächsten 100 Jahre (Programm der Doktoranden)

31 „Physik des Scheiterns“ – Musikkabarett mit Prof. Dr. Georg Eggers und Prof. Dr. Michael Sachs

32 Eröffnung Buffet, musikalische Begleitung durch die Band Los Payos

33 Party mit DJ Lukas Brokamp