NZMRI Summer Workshop 2020

Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity (Aotearoa GR2020)

Tahuna Beach, Nelson Monday 13 Jan (arrival) - Sunday 19th January

The 2020 NZMRI Summer School will be held at the Beachside Conference and Events Centre, (the usual venue, previously known as Tahuna Function Centre), Nelson.

Important Travel Information

Since 1 October 2019, you will need to apply for a NZeTA (NZ electronic travel authorisation) even if you are from a visa waiver country. NZ citizens travelling on an NZ passport, and Australian citizens travelling on an Australian passport do not need to worry about this. Processing can take up to three days (but also as little as 10min), so please apply early enough. Apply through Immigration New Zealand. The application costs NZD12.00, or NZD9.00 if you use INZ's online app. If you are not from a visa waiver country and entering New Zealand please ensure that you also have a valid visa.

Poster

• Lecturers:
  • Piotr Chruściel
  • Mirjam Cvetic
  • Claudia de Rham
  • Clifford Taubes
  • Edward Witten Edward Witten is the Clay Lecturer; this meeting was organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute. (The paper at https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03928 is recommended preparatory reading.)
• Dates
  • Arrival: Monday 13th January 2020 (welcome reception in evening)
  • Departure: Sunday 19th January 2020 (after lunch)
• Organisers
  • Matt Visser
  • Stephen Marsland
  • Sebastian Schuster

This summer school is one of an annual series organized by the NZMRI (New Zealand Mathematics Research Institute), with the theme for January 2020 being the mathematical aspects of general relativity. See also the related conference on the Geometry of Quantum Fields and Strings, 10–12 January 2020, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

The summer school is aimed primarily at mathematics PhD students - there would also be a significant number of senior mathematicians attending, but relatively few would have any significant background in general relativity.

Lectures would end at approximately 13:00 on Sunday 19th January 2020, followed by lunch, and then an afternoon departure.

See the links on the left for further information.

Group Photo