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1 08:30 am - 09:00 am Nelson Braga Anamaria Font Central University of Venezuela Alfonso Ballon Bayona - UNESP Ara Sedrakyan Yerevan Physics Institute Emanuele Orazi UFRN REGISTRATION Conformal field theories, gauge theories and nonperturbative issues Lectures on Strings and Phenomenology Strings and Anti-de Sitter space Matrix Models for non-critical strings. The AdS/CFT map and gauge/gravity dualities

2 Anamaria Font Central University of Venezuela Dmitry Melnikov IIP-UFRN Andrei Mikhailov IFT-UNESP Riccardo Sturani International Institute of Physics Francisco Brito University of Campina Grande Anamaria Font Central University of Venezuela Lectures on Strings and Phenomenology BV formalism and string amplitudes I and II The dawn of gravitational wave astronomy Lectures on Holography and Condensed Matter Physics Lectures on Strings and Phenomenology

3 Rold da Rocha Federal University of ABC Horacio Casini Atomic Center of Bariloche Andrei Mikhailov IFT-UNESP Ara Sedrakyan Yerevan Physics Institute Daniel Grumiller Technical University of Viena Anamaria Font Central University of Venezuela Horacio Casini Atomic Center of Bariloche Lectures on Holography and Quantum Entanglement I BV formalism and string amplitudes I and II Lectures on Holography and Condensed Matter Physics Introduction to higher spin holography in 3d Lectures on Holography and Quantum Entanglement II

4 Fabio Novaes International Institute of Physics Daniel Grumiller Technical University of Viena Horacio Casini Atomic Center of Bariloche Daniel Grumiller Technical University of Viena 1. The Holography Inspired Stringy Hadron (HISH) models, introduction Lectures on Holography and Condensed Matter Physics Introduction to higher spin gauge theories Lectures on Holography and Quantum Entanglement III 2. Stringy hadrons in holographic backgrounds and the map to HISH Introduction to near horizon higher spin holography

5 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Dmitri Vassilevich Federal University of ABC Carlos Enrique Flores Federal University of Bahia Emanuele Orazi UFRN Segundo Parra Mili IFT-UNESP Dmitry Galtsov Moscow State University Nathan Berkovits ITP, ICTP-SAIFR UV/IR mixing revisited Constraint Structure of Two-dimensional Polynomial BF theory 3. Phenomenology: Comparison between the stringy models and experimental data Legendre Duality Supermultiplet of beta-deformations from twistors Review of Superstring Formalisms

6 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 02:25 pm - 05:00 pm 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Nathan Berkovits ITP, ICTP-SAIFR Fabio Novaes International Institute of Physics Henrique Boschi-Filho Saulo Diles Nelson Braga Nelson Braga Jorge Noronha Universidade de S Paulo Recent advances using the pure spinor formalism Integrability Aspects of Black Holes POSTER SESSION Holographic models for heavy vector mesons Holographic description of thermal spectra of heavy vector mesons Abelian reductions for AdS/CMT and particle/vortex dualities Weak x strong coupling non-equilibrium dynamics in an expanding universe

7 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm 07:30 pm - 09:30 pm Ara Sedrakyan Yerevan Physics Institute Dionisio Bazeia UFPB Rold da Rocha Federal University of ABC Amílcar Rabelo de Queiroz University of Brasilia - UnB Amílcar Rabelo de Queiroz University of Brasilia - UnB Dionisio Bazeia UFPB Francisco Brito University of Campina Grande Integrable models on random surfaces: Extension of matrix models. WORKSHOP DINNER Neutron stars and speed limits in AdS/CFT Fluid/gravity correspondence and the CFM brane-world solutions Curious Features of Infrared QED Compact Kinks, Lumps, Q-balls and Branes Higher-derivative massive gravity on a two-dimensional brane in 4D Minkowski space

8 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Alexandr Pinzul University of Brasilia Aleksandr Pinzul University of Brasilia Dmitry Galtsov Moscow State University Dmitry Melnikov IIP-UFRN Dmitry Melnikov IIP-UFRN Alfonso Ballon Bayona - UNESP Henrique Boschi-Filho Effectiveness and naturalness of the spectral action for theories on foliated space-times Massless particles: from soft hair to hard kicks Extending the scope of holographic mutual information and chaotic behavior Holographic perspective on low-dimensional physics Soft Pomeron in Holographic QCD Regge trajectories for the Pomeron and Odderon from AdS/QCD models

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