| Plenary sessions in Hotel Tuela, Parallel sessions in Physics/Chemistry building. |
| Registration & popular talks in CAUP/Planetarium building. |
| A PDF version of the abstract book can be downloaded here. |
| Sunday, 21st August |
| 16:00 - 18:30 |
Registration |
| 18:30 - 19:30 |
Porto d'Honra at CAUP/Planetarium building |
| Monday, 22nd August |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by LOC & SOC |
| Plenary Session 1 - Chair: D. Lyth |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Cosmological Parameters
Licia Verde (Barcelona) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
String Cosmology
Liam McAllister (Cornell) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Supergravity and Inflationary Cosmology
Ana Achucarro (Leiden/Bilbao) |
| 12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 - 16:30 |
Parallel Sessions INF1+CMB1+STR1 |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00 - 19:00 |
Parallel Sessions DEN1+NGA1+STR2 |
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Reception, Poster session and Conference Photo at Chemistry building |
| Tuesday, 23rd August |
| Plenary Session 2 - Chair: L. Roszkowski |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Dark Matter Theory in Light of Recent Searches
Katherine Freese (Michigan) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Direct Dark Matter Searches
Antonio Melgarejo (Columbia) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Dark Matter Indirect Detections
Pierre Salati (Annecy) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
The Fine-Scale Structure of Dark Matter Halos
Simon White (Garching) |
| 12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 - 16:30 |
Parallel Sessions INF2+CMB2+DMA1 |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00 - 19:00 |
Parallel Sessions DEN2+NGA2+DMA2 |
| 21:00 - 22:00 |
Public talk
Jean-Philippe Uzan |
| Wednesday, 24th August |
| Plenary Session 3 - Chair: A. Riotto |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
The Equivalence Principle and the Quest for New Physics
Federico Piazza (APC) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Dark Energy Theory
Ed Copeland (Nottingham) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Modifications of General Relativity and the Equivalence Principle
Jean-Philippe Uzan (IAP) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Good Things from Brane Back-reaction
Cliff Burgess (McMaster/PI) |
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Cosmological Lithium Problem
Karsten Jedamzik (Montpellier) |
| 13:15 - 15:30 |
Lunch |
| 16:00 - 20:00 |
Guided tour (meeting point: entrance of CAUP/Planetarium building) |
| 20:00 - 23:00 |
Conference dinner (Taylor's Cellars) |
| Thursday, 25th August |
| Plenary Session 4 - Chair: K. Enqvist |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
SUSY at the LHC
Howard Baer (Oklahoma) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Beyond Standard WIMPs
Ki Young Choi (Pusan) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Update on Neutrino Cosmology
Julien Lesgourgues (CERN) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Axions
Yvonne Wong (Aachen) |
| 12:30 - 14:10 |
Lunch |
| 14:10 - 16:30 |
Parallel Sessions INF3+CMB3+FUT1 |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00 - 19:00 |
Parallel Sessions DEN3+FUT2 |
| 21:00 - 22:00 |
Public talk
Paul Shellard |
| Friday, 26th August |
| Parallel Session 5 - Chair: J. Lesgourgues |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Inflation
Antonio Riotto (CERN) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Reheating After Inflation
Juan Garcia-Bellido (Madrid) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Ruth Durrer (Geneva) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Nongaussianity
Paul Shellard (Cambridge) |
| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Prize awards and COSMO-12 announcement |
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Closing remarks |
| 13:00 |
End |
22-26 August 2011, Porto, Portugal
