As Professor Gerard ‘t Hooft relishes lively debates, he was keen on us inviting speakers with perspectives that differ from his own – we expect stimulating discussions!

Confirmed speakers:

• Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge)
• Elena Castellani (Florence)
• Sebastian De Haro (UvA)
• Dennis Dieks (Utrecht)
• Michael Duff (Imperial College)
• Peter Galison (Harvard)
• Ted Jacobson (Maryland)
• Renate Loll (Nijmegen)
• Klaas Landsman (Nijmegen)
• Juan Maldacena (IAS)
• Tim Maudlin (NYU)
• Laura Mersini-Houghton (UNC)
• Malcolm Perry (university of Cambridge; tentative)
• Dean Rickles (Sydney)
• Carlo Rovelli (Marseille)
• Andrew Strominger (Harvard)
• Leonard Susskind (Stanford; participating by video conference)
• Jos Uffink (Minnesota)
• Jeroen van Dongen (UvA)
• Christof Wetterich (Heidelberg)

Regular participants pay 100 euros for a three-day conference which includes a basic lunch and several coffeebreaks on each day; students pay a reduced fee of 50 euros. Because of a generous grant by the Delta ITP, students pay a reduced conference-fee of 25 euros. Members of the Netherlands' Physical Society (NNV) and/or Delta ITP pay a conference-fee of 50 euros.

Organising committee

Guido Bacciagaluppi, Utrecht 
Fedde Benedictus, Utrecht / Amsterdam 
Sebastian De Haro, Amsterdam / Cambridge 
F.A. Muller, Rotterdam / Utrecht 
Damon Moley, Utrecht 
L.T.G. Theunissen, Utrecht 
David Baneke, Utrecht 

The organisation is done together with the Netherlands’ Physical Society, the NNV.