Abstract
The meeting, primarily targeted at italian postdocs and Ph.D. students working on string theory, is meant as an occasion to discuss, in an informal atmosphere, recent developments in string theory and related areas. The meeting is organized in thematic sessions. There will be five half-day sessions, each focusing on a specific topic, with a 90 minutes blackboard presentation by two speakers and a subsequent discussion where all participants can make questions, comments, and share their understanding and doubts.

Topics
Topics and speakers

- AdS/CFT Integrability :
Valentina Forini (ICC - Barcelona U.) , Simone Giombi (Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys. ), Carlo Meneghelli (Hamburg U.)

- Entanglement Entropy in Field Theory and Holography:
Pasquale Calabrese (Pisa U.), Erik Tonni (SISSA)

- Blackfolds:
Marco Caldarelli (Orsay, LPT & Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT)

- LHC results and implications for String Inspired New Physics:
Michele Redi (CERN & INFN Firenze), Giovanni Villadoro (SLAC, Stanford U.)

- Fluid/gravity correspondence:
Luca Sommovigo (DISTA, Piemonte Orientale U.)

For their accommodation the participants can contact Studio Guidi (tel: +39 055 241561; fax: +39 055 2346178)

Organizers
F. Bigazzi (Università di Firenze e INFN, Sez. Pisa), A. L. Cotrone (Università di Torino e INFN),
C. Maccaferri (Institute of Physics AS CR, Prague e INFN, Sez. Torino), L. Martucci (INFN, Sez. Roma Tor Vergata),
Local Support: A. Cappelli, D. Seminara (INFN - Università di Firenze).

Contact
[email protected]

Talks

Date	Speaker	Title	Type	Useful Links
Dec 20, 2011 - 09:30	V. Forini, C. Meneghelli, S. Giombi	AdS/CFT Integrability	Seminar
Dec 20, 2011 - 14:30	P. Calabrese, E. Tonni	Entanglement Entropy in Field Theory and Holography	Seminar
Dec 21, 2011 - 09:30	M. Caldarelli	Blackfolds	Seminar
Dec 21, 2011 - 14:30	M. Redi, G. Villadoro	LHC results and implications for String Inspired New Physics	Seminar
Dec 22, 2011 - 09:30	L. Sommovigo	Fluid/gravity correspondence	Seminar