A topical, in-person conference emphasizing elementary particles, astrophysics, and cosmology but also including presentations on machine learning and quantum computing to take place 12-19 December at Lago Mar Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
James Bjorken (1934-2024) |
Peter Higgs (1929-2024) |
T-D Lee (1926-2024) |
The conference registration fee is $150 for both virtual & in-person participation. |
Steering Committee: Diego Castano, Nova Southeastern University (outreach) Session Organizers: Don Colladay, New College of Florida (testing Lorentz/CPT) Registered Attendee List:
Jo Ann Curtright, University of Miami (administrative assistant)
Thomas Curtright, University of Miami (committee chairman)
Eduardo Guendelman, Ben Gurion University (relativity)
Luca Mezincescu, University of Miami (new ideas/recent dev's)
Pierre Ramond, University of Florida (beyond standard model)
Ruth Daly, Penn State University (astrophysical black holes)
Paul Frampton, Oxford (conjectures & speculations)
Tom Kephart, Vanderbilt University (new ideas/recent dev's)
Sergey Klimenko, University of Florida (LIGO/gravitational waves)
Djordje Minic, Virginia Tech (string theory/quantum information & computing)
Guenakh Mitselmakher, University of Florida (LHC)
Rajamani Narayanan, Florida International University (progress in QCD)
Wei Xue, University of Florida (dark matter, cosmology)
Cosmas Zachos, Argonne National Laboratory (new ideas/recent dev's)
Participants must make all arrangements for their own meals. Meals will not be arranged by the conference organizers. All times shown are: Eastern Standard Time = UTC - 5:00.
The standard time allotment for talks is 30 minutes (usually, but not always, 25 for talk + 5 for Q&A).
The following chart is a rough draft of the talk schedule. A precise time schedule will be available in late November.
Conference Talks TBA
The conference registration fee is $150 for both virtual & in-person participation.
To make your reservation directly with the hotel, you may call 1-855-829-2923 and ask for the UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WINTER PHYSICS MEETING.
Alternatively, you may go online to https://www.lagomar.com, click the reservations tab & enter group code 2412UNIVER, then select your arrival and departure dates.
Please note: The cutoff date for room reservations at the conference rate is 17 November.
While many people are still hesitant to travel, if you are willing and able to fly, both Miami International Airport (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) serve the greater Miami area. Nevertheless, we strongly recommend using FLL to attend Miami 2023 in person because it is much closer to the conference hotel. A taxi from FLL to the Lago Mar resort should cost less than $20.
If you must fly into MIA, here is some taxi and limo information. Alternatively, if you have plenty of time and patience, you may take Tri-Rail from MIA to Fort Lauderdale (for < $5 per person) and then a taxi to the hotel (for about $20). This alternative is less expensive but usually more time-consuming (depending on traffic conditions!) than taking a taxi from MIA all the way to the hotel. Of course, should you do this, remember to take into consideration the train schedule.
The phone number and address of the hotel, the Lago Mar Resort, are given here. No matter how you travel to the hotel, it might be helpful if you carry along a copy of this information.
Note that parking at the hotel is complimentary, should you wish to rent a car for various purposes.
If you do not have transportation, the conference hotel restaurants are probably your best choice.
But if you have transportation available, you might want to check out some of the eating establishments within a short drive. Here is a map of some local restaurants not too far from the hotel. (Pan and/or zoom to find particular restaurants.)
A little farther away, Las Olas Blvd has several restaurants from which to choose. And then there is always the very rustic, Rustic Inn Crabhouse (not to be confused with Joe's Stone Crab, of course ... that's a long drive).
Good swill hunting!