| Day 1: |
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:30 |
Welcome and Introductory Comments
Charles Harper (Convener), Hans Halvorson (Chair) |
| 9:30 – 10:20 |
Session #1, Keynote Presentation:
“Spans in Quantum Theory”
John Baez |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Session #1 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 10:45 – 11:05 |
Break |
| 11:05 – 11:50 |
Session #2: Presentation Title TBA Simon Kochen |
| 11:50 – 12:10 |
Session #2 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 12:10 – 1:20 |
Informal Buffet Lunch |
| 1:20 – 2:05 |
Session #3: “The Principle of General Tovariance” Klaas Landsman |
| 2:05 – 2:25 |
Session #3 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 2:25 – 3:10 |
Session #4: “The Logic of Quantum Mechanics—Take II” Bob Coecke |
| 3:10 – 3:35 |
Break |
| 3:35 – 3:55 |
Session #4 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 3:55 – 4:40 |
Session #5: “Topos Theory in the Foundations of Physics” Andreas Döring |
| 4:40 – 5:00 |
Session #5 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 5:00 – 5:20 |
General Group Discussion and Wrap-Up, Day 1 |
| 6:00 – 8:00 |
Reception and Dinner |
| Day 2: |
Thursday, October 4, 2007 |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:45 |
Session #6: “Yet More Ado About Nothing: The Remarkable Relativistic Vacuum State”
Stephen Summers |
| 9:45 – 10:05 |
Session #6 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 10:05- 10:50 |
Session #7: “An Operational Framework for a Theory of Quantum Gravity” Lucien Hardy |
| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Break |
| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Session #7 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Session #8: “Von Neumann on Probability in Quantum Mechanics” Jeffrey Bub |
| 12:15 – 12:35 |
Session #8 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 12:35 – 1:45 |
Informal Buffet Lunch |
| 1:45 – 2:30 |
Session #9: “Operational Independence
of Quantum Systems”
Miklós Rédei |
| 2:30 – 2:50 |
Session #9 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 2:50 – 3:35 |
Session #10: “Quantum Physics and the Finiteness
of Information”
Časlav Brukner |
| 3:35 – 3:55 |
Break |
| 3:55 – 4:15 |
Session #10 Q&A and Open Discussion |
| 4:15 – 5:00 |
General Group Discussion and Future Possibilities |
| 6:00 – 8:00 |
Reception and Dinner |