RESCEU-IAP Joint Workshop on the Early Universe

Supported by JSPS and CNRS



Date     May 14 -- 16, 2008

Venue    Nikko-Kirifuri Convention Hall, Nikko, Japan

Accommodation  Hotel Oedo-Onsen Monogatari Nikko-Kirifuri

Fees      Registration JPY 5000
          Accommodation JPY 9200 per night per person, tax included
          (shared bedroom including dinner and breakfast)

         Those fees should be paid upon arrival by Japanese Yen cash only.

Transportation  A free shuttle bus is available to the workshop site from
Tobu Nikko station and JR Nikko station.


Deadline for application      April 20, 2008

Invited Guest Speakers    Renata Kallosh,  Andrei Linde

Speakers from France     Cedric Deffayet, Martin Lemoine, Larissa Lorenz,
                                    Jerome Martin

Speakers from Japan      To be announced

Organizers   Jerome Martin (IAP), Shuntaro Mizuno (RESCEU),
                Jun'ichi Yokoyama (RESCEU, chair)



We are pleased to announce a Workshop on Cosmology of the Early Universe as
an activity of the Japan-France bilateral project between RESCEU, the
University of Tokyo, and Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.  Topics to be
discussed include string cosmology, particle-physics and observational
aspects of inflation, baryogenesis, dark matter, dark energy, origin and
evolution of fluctuations, magnetogenesis, etc.  The workshop will be held
at the convention hall in a hot-spring resort Hotel Oedo-Onsen Monogatari in
Nikko city, which is famous for the World Heritage associated with Tokugawa
Shogun Family in the Edo era, such as the Toshogu Shrine.  We have reserved
a block of rooms of both Japanese and Western types at the workshop hotel.

Those who wish to participate in the workshop, please send the following
registration form by e-mail to mizuno @ resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp  While the
deadline for application is April 20, we recommend early registration
because the accommodation is provided on the first-come, first-served basis.



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