String Phenomenology 2025

7 Jul 2025, 08:30 → 11 Jul 2025, 19:00 US/Eastern

ISEC (Northeastern University)

The annual String Phenomenology conference discusses recent progress in compactifications of string theory and their relation to particle physics and cosmology.

Topics include:

• Swampland and Quantum Gravity Conjectures 
• Formal and Mathematical Aspects of string compactifications (such as F-theory, G2 compactifications, heterotic compactifications, and other corners of the string landscape, e.g. non-geometric compactifications)
• String Model Building in particle physics and cosmology
• Machine Learning Techniques to explore the String Landscape

Plenary Speakers include:

Steven Abel	Andre Lukas
Lara Anderson	Dieter Lüst
Ralph Blumenhagen	Severin Lüst
Joe Conlon	Liam McAllister
Mirjam Cvetič	Miguel Montero
Keith Dienes	Richard Nally
Markus Dierigl	Michael Nee
Inaki García Extebarria	Georges Obied
Naomi Gendler	Paul Oehlmann
Mark Goodsell	Hirosi Ooguri
Thomas Grimm	Fernando Quevedo
Arthur Hebecker	Gary Shiu
Jonathan Heckman	Eva Silverstein*
Vishnu Jejjala	Irene Valenzuela
Hee-Cheol Kim	Damian van de Heisteeg
Manki Kim	Yinan Wang
Johanna Knapp	Timo Weigand
Sven Krippendorf	Alexander Westphal
Magdalena Larfors	Kazuya Yonekura
Seung-Joo Lee

* To be confirmed

 

Local Organizers:

• Rafael Álvarez-García
• Jim Halverson
• Thomas Harvey
• Fabian Ruehle
• Washington Taylor
• Cumrun Vafa

SP2025Poster.pdf

Monday 7 July ¶

08:30 Registration

1 Plenary Talk¶

2 Plenary Talk¶

3 Plenary Talk¶

10:30 Coffee Break

4 Plenary Talk¶

5 Plenary Talk¶

6 Plenary Talk¶

12:30 Lunch

7 Plenary Talk¶

8 Plenary Talk¶

9 Plenary Talk¶

15:30 Coffee Break

10 Plenary Talk¶

11 Plenary Talk¶

12 Plenary Talk¶

18:00 Reception

Tuesday 8 July ¶

08:30 Registration

13 Plenary Talk¶

14 Plenary Talk¶

15 Plenary Talk¶

10:30 Coffee Break

16 Plenary Talk¶

17 Plenary Talk¶

18 Plenary Talk¶

12:30 Lunch

Parallel Session 1¶

Parallel Session 2¶

Parallel Session 3¶

15:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session 1¶

Parallel Session 2¶

Parallel Session 3¶

Wednesday 9 July ¶

08:30 Registration

19 Plenary Talk¶

20 Plenary Talk¶

21 Plenary Talk¶

10:30 Coffee Break

22 Plenary Talk¶

23 Plenary Talk¶

24 Plenary Talk¶

12:30 Free afternoon / excursion

Thursday 10 July ¶

08:30 Registration

25 Plenary Talk¶

26 Plenary Talk¶

27 Plenary Talk¶

10:30 Coffee Break

28 Plenary Talk¶

29 Plenary Talk¶

30 Plenary Talk¶

12:30 Lunch

Parallel Session 1¶

Parallel Session 2¶

Parallel Session 3¶

15:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session 1¶

Parallel Session 2¶

Parallel Session 3¶

19:30 Conference Dinner

Friday 11 July ¶

08:30 Registration

31 Plenary Talk¶

32 Plenary Talk¶

33 Plenary Talk¶

10:30 Coffee Break

34 Plenary Talk¶

35 Plenary Talk¶

36 Plenary Talk¶

12:30 Lunch

37 Plenary Talk¶

38 Plenary Talk¶

39 Plenary Talk¶

15:30 Coffee Break

40 Plenary Talk¶

41 Plenary Talk¶

42 Plenary Talk¶