The upcoming event, Loops' 26, is one of the consecutive conferences with a long history focusing on diverse aspects of loop quantum gravity which will take place from May 24 - May 29, 2026, at Hangzhou China, hosted by Zhejiang University of Technology.
The conference is aimed at the most recent updates on both theoretical and phenomenological aspects of loop quantum gravity, which mainly include canonical loop quantum gravity, covariant loop quantum gravity as well as various approaches to the applications to black hole and cosmological spacetimes.
The confirmed plenary speakers include the following:
Ivan Agullo (Louisiana State University)
Abhay Ashtekar (Pennsylvania State University)
Eugenio Bianchi (Pennsylvania State University)
Bianca Dittrich (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Astrid Einhorn (University of Heidelberg)
Kristina Giesel (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg)
Muxin Han (Florida Atlantic University)
Baofei Li (Zhejiang University of Technology)
Hongguang Liu (Westlake University)
Yongge Ma (Beijing Normal University)
Luca Marchetti (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Guillermo A. Mena Marugán (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia)
Alejandro Perez(Centre de Physique Théorique)
Carlo Rovelli (Centre de Physique Théorique)
Hanno Sahlmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg)
Francesca Vidotto (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia)
Yue-Liang Wu (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Xiangdong Zhang (South China University of Technology)
The registration fee of the conference is 300 USD for faculty and 200 USD for postdocs and students which are approximately 2000 CNY AND 1300 CNY for Chinese faculty and students. The registration fee is supposed to be paid on site of the conference held at Huabei Hotel in West lake district of Hangzhou.
As a related event, the Loop Quantum Gravity Summer School 2026 will be held in Yangzhou University before the conference, from May 11- May 22, 2026. The registration and other relevant information are available via the link https://indico.global/event/15268.
Local Organizing Committee: Tao Zhu (Chair), Bao-Fei Li (co-chair), Qiang Wu (co-chair), You Ding, Yungui Gong, Xiaomei Kuang, Hongguang Liu, Qiyuan Pan, Cong Zhang
Scientific Advisory Committee: Ronggen Cai (Co-chair), Anzhong Wang (Co-chair), Abhay Ashtekar, Alejandro Corichi, Bianca Dittrich, Beatriz Elizaga de Navascues, Jonathan Engle, Kristina Giesel, Viqar Husain, Jiliang Jing, Wojciech Kaminski, Yi Ling, Etera Livine, Yongge Ma, Guillermo Mena Marugan, Karim Noui, Daniele Oriti, Jorge Pullin, Suvrat Raju, Carlo Rovelli, Hanno Sahlmann, Madhaven Varadarajan, Francesca Vidotto, Bin Wang
