Name: Iberian Strings 2026
Start: 2026-01-21T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-23T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Iberian Strings 2026

from Wednesday, 21 January 2026 (08:30) to Friday, 23 January 2026 (19:00)

Monday, 19 January 2026
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Wednesday, 21 January 2026

08:30 Opening
Opening
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Counting states in quantum gravity - Vijay Balasubramanian (University of Pennsilvania)
Counting states in quantum gravity
- Vijay Balasubramanian (University of Pennsilvania)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 A new String Field Theory - Chris M Hull (Imperial College)
A new String Field Theory
- Chris M Hull (Imperial College)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Integrability for non-AdS holography - Sibylle Driezen
Integrability for non-AdS holography
- Sibylle Driezen
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Exact BPS black hole microstate counting from holographic conformal quantum mechanics - Gabriel Cardoso (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa)
Exact BPS black hole microstate counting from holographic conformal quantum mechanics
- Gabriel Cardoso (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Unveiling horizons in quantum critical collapse - Marija Tomasevic (CERN)
Unveiling horizons in quantum critical collapse
- Marija Tomasevic (CERN)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Non-invertible symmetries of Non-Linear Sigma Models - Guillermo Arias-Tamargo (Imperial College London)
Non-invertible symmetries of Non-Linear Sigma Models
- Guillermo Arias-Tamargo (Imperial College London)
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 Floquet SYK wormholes - Martí Berenguer Mimó (IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Floquet SYK wormholes
- Martí Berenguer Mimó (IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:45
14:45 Probing new physics with black hole ringdown - Pablo A. Cano (Universidad de Murcia)
Probing new physics with black hole ringdown
- Pablo A. Cano (Universidad de Murcia)
14:45 - 15:45
15:45 Accelerating black holes in higher-derivative theories of gravity - Marina David (KU Leuven)
Accelerating black holes in higher-derivative theories of gravity
- Marina David (KU Leuven)
15:45 - 16:15
16:15 Entanglement asymmetry and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking - Eduardo Garcia-Valdecasas (SISSA)
Entanglement asymmetry and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
- Eduardo Garcia-Valdecasas (SISSA)
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Gong Show
17:00 - 18:30
Contributions

17:07 Emergent strings from Quantum Field Theory - Guim Planella Planas (Utrecht University)
18:45 Reception
Reception
18:45 - 20:45
Thursday, 22 January 2026
09:00 Quantum complexity: from black holes to quantum circuits and chaos - Shira Chapman (Ben Gurion University)
Quantum complexity: from black holes to quantum circuits and chaos
- Shira Chapman (Ben Gurion University)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Far-from equilibrium inflation - Jorge Casalderrey (Universitat de Barcelona)
Far-from equilibrium inflation
- Jorge Casalderrey (Universitat de Barcelona)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break & Group photo
Coffee break & Group photo
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 The Hilbert space of gauge theories: group averaging and the quantization of Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity - Elba Alonso-Monsalve (MIT)
The Hilbert space of gauge theories: group averaging and the quantization of Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity
- Elba Alonso-Monsalve (MIT)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Closed universes in holography - Alejandro Vilar López (University of British Columbia)
Closed universes in holography
- Alejandro Vilar López (University of British Columbia)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 BKL dynamics inside higher-dimensional AdS black holes - Ángel Murcia (Universitat de Barcelona)
BKL dynamics inside higher-dimensional AdS black holes
- Ángel Murcia (Universitat de Barcelona)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Remarks on Quadratic Gravity - Luca Buoninfante (IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Remarks on Quadratic Gravity
- Luca Buoninfante (IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 The Green-Schwarz mechanism and its non-relativistic limit - Eric Lescano (Wroclaw University)
The Green-Schwarz mechanism and its non-relativistic limit
- Eric Lescano (Wroclaw University)
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:45
14:45 Universal sectors in 2d near-extremal QFTs - Stephane Detournay (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Universal sectors in 2d near-extremal QFTs
- Stephane Detournay (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 Microscopic description of critical bubbles from holography - Javier Subils (Utrecht University)
Microscopic description of critical bubbles from holography
- Javier Subils (Utrecht University)
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 Chaos and complexity on the (non-)planar worldsheet - Saskia Demulder (CUNEF Universidad)
Chaos and complexity on the (non-)planar worldsheet
- Saskia Demulder (CUNEF Universidad)
15:45 - 16:15
16:15 The black hole-tower correspondence - Alvaro Herraez (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
The black hole-tower correspondence
- Alvaro Herraez (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Connecting boundary entropy and effective central charge at interfaces - Carlos Hoyos (Universidad de Oviedo)
Connecting boundary entropy and effective central charge at interfaces
- Carlos Hoyos (Universidad de Oviedo)
17:00 - 17:30
17:30 Holographic QFT dynamics on curved spacetimes - Francesco Nitti (APC Paris)
Holographic QFT dynamics on curved spacetimes
- Francesco Nitti (APC Paris)
17:30 - 18:00
20:30 Banquet
Banquet
20:30 - 23:30
Friday, 23 January 2026
09:00 Quantum features of a Λ>0 universe - Dionysios Anninos (King's College London)
Quantum features of a Λ>0 universe
- Dionysios Anninos (King's College London)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 No shift, Sherlock - José Calderón Infante (Caltech)
No shift, Sherlock
- José Calderón Infante (Caltech)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 New developments in 5d gauge theories - Amihay Hanany (Imperial College)
New developments in 5d gauge theories
- Amihay Hanany (Imperial College)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 On deformations of AdS3 solutions: G-structures and supersymmetric probe branes - Anayeli Ramirez (KU Leuven)
On deformations of AdS3 solutions: G-structures and supersymmetric probe branes
- Anayeli Ramirez (KU Leuven)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Higher-form symmetries in supergravity - Tomas Ortin (IFT, CSIC/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Higher-form symmetries in supergravity
- Tomas Ortin (IFT, CSIC/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Worldsheet theory of 2d QCD - Adi Armoni (Swansea University)
Worldsheet theory of 2d QCD
- Adi Armoni (Swansea University)
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 Quantum transparency of near-extremal black holes - Stefano Trezzi (Institute of Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona (ICCUB))
Quantum transparency of near-extremal black holes
- Stefano Trezzi (Institute of Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona (ICCUB))
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:45
14:45 Matrix models and holography - Shota Komatsu (CERN)
Matrix models and holography
- Shota Komatsu (CERN)
14:45 - 15:45
15:45 Holographic shear correlators at low temperatures, and quantum η/s - Elias Kiritsis (University of Crete)
Holographic shear correlators at low temperatures, and quantum η/s
- Elias Kiritsis (University of Crete)
15:45 - 16:15

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