Name: TaoFest
Start: 2026-05-14T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-15T13:30:00-04:00
Location: No location set

TaoFest

from Thursday, 14 May 2026 (08:30) to Friday, 15 May 2026 (13:30)

Monday, 11 May 2026
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Thursday, 14 May 2026

08:30 Breakfast and registration
Breakfast and registration
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Day1 Monring1
Day1 Monring1
09:00 - 10:20
Room: 157
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Adam Leibovich (University of Pittsburgh)

09:10 The Madison–Pitt Legacy: From Theoretical Beauty to Collider Discovery - Vernon Barger

09:30 Doing Particle Physics because It is Fun - Tilman Plehn Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University)

09:55 The Tao of Leadership - Elizabeth Simmons (University of California, San Diego)
10:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Talks: Day1 Morning2
Day1 Morning2
10:50 - 12:30
Room: 157
Contributions

10:55 Pheno from Madison to Pittsburgh - FRANCIS HALZEN Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

11:20 Nano-Hz Gravitational Waves and Supernova Neutrinos. - Hooman Davoudiasl

11:45 Colored Resonances with Tao - Zhen Liu (University of Minnesota (US)) Zhen Liu Zhen Liu

12:10 TBD - Marcela Carena Marcela Carena Lopez
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Talks: Day1 Afternoon1
Day1 Afternoon1
14:00 - 15:15
Room: 157
Contributions

14:00 Parton level Monte Carlos, vector boson scattering and other fun work with Tao - Dieter Zeppenfeld Dieter Zeppenfeld (KIT, Karlsruhe)

14:25 The Colorful Life of Tao in the Colorless H Branch - Shufang Su (University of Arizona) Shufang Su (University of Arizona) Shufang Su (University of Arizona)

14:50 LNV and VBS in the Tao Sector - Richard Ruiz (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN))
15:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 Talks: Day1 Afternoon2
Day1 Afternoon2
15:45 - 17:25
Room: 157
Contributions

15:50 High Energy Physics in the Times of Tao - Carlos E.M. Wagner

16:15 From TASI to the CSM - Neil Christensen (Illinois State University) Neil Christensen (Illinois State University)

16:40 Dark Matter Scattering: New Signals and Models - Bhaskar Dutta Bhaskar Dutta Bhaskar Dutta

17:05 TBD - Jack Gunion
18:30 Banquet

18:30 - 21:30
Room: Lower Lounge
Friday, 15 May 2026

08:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Day2 Monring1
Day2 Monring1
09:00 - 10:15
Room: 157
Contributions

09:00 Electroweak Restoration at the LHC and beyond - Ian Lewis (The University of Kansas)

09:25 TAO at future lepton colliders - Yang Ma (UCLouvain)

09:50 A Journey Through the Energy Frontier with Tao - Dorival Gonçalves (Oklahoma State University)
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Talks: Day2 Monring2+Remarks
Day2 Monring2+Remarks
10:45 - 12:00
Room: 157
Contributions

10:50 What Can Tao and I Do With High-Energy Neutrinos? - Dan Hooper (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

11:15 The Tao (道）of Symmetry: an Information-theoretic Perspective - Ian Low (Argonne National Lab/Northwestern Univ) Ian Low Ian Low (Argonne National Laboratory (US))

11:40 My quantum journey with Tao - Liantao Wang Liantao Wang