TaoFest

14 May 2026, 08:30 → 15 May 2026, 13:30 US/Eastern

This symposium celebrates Tao Han's wide-ranging scientific achievements in particle physics and his many influential contributions to the field and its community.

Dates: May 14-15, 2026
Venue: University of Pittsburgh, Benedum Hall, Room 157

Special Events: 

May 13 at 6:30 PM, Reception at the Allegheny Observatory

May 14 at 6:30 PM, Conference banquet at the William Pitt Union  

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Thursday 14 May

08:30 Breakfast and registration

Talks: Day1 Monring1

1 Welcome

Speaker: Adam Leibovich (University of Pittsburgh)

2 TBD

Speaker: Vernon Barger

3 TBD

Speakers: Tilman Plehn, Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University)

4 TBD

Speaker: Elizabeth Simmons (University of California, San Diego)

10:20 Coffee break

Talks: Day1 Morning2

5 TBD

Speakers: FRANCIS HALZEN, Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

6 Nano-Hz Gravitational Waves and Supernova Neutrinos.

Speaker: Hooman Davoudiasl

7 TBD

Speakers: Zhen Liu (University of Minnesota (US)), Zhen Liu, Zhen Liu

8 TBD

Speakers: Marcela Carena, Marcela Carena Lopez

12:30 Lunch break

Talks: Day1 Afternoon1

9 TBD

Speakers: Dieter Zeppenfeld, Dieter Zeppenfeld (KIT, Karlsruhe)

10 TBD

Speakers: Shufang Su (University of Arizona), Shufang Su (University of Arizona), Shufang Su (University of Arizona)

11 TBD

Speaker: Richard Ruiz (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN))

15:15 Coffee break

Talks: Day1 Afternoon2

12 TBD

Speaker: Carlos E.M. Wagner

13 TBD

Speakers: Neil Christensen (Illinois State University), Dr Neil Christensen (Illinois State University)

14 TBD

Speakers: Bhaskar Dutta, Bhaskar Dutta, Prof. Bhaskar Dutta

Banquet

Friday 15 May

08:30 Breakfast

Talks: Day2 Monring1

15 TBD

Speaker: Ian Lewis (The University of Kansas)

16 TBD

Speaker: Dr Yang Ma (UCLouvain)

17 TBD

Speaker: Dorival Gonçalves (Oklahoma State University)

10:15 Coffee break

Talks: Day2 Monring2+Remarks

18 TBD

Speaker: Dan Hooper (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

19 TBD

Speakers: Ian Low (Argonne National Lab/Northwestern Univ), Ian Low, Ian Low (Argonne National Laboratory (US))

20 TBD

Speakers: Liantao Wang, Liantao Wang