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SUMMARY:Relativity Reframed: Quantum Reference Frames and Gravity
DTSTART:20261026T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:\nQuantum reference frames (QRFs) have emerged as a powerful a
 nd rapidly developing framework in fundamental physics\, providing a syste
 matic approach to formulating theories without fixed classical backgrounds
 . By making explicit the relational structure of physical laws\, QRFs supp
 ly concrete tools to define subsystems\, observables\, and quantum informa
 tion in diffeomorphism-invariant and dynamically fluctuating spacetimes. T
 heir applications span quantum gravity\, algebraic and curved-spacetime qu
 antum field theory\, quantum information\, cosmology\, and phenomenology\,
  refining our understanding of locality\, causality\, symmetry\, and measu
 rement beyond semiclassical regimes. In gravitational settings\, QRFs clar
 ify relational observables\, edge modes\, soft degrees of freedom\, and en
 tanglement in quantum spacetime\, and shed new light on the role of observ
 ers in dynamical geometries.\nThis conference will convene researchers adv
 ancing these developments at a pivotal stage for the field. By bringing to
 gether high-energy theory\, quantum foundations\, and emerging experimenta
 l directions\, the workshop aims to sharpen central conceptual questions\,
  explore phenomenological implications\, and strengthen the link between f
 ormal structure and operational meaning. The goal is to consolidate QRFs a
 s a coherent framework for describing observers\, information\, and subsys
 tems in a relational universe.\n\nInvited Speakers\n\nGoncalo Araujo-Regad
 o (OIST)\nVijay Balasubramanian (University of Pennsylvania)\nCaslav Brukn
 er (IQOQI Vienna)\nThomas Galley (IQOQI Vienna)\nKristina Giesel (FAU Erla
 ngen-Nürnberg)\nDan Harlow (MIT)\nLuca Illesiu (UC Berkeley)\nDaan Jansse
 n (University of York)\nViktoria Kabel (ETH Zurich)\nLeon Loveridge (Unive
 rsity of South-Eastern Norway)\nLuca Marchetti (IPMU Tokyo / OIST)\nDon Ma
 rolf (UC Santa Barbara)*\nGautam Satishchandran (Princeton University)\nAn
 tony Speranza (University of Amsterdam)\nTomasz Taylor (Northeastern Unive
 rsity)\nYuko Urakawa (KEK)\nJordan Wilson-Gerow (Carnegie-Mellon Universit
 y)\nYing Zhao (MIT)\nKathryn Zurek (Caltech)\n\n*Virtual\n\nScientific Org
 anizers\n\nJosh Kirklin (Perimeter Institute)\nLaurent Freidel (Perimeter 
 Institute)\nRob Myers (Perimeter Institute)\nPhilipp Hoehn (Okinawa Instit
 ute of Science and Technology)\nKasia Rejzner (University of York)\n\n\nSu
 pported in part by:\n\n\nhttps://events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/2058/
LOCATION:PI/1-100 - Theatre (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)
URL:https://events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/2058/
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