22nd Simons Physics Summer Workshop: Future pathways for fundamental physics – July 28 – August 15, 2025

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Scientific Organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard),

Local Organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics)

The Simons Physics Summer Workshop is the Seventeenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the twenty-second in the series Simons Physics Summer Workshops. This year’s Simons summer workshop in physics will explore future pathways for fundamental physics. This will be based on evaluating what we have learned in the past few decades in fundamental physics including string theory and quantum field theories, what is missing in our understanding, and general directions which could potentially remedy this.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

  • All talks will be held in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Lecture Hall (Room 102).
  • Breakfast will be served daily from 9:00am-10:00am in the Simons Center Cafe, 2nd floor.
  • Lunch will be served from 12:00pm-2:00pm in the Simons Center Cafe, 2nd floor.
  • Tea time will be in the Simons Center Cafe at 3:30pm *Tuesday Tea time will be at 4:30 before the concert in the SCGP Lobby

Wednesdays

  • The talk will be at Smith Point Beach at 11AM (please see Special Events above). Lunch will be served at Smith Point Beach around 12:30pm.

SPECIAL EVENTS & BANQUETS

Tuesdays: Summer Concert Series – 5PM – SCGP Auditorium

Thursdays: Banquet Dinners

Please see Special Events above

  • Thursday, July 31, 2025 – Banquet Dinner Hosted by Luis Alvarez-Gaume – 6PM – SCGP Cafe
  • Thursday, August 7, 2025 – Special Dinner Hosted by Marilyn Simons – 6PM – Avalon Park
  • Thursday, August 14, 2025 – Special Dinner Hosted by Martin Rocek – 7:00PM – Rocek Residence

Talk Schedule


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am On the endpoint of black hole evaporation (Part 1) Ahmed Almheiri SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am On the endpoint of black hole evaporation (Part 2) Ahmed Almheiri SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Aspects of anomaly matching (Part 1) Ken Intriligator SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am Aspects of anomaly matching (Part 2) Ken Intriligator SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
5:00pm Simons Summer Concert Series Long Island Chamber Music Group SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
11:00am Constraining Quantum Gravity – at the desk and in the lab Timo Weigand Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Generalized Schur partition functions and RG flows (Part 1) Shlomo Razamat SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am Generalized Schur partition functions and RG flows (Part 2) Shlomo Razamat SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
6:000pm Workshop Banquet N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Irene Valenzuela SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Irene Valenzuela SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe


Talk Schedule


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Jonatha Heckman SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Jonatha Heckman SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Jake McNamara SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Jake McNamara SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
5:00pm Simons Summer Concert Series Performance by the Jazz Loft SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
11:00am TBA Miguel Montero Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Naomi Gendler SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Naomi Gendler SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
6:00pm Workshop Banquet at Avalon Park and Preserve N/A Avalon Park and Preserve

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Juan Maldacena SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA Part (2) Juan Maldacena SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe


Talk Schedule


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Alek Bedroya SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Alek Bedroya SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Thomas Grimm SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Thomas Grimm SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
5:00pm Simons Summer Concert Series Piano Performance by Leon Livshin SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
11:00am TBA Zohar Komargodski Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Leonardo Rastelli SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Leonardo Rastelli SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
7:00pm Workshop Banquet Hosted by Martin Rocek N/A Martin Rocek’s house

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA (Part 1) Georges Obied SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA (Part 2) Georges Obied SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe