A conference to celebrate Andrew Jaffe’s many contributions to cosmology and the exciting scientific developments still to come on his 60th birthday.
Attendance is by invitation.
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Belongings
Lecture Theatre 2 is accessible by many people with college cards, so it is not safe to leave possessions unattended.
Zoom
This is an in-person conference, but two sessions have remote speakers and will be broadcast on zoom.
https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97341955036?pwd=1kKNbPAwJthKtG55ynXMVF3TLSvIbl.1
Meeting ID: 973 4195 5036
Passcode: J3Ue$f
Key dates
2 p.m. Monday 29 June to 1 p.m. Thursday 2 July 2026, Blackett LT2
Lunch will be provided on Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Monday 29 June – 14:00 Start of Meeting
- Monday 29 June – 18:00 Welcome Reception, Level 8 common room, Blackett Lab. Finger food.
- Tuesday 30 June – 19:00 Evening Boat Trip on the Thames, location Richmond. Eat something first.
- Wednesday 1 July – 18:30 Conference dinner, location 170 Queen’s Gate (cost £50)
- Thursday 2 July – 13:00 End of Meeting
Speakers include
- Yashar Akrami, François Bouchet, Carlo Contaldi, Jo Dunkley, George Efstathiou, Josh Frieman, Jim Fry, Andrew Gelman, Nick Gnedin, Masashi Hazumi, Mike Hobson, Selim Hotinli, Lam Hui, Raul Jimenez, Marc Kamionkowski, Arthur Kosowsky, Konrad Kuijken, Martin Kunz, Ofer Lahav, Florent Leclercq, Charles Lawrence, Xing Li, Arthur Loureiro, Linn Lu, Chiara Mingarelli, Paul Nandra, Dmitry Novikov, Dmitri Pogosyan, Rüdiger Schack, Elena Sellentin, Joe Silk, Tarun Souradeep, Glenn Starkman, Albert Stebbins, Licia Verde, Ben Wandelt, Joe Zuntz
Topics include
- Perturbation theory
- Peculiar velocities and kSZ
- Bayesian methods
- Gravitational waves
- Topology
- The cosmic microwave background
Location
The meeting will take place in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Blackett Lab, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ. The building is in the top left of the campus map. The Lecture Theatre is on Level 1 of Blackett. Ground level is between levels 2 and 3. Enter from Prince Consort Road and follow signs down one level.
The nearest underground stations are South Kensington and Gloucester Road, each about 10 minutes walk from Blackett. South Kensington station can get very busy because of the museums. From SK, unless it is raining, ignore the signs to the College, which will take you down a long tunnel. Head upwards to the light.
Details of how to get to Imperial can be found here. Note that the Heathrow Express is expensive – you can take the Piccadilly Line straight to Gloucester Road, or the Elizabeth Line into London, which are slower but cheaper. Similarly, from Gatwick, the Gatwick Express is more expensive and only marginally faster than the fastest Southern trains (but note that some trains are slow). From all airports and on the underground and buses, you don’t need to buy a ticket first and can use contactless payment cards. Tap in and out with your card on the underground and trains. On buses, only tap in. None take cash.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Glenn Starkman (Chair), Carlo Baccigalupi, Pedro Ferreira, Alan Heavens, Selim Hotinli, Andrew Jaffe, Hiranya Peiris, Joe Zuntz
Local Organizing Committee
Alan Heavens (Chair), Ellie Barrand, Paula Consiglio, Carlo Contaldi, Andrew Jaffe, Xing Li, Linn Lu, Eleni Tsaprazi, Steve Warren
Social and Scientific Programme
We will hold a drinks reception with finger food on the roof on Level 8 of the Blackett Lab at 18.00 on Monday.
The boat trip will take place on Tuesday 30 June and will take approximately 2 1/2 hours, traveling upriver through Teddington Lock. Boarding is at 18:45-19:00 and we will return at 21:15-21:30.
The boat will depart from the St Helena Pier, Richmond which is just by the White Cross Pub, TW9 1NR. You can get there via the District Line from Gloucester Road to Richmond followed by a 12 minute walk.
Map.
Our boat is the Yarmouth Belle, a traditional English side wheeler. You can find more information about the vessel online.
There will be a bar on board with some free drinks.
Please note: food will not be served so guests are advised to pick up something to eat beforehand.
The Conference Dinner on Wednesday 1 July will take place at 170 Queens Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5HF, on the edge of the South Kensington campus (very close to the meeting venue), from 18:30.
Map.
This is the payment link (£50).
The detailed programme is available here. Refresh the page in case of late changes.