KEK Theory Workshop is an annual workshop on string theory and quantum field theory. Since KEK Theory Workshop 2014, it has been held as an international workshop. Speakers are invited from abroad as well as from Japan, and all talks are given in English.
This year we aim to provide a valuable opportunity to have extensive discussions on new developments in string theory, the gauge-gravity duality, real-time evolution of quantum systems, bootstrap approach, lattice construction of chiral gauge theories, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and open quantum systems. The invited speakers are selected from various research fields, and we have asked them to give a pedagogical exposition of the big picture in their own research field with the right amount of technical details, which are useful in building up a comprehensive understanding of the notions and their mutual relationship.
The workshop will be ON-SITE at KEK Tsukuba Campus on December 16 (Tue.) -- 18 (Thu.), 2025, without on-line attendance. Please visit K03 Building.
Invited Speakers
- Dec.16 (Tue)
- Tetsuya Onogi (The University of Osaka)
Anomalies and the domain-wall fermion
- Yuya Kusuki (Kyushu University)
Bootstrapping Boundary Conformal Field Theory
- Kazumi Okuyama (Shinshu University)
Recent developments in double-scaled SYK - Dec.17 (Wed)
- Masatoshi Sato (Kyoto University)
Hermitian topological boundary states as open quantum systems
- Takahiro Sagawa (The University of Tokyo)
Thermodynamics of information: Historical background and recent progress
- Yasuaki Hikida (Osaka Institute of Technology)
Complex saddles of de Sitter gravity via holography - Dec.18 (Thu)
- Kazuya Yonekura (Tohoku University)
Heterotic string theory and N=(0,1) supersymmetric field theory
- Kanato Goto (The University of Osaka)
Fake Structures in dS Holography and Black Hole Interiors
Short Talks
We will arrange short talk sessions on more diverse topics, for which participants can apply. If there are too many applicants, we will have to make some selection.
- Registration Deadline: Oct. 31 (Fri), 2025.
- Please indicate your requests for: financial support, VISA, banquet participation, and a short talk presentation.
- No registration fee.
- The banquet will be held in the evening on the first day (Dec. 16th) at KEK in the lounge in front of the Kobayashi Hall. The fee will be 3000Yen for students, 5000Yen for faculty staffs / postdocs.
Notice
- Accommodation: KEK dormitory slots are limited. For Urban hotel, a discount reservation is avairable. See details here.
- We will ask 500 Yen for coffee/snacks.
Scam Email Warning
Please be aware of potential scams claiming to make housing reservations on your behalf. We were made aware of some participants receiving such messages from "Conferences@reservationsmanagement.org" or similar addresses. Please ignore such emails and do not reply, do not click shared links, and do not provide your credit card information.
Organizers
Yuta Hamada, Gregory Joseph Loges, Kohtaroh Miura,
Shun'ya Mizoguchi, Jun Nishimura, Hiroki Ohata
Secretary
Yuko Ohno (Ms.) yukoohno[at]post.kek.jp
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