Schedule of lectures (videos are linked)
All events will take place in the Mathematical Sciences Building, room 1147.
The first three days of lectures will comprise a hands-on review of CFT and chiral algebra topics, with a few in-depth examples and special topics thrown in.
The final two days will focus on a selection of modern research topics.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 9:00-10:30 | (C) Intro to CFT & VOA | (C) BRST, DS reduction | (P) adding SUSY | (T) gluing W-algebras I | (T) gluing W-algebras II |
| 11:00-12:30 | (T) current algebra | (P) free field realizations | (T) module categories | (C) associated varieties | (C) class S |
| 1:30-3:00 | (P) minimal models & WZW | (T) coset constructions | (C) bootstrap & W-algebras* | (P) instantons and VOA | (P) VOA[M4] |
| 4:00-5:30 | problem session | problem session | problem session* | problem session | |
| 5:30-6:30 | (D) factorization algebras | (T) beta-gamma systems | (P) twisted 2d (0,2) theory | (N) moonshine | free evening |
[(C) = Chris Beem, (T) = Thomas Creutzig, (P) = Pavel Putrov, (D) = Dylan Butson, (N) = Natalie Paquette]
*Chris Beem's website, for Wednesday's lecture and the problem session
In addition to the lecture schedule, we will have
- morning coffee/tea/snacks M-F from 10:30-11:00
- lunch served M-F (for registered participants) from 12:30-1:30
- afternoon coffee/tea/snacks starting at 4pm M-Th, during the problem sessions
- a Reception on Wednesday evening at 6:30pm.