SPRING WORKSHOP ON SUPERSTRINGS AND RELATED MATTERS


                      27 March - 4 April 2000



           P R E L I M I N A R Y      P R O G R A M M E



ALL LECTURES TO BE HELD IN THE MAIN LECTURE HALL (MAIN BUILDING)


Monday, 27 March

 9.00 - 10.15  		        REGISTRATION IN LOBBY (MAIN BUILDING)

10.15 - 11.15			J. MALDACENA (Harvard University)
				Large N field theories and gravity

11.15 - 11.30			Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30			M. GABERDIEL (DAMTP, Cambridge)
				Non BPS branes

12.45 - 14.30			Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30			S. KACHRU (Stanford University)
				Warped brane worlds and hierarchy
                                  problems

15.30 - 15.45			Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.45			Question Session

Tuesday, 28 March

 9.00 - 10.00  		        M. GABERDIEL

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		J. MALDACENA

11.15 - 11.30   		Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30   		I. KLEBANOV (Princeton University)
				Branes at conical singularities, CFTs and
				   RG flows

12.30 - 14.30   		Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30   		S. KACHRU
		                Warped brane worlds and hierarchy
                                  problems

15.30 - 15.45   		Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.45   		Question Session

17.30 		 		RECEPTION -
				Main Building Cafeteria

Wednesday, 29 March

  9.00 - 10.00  		C. BACHAS (ENS, Paris)
				Some aspects of life on a brane

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		J. MALDACENA

11.15 - 11.30   		Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30			I. KLEBANOV

12.30 - 14.30   		Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30   		B. ZWIEBACH (MIT, Cambridge)
				Tachyon potential and string field theory

15.30 - 15.45   		Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.45  		        Question Session

Thursday, 30 March

  9.00 - 10.00  		C. BACHAS

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		J. MALDACENA

11.15 - 11.30			Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30			B. ZWIEBACH

12.30 - 14.30   		Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30   		S. KACHRU
                                Branes and Calabi-Yau manifolds

15.30 - 15.45   		Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.45  		        Question Session

Friday, 31 March

 9.00 - 10.00  		        N. NEKRASOV (Princeton University/ITEP, Moscow)
				Solitons and instantons in non-commutative
                                  field theory

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15			B. ZWIEBACH

11.15 - 11.30			Coffee Break

11.30 	12.30			I. KLEBANOV

12.30 - 14.30   		Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30   		S. KACHRU
                                Branes and Calabi-Yau manifolds

15.30 - 15.45  		        Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.45  		        Question Session

Saturday, 1 April

 9.00 - 10.00  		        I. KLEBANOV

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		N. NEKRASOV

11.15 - 11.30   		Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30  		        B. ZWIEBACH

Monday, 3 April

 9.00 - 10.00  		        M. GABERDIEL

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		N. NEKRASOV

11.15 - 11.30   		Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30   		C. BACHAS

12.30 - 14.30   		Lunch Break

14.30 - 15.30   		Question Session

Tuesday, 4 April

 9.00 - 10.00  		        M. GABERDIEL

10.00 - 10.15   		Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.15   		N. NEKRASOV

11.15 - 11.30   		Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30   		C. BACHAS