The workshop is organised within the framework of the ESF research network Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity, coordinated by John Barrett and Hermann Nicolai - see http://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/qg for further information about the network.

 Programme

• LQG dynamics: Master constraint programme, status of Hamiltonian constraint, volume operator, relational observables, Loop Quantum Cosmology
• Spin foam models: The new models, effective non-commutative field theory, graviton propagator, Group Field Theory, continuum/semiclassical limit
• Relation between LQG and Spin-foam models: Kinematics, dynamics, covariant LQG, Group Field Theory, 2+1 gravity

The tentative programme od the workshop (last update: 4.03.2008).

 Slides

• Sergei Alexandrov - Covariant LQG and spin foam quantization
• Abhay Ashtekar - An Overview of Loop Quantum Cosmology of FRW Models
• Eugenio Bianchi - Gravitons from Spin Foams II: a simplicial perspective
• Martin Bojowald - Effective equations of motion in loop quantum cosmology
• Johannes Brunnemann - Volume Quantization in Loop Quantum Gravity
• Jacobo Diaz-Polo - Black hole state counting in Loop Quantum Gravity: The Richness of Discreteness
• Bianca Dittrich - Observables
• Jonathan Engle - Lorentzian LQG vertex for finite Immirzi parameter
• Winston Fairbain - Particles and strings in BF theory and quantum gravity
• Christian Fleischhack - On the Configuration Spaces of Homogeneous Loop Quantum Cosmology and Loop Quantum Gravity
• Laurent Freidel - Spin foam models for 4d gravity
• Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman - Doubly Special Relativity from Quantum Gravity
• Jerzy Lewandowski - QFT in Quantum Spacetime
• Guillermo Mena - Hybrid loop quantum cosmology: The Gowdy T³ model
• Karim Noui - Loops and foams in 3 dimensions
• Tomasz Pawlowski - Self-adjointness of Hamiltonian constraint in LQC
• Jorge Pullin - Spherically symmetric loop quantum gravity: towards the complete space-time
• Carlo Rovelli - Looppy & Foammy: at long last, falling in love
• James Ryan - Group field theory: modern perspectives
• Simone Speziale - From the graviton to area-angle Regge calculus
• Thomas Thiemann - Quantum Dynamics of LQG: A Structural Overview
• Tamer Tlas - New GFT Models in 3 and 4 Dimensions

 Transport

• There are buses from Kraków Główny train station to Zakopane every 30-40 min, the trip lasts 2 hours modulo trafic, the cost is about 15zł/4eu (see www.trans-frej.com.pl and www.szwagropol.pl)
• There are trains from Kraków Główny train station to Zakopane few times a day, the trip takes 3-4 hours, the cheapest version costs about 18,5zł/4,5eu (see details - from Kraków Główny to Zakopane).
• There is a train from Kraków Airport do Kraków Główny train station every 30 min, the trip takes 15 min and costs 4zł/1eu (see details - from Kraków Balice to Kraków Główny).
• There is a bus (175) from Warsaw Airport to Warsaw Central Station every 30 min, the trip takes 30 min, the cost is about 4zł/1eu (see details).
• There is a train from Warsaw Central Station to Kraków Główny Station every 1-2 hours, the trip takes 3 hours - epsilon and costs about 91zł/23eu or 5 hours + epsilon and costs about 44zł/11eu (check details - from Warszawa Centralna to Kraków Główny).
• There is a direct train Warsaw-Zakopane (from Warsaw Central Station) a few times a day, the trip takes 6 hours - epsilon and costs about 94zł/24eu or 10 hours and costs about 55zł/14eu or ... (check details - from Warszawa Centralna to Zakopane).

 Organisation

 Lecture place & accomodation

The lectures will take place at Hyrny guesthouse in Zakopane.

Dom Wczasowy Hyrny
ul. Piłsudskiego 20
Zakopane
tel/fax: +48 18 2015778

To guarantee your Hotel reservation at the conference venue, Hyrny Guesthouse, we ask you to pay a deposit. You can either make a direct payment of 55 EURO to the bank account given in the email, or you can pay by credit card via Paypal, as follows:  When clicking on the big yellow button below you will be taken to a secure site where you can completete payment using a credit card. On that site you will have to use the link under the heading. If you don't have a PayPal account, use your credit card or bank account (where available).

Unfortunately there are some fees for the credit card transaction and the currency conversion so that we have to ask for a payment of  60 EUR. Here is the yellow button:

Participants can make reservations by their own or contact with Asia Mazurkiewicz (after Feb 6) or Andrzej Okołów (before Feb 6). Please remember to also send an email stating your name and your arrival and departure date.

If you would like to find accommodation on your own instead, here are some links:

1. Guesthouse Ami
   ami.zakopane.net.pl
   
   3 minutes of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny)
   
   single rooms, double rooms,
   price per person: 40 zł - 65 zł (1 EUR =~ 3.6 zł)
   address: ul. Makuszyńskiego 21, 34-500 Zakopane
   tel: +48 18 2016029
   e-mail: ami@zakopane.net.pl
    
2. Guesthouse Pod Szczytami
   www.podszczytami.pl
   
   7 min walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny) and free wireless (at least it was there last time)
   
   single rooms, double rooms,
   65 zł per person or more
   tel: +48 18 2066838
   e-mail: biuro@podszczytami.pl
    
3. Guesthouse Rzemieslnik
   www.rzemieslnik.zakopane.pl
   
   40 seconds of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny) and free wireless (at least it was there last time)
   
   single rooms, double rooms,
   80 zł per person or more
   address: ul. Makuszyńskiego 12, 34-500 Zakopane
   tel: +48 18 2066416 or +48 18 2012502
   fax: +48 18 2013580
   e-mail: manager@rzemieslnik.zakopane.pl
    
4. Hotel Patria
   www.hotelpatria.pl
   
   10 minutes of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny).
   
   address: ul. Żeromskiego 12, 34-500 Zakopane
   tel: +48 18 2063722
   e-mail: recepcja@hotelpatria.pl
    

 Localisation

Zakopane is a tourist and ski resourt in the Tatra Mountains in Poland. During the workshop it will be also possible to ski, snowboard (down hill, 2000m - 1000 m) or walk in the national park. For more information about Zakopane see Wikipedia, www.ezakopane.pl, Zakopane-life.pl and Zakopane.pl.

 Participants