2026 Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings Workshop

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MIT

MIT
Igor Klebanov (member@princeton.edu;alum@princeton.edu;employee@princeton.edu;affiliate@princeton.edu;faculty@princeton.edu), Phiala Shanahan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Ross Dempsey (MIT), Shu-Heng Shao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Silviu Pufu (Princeton)
Description

The 2026 Simons Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings Workshop will be hosted at MIT from May 18-20, 2026. The workshop will focus on recent advances in our understanding of non-perturbative quantum field theory and confinement, bringing together a broad range of perspectives.

Registration is currently open. Helpful tips on travel and accomodations can be found here.

The invited speakers for the workshop include:

  • Jan Albert
  • Minjae Cho
  • Giulia Fardelli
  • Matthias Gaberdiel
  • Johan Henriksson
  • Robin Karlsson
  • Zohar Komargodski
  • Wei Li
  • Henry Lin
  • Jackson Mickley
  • Joe Minahan
  • Bendeguz Offertaler
  • Sal Pace
  • Krishna Rajagopal
  • Sahand Seifnashri
  • Scott Sheffield
  • Iain Stewart
  • Chong Wang
Registration
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Participants
  • Amey Gaikwad
  • Anastasiia Novikova
  • Andrei Katsevich
  • Barak Gabai
  • Bendeguz Offertaler
  • Erick Arguello
  • Evgenii IEVLEV
  • Grigory Tarnopolsky
  • Hao Chen
  • Igor Klebanov
  • Jackson Mickley
  • Jan Albert
  • Johan Henriksson
  • Joseph Minahan
  • Krishna Rajagopal
  • Lorenzo Verzichelli
  • Matthias Gaberdiel
  • Minjae Cho
  • Noah Ring
  • Pavel Meshcheriakov
  • Phiala Shanahan
  • Robin Karlsson
  • Ross Dempsey
  • Sal Pace
  • Scott Sheffield
  • Shu-Heng Shao
  • Silviu Pufu
  • Wei Li
  • Zimo Sun