(Circulated on 2024/12/18)
The Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute (KMI), Nagoya University will host the 6th KMI International Symposium on “Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe” (KMI2025) from March 5 through 7, 2025. The symposium aims to review the status and prospects of cutting-edge research in relevant fields and to develop interdisciplinary research on particle physics and astrophysics.
1. Date
From March 5 (Wednesday) through 7(Friday), 2025
2. Conference venue
The conference will be held at Sakata-Hirata Hall on the ground floor of the Scinece-South Building at Nagoya University, Higashiyama campus.
3. Scientific program
The scientific program will consist of invited talks on recent theoretical and experimental achievements and prospects in:
- Particle physics at energy (LHC) and intensity frontier (SuperKEKB, J-PARC)
- Fundamental physics with neutrino, neutron, muon
- High energy hadron physics at zero degree
- Dark matter physics
- Astrophysics with gamma-ray, X-ray, radio-wave, and gravitational waves
- Cosmology, dark energy, gravity, and string theory
- Applications of machine learning
The detailed program will be announced in the 2nd circular.
4. Registration
The registration is open at https://indico.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/event/10/registrations/
Important deadlines;
- 19 Feb 2025 for registration
- 30 Jan 2025 for travel support
- 14 Jan 2025 for VISA support
5. Organization
Advisory Committee:
J. Ellis (King’s College London), S. Iso (KEK), T. Kajita (ICRR), H. Murayama (UC Berkeley), M. Sasaki (IPMU), J. Silk (IAP), S. Asai (KEK)
Organizing Committee:
T. Iijima (Chair), T. Shiromizu (Co-Chair), S. Arai, M. Harada, M. Hartz, J. Hisano, Y. Horii, K. Ichiki, S. Iguro, Y. Itow, K. Izumi, S. Izumiyama, H. Kanno, S. Kazama, M. Kitaguchi, N. Maekawa, K. Mishima, H. Miyatake, H. Murakami, Y. Nakamura, T. Nakano, K. Nakazawa, A. Okumura, H. Rokujo, S. Saga, T. Sakai, H. M. Shimizu, D. Suenaga, N. Sugiyama, T. Sunayama, K. Suzuki, H. Tajima, S. Takahashi, M. Tanabashi, T. Terada, K. Tobe, S. Yokoyama, C. Yoo
6. Correspondence:
KMI2025 Secretariat
Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI) Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, JAPAN
- Email: KMI2025@kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- URL: https://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/KMI2025/
