Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione (SIGRAV 2016) - Cefalù, Italy, 12 – 18 September 2016.

SIGRAV 2016 XXII Conference

Poster of the Conference:

Title: XXII SIGRAV Conference – A Century of General Relativity Venue: Sala delle Capriate, Palazzo Comunale di Cefalù Annoucement: The centenary of General Relativity has been marked by the exceptional discovery of gravitational waves and the first direct evidence for the existence of black holes. The Italian scientific community has been greatly involved in these outstanding events from both experimental and theoretical sides. The Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitational Physics (SIGRAV) intends to celebrate these great achievements and discuss the latest researches in Gravitational Physics and General Relativity. We announce the XXII SIGRAV Conference to be held in Cefalù (Sicily) from 12 to 18 September 2016 in the Sala delle Capriate, Municipal Building, Cefalù. Some important satellite events will be related to the Conference; the Amaldi Medal that will be awarded to two European scientists, who distinguished themselves in gravitational physics and the SIGRAV prize for young researchers, who carried out researches of particular interest in the field. Summary and Goals of the Conference: The theme of the Biennial Conference of the Italian Society for Gravitational Physics (SIGRAV) concerns the gravitational physics in its theoretical, experimental and phenomenological aspects, in particular, classical and quantum gravity, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology will be the topics of the conference, organized into parallel sessions: 1) Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2) Experimental Gravity, 3) Relativistic Astrophysics, 4) Cosmology. The conference will host some important related events: i) the Amaldi Medal that will be awarded to one or two European scientists who distinguished themselves in gravitational physics; ii) SIGRAV prize to young researchers who have carried out researches of particular importance in the field. Duration and activities: 6 days. Welcome cocktail (Monday, 12 September). Social Dinner (Wednesday, 14 September). Social activity guided tour of Cefalù: Cathedral, Cloister, Museo Mandralisca, Medieval Washouse (Wednesday afternoon , 14 September). Topics:

- Cosmology (COS) - Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) - Relativistic Astrophysics (REL) - Experimental Gravity (EXP)

Scientific Organizing Committee (alphabetic order): - Angelo Antonelli, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Carlo Bradaschia, EGO- INFN, Cascina, Pisa, Italy - Enzo Brocato, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Marco Bruni, University of Portsmouth, UK - Luciano Burderi (co-Chair), University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy - Mariano Cadoni, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy - Salvatore Capozziello (co-Chair), University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy - Eugenio Coccia, University of Roma 2, Tor Vergata, Rome - Elena Cuoco, EGO – INFN, Cascina, Pisa, Italy - Mariafelicia De Laurentis, University of Frankfurt, Germany - Tiziana Di Salvo, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy - Lorenzo Fatibene, University of Turin, Italy - Valeria Ferrari, University of Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy - Fabrizio Fiore, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Pietro Frè, University of Turin, Italy - Gaetano Lambiase, University of Salerno, Italy - Stefano Liberati, SISSA, Trieste, Italy - Luca Lusanna, INFN Florence, Italy - Annalisa Marzuoli, University of Pavia, Italy - Sabino Matarrese, University of Padua, Italy - Augusto Sagnotti, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy - Luigi Stella, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Gaetano Vilasi, University of Salerno, Italy - Sergio Zerbini, University of Trento, Italy

Local Organizing Committee (alphabetic order):

- Luciano Burderi (co-Chair), University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy - Salvatore Capozziello, University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy - Giuliana Giobbi, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Mariafelicia De Laurentis, University of Frankfurt, Germany - Tiziana Di Salvo (co-Chair), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy - Lorenzo Fatibene, University of Turin, Italy - Maria Teresa Menna, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Roma, Roma Italy - Alessandro Riggio, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Conference fee: Early registration fee: € 300,00 Late registration fee: € 350,00 The fee includes welcome cocktail, coffee breaks, lunches, guided tour of Cefalù (Cathedral, Cloister, Mandralisca Museum, Lavatoio Medioevale), free ticket for Mandralisca Museum, conference social dinner. It is possible to pay the conference fee with Paypal on Conference Web Page, through a bank invoice, or, for late registration, in cash at conference desk in Cafalù. Poster session: We plan to accept a limited (20) number of poster contribution. Web Page: We have a Symposium Web Page with the details of the Conference and all the relevant information: http://www.oa-roma.inaf.it/sigrav2016/ Sponsor: SIGRAV - Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma - INAF INFN – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari INAF – Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma ASI – Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Università di Napoli Università di Cagliari Università di Palermo Comune di Cefalù Associazione Cefalù & Astronomy Fondazione Mandralisca Important deadlines: Opening of early online registration and abstract submission: 01/04/2016 Deadline for early online registration and abstract submission: 31/06/2016 Opening of late online registration and abstract submission: 01/07/2016 Deadline for late online registration and abstract submission: 31/08/2016

Preliminary list of invited speakers: Invited Speakers at 30 march 2016

1. Amaldi Ugo 2. Amati Lorenzo 3. Aschieri Paolo 4. Bassan Massimo 5. Becattini Francesco (Università di Firenze) 6. Belloni Tomaso (INAF- Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) 7. Bellucci Stefano (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN) 8. Bentivegna Eloisa 9. Bianchi Massimo 10. Bombaci Ignazio (Università di Pisa) 11. Bonanno Alfio (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania) 12. Branchesi Marica 13. Brocato Enzo (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Roma) 14. Bruni Marco 15. Cadoni Mariano (Università di Cagliari) 16. Calloni Enrico 17. Camapanelli Manuela 18. Capuzzo Dolcetta Roberto (Università La Sapienza, Roma) 19. Carfora Mauro (Università di Pavia) 20. Casadio Roberto (Università di Bologna) 21. Castellani Leonardo 22. Cerchiai Bianca Letizia 23. Cianci Roberto 24. Ciufolini Ignazio (Università di Bari) 25. Colpi Monica 26. Crosta Mariateresa (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino) 27. Cuoco Elena (Osservatorio Gravitazionale Europeo (EGO)) 28. Dell’Agnello Simone (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN) 29. De Paolis Francesco 30. Della Valle Massimo 31. Del Zanna Luca 32. De Pietri Roberto 33. Diaferio Antonaldo 34. Di Domenico Antonio 35. Esposito Giampiero 36. Fafone Viviana 37. Ferrari Valeria (Università Roma “la Sapienza”) 38. Ferrini Federico (Università di Pisa, EGO) 39. Frau Marialuisa (Università di Torino)

40. Fiordilino Emilio (Università di Palermo) 41. Fiore Fabrizio (INAF Osservatorio di Roma) 42. Frontera Filippo (Università di Ferrara) 43. Garattini Remo 44. Giacomazzo Bruno 45. Giambò Roberto ( Università di Camerino) 46. Guidi Gianluca 47. Gualtieri Leonardo 48. Kamenchschik Alexander (Università di Bologna) 49. Izzo Luca 50. Limongi Marco (Osservatorio astronomico di Roma) 51. Longo Giuseppe (Università di Napoli “Federico II”) 52. Mancini Stefano (Università di Camerino) 53. Mandolesi Nazzareno (ASI) 54. Maraston Claudia (IGC Portzmunt) 55. Matarrese Sabino (Università di Padova) 56. Melchiorri Alessandro 57. Mignemi Salvatore (Università di Cagliari) 58. Monaco Pierluigi (Università di Trieste) 59. Moretti Walter (Università di Trento) 60. Nicolini Piero (Goethe-University Francoforte, FIAS) 61. Papa Maria Alessandra 62. Passante Roberto (Università di Palermo) 63. Peron Roberto 64. Pian Elena (Università di Pisa) 65. Pinto Innocenzo 66. Prodi Giovanni (Università di Trento) 67. Possenti Andrea (Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari) 68. Rezzolla Luciano (Goethe-University Francoforte) 69. Rosati Piero (Università di Ferrara) 70. Ricci Fulvio (Università di Roma La Sapienza) 71. Rinaldi Massimo (Università di Trento) 72. Rizzuto Lucia (Università di Palermo) 73. Salucci Paolo (SISSA) 74. Sperello di Serego Alighieri (Osservatorio Astronomico di Firenze) 75. Stella Luigi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma) 76. Tino Guglielmo (Università di Firenze) 77. Tornambè Amedeo (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, INAF) 78. Umana Grazia (INAF- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania) 79. Vecchio Alberto 80. Vidotto Francesca 81. Vitale Stefano (Università di Trento) 82. Zerbini Sergio