Conformal Field Theory. An Introduction
Rome, March 26-28, 2003

The main topics will be:

Speakers

Sebastiano Carpi Local extensions of compact type for the c=1 Virasoro net
David Evans Modular invariants and subfactors
Edward Frenkel Vertex algebras on algebraic curves
Jurgen Fuchs Non-commutative algebra in ribbon categories and the construction of full CFT from chiral CFT
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi Classification of operator algebraic conformal field theories
Sören Köster Local nature of coset models
Henning Rehren Recent developments in algebraic CFT
Augusto Sagnotti Lessons from open-string partition functions
Yassen Stanev Two dimensional CFT on nonorientable surfaces and surfaces with boundaries
Valerio Toledano Laredo An introduction to Vertex Algebras

Program

  Wed Thu Fri
2:00 - 3:00 Rehren Sagnotti Fuchs
3:15 - 4:15 Stanev Frenkel Frenkel
4:15 - 4:45 C o f f e e     B r e a k
4:45 - 5:45 Toledano Evans Carpi
6:00 - 7:00 Toledano Kawahigashi Köster