ABOUT
About Strings
Strings is a series of international conferences on the topic of string theory and quantum gravity, held annually since 1988. It is a key event for the string theory community. In 2004, it gathered about 400 participants, with several more online. Important topics in string theory have been introduced for the first time during these conferences.
History
The first conference, Strings 1988, was held from May 24 to 28, 1988 at the University of Maryland, College Park. It was inspired by the International Workshop on Strings, Composite Structures and Cosmology held in the same venue a year before. The conferences were not that promising at first and some scientists suggested to stop the annual meetings, however it gained popularity in the 1990s.
During Strings 1995, Edward Witten discussed the concept of M-theory, sparking the second superstring revolution. In Strings 1996, Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Stephen Shenker, and Leonard Susskind introduced matrix theory; and during Strings 1998, Jeffrey A. Harvey composed a song to celebrate Juan Maldacena's recent discovery of AdS/CFT correspondence.
Past Conferences
- Strings 2025Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Strings 2024CERN Switzerland
- Strings 2023Perimeter Institute Canada
- Strings 2022Vienna Austria
- Strings 2021ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo (online) Brazil
- Strings 2020Cape town (online) South Africa
- Strings 2019Brussels Belgium
- Strings 2018OIST, Okinawa Japan
- Strings 2017Tel Aviv Israel
- Strings 2016Tsinghua University, Beijing China
- Strings 2015ICTS, Bengaluru India
- Strings 2014Princeton University & IAS USA
- Strings 2013Sogang University, Seoul Korea
- Strings 2012Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
- Strings 2011Uppsala University Sweden
- Strings 2010Texas A&M University USA
- Strings 2009Pontificia Università S. Tommaso
- Strings 2008CERN, Geneva Switzerland
- Strings 2007Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
- Strings 2006Beijing China
- Strings 2005University of Toronto Canada
- Strings 2004Collège de France, Paris France
- Strings 2003Kyoto University Japan
- Strings 2002Cambridge University United Kingdom
- Strings 2001Tata Institute, Mumbai India
- Strings 2000University of Michigan, USA
- Strings 1999Max Planck Institute, Germany
- Strings 1998ITP, Santa Barbara USA
- Strings 1997University of Amsterdam Netherlands
- Strings 1996ITP, Santa Barbara USA
- Strings 1995USC, Los Angeles, California USA
- Strings 1993LBNL, Berkeley, California USA
- Strings 1991Stony Brook University, New York USA
- Strings 1990Texas A&M University USA
- Strings 1989Texas A&M University USA