QCD meets Gravity XI Conference

Over the last decades, new correspondences have been discovered between Yang-Mills theory and gravity including a duality between color and kinematics and the double-copy prescription relating Yang-Mills and graviton amplitudes. Furthermore, the computation of scattering amplitudes has been a growing field which, in addition to the usual particle physics applications, has shown that the knowledge of scattering amplitude methods is very useful in the investigation of classical gravitational physics.

The ‘QCD meets Gravity’ conference brings together researchers to discuss formal aspects and applications of Yang-Mills theory, gravity, and the connections between them. Over the last years, it has become the main annual event in the field and the 2025 conference at Principia Institute, organized by ICTP-SAIFR, will be the first time the conference will be held in South America. The conference will be preceded by the ‘QCD Meets Gravity’ School. You can find information on the previous QCD meets Gravity events here: QCD Meets Gravity X (Taiwan  2024), IX (CERN 2023),VIII (Zurich 2022), VII (UCLA 2021), VI (Northwestern 2020), V (UCLA 2019), IV (2018), III (UCLA 2017), II (UCLA 2016), I (Edinburgh 2016)

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for local expenses. 

Announcement:

Click HERE for online application

Application deadline*: November 7, 2025

*If you are currently looking for a new job/academic position and want to give a talk, you should apply by September 8, 2025.

Announcement:

Click HERE for online application

Application deadline*: November 7, 2025

*If you are currently looking for a new job/academic position and want to give a talk, you should apply by September 8, 2025.

• Alexandre Le Tiec (Obs. Meudon-CNRS (France)/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Alfredo Guevara (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study)
• Andrew McLeod (Higgs Centre)
• Callum Jones (University of Arizona)
• David Kosower (IPhT, Saclay, France)
• Eduardo Casali (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
• Fei Teng (Fudan University)
• Henrik Johansson (Uppsala University)
• JJ Carrasco (Northwestern University, USA)
• Mao Zeng (U. of Edinburgh, UK)
• Pedro Vieira (PI Waterloo (Canada)/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Radu Roiban (ETH Zurich and Pennsylvania State University)
• Raul Abramo (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
• Ricardo Monteiro (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

• Alexander Edison (Northwestern University, United States)
• Anna Wolz (UCLA, United States)
• Dimitrios Kosmopoulos (CERN, Switzerland)
• Donal O’Connell (U. of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Fabian Bautista (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Frank Coronado (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland)
• Gabriel Luz Almeida (Southeast University, China)
• Graham Ramsay Brown (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Gustavo Figueiredo (IPhT Saclay, )
• Hiren Kakkad (ShanghaiTech University, China)
• Jiajie Mei (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Johann Usovitsch (Humboldt U., Germany)
• Leonardo Pipolo de Gioia (ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)
• Luke Lippstreu (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Marcelo Augusto Ferreira dos Santos (University of California Davis, United States)
• Matteo Sergola (UCLA, United States)
• Maximiliano Gabriel Ferro (Instituto de Física La Plata, CONICET – Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
• Michael Saavedra (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
• Nathan Moynihan (Queen Mary Uniiversity, United Kingdom)
• Pablo Vives Matasan (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
• Rafael Aoude (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Trevor Scheopner (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany)
• Vittorio Del Duca (INFN, Italy)

 The schedule might be changed.

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit. Also, if you are staying at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista, please confirm with the Uber/Taxi driver that the hotel is located at Rua Pamplona 83 in Bela Vista (and not in Jardim Etelvina).

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA will be required to obtain a tourist e-visa for visits after April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants whose accommodations are provided by ICTP-SAIFR will stay at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista. Other hotel recommendations are available here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper.