4th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics

Monday, August 24, 2015

For the fourth consecutive year the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC) hosts the International Conference on new frontiers in physics (ICNFP2015). This Conference is co-organized by the University of Oslo in Norway, the University of Nantes, France, the Research Center Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenfirschung, Dramstad of Germany, with the participation of the important research organization CERN in Switzerland and the OAC.

Each year the Conference brings together more than 200 leading scientists from all parts of the world, especially from Europe, America and Australia, India, China, Japan etc. It is significant that the majority of participants are researchers from the leading research organization of the planet CERN. The Conference is interdisciplinary and presents the latest scientific discoveries in particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, physics of hadrons and heavy ions.

The OAC offers the ideal environment for a similar Conference as a living organization that promotes and historically cultivates dialogue by offering its services in the development of interdisciplinary knowledge, based on communication and avoiding superficial approaches.

Along with the 200 lectures, there are also six cultural events during this Conference with free admission for the public. Following is a list of the internationally prestigious artists and speakers who came to our country and especially to Chania for the sake of this Conference:

a) On Monday 24 August at 21:00 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete the classical music concert by Vladimir Nor (cello), Svetlana Nor (violin), and Ruben Muradyan (piano), presenting works by Mozart, Schumann and Tchaikovsky:

https://indico.cern.ch/event/344173/attachments/1128301/1629091/Concert_24082015_corrected.pdf

b) On Tuesday 25 August at 18:00 a speech in English, in the main auditorium of the Technical University of Crete (Sciences Building 141.P.98) from the world-renowned Professor Thomas Naumann, of the research center DESY in Germany, with the title: "Einstein's dialogue with God":

https://indico.cern.ch/event/344173/attachments/677299/930579/Einsteinandgod.pdf

c) On Wednesday 26 August at 21:00 at the OAC arias and excerpts from famous operas will be performed (Romeo and Juliet, La Boheme, The Sleepwalker, The Bat, etc.) by Soprano Kalliopi Petrou and Alessia Toffanin on the piano:

https://indico.cern.ch/event/344173/attachments/677300/930580/program_concerto_oac_20152x1_v2.pdf

d) On Friday 28 August at 10:00 am at the Sailing Club of Chania physics experiments will be conducted for the public (from 9 to 99 years) with participation of researchers from CERN's major experiments: i) Professor Christina Kourkoumeli from University of Athens, ii) Stylianos Vourakis and Nikolaos Tsirintanis, Researchers at the University of Athens, iii) Margaret Janik, Researcher at the University of Warsaw, iv) Professor Hans Peter Beck of the University of Bern.

e) On Friday, 28 August at 20:00 at the Sailing Club of Chania will speak: i) Dr. S.. Leotsinis from the National Technical University of Athens on: "Introduction to CERN: Travelling back to the Big Bang ", ii) the Soprano Kalliopi Petrou, on: "Music of the Big Bang" and iii) Professor Elias Kyritsis from the University of Crete on "Microscopic Black Holes: A new window to the Universe ":

https://indico.cern.ch/event/344173/attachments/677297/930577/ICNFP2015_poster.pdf

f) On Saturday 29 August at 18:30 at the OAC speeches in English on the subject: "Spirituality, Science and Light", celebrating the 100th anniversary of the theory of general relativity, as part of the International Year of Light 2015, focusing on the relationship of science and faith, with key speakers: i) the Emeritus Professor Georgios Gounaris from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ii) Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis, Oxford University and Researcher at CERN, iii) Dr. Walaa Eshraim, Researcher at the University of Frankfurt.