ASTI 2004

The 2004 ASTI was held in Cape Town, South Africa, 12th-30th January. It was attended by Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Lecturers and High School Teachers. It had as its focus the topic "Fundamental Physics", with lectures, seminars, colloquia and discussions on Astronomy, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Black Holes and Quantum Gravity, and Superstring Theory. There were also extra workshops on Science and Mathematics for the High School Teachers.

ASTI 2004 was a tremendous success! Please have a look at the online lectures, which includes video, and the picture gallery. Perhaps we'll see you at the next ASTI.

Invited Lecturers

• Melanie Becker (Maryland, USA)
• Bruce Bassett (Portsmouth, UK)
• Andy Buffler (UCT, South Africa)
• Catherine Cress (UNP, South Africa)
• Robert de Mello Koch (Wits, South Africa)
• Peter Dunsby (UCT, South Africa)
• John Ellis (CERN, Switzerland)
• George Ellis (UCT, South Africa)
• Tony Fairall (UCT, South Africa)
• Sylvester James Gates Jr. (Maryland, USA)
• Joanne Hewett (SLAC, USA)
• Roy Maartens (Portsmouth, UK)
• Donald Marolf (Santa Barbara, USA)
• Alan Martin (Durham, UK)
• Jeff Murugan (UCT, South Africa)
• Maulik Parikh (Columbia,USA)
• Kenneth Rafel (UCT, South Africa)
• Douglas Smith (Durham, UK)
• Thomas Thiemann (Perimeter Institute, Canada)
• Zeblon Vilakazi (UCT, South Africa)
• John Webb (UCT, South Africa)
• Amanda Weltman (Columbia, USA)
• Anthony Zee (KITP, USA)

Advisory Board

• David Dorfan (UCSC, USA)
• Jonathan Dorfan (SLAC, USA)
• George Ellis (UCT, South Africa)
• John Ellis (CERN, Switzerland)
• Sylvester James Gates Jr. (Maryland, USA)
• Jan Govaerts (UCL, Belgium)
• Daya Reddy (UCT, South Africa)
• Richard Ward (Durham, UK)

Organising Committee

Simon Cross, Robert de Mello Koch, Peter Dunsby, Eric Gimon, Clifford Johnson, Jeff Murugan, Zeblon Vilakazi and Amanda Weltman.

Sponsors

The 2004 African Summer Theory Institute was sponsored by the Flora Family Foundation, the Perimeter Institute and the South African National Astrophysics and Space Science Program. It is also supported by the University of Southern California. In order to do this work, we rely on financial contributions from individuals and organisations. Please contact us to find out how to help.