Cosmology at the Beach


Playa del Carmen is a beautiful, vibrant town located on the pristine Caribbean coast of Mexico. It is the perfect base to explore the fascinating sites along the Cancun-Tulum Corridor, now called 'Riviera Maya'. There are miles of unspoiled white sandy beaches and crystal-clear Caribbean waters to explore. Hotel:		Organizing Institutions
	Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics Advanced Institute for Cosmology, Mexico Contacts
	A range of topics in cosmology was covered at the conference by eminent scholars in the field (see the preliminary list on this page). Students and postdocs presented posters and gave short talks. We hoped that the beauty of the natural and cultural environment would act as a catalyst for young researchers to interact and generate new ideas. We encouraged a diverse group of advanced graduate students and postdocs interested to attend through the Participant Application, or by contacting members of one of the three organizing institutions for information.
	Conference Media Coverage Thanks to the US National_Science_Foundation for its generous support in this conference.
	Agenda Presentations Contributed Talks Participant List Logistical Information
	Course Lectures
	Carlos Frenk University of Durham,UK Simulation/Visualization Wayne Hu University of Chicago CMB Secondary Anisotropies Eric Linder University of California, Berkeley Dark Energy Chung-Pei Ma University of California, Berkeley Dark Matter Simon White Max Planck Institute, Germany Large Scale Structure
Seminar topics include: CMB and Non-Gaussianity Inflation Weak Gravitational Lensing Particle Physics Constraints from Cosmology Large Scale Structure in Surveys Cabo BeachCam Check the weather in Cabo National Science Foundation
	Plenary Talks
	George Smoot University of California, Berkeley, CMB Oliver Zahn University of California, Berkeley, South Pole Telescope Anne Green University of Nottingham, Dark Matter Detection David Hughes INAOE Mexico, Large Millimeter Telescope (GTM/LMT) Science

Playa del Carmen is a beautiful, vibrant town located on the pristine Caribbean coast of Mexico. It is the perfect base to explore the fascinating sites along the Cancun-Tulum Corridor, now called 'Riviera Maya'. There are miles of unspoiled white sandy beaches and crystal-clear Caribbean waters to explore.

Hotel:

Organizing Institutions

Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics

Advanced Institute for Cosmology, Mexico

Contacts

A range of topics in cosmology was covered at the conference by eminent scholars in the field (see the preliminary list on this page). Students and postdocs presented posters and gave short talks. We hoped that the beauty of the natural and cultural environment would act as a catalyst for young researchers to interact and generate new ideas. We encouraged a diverse group of advanced graduate students and postdocs interested to attend through the Participant Application, or by contacting members of one of the three organizing institutions for information.

Conference Media Coverage

Thanks to the US National_Science_Foundation for its generous support in this conference.

Logistical Information

Course Lectures