It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of the Event Horizon and Beyond Narayan @70 conference, due to unavoidable circumstances related to COVID-19. We hope to reschedule this conference in 2021 and will keep you posted on these matters. We hope you are all staying healthy and safe in these difficult times. Please check back for updates as they arise.

The Event Horizon and Beyond -

Narayan@70 Conference

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Wednesday, June 24 - Friday, June 26, 2020

Join us at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, for a conference devoted to black hole accretion and related topics, with talks and a poster session on electromagnetic jets, galaxy clusters, gamma-ray bursts, and more. On the evening on Thursday, June 25, a birthday celebration will be held at Hopewell Valley Vineyards honoring Professor Ramesh Narayan, his work, and his contributions to the scientific community for over 40 years.

Speakers

Marek Abramowicz, Göteburg University
Laura Blecha, University of Florida
Antoine Bret, Universidad Castilla La Mancha
Andrew Chael, Princeton University
Shane Davis, University of Virginia
Michael Johnson, Harvard University
Vicky Kalogera, University of Northwestern
Pawan Kumar, University of Texas at Austin
Misha Medvedev, University of Kansas
Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Science
Smadar Naoz, University of California, Los Angeles
Ramesh Narayan, Harvard University
Rosalba Perna, Stony Brook University
Tsvi Piran, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lorenzo Sironi, Columbia University
James F. Steiner, MIT Kavil Institute
Sasha Tchekhovskoy, Northwestern University
Nadia Zakamska, Johns Hopkins University

Registration and Accommodations
Registration is required for the Narayan 70 Conference. There is no registration fee to attend the conference. Lunch, coffee and tea breaks will be provided for registered participants. See conference registration page to register.
Registration Deadline : March 9, 2020

There is a fee of $65 for dinner on Thursday, June 25. Click here to register for the dinner, payment by credit card only.
Dinner registration deadline: April 17, 2020

Blocks of rooms at the Nassau Inn, Hyatt Place Princeton, and apartments at the Institute for Advanced Study are being held for conference participants. Please see Conference Accommodations for booking details.

Organizing Committee
Niayesh Afshordi, Andrew Chael, Charles Gammie, Jeremy Goodman, Vicky Kalogera, Lia Medeiros, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Feryal Ozel, Bob Penna, Eliot Quataert, Jim Stone, and Sasha Tchekhovskoy.

About Ramesh
Ramesh Narayan is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, a Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, MA, and a Senior Faculty Member at the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University.

He has made fundamental and pioneering contributions across a broad range of astrophysics, from accretion disks and electromagnetic jets to gamma-ray bursts and galaxy clusters.

Professor Narayan is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences.

He received his PhD in physics from Bangalore University, India, in 1979. Before joining Harvard University in 1991, he was a faculty member at the University of Arizona.

He is a former three-time member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Ramesh first came to IAS in 1987 as a member in the School of Natural Sciences. The following spring, Professor Narayan became a member in the School of Mathematics, and returned as member in the School of Natural Sciences in 2001.

For questions about The Event Horizon and Beyond - Narayan at 70 Conference, please email Katie Keith at kkeith@ias.edu.