S.Y. Rey [Seoul Nat.U.] Quantum Phase Transitions from String Theory
P. Kovtun [KITP, Santa Barbara] Quantum critical transport, duality and M-theory
N. Seiberg [IAS, Princeton] Beyond the MSSM
G. Papadopoulos [King's College] Type I and II supersymmetric backgrounds
B. Zwiebach [MIT] Analytic progress in open string field theory
A. Klemm [Wisconsin] Black Holes and Large Order Quantum Geometry
G. Moore [Rutgers] Wall Crossing and an Entropy Enigma
C. Vafa [Harvard] Geometric Metastability
D. Mateos [UCSB] String theory and RHIC physics: The fundamental story
U. Wiedemann [CERN] Jet quenching in string theory and heavy ion collisions