First Circular

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss urgent theoretical and phenomenological issues of approximate conformal symmetry of strong coupling gauge theories and composite models for the electroweak physics particularly in the context of ongoing LHC experiments. Combined discussions of lattice, string studies and the phenomenological ones will be extremely important in this phase of the particle physics.

The workshop is the 7th of the Nagoya SCGT workshop series after SCGT 88, SCGT 90, SCGT 96, SCGT 02, SCGT 06, and SCGT09 and is similar in spirit to the previous ones. See for details of some of them:
SCGT 09 (http://www.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/scgt09/)
SCGT 06 (http://www.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/scgt06/)
SCGT 02 (http://www.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/scgt02/) and
SCGT 96 (http://www.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/Scgt/)

1. Sponsorship

Sponsored by:
   KMI

Financial support by:
   Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S):
      "Symmetry Breakings and the Gauge Dynamics"
   Daiko Foundation

2. Tentative Schedule

The following is a tentative schedule of the Workshop.
Some of the invited talks are planned so as to include recent developments and talks of shorter duration will also be arranged. There will be ample opportunities for discussions involving the speakers and the participants.

March 18 (Sun.)
   8:30 Bread & Coffee
   9:00-12:00 Morning Session
   12:00-13:30 Group Photo & Lunch
   13:30-17:00 Afternoon Session
   18:00-20:00 Welcome Party

March 19 (Mon.)
   8:30 Bread & Coffee
   9:00-12:00 Morning Session
   12:00-13:30 Lunch
   13:30-17:00 Afternoon Session
   17:00-18:00 Discussions
   18:00-20:00 Banquet

March 20 (Tues.)
   8:30 Bread & Coffee
   9:00-12:00 Morning Session
   12:00-13:30 Lunch
   13:30-17:00 Afternoon Session
   17:00-20:00 Discussions & Group Dinner

3. Topics

• Phenomenological Signatures of Conformality in Walking Technicolor at LHC
• Dilaton and Conformal Symmetry in Strong Coupling Gauge Theories
• Lattice Studies of Conformal Strong Dynamics
• String and Holographic View of Strong Coupling Gauge Theories
• Composite Models and Hidden Local Symmetries/Extra Dimensions
• Other Related Topics

4. Site of the Workshop

The workshop sessions will be held at:
   Science Symposia (ES 635)
   6th Floor of ES Building (KMI Building)
   KMI, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan

5. Accommodations

Limited number of on-campus accommodations will be available.
Those who would be interested, please contact us.

6. Participation

Although a large part of participation will be by invitation, we do encourage applications from all those who would be interested and would appreciate it if you could pass on to others the information about the workshop. Due to shortage of funds, participants would need to arrange their own support for travel and local expenses.

Speakers will include:

   R.S. Chivukula (Michigan State)
   J. Ellis (CERN)
   G. Fleming (Yale)
   D.-K. Hong (Pusan)
   D. Kutasov (Chicago)
   J. Kuti (US San Diego)
   V.A. Miransky (Western Ontario)
   F. Sannino (Southern Denmark, CP^3)
   R. Shrock (Stony Brook)
   E.H. Simmons (Michigan State)

7. Registration

Those who attend the workshop please make on-line registration (available from Feb. 1, 2012) at our web site http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT12Mini/ by

   February 29, 2012 (Wed.) (JST)

There is no registration fee.

8. Organizers

   Yasumichi Aoki, Tatsumi Aoyama, Junji Jia
   Masafumi Kurachi, Kei-ichi Nagai, Hiroshi Ohki
   Koichi Yamawaki, Takeshi Yamazaki

9. Further information

For further details and information please visit our website:
    http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT12Mini/.

The second circular will appear by the beginning of March in 2012.

For further correspondence and information please contact
   SCGT12Mini Secretariat through this address.