{"id":23,"date":"2026-06-04T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/?post_type=csmos_event&#038;p=23"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:59:18","slug":"hpcc-2024","status":"publish","type":"csmos_event","link":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/?csmos_event=hpcc-2024","title":{"rendered":"H&amp;PCC 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H&amp;PCC 2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sala Malliani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Milan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via Festa del Perdono 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20122 Milan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no conference fee, but&nbsp;<strong>registration is required<\/strong>. Please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cosmosproject@unimi.it\">cosmosproject@unimi.it<\/a>&nbsp;indicating your name, surname, affiliation, attendance dates and dietary requirements&nbsp;<strong>by 1 August 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PROGRAM SCHEDULE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tuesday 10 September 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:30 \u2013 10:00&nbsp;<em>Registration and&nbsp;<\/em><em>Welcome<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10:00 \u2013 11:15&nbsp;<strong>Lydia Patton&nbsp;<\/strong>(Virginia Tech):&nbsp;<em>When Sensitivity is Not Enough: Third Generation Gravitational Wave Astronomy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:45 \u2013 13:00&nbsp;<strong>COSMOS Research Team Group (presentation of results)<\/strong>\u2013 Chair: Claus Kiefer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14:30 \u2013 15:45<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><u>History of Cosmology panel<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14:30 \u2013 14:55&nbsp;<strong>Nichole Levesley<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Cambridge):<em>&nbsp;Shifting Limits of Knowledge in Modern Cosmology: Cosmogonical Debates between 1948\u20131965<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14:55 \u2013 15:20&nbsp;<strong>Alessio Rocci&nbsp;<\/strong>(Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Solvay Institutes):&nbsp;<em>The First Solvay Physics Council on Cosmology (1958)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15:20 \u2013 15:45&nbsp;<strong>Eve-Aline Dubois<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Namur):&nbsp;<em>Early conceptions of an infinite universe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16:00 \u2013 17:15<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Symposium \u201cCosmology of Post-Hellenistic Platonism. Two Ongoing Research Cases\u201d: Alexandra Michalewski&nbsp;<\/strong>(CNRS), \u201cMatter, Motion and Primary Bodies. New perspectives on Middle Platonist interpretations of&nbsp;<em>Tim<\/em>. 30a\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Giacomo De Andreis&nbsp;<\/strong>(PhD FINO, University of Pavia), \u201cPrecosmic Motion or Movement? Numenius\u2019 Minimalist Version of Temporalism\u201d Discussion with&nbsp;<strong>Arianna Piazzalunga&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Turin),&nbsp;<strong>Laura Marongiu&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Milan),&nbsp;<strong>Federico M. Petrucci&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Turin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wednesday 11 September 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:30 \u2013 10:45&nbsp;<strong>George Ellis&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Cape Town):&nbsp;<em>Cosmology today: Foundational Issues<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:15 \u2013 12:30&nbsp;<u>Philosophy of Cosmology Panel A<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:15 \u2013 11:40<strong>&nbsp;Antonis Antoniou&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Bonn, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens):&nbsp;<em>Laws, Initial Conditions and Physical Modality: Lessons from Cosmology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:40 \u2013 12:05<strong>&nbsp;Maura Burke&nbsp;<\/strong>(Utrecht University):&nbsp;<em>A Novel Conceptualization of Fine-Tuning in Inflationary Cosmology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:05 \u2013 12:30<strong>&nbsp;\u00c1lvaro Mozota&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Girona):&nbsp;<em>Does quantum cosmology predict the age of the universe?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14:30 \u2013 15:45&nbsp;<strong>Karim Th\u00e9bault&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Bristol):&nbsp;<em>Model-Based Explication and Quantum Singularity Resolution<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16:15 \u2013 16:40&nbsp;<strong>Adam Koberinski &amp; Chris Smeenk&nbsp;<\/strong>(Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario):&nbsp;<em>Establishing a theory of inflationary cosmology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16:45 \u2013 18:00<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Symposium \u201cUnderdetermination in past and present cosmology\u201d: Julien Bernard&nbsp;<\/strong>(Aix Marseille University): \u201cThe empirical underdetermination of theories at the time of the birth of relativistic cosmology\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Simon Beyne<\/strong>&nbsp;(Aix Marseille University): \u201cThe multiple determination strategy to combat underdetermination in the dark matter problem\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Marie Gueguen&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Rennes): \u201cBack to simplicity: how effective dimensions can break down artificial cases of underdetermination\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Namur):\u201cRethinking empirical equivalence for today\u2019s cosmology\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Th\u00e9o Simon<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Montpellier): \u201cResolving cosmological tensions to unveil the dark sector of the Universe: a study of the synergy between data, phenomenological models and theoretical models\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday 12 September 2024<br><br><\/strong>9:30 \u2013 10:45&nbsp;<strong>Renate Loll&nbsp;<\/strong>(Radboud University, Nijmegen):<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Mapping the road to cosmology from the Planckian end<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:15 \u2013 12:30<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><u>Philosophy of Cosmology Panel B<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Chair: Mahdi Khalili:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:15 \u2013 11:40<strong>&nbsp;Lorenzo Lorenzetti&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Bristol):&nbsp;<em>Making Sense of Gravitational Thermodynamics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:40 \u2013 12:05<strong>&nbsp;Antonios Papaioannou&nbsp;<\/strong>(Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University):&nbsp;<em>Circularities in the search for empirical grounding for the cosmological principle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:05 \u2013 12:30<strong>&nbsp;Anastasiia Lazutkina&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Wuppertal):&nbsp;<em>LCDM and MOND \u2013 Divergent Epistemologies in Cosmological Explanations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14:30 \u2013 15:45<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Symposium \u201cCosmological Spacetime\u2013Matter Distinction\u201d: Antonio Ferreiro &amp; Alex Fleuren&nbsp;<\/strong>(Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University): \u201cSpacetime\u2013Matter distinction in scalar field theories and applications to Inflation\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Sanne Vergouwen&nbsp;<\/strong>(Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University): \u201cBlack Holes as Massive Spacetime\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Niels Martens&nbsp;<\/strong>(Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University; BHI Harvard): \u201cInterpreting Dark Energy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16:15 \u2013 17:30&nbsp;<strong>Luca Amendola&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Heidelberg):&nbsp;<em>What do we really measure in cosmology?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17:30 \u2013 18:45&nbsp;<strong>COSMOS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20:00<em>&nbsp;Conference dinner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday 13 September 2024<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:30 \u2013 10:45<strong>&nbsp;Jim Weatherall&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of California, Irvine):&nbsp;<em>Two Tooth Fairies and a Dentist: Closing the Loop on Lambda CDM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:15 \u2013 12:30 Symposium \u201cThe Physicality of Black Holes\u201d: Niels Linnemann&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Geneva): \u201cWhat makes black hole models physically reasonable?\u201d (joint work with Yichen Luo and Chris Smeenk);<strong>&nbsp;Christian W\u00fcthrich&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Geneva): \u201cBeyond the limits of analogue experiments\u201d;<strong>&nbsp;Marta Pedroni&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Geneva): \u201cAre black hole singularities weakly located?\u201d;&nbsp;<strong>Charlotte Zito&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Geneva): \u201cAre black holes a case for supersubstantivalism?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:30 \u2013 13:00 Farewell and announcement of the next H&amp;PCC2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOC: Silvia De Bianchi, Laura Follesa, Marco Forgione, Laura Marongiu, Federico Viglione.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOC: Antonis Antoniou (University of Bonn), Salvatore Capozziello (University of Naples), Silvia De Bianchi (University of Milan), Claus Kiefer (University of Cologne), Niels Martens (University of Utrecht), Christopher Smeenk (University of Western Ontario).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H&amp;PCC 2024 Sala Malliani University of Milan Via Festa del Perdono 7 20122 Milan There is no conference fee, but&nbsp;registration is required. Please email&nbsp;cosmosproject@unimi.it&nbsp;indicating your name, surname, affiliation, attendance dates and dietary requirements&nbsp;by 1 August 2024. PROGRAM SCHEDULE: Tuesday 10 September 2024 9:30 \u2013 10:00&nbsp;Registration and&nbsp;Welcome 10:00 \u2013 11:15&nbsp;Lydia Patton&nbsp;(Virginia Tech):&nbsp;When Sensitivity is Not Enough: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-23","csmos_event","type-csmos_event","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/csmos_event\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/csmos_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/csmos_event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpcosmology.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}