Quantum Gravity in the Southern Cone IV   

We are pleased to remind people that registration for QGSCiv is still open.
The conference will take place at Punta el Este, Uruguay 22-25 October 2007.

The conference is meant to provide the main international event in 2007 on quantum gravity with combined on Loop Quantum Gravity, String Theory, AdS/CFT correspondence, Nonperturbative quantization methods and Supergravity.

There is no conference fee. Furthermore, there is financial aid available to help cover local expenses of a limited number of student participants.

The deadline for registration is August 15, 2007.

Also if you wish to to be considered for financial support (about $50/day, ONLY for students) you must register by August 15, 2007.

Please visit our conference web page at:  http://qgsciv.fisica.edu.uy.

In particular take into account the "News" section for the newest communications and other important information, at  http://qgsciv.fisica.edu.uy/news.html.

Take a look to our poster
  http://qgsciv.fisica.edu.uy/images/poster_QGSCiv.pdf

There will be a series of invited lectures and also some shorter communications and posters by registered participants, with ample time for discussions. The invited speakers are:

• Abhay Ashtekar (PennState),
• David Berenstein (UC Santa Barbara),
• Martin Bojowald (PennState),
• Laurent Freidel (Perimeter Institute),
• Juan Maldacena (IAS Princeton),
• David Mattingly (UC Davis),
• Hermann Nicolai (Albert Einstein Institute),
• Rafael Porto (Carnegie Mellon),
• Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute),
• Marcus Spradlin (Brown),
• Andrew Strominger (Harvard).

All invited speakers have confirmed their participation.

The conference will be held at the  Jean Clevers Parque Hotel.
Accommodation for conference participants (and companions) at the hotel can be reserved via the conference registration form at a substantially discounted price.

Please forward this announcement to any interested colleague.
We hope to welcome you to Punta del Este in October.

International Organizing Committee: Rodolfo Gambini (Montevideo), Carmen Núñez (Buenos Aires), Jorge Pullin (Louisiana State), Victor Rivelles (Sao Paulo), Jorge Zanelli (Valdivia).

Local organizers: Rodolfo Gambini (Chair), Pablo Mora, Michael Reisenberger, Sebastian Torterolo, Miguel Campiglia, Gonzalo Aniano, Marcelo Ponce.

Web page:  http://qgsciv.fisica.edu.uy.

The meeting is sponsored by the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), the National Science Foundation (US), the Albert Einstein Institute (Germany), the Perimeter Institute (Canada), the Hearne Institute (US), the International Center for Theoretical Physics Trieste (Italy), and the Latin American Center for Physics.