BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260516T040422Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150104T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150104T040000 SUMMARY:100 years of General Relativity: On the foundations of spacetime theories UID:20260520T174335Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:

At the occasion of the centenary of the general theory of relativity\, The Working Group "Philosophy of Physics" (AGPhil) of the German Physical Society (DPG) invites submissions for a conference entitled &ldquo\;100 years of General Relativity: On the foundations of spacetime theories&rdquo\;. Papers focusing on the conceptual and historical foundations of general relativity and other spacetime theories are especially welcome. \;

The conference will be part of the Annual Meeting of the DPG\, which takes place at the Technical University Berlin from March 15 to 20\, 2014. The AGPhil hosts a joint plenary talk and a joint symposium with the DPG sections for gravitation\, history of physics\, and theoretical and mathematical physics\; all of these will also organise additional workshops and conferences at the Technical University during the annual meeting.  \;

The keynote speakers of the AGPhil conference will be Harvey Brown\, Diana Buchwald\, Craig Callender\, Marco Giovanelli\, Oliver Pooley\, Juergen Renn and Tilman Sauer. \;

Although submissions on any topic in the philosophy of physics are possible\, contributions addressing the foundations of spacetime theories are especially welcome. If you would like to present a paper\, please submit an abstract of about 200 words by January 4\, 2015\, using the online-form at \;https://www.dpg-tagung.de/b15/submission.html \;. \;

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Best regards\,
Meinard Kuhlmann\, Dennis Lehmkuhl and Wolfgang Pietsch

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