List of past events

The web-pages of the following events that I contributed to organize can be found on http://www.cosmo-ufes.org/events.html and on https://lakecomoschool.org/past-schools/.

• September 2024: Seventh José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• June 2023: Brave new worlds II: Understanding the planets of other stars, Como, Italy

• April 2023: Verão Quântico 2023, Guarapari, Brazil.

• September 2023: Sixth José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• June 2022: Estate Quantistica 2022, Scalea, Italy.

• October 2021: Verão Quântico 2021, Guarapari, Brazil.

• October 2021: Fifth José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• February 2019: Verão Quantico 2019, Anchieta, Brazil.

• October 2018: Fourth José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• June 2018: Estate Quantistica 2018, Scalea, Italy.

• June 2018: Homage to Winfried Zimdahl’s 70th birthday, Vitória, Brazil.

• October 2017: Homage to Júlio César Fabris’s 60th birthday, Vitória, Brazil.

• March 2017: Seventh Verão Quântico, Anchieta, Brazil.

• September 2016: Third José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• June 2016: Estate Quantistica, Scalea, Italy.

• February 2016: Patrício Letelier School in Mathematical Physics, Ubu, Anchieta, Brazil.

• April 2015: Black holes and their analogues, Ubu, Anchieta, Brazil.

• February 2015: Sixth Verão Quântico, João Pessoa, Brazil.

• September 2014: Estate Quantistica, Scalea, Italy.

• March 2014: Second José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Pedra Azul, Domingos Martins, Brazil.

• February 2013: Fifth Verão Quântico, Ubu, Anchieta, Brazil.

• October 2012: First José Plínio Baptista School in Gravitation and Cosmology, Ubu, Anchieta, Brazil.

• February 2012: Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity: A workshop in homage to Professor Olivier Piguet’s 70th birthday, Ubu, Anchieta, Brazil.

Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Cosmological Tensions

23-27 June 2025 - Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy

https://dmdet.lakecomoschool.org

Lake Como Schools on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation

The Schools are directed to PhD students and young Post-Docs in Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics who are interested in widening their knowledge in the fields of Physical Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics, General Relativity, Experimental Gravity and the Modern Quantum Theories of Gravitation. The Schools wish to introduce students to current problems, highlighting their importance and potential scientific impact. Lecturers will report on theoretical, observational and experimental aspects of the research, reviewing the latest achievements in the field.

This School

Today, cosmology and astrophysics are experiencing a dilemma: on one side, we have a very successful model, the ΛCDM model, able to adjust to almost all observations. On the other hand, such a model requires 96% of stuff about whose nature we have yet no certain knowledge: 26% of dark matter and 70% of dark energy, with only 4% left for the known matter, mostly in the form of hydrogen and helium nuclei. While dark matter seems to be necessary to explain the formation and the dynamics of galaxies and of larger structures, such as galaxy clusters and super clusters, dark energy is required to explain why our universe is in a state of accelerated expansion. The school aims at providing master’s and doctoral students and young post doctoral researchers with a perspective on the most important proposals on the nature of the dark components of the universe, not only from the theoretical point of view, but also from the experimental and observational one.

The Verão Quântico and the Estate Quantistica

The Quantum Summer (Verão Quântico) is a biennial meeting that is held in Brazil during the (southern hemisphere) summer. Its Italian version (Estate Quantistica) is held in Calabria.

The meeting gathers international researchers and graduate students on different aspects of cosmology, gravitation, and quantum field theory. It includes both seminars (with a focus on recent research developments) and mini-courses (with a more introductory approach that is helpful to both students and researchers from different areas).

The José Plínio Baptista School

The José Plínio Baptista School of Cosmology (JPBCosmo) reviews every two years relevant topics in Theoretical Physics. Advanced courses and review seminars focus on the state of the art of the chosen topic. The school is aimed at graduate students.

Verão Quântico 2025

7-11 April 2025 - Iriri, ES, Brazil

https://www.cosmo-ufes.org/vq2025.html