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Monday 16th December - 05:20 PM GMT

Opening Interview: The creation of white holes

Entering the heart of the universe

What is the journey like into the heart of a black hole? When time and space themselves collapse, could a white whole be born?

Join IAI Live for an interview with best-selling author and leading physicist, Carlo Rovelli, as he gives us a tour of the cutting-edge of theoretical physics and explores the possibility of white holes.

Timetable:

17:20 GMT - Opening Interview: The creation of white holes arena

18:00 GMT - Headline Debate: White Holes: Fact or Fantasy? arena

19:20 GMT - Solo Talk: White holes are a mathematical fantasy arena

19:15 GMT - Mystery Jet stage

Carlo Rovelli

Loop Quantum Gravity pioneer

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli is a pioneer of theories like Loop Quantum Gravity, White Holes, and the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics. His books include Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, which has been translated into 41 languages and sold over a million copies, as well as the bestselling Reality Is Not What It Seems (2015) and White Holes (2023). He was named one of the 100 most influential thinkers in the world by Foreign Policy magazine, and is Emeritus Professor at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Marseille, as well as holding positions at the Santa Fe Institute and the Perimeter Institute.