Strings 2022

 

Ooguri gives an overview talk, mentioning wormholes, quantum chaos and compact Calabi-Yau spaces.  He ends with details of the organizational details of string conferences, including costs.  It is remarkable that during the pandemic, virtual conferences costed only 2k and 3k and enjoyed over 2,300 participants in 2020 and 2021.

Strings 2021

 

Continuing with a virtual format, talks included excellent reviews by Green, Schwarz and Witten.  The importance of understanding dualities was emphasized.  Indeed, string dualities require one to go beyond M-theory and F-theory in D=11 and D=12.