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Non-perturbative Approaches to Fields and Strings (NAFS) is an official satellite meeting of Strings 2026. The workshop is jointly organized by the Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory (PCFT), the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Fudan University, and will take place at USTC, Hefei, China from June 29 to July 4, 2026.
NAFS 2026 aims to bring together leading researchers to discuss recent progress in the nonperturbative aspects of quantum field theory and string theory. The program will feature invited talks and thematic discussions, with emphasis on exact methods, dualities, and modern developments at the interface of theoretical and mathematical physics.
Invited Speakers
Eric Bergshoeff (University of Groningen)
Chi-Ming Chang (Tsinghua University)
Chris Hull (Imperial College London)
Qiang Jia (KAIST)
Hee-Cheol Kim (POSTECH)
Seok Kim (Seoul National University)
Finn Larsen (University of Michigan)
Sungjay Lee (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
James Liu (University of Michigan)
Gautam Mandal (TIFR, Mumbai)
Kantaro Ohmori (The University of Tokyo)
Leopoldo Pando Zayas (University of Michigan)
Shlomo S. Razamat (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
Gary Shiu (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Wei Song (Tsinghua University)
Yifan Wang (New York University)
Yi-Nan Wang (Peking University)
Zhenbin Yang (Tsinghua University)
Shuang-Yong Zhou (USTC)
Xinan Zhou (KITS, UCAS)
Organizers
Minxin Huang (USTC)
Chiung Hwang (USTC)
Jianxin Lu (USTC)
Satoshi Nawata (Fudan University)
Xin Wang (USTC)
Yang Zhou (Fudan University)
Supporting Staffs
Xiao-Fei Chu (USTC)
Yue-Zhang Tang (USTC)
Jing-Jing Yang (USTC)
Nan Zhang (USTC)