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The aim of this school is to provide graduate students and young postdocs with the essential knowledge to understand current research topics in theoretical high energy physics by the first hands in the relevant topic.

▣ Speakers and Topics (alphabetic order)
1st week (Jan. 8 - 13)
- Atish Dabholkar <atish@theory.tifr.res.in>: Spectrum of Dyonic Black Holes [Lecture note 1]
- Hirosi Ooguri <ooguri@theory.caltech.edu>: Calabi-Yau Geometry and Topological String
- Sreerup Raychaudhuri <sreerup@iitk.ac.in>: Particle Physics of LHC
- Ashoke Sen <sen@mri.ernet.in>: Black Holes in String Theory and Their Entropy [Lecture note]
- Shigeki Sugimoto <sugimoto@yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp>: String Theory and QCD
- Piljin Yi <piljin@kias.re.kr>: String Theory Compactifications and Flux

2nd week (Jan 15 - 19)
- Atish Dabholkar <atish@theory.tifr.res.in>: Spectrum of Dyonic Black Holes [Lecture note 2]
- Ken Intriligator <keni@ucsd.edu>: Super Yang-Mills Theory and SUSY breaking [Lecture note 3]
- Soo-Jong Rey <sjrey@phya.snu.ac.kr>: AdS/CFT and Applications to Loops, Defects and Plasma [Lecture note 1]
- Tarun Souradeep <tarun@iucaa.ernet.in>: Cosmology: towards `observing' the Early Universe [Lecture note 1] [Lecture note 2] [Lecture note 3]

Special lectures (1 hour)
- Kimyeong Lee : TBA
- Miao Li : Matrix Cosmology
- Spenta Wadia : Large N Gauge Theories and Black Holes

▣ advisory board
David Gross (KITP, USA)
Hirotaka Sugawara (The Graduate U. for Advanced Studies, Japan)
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard U., USA),
Andrew Strominger (Harvard U., USA)

▣ Steering Committee
Bum-Hoon Lee, Chair (Sogang U., Korea): bhl@sogang.ac.kr
Kimyeong Lee (KIAS, Korea): klee@kias.re.kr
Soonkeon Nam (Kyung Hee U. , Korea): nam@khu.ac.kr
Yoshihisa Kitazawa (KEK, Japan): kitazawa@post.kek.jp
Tamiaki Yoneya (U. of Tokyo, Japan): tam@hep1.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Ashoke Sen (Harishi Chandra, India): sen@mri.ernet.in
Spenta Wadia (Tata Institute, India): wadia@theory.tifr.res.in
Miao Li (ITP, China): mli@itp.ac.cn
Jianxin Lu (U. of Sci. and Tech., China): jxlu@ustc.edu.cn

▣ Course Organizers
Bin Chen (Peking U., China): bchen01@pku.edu.cn
Atish Dabholkar (Tata Institute, India): atish@theory.tifr.res.in
Jun Nishimura (KEK, Japan): jnishi@post.kek.jp
Sang-Jin Sin (Hanyang U., Korea): sjsin@hanyang.ac.kr

▣ Local organizers
Soonkeon Nam (Kyunghee U., Chair) , Bum-Hoon Lee (Sogang U.)
Kimyeong Lee (KIAS), Chanju Kim (Ewha Womans U.)
Jaemo Park (Postech), Chaiho Rim (Chonbuk U.), Wontae Kim (Sogang U.)
Seungjoon Hyun (Yonsei U.), Sang-Jin Sin (Hanyang U.)

100,000 Won for a basic level of shared accommodation
200,000 Won for a upgraded level (shared basis)
500,000 Won for unshared accommodation
(1 US dollar is approximately 920-930 Won whose rate fluctuates.)

- Name: APCTP
- Account No.: 494-061622-13-003
- Bank: Woori Bank (POSTECH Branch)
- Address : Woori Bank (POSTECH Branch), Student Union Bldg., POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
- SWIFT code: HV BK KR SE

We may allow the waiver of the registration fee for a limited number of foreign students and domestic students. In order to get the waiver, foreign students should specify the recommender's name and domestic students should specify their adviser's name upon the registration. Waiver will be decided on the basis of individual needs. Other requests and questions should be directed to Prof. Chanju Kim whose e-mail is cjkim@ewha.ac.kr.

• Receipt: The participants who paid the registration fee in advance can pick up the receipt at KIAS on Jan. 8 (Mon).
• Late registration fee can be paid at Phoenix Park. (KIAS don't accept the credit card.)
• On-site registration at Phoenix Park will start on 3:00pm Jan. 14 (Sun) in front of the lecture room (Diamond Room) on the 2nd floor of the Phoenix Park Hotel.

On Jan. 14 (Sun), we move to Phoenix Park by bus (free for participants) and stay in Hotel/Condo at the ski resort.

After the school is finished on Jan. 19 (Fri), we will come back and stay one night in Seoul. Accommodations are provided for all participants.

• Breakfast: Sandwiches will be provided on 8:30am in front of the lecture room.
• Lunch: Coupons will be distributed at the registration desk.
• Dinner: We will have two banquets and one pizza party. (See time table.) All participants are welcome.

• Cuisine of Korea in wikepedia. (Vegetarians may get some idea from this article.)

• KIAS: Wireless LAN is set up inside and around the lecture hall so that you can use your own laptop computer. Several public computers are also available around the lecture hall.
• Western Co-op: Each room has a freely accessible internet line to which you can connect your laptop. You can also rent a PC. Visit here for informations on other facilities in Western Co-op.
• Phoenix Park: We are happy to inform you that we've managed to make a contract with an internet service provider so that you can connect your laptop to the wireless LAN for free. In addition a few laptops will be set up for public use.

• From the Airport
  Most of the foreign participants will get off at Incheon International Airport. There are several ways to get to Western Co-op Residence or KIAS from the airport. The most convenient way is to take a taxi but it is rather expensive (about 50,000 Korea Won). Taking a bus is one of the way to save your time and money (7,500-8,000 Won). You can also take a bus to Gimpo Airport (4,500 Won) and then take the subway (single ticket price: 1,100 Won).

  Some Japanese participants will get off at Gimpo Airport. Taxi costs about 25,000 Won. The subway system is also available for cheap 1,100 Won (single ticket).

  If you want to take a taxi, please print Direction to Western Co-op Residence or Direction to KIAS and show it to the taxi driver.

  For detailed informations, visit the link How to get to Western Co-op Residence or How to get to KIAS.

• From Western Co-op Residence to KIAS

• General information on transportations in the Seoul metropolitan government site. It contains various useful maps.

• Wikepedia articles have nice summaries on Seoul bus and subway including the fare system of public transportations and traffic cards for discount fares.

• Seoul ↔ Phoenix Park
  
  • Seoul → Phoenix Park: Jan. 14 (Sun), 1:00pm
    Three buses bound for Phoenix park are reserved for participants. Two of them will depart at Western Co-op Residence (for ordinary participants) and one, at KIAS (for lecturers and professors). It will take about two and half hours to Phoenix Park.

  • Phoenix Park → Seoul: Jan. 19 (Fri), 2:30pm (tentative)
    Buses will leave in front of the Phoenix Park hotel.

  • If you want to move alone by yourself read How to get to Phoenix Park.

▶Weather
During winter, the average temperature of Seoul is about 4 dec Celcius(46.8F).

▶Currency and Credit Card
The unit of Korean currency is Won. Major foreign currencies, traveller's checks, and major credit cards are accepted at most hotels, banks and the airport. Current exchange rate is approximately 920-930 Won per US $1.

▶Passport and Visa
Visitors with a passport and return ticket can stay in Korea for up to 15 days without a visa (with the exception of a few countries). It is advised to consult the nearest Korean Consulate for details. If you need general information and assistance from the Center, please contact the secretary:

▶Information on Seoul and Korea

▶URL address: http://apctp.org

▶For more information, please write to <cjkim@ewha.ac.kr>