This is a conference in honor of Prof. Enric Verdaguer's 73rd birthday, organized by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences and the Department of Quantum Physis and Astrophysics at the University of Barcelona. Several international speakers will cover topics on which Enric has worked and made significant contributions over time, in the context of General Relativity and the exploration of quantum effects in strong gravitational fields.

Invited Speakers:

• Enrique Álvarez (IFT-UAM)
• Vladimir Belinski (ICRA)
• Diego Blas (IFAE - UAB)
• Bernard Carr (QMUL)
• Markus Fröb (Leipzig U.)
• Albert Roura (DLR)

Welcome and foreword by Jordi Miralda (ICCUB-IEEC) at 9:30 am

Organizing Committee: Jaume Garriga (ICCUB), Roberto Emparan (ICCUB), Tomeu Fiol (ICCUB), Cristiano Germani (ICCUB), David Mateos (ICCUB), Albert Roura (DLR), Yuko Urakawa (KEK).