Gravity and particles at 10 ^-17 cm distances
Prof. Georgi Dvali (LMU, München)

We review ideas about possible nature of fundamental physics at short distances that will be reachable at Large Hadron Collider experiments.
The main theoretical guideline in our discussion will be the Hierarchy Problem, an inexplicable weakness of gravity as compared to other forces of nature.
We shall make emphases on the hypothesis that explains the hierarchy by presence of strong gravitational effects at LCH-accessible distances. We shall discuss phenomenological and cosmological implications of these ideas, such as, production of microscopic black holes and vibrating strings in the accelerator experiments and in the early Universe.