CosmoBack – From the averaging problem in GR to cosmological back-reaction: Theoretical opportunity? Observational evidence?

Lecture on Cosmic variance and other fluctuations

Nick Kaiser

Coffee break

The baryon acoustic oscillation peak is a flexible ruler

Boudewijn Roukema

Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from weak lensing

David Bacon

The LIGER method: light-cone using GR

Daniele Bertacca (on behalf of Cristiano Porciani)

Cosmology with the LyA forests of BOSS

James Rich

Lunch

Lecture on Cosmological models beyond ΛCDM

Philippe Brax

Coffee break

Cosmology with KiDS and tests of gravity

Marika Asgari

The cosmological analysis of X-ray cluster surveys

Marguerite Pierre

Keynotes & Discussion

Lead: Ruth Durrer & Alan Coley

Program