The School dates are: 23rd to 28th of June 2024.
The program will start in the evening on the 23rd of June and conclude early afternoon on the 28th of June.
Venue (unless indicated otherwise): Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. Street address: Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
Detailed program:
Sunday 23 June 2024
- 16:00 – 16:45 Registration open
- 16:45 – 18:15 Welcome reception
- 18:15 – 18:30 Welcome remarks
- 18:30 – 19:30 Opening Lecture by Paul Kwiat (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Title: TBA
Monday 24 June 2024
- 8:30 – 9:00 Registration & badge pickup
- 9:00 – 10:00 Lecture 2: Paul Kwiat (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Title: TBA
- 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 – 11:30 Lecture 3: Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański (University of Warsaw, Poland)
- Title: Quantum Metrological Theoretical Toolbox: all you need to know to find the optimal protocols and fundamental bounds on precision in your quantum sensors
- 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
- 12:00 – 13:00 Lecture 4: Shaul Mukamel (University of California, Irvine, USA)
- Title: TBA
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 14:45 Speed Networking, Social Time
- 14:45 – 15:45 Lecture 5: Fabio Pezzoli (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
- Title: Spin-optronics and photonic quantum technologies: the case for group IV semiconductors
- 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
- 16:00 – 17:00 Lecture 6: Val Zwiller (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
- Title: Generation, manipulation and detection of single photons
- 17:00 – 17:15 Coffee break
- 17:15 – 18:15 Lecture 7: Animesh Datta (University of Warwick)
- Title: Quantum light spectroscopy
- 18:15 – 18:45 Break
- Evening activity
Tuesday 25 June 2024
- 9:00 – 10:00 Lecture 8: Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański (University of Warsaw, Poland)
- Title: Quantum Metrological Theoretical Toolbox: all you need to know to find the optimal protocols and fundamental bounds on precision in your quantum sensors
- 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 – 11:30 Lecture 9: Shaul Mukamel (University of California, Irvine, USA)
- Title: TBA
- 11:30 – 13:00 Poster session I
- Including 1 min poster pitches
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 16:00 Session 10: Soft skills session
- 14:00 – 14:45 Aggie Branczyk Quantum trajectories: navigating a career between academia and industry
- 14:45 – 15:30 Wilhelm Kaenders (Toptica Photonics AG) From PhD to CEO: TOPTICA as a role model for a high-tech company!
- 15:30 – 16:00 Charlotte Allard (Springer Nature Group) Insights into scientific publishing
- 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:30 – 18:00 Poster session II
- Including 1 min poster pitches
- Evening activity
Wednesday 26 June 2024
- 9:00 – 10:00 Technology Session, part I
- 9:00 – 9:45 Wilhelm Kaenders (TOPTICA Photonics AG): Chances and pitfalls of quantum technology initiatives seen from a quantum enabler’s perspective
- 9:45 – 10:15 Adam Piotrowski (VIGO Photonics), TBC
- 10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
- 10:45 – 11:45 Technology Session, part II
- 10:45 – 11:15 Val Zwiller (Single Quantum) High-performance single photon detectors: industrializing quantum technology
- 11:15 – 11:45 Aggie Branczyk Quantum Canada: an overview of quantum tech industry in Canada
- 11:45 – 12:00 School Photo
- 12:00 – 12:15 Coffee Break
- 12:15 – 13:00 Panel Discussion on Technology
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 17:00 Sightseeing excursion
Thursday 27 June 2024
- 9:00 – 10:00 Lecture 14: Jérôme Faist (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Title: FM mode-locked combs from quantum walk
- 10:00 – 10:30 Break
- 10:30 – 11:30 Lecture 15: Cristina Benea-Chelmus (EPLF, Switzerland)
- Title: Integrated THz sensing
- 11:30 – 12:00 Break
- 12:00 – 13:00 Lecture 16: Stephane Kéna Cohen (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)
- Title: Collective quantum behavior with semiconductor microcavities
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:00 Lecture 17: Ousamma Moutannabir (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)
- Title: TBA
- 15:00 – 15:30 Break
- 15:30 – 16:30 Session 18: Short talks (3×20 min)
- Talk 1: Ivan Sinev (EPLF, Switzerland)
- Talk 2: TBC
- Talk 3: TBC
- 16:30 – 17:00 Poster Prize Talks (2×15 min)
- 17:00 – 18:30 Break
- 18:30 – 22:00 Conference dinner at the main campus of the University of Warsaw
Friday 28 June 2024
- 9:00 – 10:00 Lecture 19: Ian Walmsley (Imperial College London, UK)
- Title: TBA
- 10:00 – 10:30 Break
- 10:30 – 11:30 Lecture 20: Andrey Moskalenko (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea), TBC
- Title: Quantum optics in the time domain
- 11:30 – 12:00 Break
- 12:00 – 13:00 Lecture 21: Ian Walmsley (Imperial College London, UK)
- Title: TBA
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 14:30 Farewell
- 14:30 – Lab-tours
Please note that minor changes of the program are possible.