Joint ICTP-Lincei Conference on Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Emerging Technologies

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Description

An ICTP Meeting

The event is Co-funded by IYQ Global

Live-stream on CMSP YouTube Channel

UNESCO has proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. In celebration of the Year, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and ICTP will hold a special conference addressed to a wide community, with a focus on historical aspects, the impact on society, and selected advances of quantum science and technology.

Speakers:
Alain ASPECT, University Paris-Saclay, Paris
Vanderlei BAGNATO, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Gabriele BECCARIA, TuttoScienze - La Stampa, Italy
Federico CAPASSO, Harvard University, USA
Paola CAPPELLARO MIT, USA
Eric CORNELL, University of Colorado, USA
Artur EKERT, University of Oxford, UK & CQT and NUS, Singapore
Nicolas GISIN, University of Geneva, Switzerland
David GROSS, KITP Santa Barbara, USA
Theodor HAENSCH, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
Duncan HALDANE, Princeton University, USA
Serge HAROCHE, Collège de France
Wolfgang KETTERLE, MIT, USA
Maciej LEWENSTEIN, ICFO, Spain
Anne L’HUILLIER, Lund University, Sweden
Mikhail LUKIN, Harvard University, USA
Luciano MAIANI, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome
Giorgio PARISI, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome
Silvia PASCOLI, University of Bologna, Italy
William PHILLIPS, University of Maryland, USA
Maurizio PRATO, University of Trieste, Italy
Subir SACHDEV, Harvard University, USA
Guglielmo TINO, University of Florence, Italy
Costanza TONINELLI, CNR-INO, Italy
Matthias TROYER, Microsoft, USA
Peter ZOLLER, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

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Joint ICTP-Lincei Conference on Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Emerging Technologies | (smr 4073)

Go to day

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

09:00 - 09:40 Day 1: Live Streaming

09:00 Opening Remarks 40'

Rosario FAZIO (ICTP, Italy), Atish DABHOLKAR (Director ICTP, Italy), Massimo INGUSCIO (University of Florence, Italy), Alessia ROSOLEN (Assessore Regionale al Lavoro, Formazione, Istruzione, Ricerca, Università e Famiglia, Italy) Marc MEZARD (Bocconi University, Italy)

09:40 - 15:45 Session 1

Chair: Massimo INGUSCIO (University of Florence, Italy)

09:40 Watching the quantum world with attosecond light pulses 40'

Speaker: Anne L'HUILLIER (Lund University, Sweden)
10:20 Physics Is One 40'

Speaker: Maciej Andrzej LEWENSTEIN (ICFO Barcelona, Spain)
11:00 Coffee Break 30'

11:30 From Einstein’s doubts to quantum technologies: non-locality in action 40'

Speaker:	Alain Jean ASPECT (Institut d'Optique Laboratoire Charles Fabry, France)
Material:	Abstract

12:10 Metaoptics for Wavefront shaping: Physics and Applications 40'
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Speaker: Federico CAPASSO (Harvard University, USA)
12:50 Lunch Break 1h20'

14:20 - 17:30 Session 2

Chair: Rosario FAZIO (ICTP, Italy)

14:20 Three paths beyond Bell inequalities 40'

Speaker:	Nicolas GISIN (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Material:	Abstract

15:00 Testing gravitational physics with atomic quantum sensors 40'

Speaker: Guglielmo TINO (University of Florence, Italy)
15:40 Group Photo 5'
15:45 Coffee Break 25'
16:10 Far from equilibrium quantum system: what we learned establishing and relaxing turbulence in a quantum atomic superfluid? 40'

Speaker: Vanderlei Salvador BAGNATO (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
16:50 From Observation of String Breaking to Bounded-Error Quantum Simulation 40'

Speaker: Peter Albert ZOLLER (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Thursday, 29 May 2025

09:00 - 13:40 Session 3: Day 2: Live Streaming
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Chair: Roberta SESSOLI (University of Florence, Italy)
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- 09:00 The Laser: offspring and powerful enabler of Quantum Science 40'
  
  Speaker: Serge HAROCHE (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, France)
- 09:40 Diamond defects shine a bright light for quantum technology 40'
  
  Speaker: Paola CAPPELLARO (MIT, USA)
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:50 Quantum science and technologies with organic molecules 40'
  
  Speaker: Costanza TONINELLI (National Research Council CNR-INO, Florence, Italy)
- 11:30 Bell inequalities: From Curiosity to Security 40'
  
  Speaker: Artur Konrad EKERT (University of Oxford, UK and CQT National University of Singapore)
- 12:10 Lunch Break 1h30'

13:40 - 16:50 Session 4

Chair: Sandro STRINGARI (BEC Bose Einstein Condensation CNR INFM, University of Trento, Italy)

13:40 How one, two and many atoms scatter light 40'

Speaker:	Wolfgang KETTERLE (MIT, USA)
Material:	Abstract

14:20 How simultaneous read-out of multiple molecular quantum states could lead to the discovery of new particle physics 40'

Speaker: Eric CORNELL (University of Colorado, USA)
15:00 Coffee Break 30'
15:30 Six questions for the quantum world 40'

Speaker: Gabriele BECCARIA (La Stampa, Italy)
16:10 Exploring quantum computing frontier with neutral atom systems 40'

Speaker: Mikhail LUKIN (Harvard University, USA)

18:30 - 19:30

18:30 Measuring the Elusive: Quantum Physics Rewrites the Metric System (Public Lecture @ Teatro Miela) 1h0'

Quantum science has revolutionised modern electronics and global telecommunications, with inventions like the transistor, lasers, rare-earth magnets and light-emitting diodes all made possible by quantum mechanics. Quantum science has also redefined how we measure everything from time to length to speed; it was the basis for a fundamental revision in 2019 for all measurements, introducing a highly stable system of standards, such as those defining the weight of a kilogram, based on invariable constants of nature. How and why this reformed measuring system came about is a fascinating tale of history and technology coming together to produce ever-precise measurements, and is the topic of a public event co-sponsored by ICTP and SISSA titled “Measuring the Elusive: Quantum Physics Rewrites the Metric System".
 
In an entertaining, one-hour performance involving the use of lasers, pendulums and voltmeters, Nobel Laureate William Phillips, appearing online, and Professor Vanderlei Bagnato of Sao Paulo University will highlight, through hands-on demonstrations, how quantum physics has changed our standard system of units.

Phillips, who received the Physics Nobel Prize in 1997 for developing laser cooling and trapping of atoms, will connect from the American National Institute of Science and Technology in Washington DC for a live conversation with Bagnato and the audience, while Bagnato—on stage—will perform real-time experiments that will help us grasp the meaning of the transformations undergone by our measurement system.

Speaker:

Vanderlei Salvador BAGNATO (University of São Paulo, Brazil), William PHILLIPS (University of Maryland, USA - online)

Friday, 30 May 2025

09:00 - 12:10 Session 5: Day 3: Live Streaming
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Chair: Erio TOSATTI (ICTP, Italy)
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- 09:00 Quantum Hall effect and quantum geometry 40'
  
  Speaker: Duncan HALDANE (Princeton University, USA)
- 09:40 Critical quantum spin liquids, SYK models, and the cuprate high temperature superconductors 40'
  
  Speaker: Subir SACHDEV (Harvard University, USA)
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:50 Quantum, AI, and the Path to Commercial Advantage 40'
  
  Speaker: Matthias TROYER (Microsoft, USA)
- 11:30 Quantum versus Classical algorithmical complexity 40'
  
  Speaker: Giorgio PARISI (University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy)

12:10 - 14:00

12:10 Panel on International Scientific Collaboration in the Next Quantum Century 40'

Chair: Gabriele BECCARIA (La Stampa, Italy)

Panelists: Atish DABHOLKAR (Director ICTP, Italy), David SPERGEL (Flatiron Institute, USA), Alessandro CURIONI (IBM Switzerland), Robbert DIJKGRAAF (International Science Council, France), Anne L'HUILLIER (Lund University, Sweden)

12:50 Lunch Break 1h10'

14:00 - 17:10 Session 6

Chair: Marc MEZARD (Bocconi University, Italy)

14:00 Empowering Clean Fuel Production with Artificial Quantasomes 40'

Speaker: Maurizio PRATO (University of Trieste, Italy)
14:40 Neutrino oscillations: from quantum mechanics to physics beyond the Standard Model 40'

Speaker: Silvia PASCOLI (University of Bologna, Italy)
15:20 Coffee Break 30'
15:50 Q Field Theory: Past, Present,Future 40'

Speaker: David GROSS (Kavli Institute For Theoretical Physics (KITP), UC Santa Barbara, USA)

16:30 Recognising Excellence in Quantum Computing: Special Announcement by ICTP and IBM 30'

Speaker:

Atish DABHOLKAR (Director ICTP, Italy), Jay GAMBETTA (IBM US - online), Alessandro CURIONI (IBM Switzerland), Peter Albert ZOLLER (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

17:00 Concluding Remarks 10'

Speaker: Atish DABHOLKAR (Director ICTP, Italy), Marc MEZARD (Bocconi University, Italy)