An ICTP Meeting

How the properties of impurities are modified by their interaction with a surrounding medium is a fundamental question across several research areas and different physical systems. Yet, a common set of ideas and technical tools can be applied to these seemingly different frameworks, the investigation of one system yielding information on another.

This conference aims to bring together leading experts in the multi-disciplinary study of impurity phenomena in a broad range of quantum systems, from ultracold atomic gases to strongly correlated electronic materials and heterostructures.

Topics

The workshop schedule will combine pedagogical and cross-disciplinary presentations with more technical ones, leaving ample time for spontaneous discussions and thus fostering new collaborations and approaches in the study of impurity problems in emerging quantum science platforms.

Speakers
J. Arlt, Aarhus University, Denmark
C. Baroni, IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria
M. Berciu, University of British Columbia, Canada
A. Bergschneider, University of Bonn, Germany
G. Bruun, Aarhus University, Denmark
C. Chin, University of Chicago, USA
X. Cui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
E. Demler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
C. Eigen, University of Cambridge, UK
D. Fausti, UNITS, Italy and FAU Erlangen, Germany
R. Fletcher, MIT, USA
C. Franchini, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Bologna, Italy
D. Golež, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
A. Imamoglu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 
M. Lebrat, University of Harvard and JILA, USA  
P. Massignan, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
A. Recati, CNR-INO, Italy
R. Schmidt, Heidelberg University, Germany
S. Skipetrov, LPMMC and CNRS, France
J. Tempere, University of Antwerp, Belgium
A. Widera, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and State Research Center OPTIMAS, Germany

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.