This activity focuses on the latest advances in the investigation of topology in electronic, photonic, phononic, and atomic systems, with participation by leading theorists and experimentalists in these fields. It combines a school of two weeks, with a one-week conference.

The classification of phases of matter by their topology has revolutionized our understanding of condensed matter systems. The activity will bring together theorists and experimentalists from various communities (correlated materials, mesoscopic physics, atomic physics, quantum optics) offering an excellent opportunity for cross-fertilisation of ideas and an exciting learning experience for students and early career researchers. The goal of the school is to provide an update of the state of the art of some of the most important developments of the field. The school addresses PhD students, postdocs and junior researchers. It will contain around 10 short courses consisting of a series of lectures, which will cover theoretical as well as experimental topics. The school will be followed by a conference, which will discuss current developments in the field.

Speakers
I. Adagideli, Sabanci University, Turkey
A. Akhmerov, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
A. Black-Schaffer, Uppsala University, Sweden*
V. Brosco, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
R. Citro, University of Salerno, Italy
D. Cobden, University of Washington, USA
L. Gioia, California Institute of Technology, USA
E. Hankiewicz, Würzburg University, Germany
K. Imura, University of Tokyo, Japan
S. Akbar Jafari, RWTH Aachen University, Germany*
J. Klinovaja, Basel University, Switzerland
C. Jeanie Lau, Ohio State University, USA
R. Lo Conte, University of Groningen, Netherlands
S. Lupi, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
D. Meidan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
L. Molenkamp, Würzburg University, Germany*
C. Morais Smith, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
J. Paglione, University of Maryland, USA
G. PLatero, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
M. Polini, University of Pisa, Italy
S. Rachel, University of Melbourne, Australia
L. Serra, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
M. Vergniory, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
A. Levy Yeyati, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain*
*To be confirmed

Lecturers
J.Alicea, California Institute of Technology, USA
C. Beenakker, Leiden University, Netherlands
P. Brouwer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Y. Gefen, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
L. Glazman, Yale University, USA
A. Mirlin, Inst. Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe, Germany
S. Parameswaran, Oxford, UK
G. Refael, California Institute of Technology, USA
A. Stern, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Research abstracts: Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. ​During the application, please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract. Templates are available below for download.

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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.