Events

Past Event

Living in a Quantum World

April 18, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
America/New_York
Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 Teatro

Free; required registration is here: https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/living-quantum-world


Two parts: A public roundtable (5:30-7:30 PM, Thursday, April 18) and daytime workshops 9AM-5PM on both Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19) 

Roundtable Speakers:
David Albert, Columbia
Katiuscia Cassemiro, PRX Quantum
Anna Grassellino, Fermilab
Philip Kim, Harvard
Robert Konik, Brookhaven

Moderator:  
Robert Henderson, The Wall Street Journal

Co-sponsor: 
Università degli studi di Trieste


Daytime workshops: “Quantum Science & Technology: Where We Are, Where We Are Headed” Thursday, April 18 & Friday, April 19

Co-sponsor for the Workshops:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

The order of speakers, talk titles, and abstracts are coming soon.

Thematic sessions and invited speakers:

1. Fundamentals:

  • Mauro Paternostro – University of Palermo
  • Ugo Marzolino – University of Trieste
  • Dries Sels – NYU

2. Atoms & Molecules:

  • Ana Asenjo-Garcia – Columbia
  • Sebastian Will – Columbia
  • Marcello Dalmonte – The Abdus Salam ICTP

3. Materials & Nanoscience:

  • Colin P. Nuckolls – Columbia
  • Latha Venkataraman – Columbia
  • Martina dell’Angela – CNR-IOM

4. Optics & Photonics:

  • Dominik Schneble – Stony Brook
  • Emily J. Davis – Harvard / NYU
  • Alessandro Zavatta – CNR-INO Trieste & QTI

5. Computing & Simulation:

  • Jeffrey Thompson – Princeton University
  • Andrew J. Millis – Columbia
  • Giuseppe Santoro – SISSA

Contact Information

Italian Academy
(212) 854-2306