BNCPAP Colloquium 2026 - 100 years of Quantum Mechanics

09.30   Welcome

Peter SCHLAGHECK (Université de Liège, Belgium)

09.40 – 10.25 Jean DALIBARD (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, France)

A Cool Journey Through Quantum Matter: 50 Years of Ultracold Atoms

10.30 – 11.15 Lieven VANDERSYPEN (QuTech, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands)

Quantum computing with electrons

11.20 – 12.05 Peter ZOLLER (University of Innsbruck & IQOQI, Austria)

Quantum Simulation with Atoms and Ions

12.10 Lunch and POSTER SESSION by the Belgian research institutions

14.00 – 14.45 Christiane KOCH (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Training Schrödinger's cat: Quantum control in molecular physics and quantum information science

14.50 – 15.35 Vladan VULETIC (MIT, Boston, USA)

Quantum information and applications (title to be confirmed) 

15.40 – 16.25 Antoine BROWAEYS (Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Paris, France)

Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time

16.30 – 17.15 Round-table discussion, animated by Frank VERSTRAETE (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)

17.20   Reception

Registration

We kindly request all participants to register before March 10, 2026.

The registration fee of 55 € can be paid via bank transfer or by credit card. It includes access to all scientific sessions, welcome coffee and refreshments, lunch and the closing reception.

PhD students will receive a certificate of attendance upon simple request

Please note that on-site registration will not be available, so please make sure to register and pay the registration fee in advance.

You may access the registration form by visiting this link.