Quantum Information: Quo Vadis?

The meeting will be held at the University Centre building, on the UBC campus, in the Peter Wall seminar room (6331 Crescent Rd, Vancouver). Click here for a map of campus showing the location of the Peter Wall Institute. The meeting will run from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on Nov. 13th, and from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Nov. 14th.

There will also be a reception at the University Centre at 6:00 pm on Nov. 13th, for those people attending the meeting. Immediately after this reception, at 7:30 pm, there will be a public lecture by Prof. Tom Rosenbaum (Caltech); this lecture will take place in the lecture theatre CHEM B250 on the UBC campus.

The schedule is posted below, along with the slides and videos from the talks.

Schedule

Wednesday, November 13th

8:15 Welcome and Introduction Video

Session 1: Quantum Information - Key Theory

8:30 D. Lidar Video, Slides
9:00 J. Moore Video, Slides
9:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
10:00 Refreshments
10:30 J. Emerson Video, Slides
11:00 R. Raussendorf Video, Slides
11:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
12:00 LUNCH

Session 2: Spins and Spin Qubits

13:30 J. Salfi Video, Slides
14:00 S. Simmons Video
14:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
15:00 Refreshments
15:30 P.C.E. Stamp / R. McKenzie Video, Slides
16:00 D. Silevitch Video, Slides
16:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
17:00 BREAK
17:30 RECEPTION (at Peter Wall Institute)
19:30 T.F. Rosenbaum PUBLIC LECTURE (Slides and Video)

Thursday, November 14th

Session 1: Real World of Quantum Info. Processing

8:30 J. Raymond Video, Slides
9:00 R. Harris Video, Slides
9:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
10:00 Refreshments

Session 2: Fundamental Questions - Theory

10:30 Y. Chen Video, Slides
11:00 R. Penrose Video, Slides
11:50 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
12:30 LUNCH

Session 3: Fundamental Questions - Experiment

14:00 M. Kasevich Video, Slides
14:30 D. Bouwmeester Video, Slides
15:00 M. Aspelmeyer Video, Slides
15:30 DISCUSSION SESSION Video
16:00 Refreshments
16:30 PANEL DISCUSSION on ALL TOPICS Video
18:00 --- END OF WORKSHOP