UBC-Tokyo Conference on Novel Quantum Matter

PITP

Monday Peter Wall Institute		Tuesday Peter Wall Institute
9:00 – 9:05	Frank Ko	9:00 – 9:20	Intro Stamp
9:05 – 9:20	Intro Sawatzky
9:20 – 10:05	Kanoda: Mott physics on triangular lattice revealed by organics	9:20 – 10:05	Folk: Spin currents in semiconductor nanostructures
10:05 – 10:50	Imada: When symmetry and topology changes meet in metamagnetic and metal-insulator transitions	10:05 – 10:50	Tarucha: The Kondo effect for a semiconductor quantum dot with superconducting contact leads
10:50 –11:20	Coffee break	10:50 –11:20	Coffee break
11:20 –12:05	Kiefl: Application of Low Energy Beta-Detected NMR to the Study of Interfaces and Thin Films: Recent Results from ISAC	11:20 –12:05	Affleck: The Kondo screening cloud: What it is and how to observe it
12:05 –12:50	Takagi: New Ir and Rh oxides with spinel-related structure	12:05 – 12:50	Bonn: High Temperature Superconductivity at UBC and Beyond
12:50 – 1:50	Lunch Break	12:50 – 1:50	Lunch Break
1:50 –2:35	Tokura: Gigantic magneto-electrical responses from multiferroics	1:50 – 2:35	Fujimori: Strain and polarity discontinuity effects on the electronic structure of manganite thin films and interfaces
2:35 – 3:20	Nagaosa: Berry phase in metallic ferromagnet	2:35 – 3:20	Tiedje: Growth and Properties of the Dilute Bismide Semiconductor GaAs1-xBix, a Complementary Alloy to the Dilute Nitrides
3:20 – 3:50	Coffee break	3:20 – 4:05	Damascelli: The Quantum Materials Spectroscopy Center: New Frontiers in Novel Electronic Materials and Structures
3:50 – 4:35	Berciu: The Green's function of a Holstein polaron	4:05 – 5:30	Discussion about collaboration agreement. Introduction of the UBC position by Simon Peacock (Dean of Science) and Don Brooks (Associate VP Research)
4:35 – 5:20	Young: Nonlinear Properties of Planar Photonic Crystals
		5:30	Reception/Dinner Sage Bistro, East Dining Room