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2022 Solvay Public Lectures - 22 May 2022 at 15:00

ULB - Campus du Solbosch - Entrance 87A Avenue Buyl

 

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

 

Registration

- Free entrance but registration is mandatory.

- You will receive your ticket(s) by email.

- Registration closes on 20 May at 5.00 p.m.

Date and time

- Sunday 22 May 2022 at 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30).

Location

- ULB - Campus du Solbosch - Entrance 87A Avenue Buyl - Bâtiment K

Auditorium Henri La Fontaine

Language

- English - translation in both French and Dutch will be provided.

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

Moderator: Prof. Alexander Sevrin
(VUB & International Solvay Institutes)

 

15:00 - 15:10: Opening by Prof. Marc Henneaux

(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)

 

15:10 - 16:00: Talk by Prof. Serge Haroche (Collège de France, Paris)

Title: The Strangeness and the power of quantum physics

 

16:00 - 16:50: Talk by Prof. John Preskill (Caltech, USA)

Title: Quantum computing and the entanglement frontier

 

16:50 - 17:50: Panel Discussion with Profs. David Gross, Edward Farhi, Veronika Hubeny, John Preskill, Jian-Wei Pan, Michelle Simmons and Peter Zoller

 

17:50 - 18:00: Closing by Prof. Marc Henneaux (ULB & International Solvay Institutes)

 

18:00: Drink

 

Speakers

Professor Serge Haroche - Collège de France, Paris

 

Professor John Preskill - Caltech, USA