© C. Borg / Kufsteinerland MCQST 2025 - Agenda
MCQST2025 features inspiring talks from the MCQST community and invited guests, innovative research, dedicated meetings for the MCQST community, as well as two poster sessions. Join us to discover the latest scientific and technological advancements spanning all areas of Quantum Science and Technology (QST).
Covered topics include: Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Metrology and Sensing, Quantum Matter, and Explorative Directions (bridging quantum science and technology with high-energy physics, quantum gravity, cosmology, or quantum chemistry).
Check out the Summer School page for a detailed agenda of the IMPRS-QST school.
Tuesday, 3 June
17:00 | Arrival & Registration
18:15 | Welcome Keynote
18:30 | Quantum Stammtisch
19:30 - 21:30 | Flying Dinner & Poster Session "Alice"
Wednesday, 4 June
08:00 | Women @MCQST Breakfast
RU-C: Quantum Computing Session
09:00 | Pedram Roushan (Google AI)
09:30 | Christian Schneider (WMI)
RU-C: Quantum Computing Session
10:00 | Daniel Stilck Franca (ENS Lyon)
10:30 | Robert König (TUM)
11:00 | Coffee Break
RU-F: Quantum Matter Session
11:30 | Max Hirschberger (Univ. of Tokyo, RIKEN)
12:00 | Peng Rao (TUM)
RU-B: Quantum Simulation Session
11:30 | Igor Lesanovsky (Univ. Tübingen)
13:00 | Lunch & Coffee
RU-E: Quantum Metrology & Sensing Session
14:00 | Paola Cappellaro (MIT)
14:30 | Viviana Villafañe (TUM)
Good Supervision
15:00 | Isolde von Bülow (LMU, Graduate Center)
15:20 | PhD & Postdoc Board Introductions
15:50 | Feedback Session (MCQST PhDs and Postdocs only)
Kufstein Fortress
16:45 | Kufstein Fortress: Tours & Group Picture
18:45 | Kufstein Fortress: Welcome & Celebration
20:00 | Kufstein Fortress: Conference Dinner
Thursday, 5 June
08:00 | Breakfast
RU-A: Quantum Information Theory Session
09:00 | Mariami Gachechiladze (TU Darmstadt)
09:30 | Libor Caha (TUM)
RU-A: Quantum Information Theory Session
10:00 | Cambyse Rouzé Inria (ISFP)
10:30 | Simone Warzel (TUM)
11:00 | Coffee Break
RU-G: Explorative Directions Session
11:30 | Shimon Kolkowitz (Berkley)
12:00 | Thomas Udem (MPQ)
12:30 | Philipp Hauke (Univ. Trento)
13:00 | Lunch & Coffee
RU-B: Quantum Simulation Session
14:00 | Nathan Wilson (TUM)
14:30 | Francesca Ferlaino (Univ. Innsbruck & IQOQI)
RU-E: Quantum Metrology & Sensing Session
15:00 | Karl Berggren (MIT)
15:30 | Michael Haider (TUM)
16:00 | Social Activities / Active Networking
20:00 | Flying Dinner & Poster Session Bob
22:00 | Karaoke
Friday, 6 June
08:00 | Breakfast
RU-D: Quantum Communication Session
09:00 | Stefanie Barz (Univ. of Stuttgart)
09:30 | Tobias Vogel (TUM)
RU-D: Quantum Communication Session
10:00 | Christoph Hirche (Univ. Hannover)
10:30 | Jürgen Eschner (Univ. Saarland)
11:00 | Coffee Break
Award Ceremony
11:30 | PhD Award
12:00 | Master's Award
12:30 | Lunch & Coffee
RU-G: Explorative Directions Session
13:30 | Rahul Trivedi (MPQ)
RU-B: Quantum Simulation Session
14:00 | Marko Ljubotina (TUM)
RU-F: Quantum Matter Session
14:30 | Simon Becker (ETH)
15:00 | Farsane Tabataba-Vakili (LMU & TU Braunschweig)
15:30 | Departure
Organizing Committees
Program Committee
The MCQST 2025 program is established by the Executive Committee of MCQST.
Research Units Coordinators
- Monika Aidelsburger | LMU Munich
- Mari Carmen Bañuls | MPI of Quantum Optics
- Immanuel Bloch | LMU Munich & MPI of Quantum Optics
- Ignacio Cirac | MPI of Quantum Optics & TU Munich
- Jonathan Finley | TU Munich
- Steffen Glaser | TU Munich
- Barbara Kraus | TU Munich
- Christian Pfleiderer | TU Munich
- Gerhard Rempe | MPI of Quantum Optics
- Ulrich Schollwöck | LMU Munich
- Simone Warzel | TU Munich
- Eva Weig | TU Munich
- Harald Weinfurter | LMU Munich
- Michael Wolf | TU Munich
Junior Group Representatives
- Menno Poot | TU Munich
- Andreas Reiserer | MPI of Quantum Optics & TU Munich
Postdoc Representatives
- Pau Farrera | MPI of Quantum Optics
- Viviana Villafañe | TU Munich
PhD Representatives
- Vjosa Blakaj | TU Munich
- Pooja Malik | LMU Munich
Local Organizers
MCQST 2025 conference is organized by the MCQST Office.
- Anca Ionescu | Outreach & Events
- Claudia Leonhardt | Support Programs
- Yanhua Li | Accounting
- Sonya Gzyl | IMPRS-QST Coordinator
- Brigitte Voß | Accounting
- Tatjana Wilk | General Manager
