4 February 2026
from 09:00
to 18:00
Meeting of MCQST Community, Excecutive Committee, and Principal Investigators.
Address / Location
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1
85748
Garching
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MCQST General Assembly
MCQST hosts their annual general assembly by bringing together its members for a full day of scientific exchange, networking, reporting, and reflection on the programs and initiatives undertaken in the past year and discuss the outlook for MCQST's second phase of funding.
Selected scientific talks and a poster session will offer plenty of opportunities for exchange and to connect with members within the cluster working in various fields.
Program
**Open to everyone in the MCQST community**
09:00 - 10:00 | Women*@ MCQST Breakfast
09:30 - 10:15 | Registration
10:15 - 10:30 | Welcome
10:30 - 12:00 | Research Highlights: Talks by Early Career Researchers
12:00 - 12:15 | Supervision Award
12:15 - 14:00 | Poster Session, Community Networking, and Lunch
Parallel Sessions
14:00 - 15:00 | PhDs meet with their board
Herbert-Walther Lecture Hall
14:00 - 15:00 | Postdocs meet with their board
Conference Room by the Library
**Closed session - MCQST PIs and EC only**
15:15 - 16:30 | MCQST Office Reporting and Discussion
16:30 - 17:15 | Structure and Outlook on MCQST-2
17:15 - 18:00 | Open Discussion
Registration
The MCQST General Assembly is open to all community members. Register by 26. January 2026
*We use an inclusive definition of “woman” and we welcome trans women, inter and non-binary people.