BNCPAP Colloquium 2026

Programme

Saturday, March 21st, 2026

09.30   Welcome

Peter SCHLAGHECK (Université de Liège, Belgium)

09.40 – 10.25 Jean DALIBARD (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, France)

A Cool Journey Through Quantum Matter: 50 Years of Ultracold Atoms

10.30 – 11.15 Lieven VANDERSYPEN (QuTech, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands)

Quantum computing with electrons

11.20 – 12.05 Peter ZOLLER (University of Innsbruck & IQOQI, Austria)

Quantum Simulation with Atoms and Ions

12.10 Lunch and POSTER SESSION by the Belgian research institutions

14.00 – 14.45 Christiane KOCH (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Training Schrödinger's cat: Quantum control in molecular physics and quantum information science

14.50 – 15.35 Vladan VULETIC (MIT, Boston, USA)

Quantum information and applications (title to be confirmed) 

15.40 – 16.25 Antoine BROWAEYS (Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Paris, France)

Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time

16.30 – 17.15 Round-table discussion, animated by Frank VERSTRAETE (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)

17.20   Reception

Venue

Paleis der Academiën / Palais des Académies, Hertogstraat 1 Rue Ducale, B-1000 Bruxelles

Registration

We kindly request all participants to register before March 10, 2026.

The registration fee of 55 € can be paid via bank transfer or by credit card. It includes access to all scientific sessions, welcome coffee and refreshments, lunch and the closing reception.

PhD students will receive a certificate of attendance upon simple request

Please note that on-site registration will not be available, so please make sure to register and pay the registration fee in advance.

You may access the registration form by visiting this link ok via the QR-code.

If these methods do not work, you may enter the following link directly into your browser : https://forms.gle/d7h5fkH9t2N6pkif7

Information

Robert Sporken, President of the Belgian National Committee of Pure and Applied Physics (robert.sporken@unamur.be)