27 September - 2 October 2025 - Postgraduate Ettore Majorana - WE Heraeus summer school.
At the Ettore Majorana Foundation in Erice, Sicily, Italy
The school aims at forming PhD students by offering them a broad overview from fundamental physics to out-of-the-lab applications. Well-recognized researchers from solid-state, quantum information to atomic physics will provide the fundamental science aspects, while entrepreneurs and scientists in research and development will discuss the industrial opportunities of quantum technologies. The training will give the PhD students a unique view on state-of-the-art quantum experiments and their applications, together with industrial outlooks, with a particular focus on photon-based qubits.
The school is hosted by the Ettore Majorana foundation providing both the rooms for the lectures and accomodation for the attendees in the stunning sicilian medieval town of Erice. Learn more about the venue here.
The school is organized by three researchers in the filed of quantum photonics: Simone Portalupi of the University of Stuttgart (DE), Rinaldo Trotta of the University of Roma "La Sapienza" (IT) and Daniele Bajoni of the University of Pavia (IT). Picture from the 2019 edition.
Gregor Weihs (Innsbruck, Austria)
Peter Michler (Stuttgart, Germany)
Matteo Galli (Pavia, Italy)
Klaus Jöns (Paderborn, Germany)
Sara Ducci (Paris, France)
Armando Rastelli (Linz, Austria)
Carole Diederichs (Paris, France)
Roberto Marandotti (Montreal, Canada)
Giuseppe Vallone (Padova, Italy)
Stefanie Barz (Stuttgart, Germany)
Jean-Michel Gerard (Grenoble, France)
Eleni Diamanti (Paris, France)
Patrick M Ledingham (Southampton, UK)
Javier Martín-Sánchez (Oviedo, Spain)
Tommaso Pregnolato (Berlin, Germany)
This year edition is honored by the support of the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Foundation!
Questions can be addressed to the school's organizers (Simone Portalupi s.portalupi@ihfg.uni-stuttgart.de, Rinaldo Trotta rinaldo.trotta@uniroma1.it and Daniele Bajoni daniele.bajoni@unipv.it)