QFSS Schedule

Monday, August 27

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopicLocation

 8:45 - 9:00

Registration

 

Atrium

 9:00 - 9:15

Welcome

 

Bob Room

 9:15 - 10:15

J. Butterfield

Introduction to quantum foundations

Bob Room

 10:15 - 10:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

 10:30 - 11:30

J. Butterfield

Introduction to quantum foundations

Bob Room

 11:30 - 15:15

Lunch

Black Hole Bistro

 15:15 - 16:15

R. Spekkens

Operationalism, Hidden Variable Models, and Contextuality

Bob Room

 16:15 - 16:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

 16:30 - 17:30

R. Spekkens

Operationalism, Hidden Variable Models, and Contextuality

Bob Room

 

Tuesday, August 28

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopicLocation
9:00 - 10:00C. FuchsQuantum States as Uncertainty, pure and simple.  But, Uncertainty about what?  (Part 1)Bob Room

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

10:30 - 11:30

W. Zurek

Relative States and the Environment: Einselection, envariance, quantum Darwinism, and the Existential Interpretation  (Part 1)

Bob Room

 11:30 - 15:15

Lunch

 

Black Hole Bistro

 15:15 - 16:15

S. Popescu

Time Symmetric Quantum Theory, Weak Measurements, and Modular Variables  (Part 1)

Bob Room

 16:15 - 16:30

Coffee

Black Hole Bistro

 16:30 - 17:30S. Popescu

Time Symmetric Quantum Theory, Weak Measurements, and Modular Variables  (Part 1)

Bob Room
 18:30Dinner Black Hole Bistro

 

Wednesday, August 29

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopicLocation
9:00 - 10:00

W. Zurek

Relative States and the Environment: Einselection, envariance, quantum Darwinism, and the Existential Interpretation  (Part 2)

Bob Room

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

10:30 - 11:30

C. Fuchs

Quantum States as Uncertainty, pure and simple.  But, Uncertainty about what?  (Part 2)

Bob Room

 11:30 - 15:15

Lunch

 

Black Hole Bistro

 15:15 - 16:15

S. Popescu

Time Symmetric Quantum Theory, Weak Measurements, and Modular Variables (Part 2)

Bob Room

 16:15 - 16:30

Coffee

Black Hole Bistro

 16:30 - 17:30

S. Popescu

Time Symmetric Quantum Theory, Weak Measurements, and Modular Variables  (Part 2)

Bob Room

 

Thursday, August 30

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopicLocation
9:15 - 10:15A. KentMany-worlds and one-world interpretations of quantum theoryBob Room

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

10:30 - 11:30

A. Kent

Many-worlds and one-world interpretations of quantum theory

Bob Room

11:30 - 15:15

Lunch

 

Black Hole Bistro

15:15 - 16:15

B. Schumacher

Interaction and Information Flow between Quantum Systems

Bob Room

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee

Black Hole Bistro

16:30 - 17:30

B. Schumacher

Interaction and Information Flow between Quantum Systems

Bob Room
18:30QFSS Pub Night Black Hole Bistro

 

Friday, August 31

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopicLocation
9:15 - 10:15A. LeggettThe quantum realization paradox:  Theoretical considerations and experimental inputBob Room

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee

 

Black Hole Bistro

10:30 - 11:30

A. Leggett

The quantum realization paradox:  Theoretical considerations and experimental input

Bob Room

11:30 - 15:15

Lunch

 

Black Hole Bistro

15:15 - 16:15

L. Smolin

Quantum foundations in the light of quantum gravity

Bob Room

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee

Black Hole Bistro

16:30 - 17:30L. Smolin

Quantum foundations in the light of quantum gravity

Bob Room

 
 
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