First Workshop on Quantum Technology in Biological Systems
11 - 16 January 2009 | Venue: The Sentosa Resort (Singapore)Organised by: Vlatko Vedral, Elisabeth Rieper
The main objective of this multidisciplinary workshop consisting of physicists, chemists and biologists is in the area of quantum biology. The planned location will be on the Sentosa Island in Singapore between 10-17 January 2009. The intention of the workshop is to stimulate a free exchange of ideas in the field of quantum biology that is becoming increasingly more fascinating and diverse. The main question we would like to address is whether nature engages in any kind of quantum information processing.
Titles and Abstracts
Group Photo
Accomodation
The Sentosa Resort, Singapore
2 Bukit Manis Road
Sentosa
Singapore 099891
Tel: +65 6275 0331
Workshop Programme
| Time |
Sunday 11 Jan |
Monday 12 Jan |
Tuesday 13 Jan |
Wednesday 14 Jan |
Thursday 15 Jan |
Friday 16 Jan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0930 | Background in Physics | Advanced QM / Photosynthesis | What is life?/ Bird Navigation | Molecules |
Closing Discussion |
|
| Artur Ekert | Janet Anders | Bruno Sanguinetti | Francois Filaux | |||
| Juan Pablo Paz | Valerio Scarani | Discussion | Simon Benjamin | |||
| 1030 | Coffee break @ Sarong Coffee Corner | |||||
| 1100 | Nathan Babcock | Nicolas Gisin | Wolfgang Wiltschko | Judith Klinmann |
Closing Discussion II |
|
| Tony Leggett | Libby Heaney | Vasily Ogryzko | ||||
| 1230 | Lunch @ Terrace Restaurant | |||||
| 1400 | Philip Walther | Richard Cogdell | Torsten Ritz | Anita Goel |
Singapore City Tour |
|
| Frances Wang | Grahem Fleming | Kiminori Maeda | Discussion | |||
| 1530 | Coffee break @ Sarong Coffee Corner | |||||
| 1600 |
Opening Discussion Sarong Room, The Sentosa Resort |
Paul Davies | Discussion | Chris Rodgers | Discussion | |
| Elisabeth Rieper | ||||||
| Discussion | Discussion | |||||
| 1800 | Night Safari Tour | Workshop Dinner | ||||
| 1900 | Welcome Dinner | |||||
| 2230 | ||||||
List of confirmed participants
- Janet Anders, University College London
- Nathan Babcock, University of Calgary
- Simon Benjamin, University of Oxford
- Richard Cogdell, University of Glasgow
- Paul Davies, Arizona State University
- Artur Ekert, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
- Francois Fillaux, CNRS Thiais
- Graham Fleming, UC Berkeley
- Nicolas Gisin, Université de Genève
- Anita Goel, University of Harvard
- Mile Gu, The University of Queensland
- Libby Heaney, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
- Judith Klinman, University of Berkeley
- Tony Leggett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Kiminori Maeda, University of Oxford
- Vasily Ogryzko, Institute of cancerology Gustave Roussy, Paris
- Juan Pablo Paz, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires
- Thorsten Ritz, University of California, Irvine
- Chris Rodgers, University of Oxford
- Bruno Sanguinetti, University of Leeds
- Valerio Scarani, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
- Philip Walther, University of Vienna
- Frances Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Wolfgang Wiltschko, University of Frankfurt
