Three days of talks and discussion at Fred Kaiser Building (ECE), Room 2020/2030, running 9:00–16:30 each day. Talks are 30 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions, and each day closes with a dedicated discussion session. Each day highlights a different facet of the entanglement between mathematics and physics.
Click a talk title to read the abstract. Titles marked TBA will be added as they arrive. The Chair column gives the session chair; for the discussion sessions it gives the discussion leads.
| Time | Speaker / Session | Affiliation | Field / Theme | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Morning Session & Breakfast | ||||
| 09:00–09:10 | Marcel Franz — UBC introduction | UBC / SBQMI | Opening introduction | Shunji Matsuura | |
| 09:10–09:20 | Satoshi Iso — iTHEMS introduction | RIKEN iTHEMS | Opening introduction | ||
| 09:20–09:55 | Akira Furusaki | RIKEN CEMS / iTHEMS | Condensed matter theory; topological phases | ||
| 09:55–10:30 | Marcel Franz | UBC / SBQMI | Condensed matter theory; topological phases; Majorana physics | ||
| 10:30–10:50 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:50–11:25 | Ching-Kai Chiu | RIKEN iTHEMS | Topological phases; Majorana systems; quantum matter | Akira Furusaki | |
| 11:25–12:00 | Jasmin Bedow | UBC | Topological quantum computing; Majorana hybrid structures | ||
| 12:00–13:10 | Lunch (provided) | ||||
| 13:10–13:45 | Max McGinley | UBC | Entanglement; quantum many-body physics | TBA | Ching-Kai Chiu |
| 13:45–14:20 | Olivia Di Matteo | UBC / SBQMI | Quantum computing; algorithms; quantum software | TBA | |
| 14:20–14:40 | Coffee break | ||||
| 14:40–15:15 | Shunji Matsuura | RIKEN iTHEMS | Mathematical physics; QFT; geometry | Quantum Krylov Learning | Ryuji Takagi |
| 15:15–16:20 | Focused discussion | Topology, entanglement, and quantum information | Ryuji Takagi | ||
| 16:20–16:30 | Wrap-up | ||||
| 17:30 | Reception / conference dinner | First-day reception · Sage, The University Centre |
| Time | Speaker / Session | Affiliation | Field / Theme | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Morning Session & Breakfast | ||||
| 09:00–09:35 | Bartosz Regula | RIKEN RQC | Quantum information theory; quantum resource theory | Daochen Wang | |
| 09:35–10:10 | Ryuji Takagi | University of Tokyo | Quantum information theory; quantum resources | ||
| 10:10–10:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:30–11:05 | Sisi Zhou | Perimeter Institute | Quantum information; quantum many-body systems | Masamichi Miyaji | |
| 11:05–11:40 | Yoshimasa Hidaka | YITP, Kyoto University | Lattice gauge theory; TQFT; quantum simulation | ||
| 11:40–12:50 | Lunch (provided) | ||||
| 12:50–13:25 | Daochen Wang | UBC Computer Science | Quantum computing; algorithms; complexity | Bartosz Regula | |
| 13:25–14:00 | Polina Feldmann | UBC | Quantum physics; quantum machine learning | ||
| 14:00–14:20 | Coffee break | ||||
| 14:20–14:55 | Yosuke Kubota | Kyoto University | Mathematics; operator algebras; mathematical physics | Masahito Yamazaki | |
| 14:55–16:20 | Focused discussion | Resource theory, computation, QEC, and mathematical structures | Masahito Yamazaki | ||
| 16:20–16:30 | Wrap-up |
| Time | Speaker / Session | Affiliation | Field / Theme | Title | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Morning Session & Breakfast | ||||
| 09:00–09:35 | Yasuyuki Kawahigashi | University of Tokyo / iTHEMS | Operator algebras; CFT; mathematical physics | Yosuke Kubota | |
| 09:35–10:10 | Carolyn Zhang | UBC | Non-invertible symmetries; quantum error correction; QFT | ||
| 10:10–10:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:30–11:05 | Masahito Yamazaki | Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo | Mathematical physics; QFT; topology | TBA | Masazumi Honda |
| 11:05–11:40 | Aswin Parayil Mana | University of Tokyo | Mathematical physics; quantum information | ||
| 11:40–12:50 | Lunch (provided) | ||||
| 12:50–13:25 | Alex May | Perimeter Institute | Quantum information; holography; quantum gravity | Mark Van Raamsdonk | |
| 13:25–14:00 | Masamichi Miyaji | RIKEN iTHEMS | Quantum gravity; holography; quantum information | ||
| 14:00–14:20 | Coffee break | ||||
| 14:20–14:55 | Mark Van Raamsdonk | UBC Physics & Astronomy | Quantum gravity; holography; spacetime and entanglement | Satoshi Iso | |
| 14:55–16:20 | Final discussion | Entanglement across mathematics and physics; future iTHEMS–UBC collaboration | Satoshi Iso, Marcel Franz & Yasuyuki Kawahigashi | ||
| 16:20–16:30 | Closing remarks |