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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23rd
VARIETIES OF REALIST APPROACHES TO QANTUM MAECHANICS
- Chair: Gerhard Grössing
- 8:00–8:45
- Registration
- 8:45–9:00
- Welcome Address
- 9:00–9:30
- Jan Walleczek and Gerhard Grössing (Introduction EmQM15)
- 9:30–10:15
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Yakir Aharonov (Tel Aviv University, IL, and Chapman University, Orange, USA)
Time Symmetric Reformulation of Quantum Mechanics - 10:15–10:30
- Coffee break
- 10:30–11:00
- Matt Leifer (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, CA)
The reality of the quantum state from Kochen-Specker contextuality - 11:00–11:30
- Martin Ringbauer
Measurements on the Reality of the Wavefunction - 11:30–12:00
- Eric Cavalcanti (Griffith University, Brisbane, AU)
The Two Bell’s Theorems of John Bell and Causal Emergence - 12:15–14:00
- Lunch break
- Chair: Markus Arndt
- 14:00–14:45
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Nicolas Gisin (Université de Genéve, CH)
Quantum correlations in Newtonian space and time:
arbitrarily fast communication or nonlocality - 14:45–15:15
- Travis Norsen (Smith College, Northampton, USA)
Bohmian conditional wave functions and the reality of the quantum state - 15:15–15:30
- Coffee break
- 15:30–15:50
- Xavier Oriols (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ES)
Can Decoherence make quantum theories unfalsifiable?
Understanding the quantum-to-classical transition without it - 15:50–16:20
- Jan Walleczek (Phenoscience Laboratories, Berlin, DE)
Free Will Theorems in Nonlocal Information Transfer
without Nonlocal Communication - 16:20–16:50
- Gerhard Grössing (Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, AT)
Conditions for Lorentz-invariant superluminal information
transfer without signaling - 16:50–17:05
- Coffee break
- Chair: Theo Nieuwenhuizen
- 17:05–17:25
- Herman Batelaan (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
Double slit electron diffraction - 17:25–17:45
- Ana María Cetto (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, MX)
Two-electron system correlated by the zero-point field:
physical explanation for the spin-statistics connection - 17:45–18:05
- Hrvoje Nikolic (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, HR)
How to reconcile non-local reality and local non-reality - 18:05–18:25
- Ariel Caticha (University at Albany, USA)
Trading drift and fluctuations in entropic dynamics:
a new symmetry for quantum mechanics - 18:30-20:00
- Dinner Buffet and Poster Presentations
- 20:00–22:00
- Poster Presentations and Discussion
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th
NEW EXPERIMENTS AND THEORIES IN QUANTUM FOUNDATIONS
- Chair: Jan Walleczek
- 9:00–9:45
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Aephraim Steinberg (University of Toronto, CA)
Probing “surreal” elements of quantum physics using weak measurements - 9:45–10:15
- Markus Arndt (University of Vienna, AT)
Quantum optics with nanobiological matter - 10:15–10:30
- Coffee break
- 10:30–11:00
- Jeff Tollaksen (Chapman University, Orange, USA)
The Quantum pigeonhole principle and localizing
Kochen-Specker contextuality with weak measurements - 11:00–11:20
- Yuji Hasegawa (Atominstitut, TU Vienna, AT)
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics studied in Matter-Wave Optics.
Quantum Cheshire-Cat and Uncertainty Relations - 11:20-11:40
- Gregor Weihs (University of Innsbruck, AT)
Multipath Interference Tests of Quantum Mechanics - 11:40–12:10
- Konstantin Y. Bliokh (CEMS, RIKEN, JP)
Field-Theory Revolution for Optics:
Revisiting Momentum and Angular Momentum of Light - 12:10–14:00
- Lunch break
- Chair: Jeff Tollaksen
- 14:00–14:45
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Howard Wiseman (Griffith University, Brisbane, AU)
Ensembles of Bohmian trajectories: Real, Surreal, and Hyper-real - 14:45–15:15
- Basil Hiley (University of London, UK)
Weak Values, Local Momentum and Tangent Groupoids - 15:15–15:35
- Robert Flack (University College London, UK)
Measuring the weak value of atomic spin - 15:35–15:50
- Coffee break
- Chair: Nicolas Gisin
- 15:50–16:20
- Peter F. Barker (University College London, UK)
Weak measurements of atomic momentum in a matter-wave interferometer - 16:20–16:40
- Maurice de Gosson (University of Vienna, AT)
Weak values and the reconstruction problem in Born-Jordan quantization - 16:40–17:00
- Angelo Bassi (Univ. Trieste and INFN, Trieste, IT)
Models of spontaneous wave function collapse:
what they are, and how they can be tested - 17:00–17:15
- Coffee break
- 17:15–117:45
- Helmut Rauch (Atominstitut, TU Vienna, AT)
Ignorance governs quantum experiments - 17:45–18:05
- Bill Poirier (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA)
Quantum Mechanics Without Wavefunctions: When quantum worlds collide - 19:00–23:00
- Gala Dinner
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th
EMERGENT SPACE-TIME, GRAVITY, AND THE MEASUREMENT PROBLEM
- Chair: Lajos Diósi
- 9:00–9:45
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Gerard ´t Hooft (Spinoza Institute and Utrecht University, NL)
How quantization of gravity leads to a discrete space-time - 9:45–10:15
- Bei-Lok Hu (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
Gravitational Cat State - 10:15–10:30
- Coffee break
- 10:30–11:00
- Časlav Brukner (University of Vienna, AT)
Quantum Clocks and Time - 11:00–11:30
- Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham, UK)
Hydrodynamic simulations of rotating and non-rotating black holes - 11:30–11:50
- Hans-Thomas Elze (University of Pisa, IT)
Quantum Features of Natural Cellular Automata - 11:50–14:00
- Lunch break
- Chair: Časlav Brukner
- 14:00–14:45
- KEYNOTE LECTURE
Thanu Padmanabhan (Pune University, IN)
Atoms of Spacetime and the Nature of Gravity - 14:45–15:05
- Lajos Diósi (Wigner Center for Physics Research, Budapest, HU)
Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in Foundations: Summary of 4 Catches - 15:05–15:25
- Lev Vaidman (Tel Aviv University, IL)
Ontology of the wave function - 15:25–15:40
- Coffee break
- Chair: Hans-Thomas Elze
- 15:40–16:00
- Hans De Raedt (University of Groningen, NL)
The unreasonable effectiveness of quantum theory:
a logical inference approach - 16:00–16:20
- Marian Kupczynski (Université de Québec, CA)
EPR Paradox, Quantum Nonlocality and Physical Reality - 16:20–16:40
- Theo Nieuwenhuizen (Univ. of Amsterdam, NL)
“Walking on quantum foundations” - 16:40–17:00
- Closing Ceremony