PROGRAM

Workshop Program (September 5 – 7, 2013)

The workshop will take place at the Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology Center (QCN) that is housed in the Physics Department of the University of Crete, in Heraklion, Crete, from 5 - 7 September 2013. The workshop talks will take place at the 3rd floor seminar room in the physics department.

Please follow the directions provided in the "Travel" tab on how to reach QCN. In addition, please read carefully the instructions provided for the travel reimbursement in order to avoid any delays in the processing of the paperwork.

Thursday 5^th of September 2013

Time	Topic	Speaker
17.00 – 17.30	Registration
17.30 – 18.00	Welcome / QCN at a Glance	Prof. G. Tsironis QCN Scientific Responsible University of Crete
18.00 – 18.30	FP7 project management	Mr. G. Ambroziewicz REGPOT Programme Coordinator
18.30 – 18.45	Welcome Speech	Prof. E. Stephanou Rector, University of Crete
18.45– 19.00	Welcome Speech	Mr. G. Diktakis General Secretary of the Decentralized Administration of Crete
19.00 – 19.15	Welcome Speech	Mr. S. Arnaoutakis Governor of the Region of Crete
19.15– 19.30	Welcome Speech	Prof. C. Fotakis Director of FORTH
19.30 -20.00	REGPOT: Research & Regional Development in Crete	Mrs G. Tzenou National Documentation Centre
20.00 – 20.15	Horizon 2020: The knowledge sector in Crete	Prof. E.N. Economou President of Regional Innovation Council
20.15 – 20.30	Crete 2020: Development strategy & smart specialisation	Mr. G. Alexakis Member of the Regional Council of Crete

Friday 6^th of September 2013

Time	Topic	Speaker
9.00 – 9.15	Welcoming	Prof. G. Tsironis QCN Scientific Responsible University of Crete
9.15 – 10.00	The strange metals of holography and experiment	Prof. J. Zaanen University of Leiden
10.00 – 10.45	TBA	Prof. A. Donos University of Cambridge
10.45 – 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.00	Spin angular momentum in extreme nonlinear optics: high harmonic generation with controlled polarization	Prof. O. Cohen, Institute of Solid State Physics, Technion, Haifa
12.00-12.45	Snapshot of research at ENS (Paris)	Prof. C. Bachas, Ecole Normale Superieure
12.45-14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.45	Quantum Criticality and Superconductivity in Spin and Charge Systems	Prof. S. Saxena Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambrige
14.45– 15.30	Dynamic heat transport in low dimensional quantum magnets	Prof. P.H.M. van Loosdrecht University of Cologne
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 16.45	Superconducting quantum bits	Dr. M. Weides Physics Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
16.45 - 17.30	Flatland ballistic electronics	Dr. G. Deligeorgis CNRS- LAAS

18.30 – 20.00	Public Talk “The Beat Generation & its Perception”	Prof. T. Geisel, MPI Goettingen With the Municipality of Heraklion String Quartet

Saturday 7^th of September 2013

Time	Topic	Speaker
09.30 – 10.00	Simulations in graphene	Prof. G. Kalosakas University of Patras
10.00 – 10.30	Field Theory in condensed matter physics	Prof. E. Kiritsis, University of Crete
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 11.30	Magnetic transport in 1D materials	Prof. X. Zotos University of Crete
11.30 – 11.45	Physics research in Crete	Prof. G. Tsironis University of Crete
11.45 – 12.15	Horizon 2020 EU Research Programme	Mr G. Ambroziewicz REGPOT Programme Coordinator
12.15-12.45	Minoan Scripts from Mythology to History	Dr. G. Owens TEI of Crete
12.45-14:00	Lunch
17.00-19.00	Guided Tour in Archaeological Museum of Heraklion	Dr. G. Owens TEI of Crete

Session Chairmen

Friday 06^th of September 2013

Morning: Prof. C. Panagopoulos Afternoon: Prof. I. Perakis

Saturday 07^th of September 2013

Prof. N. Flytzanis

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