QCN Kickoff Meeting Talks

QCN Kickoff Meeting - Talks

Thursday 5^th of September 2013

Prof. G. Tsironis, (QCN Scientific Responsible, University of Crete), Welcome / QCN at a Glance
Mr. G. Ambroziewicz, (REGPOT Programme Coordinator), Implementation of an FP7 co-ordination action financed by the Research Potential Programme
Mr. G. Ambroziewicz, (REGPOT Programme Coordinator), FP7 project management
Mrs G. Tzenou (National Documentation Centre), REGPOT: Research & Regional Development in Crete
Prof. E.N. Economou (President of Regional Innovation Council), Horizon 2020: The knowledge sector in Crete
Mr. G. Alexakis (Member of the Regional Council of Crete), Crete 2020: Development strategy & smart specialisation

Friday 6^th of September 2013

Prof. Jan Zaanen, (University of Leiden), The strange metals of holography and experiment
Prof. A. Donos, (University of Cambridge), Strong coupling physics from general relativity
Prof. O. Cohen, (Institute of Solid State Physics, Technion, Haifa), Spin angular momentum in extreme nonlinear optics: high harmonic generation with controlled polarization
Prof. C. Bachas (Ecole Normale Superieure), Snapshot of Research in ENS (Paris)
Prof. S. Saxena (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambrige), Quantum Criticality and Superconductivity in Spin and Charge Systems
Paul van Loosdrecht (University of Cologne), Dynamic heat transport in low dimensional quantum magnets
Dr. M. Weides (Physics Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Superconducting quantum bits

Saturday 7^th of September 2013

Prof. George Kalosakas (Materials Science Dept., University of Patras, ICEHT, FORTH), Simulations in graphene
Prof. E. Kiritsis (University of Crete), Field Theory in condensed matter physics
Prof. X. Zotos (University of Crete), Magnetic transport in 1D materials
Prof. G. Tsironis (QCN Scientific Responsible, University of Crete), Physics research in Crete
Mr. G. Ambroziewicz, (REGPOT Programme Coordinator), The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation