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