The programme will feature lectures by invited speakers, who will share their experiences and expertise in the fields of quantum science and AI. Each theme will be followed by a Q&A session where high school students have the chance to ask questions.
In addition, high school students will be offered workshops, guided tours of the campus and laboratories, as well as a dinner and other student activities. Please note that the programme could be updated.
Programme
Monday 24 November
09.00-09.30 Registration for everyone, coffee
09.30 Get seated inside
09.40 - 10.00 Welcome by moderator Emma Frans and Martin Nilsson Jacobi, president of Chalmers university of technology, and introduction of Molecular Frontiers.
Follow the story of quantum science, from early discoveries to the big ideas shaping our future.
10.00- 10.30 Karl Grandin, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “About the New Atomic Physics: The Nobel committee’s position on quantum mechanics”.
10.30 - 11.00 Heike Riel, IBM, TBD
11.00 - 11.30 Q&A and discussions with speakers
11.30 - 13.30 Lunch, Campus tour for high school students
Poster session for everyone
Mixing Quantum with Classical: Hybrid Systems and Quantum Networks
Learn how scientists connect quantum and ordinary technologies, aiming for faster, safer communication and new kinds of technology.
13.30 - 14.00 Tracy Northup, University of Innsbruck
14.00 - 14.30 Eiji Saitoh, The University of Tokyo
14.30 - 15.00 Q&A and discussions with speakers
15.00 - 15.45 Fika
The Wonders of Quantum Science
Explore the strange and amazing rules that govern the tiniest building blocks of our universe.
15.45 - 16.15 Per Delsing, Chalmers, “Artificial atoms coupling to light and sound”
16.15 - 16.45 Naoya Shibata, The University of Tokyo, “Seeing atoms and beyond”
16.45 - 17.15 Q&A and discussions with speakers
17.30 - 19.30 Dinner for high school students, teachers and student ambassadors in Kårrestaurangen
Tuesday 25 November
08.00 - 09.45 Tour of different labs at Chalmers for high school students
08.30-10.00 Coffee and registration for everyone
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Discover how computers can learn, think, and help us solve real-world problems using smart algorithms.
10.00-10.30 - Salla Franzén, “AI today and tomorrow”
10.30 -11.00 – Emma Frans, Karolinska Institutet, “Scientific thinking in an age of digital media and AI"
11.00-11.30 Q&A and discussions with with speakers
11.30 - 12.45 Lunch , Activities for students by Emma Frans
Designing the Future: Atomic-scale materials for Quantum science and Technology
Find out how new, super-small materials can make quantum gadgets possible.
12.45 -13.15 - Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, MIT, “Magic Angle Graphene: the Twist and Shout of Quantum Materials”
13.15 -13.45 - Annica Black-Schaffer, Uppsala university, “Quantum materials: from today’s transistors to tomorrow’s quantum computers”
13.45 - 14.15 - Q&A and discussions with speakers
14.15 -14.45 - Fika
Quantum Computers: The Next Generation of Technology
See how new types of computers, using the power of quantum physics, could solve problems regular computers never could.
14.45 -15.15 Julia Ravanis, Chalmers, “Speaking the unspeakable”
15.15 -15.45 - Michel Devoret, Nobel laurates, Yale University (online) TBD
15.45 - 16.15 Q&A and discussions with speakers
16.45- 17.00 Conclusion by Emma Frans