Correlated Matter & Light

Scope

The scope of this conference is defined broadly as physics and spectroscopy of correlated quantum matter. It will be represented, in particular, by the topics:

• Electron correlations
• Superconductivity
• Charge-spin-lattice couplings
• Topological materials
• Low-dimensional materials
• Optical and electron spectroscopies

An additional theme of this event is to honor the retirement of Prof. Dirk van der Marel, one of the leaders in the spectroscopy of quantum correlated matter for 40 years.

The conference is open to researchers, engineers and students, either in presence or online. The three-day program includes invited talks and contributed posters. Young scientists and female participants are particularly welcome.

Invited speakers

Gabriel Aeppli (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
Ana Akrap (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Nimrod Bachar (Ariel University, Israel)
Dimitri Basov (Columbia University, USA)
Lara Benfatto (University of Rome, Italy)
Girsh Blumberg (Rutgers University, USA)
Fabrizio Carbone (EPFL, Switzerland)
Andrea Caviglia (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Andrea Damascelli (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Martin Dressel (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Natalia Drichko (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Antoine Georges (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Laura H. Greene (National MagLab and Florida State University, USA)
Markus Grüninger (University of Cologne, Germany)
Jason N. Hancock (University of Connecticut, USA)
Erik van Heumen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Christopher Homes (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
Katalin Kamaras (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Anthony Leggett (University of Illinois, USA)
Florence Levy-Bertrand (Institut Néel, Grenoble, France)
Paul van Loosdrecht (University of Cologne, Germany)
Dirk van der Marel (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Frank Marsiglio (University of Alberta, Canada)
Igor Mazin (George Mason University, USA)
John Mydosh (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Michael Norman (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
Fulvio Parmigiani (University of Trieste)
George Sawatzky (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Zhi-Xun Shen (Stanford University, USA)
Setsuko Tajima (Osaka University, Japan)
Karina Thånell (Lund University, Sweden)
Jan Zaanen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)

General information

There is no conference fee. For all registered participants, the organizers take on their charge:

• coffee breaks
• lunch breaks
• visit to the Patek Philippe Museum

Participants and accompanying persons pay for the conference dinner 100CHF per person before August 15, 2022.

COVID: The conference will follow the sanitary recommendations of the Swiss confederation. The participants must follow these rules during the conference.

Conference location

The conference will be held at Ecole de Physique from University of Geneva.

Ecole de Physique
University of Geneva
24, Quai Ernest-Ansermet
CH – 1211 Geneva 4

Lodging

For the conference participants, the organizers allotted a block of 30 rooms for 4 nights from 6 to 10 of September 2022 in the Swiss Home Hotel**** (https://homeswisshotel.ch/, Av. de Sainte-Clotilde 7, 1205 Genève), located conveniently in a 10-minute walking distance from the conference venue. The special rate is CHF 205 per night for a single room and CHF 240 for a double room, breakfast included. In order to use this option, the participants will have to contact the hotel before July 31, 2022 directly by email:  info@HomeSwissHotel.ch and mention the promotional code CML2022. After this date, only standard booking will be possible.

From Geneva airport

The airport is less than 4 km far from Geneva center.

• From Geneva airport to Geneva station by train (7 minutes). There are regular trains from the airport to the main Geneva train station (Cornavin). All the trains stop at Geneva Cornavin station. See train timetable.
• From Geneva airport to Ecole de physique by bus. The bus stop is at the check-in level. Bus line 5 or 10 and change at Bel-Air. From Bel-Air bus stop, take the bus 19 (to Onex-Cité) or 2 (to Cressy). Stop at Musée d’Ethnographie, and walk a few minutes to Ecole de Physique.