Jonathan P. Dowling Memorial Conference on Quantum Science and Technology

When: Monday 9 January to Wednesday 11 January, 2023

Location: The Quantum Terminal

Light Rail stop, 1 Eddy Avenue Central Station Grand Concourse, L1, Haymarket NSW 2000

The conference will be held over 3 days, there is no conference registration fee however attendees must register their attendance. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided on all days.

A conference dinner will be held on Tuesday 10 January, 2023 from 6:30pm at Kirribilli Club, Lavender Bay, NSW. The cost to attend the dinner is $120 per person. A 3 course grand banquet dinner with a drinks package will be provided.

Registration has now closed.

The MQ Centre for Quantum Engineering is organising this conference in memory of our colleague and mentor Jonathan P. Dowling.  Jonathan Dowling (1955–2020) was one of the pioneers of optical quantum information processing.  He was closely involved in the US government's development of quantum information science, working on diverse topics including quantum metrology, Boson Sampling and quantum networks.  Jon would joke about his illustrious career. "There comes a time when a physicist must retire, go mad, or work to death; I call this the Josephson junction."  This conference aims to celebrate the work and life of Jonathan Dowling with contributions from across the spectrum of quantum science.

Please submit your abstract via https://forms.gle/uSvt9kDrQWyG3NxdA(link is external) by 15 August 2022, if you would like to submit a talk for the conference.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Quantum technologies

  • Optical quantum computing

  • Quantum metrology and sensing

  • Quantum imaging

  • Boson sampling

  • Quantum internet

  • Quantum clock synchronisation and navigation

  • Quantum communication

Invited speakers include:

  • Mark Wilde

  • Hwang Lee

  • Howard Wiseman

  • Nana Liu

  • Tim Byrnes

  • Ivan Deutsch

  • Pieter Kok

  • Peter Knight

  • Peter Rohde

  • Jonathan Matthews

  • Barry Sanders

  • Geoff Pryde

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  • Following the conference day two session, a dinner will be held at Kirribilli Club, Lavender Bay on Tuesday 10 January starting from 6:30pm. Kirribilli Club is approx. a 5min walk from Milsons Point train station. To confirm your conference dinner attendance, payment is needed at the time of booking.

  • Whiteboard session (at Macquarie University): after the conference, Jon style, where we drink, whiteboard and try to write a paper a week

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