From Foundations of Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Information and Quantum Metrology & Sensing

"Quantum 2019"

From Foundations of Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Information and Quantum Metrology & Sensing

Turin (Italy) May 26th to June 1st, 2019.

Quantum 2019 will be the 9th edition of this international conference attended by researchers coming from all over the world (about 300 in the last editions).

Purpose of this workshop is to favour the exchange of ideas and discussion on last results among leading physicists working in the interconnected fields of Quantum Metrology - Sensing & Imaging, Quantum Information and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, in particular in the framework of quantum optics.

It is organized "ad memoriam" of our colleague and friend Carlo Novero who gave birth to this experimental research line in Turin.

The announcement can be downloaded here

The workshop programme can be found here.
Latest update: 30 May 2019

The book of abstract can be found here.
Latest update: 05 June 2019

The conference map can be found here.

Within the Conference program, a divulgative event for the general public on quantum metrology will take place on the 29th May at 5pm at the Academy of Sciences of Torino. The event (in Italian language) will be introduced by Prof. Enrico Predazzi (Academy of Sciences of Torino), and followed by contributions of Prof. Matteo Paris (University of Milano), Dr. Marco Genovese (National Institute of Metrologic Research) and Prof. Paolo Olivero (University of Torino). More information can be found at this link.

One page abstracts must be submitted before January 15th 2019 to quantum2019@unito.it .
The abstract template is available for download in .docx and .odt formats.

For post-deadline contributions please contact the organizing committee at quantum2019@unito.it

The deadline for posters only has been extended to the 15^th of May.

You can register to Quantum2019 at this link.

IMPORTANT: The deadline to register to the social dinner is the 5^th of May 2019.

Conference fees:
Conference fee includes conference bag and coffee breaks.
The conference fee is 300 EUR before March 15th, 2019.
The conference fee is 400 EUR before May 20th, 2019.
The conference fee is 500 EUR for conference desk registrations.
Social dinner is not included in the conference fee.

SPECIAL OFFER - VERY EARLY PAYMENTS UP TO February 20th, 2019:
300 euros including social dinner

SPECIAL OFFER - UNDER 35 DELEGATES PARTICIPATING WITH A POSTER CONTRIBUTION OR AS AUDITORS:
Conference fee includes conference bag and coffee breaks.
The conference fee is 100 EUR before March 15th, 2019.
The conference fee is 300 EUR before May 20th, 2019.
The conference fee is 500 EUR for conference desk registrations.
Social dinner is not included in the conference fee.

In the same week of Quantum2019 a major national congress (with thousands of particpants) will take place in Torino. Therefore, we invite the attendants of Quantum2019 to book their accommodation in Turin at their earliest convenience.

Special issue of International Journal of Quantum Information correlated to Quantum 2019

A special issue of IJQI related to Quantum 2019 will be published.
The deadline for the submission has been extended to November 15, 2019.
The papers, following the IJQI style, should be submitted on the journal web site

http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijqi/default.aspx

indicating in the category "Torino 2019".

Please produce your posters in the following format
Width: 70 cm
Height: 110 cm

Best Poster Award
The best poster award sponsorized by journal Entropy with a 300 CHF prize was given to Gaetano Frascella (Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) for his poster entitled "Spatially multimode SU(1,1) interferometer".

For information, please contact quantum2019@unito.it

Organizing Secretariat

SAFOOD Srl L.go Braccini 2 10095 Grugliasco (TO) Italy

Meeting location

The Workshop will be held at the "Cavallerizza Reale" Aula Magna of the University of Torino.

The social dinner will be held at the "NH Hotel Torino Santo Stefano, via Porta Palatina 19". More details can be found at this link.

Please take note of the fact that a public transport strike is scheduled for Friday 31 May. More details can be found at this link

Hotels

Some (non-exhaustive) information about hotels in the nearbies of the Workshop location can be found in this file.

Venue

From Torino Caselle International Airport:

By bus: SADEM shuttle buses run approximately every 15 minutes from the airport to Torino (main stops in Torino are both the "Porta Susa" and "Porta Nuova" stations).
The bus timetable can be found here.
The transfer takes about 45/50 minutes. Tickets can be bought on the bus, or at a kiosk inside the airport terminal (6.50 EUR + 1,00 EUR aboard). More info can be found here.

By taxi: taxi fare of 30/50 EUR for trips going from the airport to the city centre. The trip takes between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on traffic. More info can be found here.

Also car renting is possible at the Airport, with these companies: AVIS, Hertz, EuropCar, Budget/Maggiore, Sixt/Autotravel, Thrifty/Italy by Car. Car rentals companies are grouped together, immediately in front of the Domestic Arrivals, ground floor-level zero. A large parking is available at the conference place.
However be aware that traffic in the central area of Torino including the workshop location is restricted to residents and special pass holders.

Public transportation in Torino:
Metro: The closest Metro station to the meeting location is "Porta Nuova" (15 minutes walk), while the "Porta Susa" and the nearby "XVIII Dicembre" stations is at a 20-25 minutes walk. See below for bus/tram connections Bus: The meeting location is conveniently reached by several bus and tram lines from the closest train/metro stations:

• lines #61 or #68 from "Porta Nuova" train station
• lines #13 or #56 from "XVIII Dicembre" metro station
• line #55 from nearby the "Porta Susa" train/metro station
• line #68 from "Vinzaglio" metro station

Tickets can be purchased at the news-stands and tobacconists, not on the buses. Price of one ticket is 1.5 EUR, one ticket is valuable on the whole urban network for 90 minutes since its validation, which has to be made before the first stop by using the machines on board.
Additional information sources:

• Website of the Torino public transportation system
• Train system - Trenitalia
• Shuttle bus from Milano Malpensa Airport - SADEM
• City Center Map

Please explore the Tourist Office website.

Some (non-exhaustive) information about hotels in the nearbies of the Workshop location can be found in this file.

Turin is a relatively large European town (1 milion of inhabitants) near Alps (in 2006 winter olympics games were in Turin). The weather in May is already relatively warm (about 25 Celsius degrees), but can be rainy.

The history of Turin is relatively long: it appeared first time in III century b.c. as allied of Rome during second Punic war (it was destroyed by Hannibal who crossed Alps in the valley in front of it). Then it was refounded by emperor Augusto as "Augusta Taurinorum". In 312 the emperor Constantin the great won at Turin the pagan emperor Maxensius, allowing for the first time his legionaries to enhance the flag with the cross ("In hoc signo vinces"). The town refused to receive Maxentius opening the door to Constantin.

At the end of empire Turin was seat of a bishop. Then it was free city before becoming part of Savoia dukedom (vassal of Holy Roman Germanic emperor). Since XV century became the capital town of the dukedom (University was founded in 1403) and, after having sustained a long siege of French troops in 1706, with Utrecht peace (1713) capital town of Sardinia kingdom. During the whole medieval, renaissance and baroque time it was often besieged during wars between French, Spaniards and Empire, becoming periodically under French power. It was part of French Empire of Napoleon. After restoration it became the centre of Italian Unification. The king of Turin Vittorio Emanuele II unified Italy in 1859-1861 and Turin became the first capital town of the unified kingdom. In the last century, after the transfer of the capital town to Florence (and then Rome), Turin grew as industrial town. Among famous Turin physicists of the past one can remember Lagrange, Avogadro and Galileo Ferraris.

Many historical monuments remember its history as the royal palace, the palace of the queen ("Palazzo Madama"), the mole Antonelliana (a former synagogue, the highest building in bricks in the World, and nowadays site of National Cinema Museum), the holy shroud chapel and the renaissance cathedral, many baroque palaces. Many museums collect the collections of Savoia dukes (among them the most famous is Egyptian museum, the second in the World after Cairo).