- Program Schedule

Time Session & details Place
08:00
Refreshments and Registration

Michael Sela Auditorium
09:00
Plenary session

Opening
Prof. Gilad Perez (Chair, IPS2020)

Welcome
Prof. Daniel Zajfman (Former President , Weizmann Institute of Science)

Greetings & IPS prizes
Prof. Joseph Avron (President, IPS)

IPS Survey
Meytal Eran Jona (IPS)

Plenary Lectures
Chair: Prof. Avi Pe'er

Quantum matter, clocks, and fundamental physics
Jun Ye
09:35
Michael Sela Auditorium
10:30
Break

The David Lopatie Conference Centre
11:00
Review sessions

Review 1 - Particle, Nuclear, Astrophysics
Chair: Dr. Yotam Soreq
The David Lopatie Conference Centre

Christophe Grojean - Higgs and new physics: now and in the future
Christophe Grojean,
11:00-11:30
Heino Falcke - The first picture of a black hole
Heino Falcke,
11:30-12:00
Wick Haxton - Neutrino Properties and their Impact on the Cosmos
Wick Haxton
12;00-12:30
Review 2 - AMO and condensed matter physics
Chair: Prof. Ady Stern
Michael Sela Auditorium

Monika Schleier-Smith - Engineering Quantum Spin Models with Atoms and Light
Monika Schleier-Smith,
11:00-11:30
Joerg Schmalian - Lévy flights and hydrodynamic superdiffusion on the Dirac cone of Graphene
Joerg Schmalian,
Dmitri Efetov - Magic Angle Bilayer Graphene - Superconductors, Orbital Magnets, Correlated States and beyond...
Dmitri Efetov
Review 3 - Soft matter and quantum physics
Chair: Dr. Anna Frishman
Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium

Zvonimir Dogic - Topological structure and dynamics of 3D active nematics
Zvonimir Dogic,
Yariv Kafri - Forces in active matter
Yariv Kafri,
Roee Ozeri - From Quantum Computers to New Physics Searches using Trapped Atomic Ions
Roee Ozeri
12:30
Lunch break

Posters, Trade fair, Job fair

IPS council meeting (Andreas Room - Lopatie)

The David Lopatie Conference Centre
POSTER SESSION
Chair: Prof. Nadav Katz
The David Lopatie Conference Centre

The David Lopatie Conference Centre
14:00
Parallel sessions A

Applied Physics
Chair: Prof. Avi Zadok
Andreas Room - Lopatie

Astrophysics (observational)
Chair: Prof. Ari Laor
Kimmel Hall - Lopatie

Atoms and molecules
Chair: Dr. Ephraim Shahmoon
Schmidt Auditorium

Energy materials: structure, function and applications
Chair: Dr. Omer Yaffe
Zacks Hall - Stone Building

High Energy (Experiment)
Chair: Dr. Liron Barak
Weissman Auditorium

High Energy (Phenomenology)
Chair: Dr. Yevgeny Kats
Weissman Aquarium

High Energy (Theory) A
Chair: Dr. Shlomo Razamat
Drory Auditorium

High Energy - Nuclear Physics A
Chair: Prof. Doron Gazit
Room A (Physics)

Quantum Information and Technology A
Chair: Prof. Itai Arad
ITP (Physics)

Science Education A
Chair: Dr. Eran Grinvald
De- Shalit (Physics)

Soft Matter and Biological Physics
Chair: Prof. Avraham Be'er
Wolfson House

Statistical Mechanics
Chair: Dr. Guy Bunin
Room A (Feinberg)

Strongly Correlated and low dimensional systems A
Chair: Dr. David Mross
Room C (Feinberg)

Superconductivity and magnetism A
Chair: Dr. Jonathan Ruhman
Room B (Feinberg)

Topological Materials A
Chair: Dr. Roni Ilan
Ebner Auditorium

15:30
Coffee break

The David Lopatie Conference Centre AND Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
16:00
Parallel sessions B

Astrophysics (theory)
Chair: Dr. Orly Gnat
Kimmel Hall - Lopatie

Astrophysics (cosmology)
Chair: Dr. Adi Zitrin
Andreas Room - Lopatie

High Energy (Experiment+Phenomenology) A
Chair: Dr. Liron Barak
Weissman Auditorium

High Energy (Experiment+Phenomenology) B
Chair: Dr. Yevgeny Kats
Weissman Aquarium

High Energy (Theory) B
Chair: Dr. Shlomo Razamat
Drory Auditorium

High Energy - Nuclear Physics B
Chair: Prof. Doron Gazit
Room A (Physics)

Lasers and ultrafast physics
Chair: Prof. Avi Pe'er
Room A (Feinberg)

Light and matter
Chair: Dr. Ephraim Shahmoon
Schmidt Auditorium

Materials at the nanoscale: between a solid and a molecule
Chair: Dr. Eli Kraisler
Zacks Hall - Stone Building

Nonlinear
Chair: Dr. Hillel Aharoni
Wolfson House

Photonics and Quantum Optics
Chair: Dr. Alina Karabchevsky
Room B (Physics)

Quantum Information and Technology B
Chair: Dr. Serge Rosenblum
ITP (Physics)

Science Education B
Chair: Dr. Avi Merzel
De- Shalit (Physics)

Strongly Correlated and low dimensional systems B
Chair: Dr. David Mross
Room C (Feinberg)

Superconductivity and magnetism B
Chair: Dr. Jonathan Ruhman
Room B (Feinberg)

Topological Materials B
Chair: Dr. Roni Ilan
Ebner Auditorium

17:30
Closing ceremony
Prof. Gilad Perez (Chair, IPS2020)

IPS Fellows and Poster awards
Prof. Joseph Avron (President, IPS)

Closing talk
Chair: Prof. Gilad Perez
Michael Sela Auditorium

From the Big Bang to Homer’s Last Theorem
Simon Singh
18:00-19:00
Michael Sela Auditorium
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