Instant Expert: The Quantum World
When:
Saturday, Mar 11, 2017 10:00a -
5:00p
Saturday, Mar 11, 2017 10:00a -
5:00p
Where:
Suffolk University Law School
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
$149
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://quantumworldboston.eventbrite.com/?aff=bostoncalendar
New Scientist presents - Instant Expert: The Quantum World.
Fascinated by quantum physics and want to find out more? Six leading experts in the field will guide you through this intriguing and often bizarre world in our one-day masterclass.
Topics covered will include:
Why is the world quantum?
Quantum computing
Quantum technology
And much more
Speakers for the day:
- Vladan Vuletic – professor of physics at MIT
- Seth Lloyd – professor of mechanical engineering at MIT
- Tulika Bose - associate professor at Boston University
- Janet Conrad - professor of physics at MIT
- Plus 2 speakers to be announced
Quantum theory is our very best description of the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents. It has given us lasers, computers and nuclear reactors, and even tells us how the sun shines and why the ground beneath our feet is solid.
Yet the quantum world defies our sensibilities – it is a place where objects can be in two places at once, influence each other at opposite sides of the cosmos and nothing is as it seems until you measure it. Why is the quantum world so strange? Where does it begin and end? And what does this mean for the bedrock of reality?
In attempting to address such frontier questions, physicists have come to realise that the quantum world promises exciting new technologies: the ability to communicate with absolute security, computers more powerful than anything built before and even quantum teleportation.
Join our speakers on a highly engaging journey through the quantum world and prepare to expand your mind.
Ticket price includes a continental breakfast, lunch, plus morning and afternoon refreshments.
