Kuratorium für die Tagungen der Nobelpreisträger in Lindau Council for the Media Information Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Ehrenpräsident | Honorary President #LiNo16 programme announcement: Quantum technology Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Graf Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (†) Will quantum technologies radically change the world? Vorstand | Executive Commitee Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg It is more than 100 years since physicists first described phenomena (Präsidentin | President) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz which went beyond the bounds of classical, Newtonian physics. Within (Vizepräsident | Vice-President) a few decades, quantum mechanics had formulated a theory that Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny (Vizepräsidentin | Vice-President) sketches a world which contradicts our day-to-day ideas in many ways. Nikolaus Turner (Schatzmeister | Treasurer) In the microcosm of nature, something can be a particle and a wave at the same time, the results of measurements are affected by the Stiftung observation, and physical quantities can occur only in specific portions, Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagungen Foundation the quanta. This first quantum revolution has fundamentally changed Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings the way we see nature, and its scientific description has also provided Ehrenpräsidium | Honorary Presidents the physical foundations for pioneering developments, such as Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Graf Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (†) computer chips, lasers, nuclear magnetic resonance tomography and Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog GPS. Today, we stand at the threshold of a new technological revolution Bundespräsident a. D. that is driven by quantum physics and whose influence we cannot even Vorstand | Board of Directors Jürgen Kluge begin to assess at the present time. Is this second quantum revolution (Vorsitzender | Chairman) Bettina Gräfin Bernadotte af Wisborg going to radically change our world? This will be among the key Thomas Ellerbeck th Reinhard Pöllath questions discussed at the 66 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Nikolaus Turner (Geschäftsführer | Managing Director) Communication which cannot be intercepted thanks to quantum Wolfgang Schürer (Ehrenvorsitzender | Honorary Chairman) encryption, extremely powerful quantum computers that compute problems which are almost impossible to solve today in next to no time, Geschäftsstellen | Offices Lennart-Bernadotte-Haus new materials that have been discovered by analyses in quantum Alfred-Nobel-Platz 1 simulators – these are only some of the applications which will be 88131 Lindau Deutschland | Germany based on the unusual properties of quantum physics in the near future. Tel.: +49 (0)8382 / 27731-0 The scientific and technological progress which has been made means Fax: +49 (0)8382 / 27731-13 E-Mail: info@ lindau-nobel.org that what was an impossible dream only a few decades ago is close to foundation@ lindau-nobel.org reality today. Laboratories around the globe are home to the initial www.lindau-nobel.org prototypes of these applications. And theoreticians are continually developing new ideas for how the quantum world can be made to serve humankind. Quantum technologies could become the engine of innovation for industry and society in the 21st century. On the occasion of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, laureates will provide information on the unusual properties of the quantum world and discuss the innovative power it fosters. Kuratorium für die Tagungen der Nobelpreisträger in Lindau Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Lectures Stiftung We., 29 June, 11.00-11.30 hrs. Steven Chu: Optical Microscopy 2.0 Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagungen Tu., 28 June, 9.00-9.30 hrs. Serge Haroche: Quantum Metrology Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Tu., 28 June, 9.30-10.00 hrs. David J. Wineland: Atomic Ion Clocks Tu., 28 June, 10.30-11.00 hrs. Theodor W. Hänsch: Changing Concepts of Light and Matter Tu., 28 June, 11.00-11.30 hrs. William D. Phillips: Superfluid Atomic Gas in a Ring: A New Kind of Closed Circuit Tu., 28 June, 12.00-12.30 hrs. Klaus von Klitzing: Quantum Hall Effect – Discovery and Application Panel discussion Th., 30 June, 15.00-16.30 hrs. Is Quantum Technology the Future of the 21st Century? Panellists: Serge Haroche, Gerardus 't Hooft, William D. Phillips, David J. Wineland Science breakfast Mo., 27 June, 7.00-8.45 hrs. Quantum Information: From Fundamentals to a New Technology hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy More information www.lindau-nobel.org mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org blog.lindau-nobel.org Pictures flickr.com/photos/nobellaureatemeeting Contact Communications Christian Schumacher +49 (0)8382 / 27731-15 christian.schumacher@ lindau-nobel.org Gero von der Stein +49 (0)8382 / 27731-26 gero.vonderstein@ lindau-nobel.org Vincenzo Hiemer +49 (0)8382 / 27731-20 vincenzo.hiemer@ lindau-nobel.org .