IQT Nordics - Junior Researcher Symposium

Thursday 25 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Oslo

University of Oslo

Ariadna Soro (Nordic Quantum)

Venue

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University of Oslo (seminar room Tellefsens Tårn)

 

Description

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To incentivize the participation of PhDs and postdocs to IQT Nordics (22-24 June), Nordic Quantum, the University of Oslo, and Thorlabs, have organized a symposium on June 25th to give them the chance to present their work. Thorlabs has even kindly sponsored three researchers to attend IQT Nordics for free!

The speakers have been selected by invite only, but the symposium is open for anyone to attend. No registration needed.

No travel or accommodation support is provided for this event.

 

Schedule

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Thursday, 25th June

09h30 - 10h30: Scientific talks

• Gunnar Lange - UiO (Norway)
• Simon Pettersson Fors - Chalmers (Sweden)
• Kristian Skafte Jensen - Aalborg (Denmark)
• Cecilie Glittum - UiO (Norway)
  
  

10h30 - 11h00: Coffee break

11h00 - 12h00: Scientific talks

• Kishore Thapliyal - UiO (Norway)
• Guangze Chen - Chalmers (Sweden)
• Zhiyuan Xie Hedlund - EPFL (Switzerland)
• Jovan Odavić - Naples (Italy)
  
  

12h00 - 13h30: Lunch

13h30 - 14h15: Talk on Quantum Education Kits, by Thorlabs (Sweden)

14h15 - 14h45: Panel discussion with Thorlabs about transitioning from academia to industry

14h45 - 15h15: Coffee break and mingle

 

 

1 Invited talk 1

Speaker: Gunnar Felix Lange (UiO)

2 Invited talk 2

Speaker: Simon Pettersson Fors (Chalmers)

3 Invited talk 3

Speaker: Kristian Skafte Jensen (Aalborg University)

4 Invited talk 4

Speaker: Cecilie Glittum (UiO)

10:30 Coffee break

5 Invited talk 5

Speaker: Kishore Thapliyal (UiO)

6 Invited talk 6

Speaker: Guangze Chen (Chalmers)

7 Invited talk 7

Speaker: Zhiyuan Hedlund (EPFL)

8 Invited talk 8

Speaker: Jovan Odavić (University of Naples Federico II)

12:00 Lunch break

9 Thorlabs' Quantum Education Kits

10 Panel discussion: transition from academia to industry

14:45 Coffee break and mingle