Exner Lectures 2018
@ Palais Eschenbach, Eschenbachgasse 11, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Program: DAY 1 – October 23rd, 1:30 pm | DAY 2 – October 24th, 8:30 am
See abstracts & register now
Day 1 – October 23rd, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm Registration
2:00 pm Lectures honoring Thomas Jennewein & Gregor Weihs, Wilhelm Exner Medalists 2018
„Photonic Quantum Entanglement for Technologies and Applications: Towards the Quantum Internet“
Thomas Jennewein, University of Waterloo, Canada„Semiconductor nanostructures producing single photons, twins and triplets for quantum photonics“
Gregor Weihs, University of Innsbruck
3:15 pm – 3:45 Coffee break
„From local realism into a global quantum age“
Hannes Hübel, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna„Quantum Information Processing with Superconducting Circuits“
Gerhard Kirchmair, University of Innsbruck„From quantum foundations to quantum computing“
Philip Walther, University of Vienna
5:00 pm Closing Remarks
DAY 1 – October 23rd, 1:30 pm | DAY 2 – October 24th, 8:30 am
Day 2 – October 24th, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Lectures honoring Zhenan Bao, Wilhelm Exner Medalist 2018
„Skin-Inspired Electronics“
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USAt.b.d.
Barbara Stadlober, Joanneum Research, Graz„Biosensing technologies for medical diagnostics at the point of care“
Rainer Hainberger, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna
10:30 am Coffee break
11:00 am Lectures honoring A. Paul Alivisatos, Wilhelm Exner Medalist 2018
„Quantum Dot Light Emitters: From displays to enabling a new generation of energy conversion systems“
A. Paul Alivisatos, University of California, Berkeley, USA„Rational Design of Thermoelectric Materials from Nanocrystal Building Blocks“
Maria Ibanez, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg„Energy conversion and energy storage by moving ions in solids“
Jürgen Fleig, University of Technology, Vienna
12:30 pm Closing remarks
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Gratulation!
Die Wilhelm Exner Medaille 2018 wird an vier herausragende Wissenschaftler verliehen:
- Zhenan BAO, Stanford University, USA
→ baogroup.stanford.edu - A. Paul ALIVISATOS, University of California, Berkeley, USA
→ cchem.berkeley.edu - Thomas JENEWEIN, University Waterloo, CAN
→ iqc.uwaterloo.ca
gemeinsam mit
Gregor WEIHS, University Innsbruck
→ uibk.ac.at/exphys/photonik
Die Verleihung der Medaille erfolgt an herausragende Wissenschaftler und Forscher, welche die Wirtschaft direkt oder indirekt durch besondere wissenschaftliche Leistungen in hervorragender Weise gefördert haben.
Die festliche Verleihung der Medaille und die diese begleitenden Exner Lectures finden am 23. und 24. Oktober 2018, am Sitz der Stiftung, im Palais Eschenbach in Wien statt.
Im Rahmen der Exner Lectures wird das Forschungsfeld der Laureaten in einem zweitägigen Symposium vorgestellt. Notieren sie diesen Termin schon jetzt!
Congratulations!
The 2018 Wilhelm Exner Medals will be handed to four outstanding scientist:
- Zhenan BAO, Stanford University, USA
→ baogroup.stanford.edu - A. Paul ALIVISATOS, University of California, Berkeley, USA
→ cchem.berkeley.edu - Thomas JENEWEIN, University Waterloo, CAN
→ iqc.uwaterloo.ca
toghether with
Gregor WEIHS, University Innsbruck
→ uibk.ac.at/exphys/photonik
The medal is awarded to outstanding scientists and researchers who have benefited the economy directly or indirectly through their scientific achievements.
The celebration and Exner Lectures will occur October 23rd and 24th, 2018, at the Foundations Palais Eschenbach in Vienna, Austria.
As part of the Exner Lectures, the research field of the laureates will be presented in a two-day symposium. Please note this date now!
2017 Exner Lectures
We look back with some pride on the Lectures 2017. Great lectures, impressive medalists and fantastic participants. Thank you!
All lectures can be looked up here. Let yourself be inspired!
The Laureates Lecture: „The Higgs boson and our life“
Fabiola Gianotti
CERN – Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
„Discoveries at CERN“
Claudia Wulz
Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna University of Technology
„Quark-Gluon-Plasma – The hottest matter ever studied“
Anton Rebhan
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology
„Quanta, Relativity and Energy – Shaping the Processes when Protons collide“
Andre Hoang
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
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The Laureates Lecture: „Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA“
Chad Mirkin
International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University
„Probing plasmonic nanoparticles with photons and electrons“
Joachim Krenn
Institute of Physics, University of Graz
„Atoms in motion: observing nanostructures with the transmission electron microscope“
Werner Grogger
Institute of Electron Microscopy & Nanoanalysis (FELMI), Graz University of Technology
„Characterisation of Nanocrystals for Optics and Energy Storage“
Rainer Lechner
Institute of Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben
