Background:
The FINESS workshop series aims to bring together a critical mass of theoretical and experimental expertise at the forefront of research in the fields of degenerate ultra-cold matter, polariton-exciton condensates as well as strongly correlated systems, open quantum systems, and quantum thermodynamics. It has been run approximately every two years since 2007.
Deadlines:
Early abstract submission (to be considered for a talk): Monday 23 February 2026
Early acceptance: Monday 15 March 2026
Early-bird registration: Monday 30 March 2026
Ordinary registration and late poster deadline: 4 May 2026
Registration fees : Regular attendee USD 500 (early-bird) , Students USD 300 (early-bird) .
It will include all lunches and dinners, but not accommodation.
Invited speakers:
· Andrew J. Daley — University of Oxford, UK
· Anatoli Polkovnikov — Boston University, USA
· Axel Pelster — Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
· Blair Blakie — University of Otago, New Zealand
· Bruno Laburthe-Tolra — Université Sorbonne Paris Nord / CNRS, France
· Cindy Regal — JILA and University of Colorado, USA
· Dajun Wang — The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
· Eugene Demler — ETH Zürich, Switzerland
· Francesca Ferlaino — University of Innsbruck & IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria
· Giacomo Roati — CNR-INO & LENS / University of Florence, Italy
· Leticia Tarruell — ICFO, Spain
· Markus Oberthaler — Heidelberg University, Germany
· Qi Zhou — Purdue University, USA
· Sebastian Will — Columbia University, USA
· Thomas Pohl — Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany
Travel and accommodation information:
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn
Students can stay at CU dorms.
More information will be available on the website.