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Conference Speakers

Workshop Organizers
Davide Gaiotto
Wenjun Niu
Ben Webster

The aim is to have two types of talks concerning the history: those that present novel takes on well-studied historical topics and those that address more unconventional historical questions.  The second category aims to include talks on the history of a variety of subfields of quantum theory, such quantum information, quantum field theory, quantum optics, quantum logic, quantum chemistry, quantum gravity, quantum matter and quantum foundations..

Conference topics include:

• The prehistory of modern quantum theory 
• The historical development of modern quantum theory
• The discovery of Important concepts in quantum theory (the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, particle statistics, the no-cloning theorem, teleportation, etc.)
• The discovery of important no-go results (von Neumann’s no-go theorem, the 1935 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument, Bell’s theorem, the Kochen-Specker theorem)
• The history of quantum information, quantum field theory, quantum optics, quantum logic, quantum chemistry, quantum gravity, and quantum matter
• The sociology of quantum physics

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Scientific Organizers:

• Robert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute)

• Wayne Myrvold (Western University)

• Doreen Fraser (University of Waterloo)

• Katherine Mack (Perimeter Institute)

• David Schmid (Perimeter Institute)

• Nick Ormrod (Perimeter Institute)

• Marina Maciel Ansanelli (Perimeter Institute)

• Yile Ying (Perimeter Institute)

Confirmed Speakers:

The annual Graduate Students’ Conference showcases the diverse research directions at Perimeter Institute, both organized and presented by the students. Our graduate students are invited to share their best work with their fellow PhD students, PSI students and other PI residents interested in hearing about physics research and discussing it in a lively atmosphere full of questions.

Year of Quantum Across Canada: From Fundamental Science to Applications

The Institute for Quantum Computing and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will jointly host a meeting celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of quantum mechanics. 

The conference will celebrate and aim to strengthen the quantum information science community in Canada and beyond, by bringing together leading Canadian researchers as well as members of the broader quantum community. The program will highlight the fundamental advances being made in quantum information theory and how these advances lead to applications. 

Topics included in the program:

• Quantum metrology
• Quantum simulation and quantum advantage
• Quantum error-correction and fault tolerance
• Quantum complexity and algorithms
• Quantum communication and networks
• Quantum cryptography
• Quantum information in quantum matter and quantum gravity 
  
  

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Recorded Archive of Talks

Day 1 - Monday Oct 6 at IQC:
https://www.youtube.com/live/RXHSelMTHhU

Day 2 - Tuesday Oct 7 at IQC:
https://www.youtube.com/live/e5Qx7xuAMpQ

Day 3 and 4 - Wednesday Oct 8 and Thursday Oct 9 at Perimeter:
https://pirsa.org/c25033

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Speakers

Christian Bauer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Alexandre Blais (Université de Sherbrooke)
Sergey Bravyi (IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
Nikolas Breuckmann (University of Bristol)
Eric Chitambar (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Soonwon Choi (MIT)
Zohreh Davoudi (University of Maryland)
Matthew Fisher (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Dakshita Khurana (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Aleksander Kubica (Yale University)
Hank Lamm (Fermilab)
Laura Mancinska (University of Copenhagen)
Antonio Mezzacapo (IBM)
John Preskill (Caltech)
Martin Savage (University of Washington)
Brian Swingle (Brandeis University)
Nathan Wiebe (University of Toronto)
Yu-Xiang Yang (The University of Hong Kong)

Co-Chairpersons

Marcela Carena (Perimeter Institute & University of Chicago & Fermilab)
Norbert Lütkenhaus (University of Waterloo, Institute for Quantum Computing)

Scientific Organizers and Convenors

Since its founding, training has been a cornerstone of Perimeter Institute’s mission. Over the years, we have supported nearly 1,000 postdoctoral researchers and graduate students along their academic journeys. Many have gone on to make remarkable contributions in academia and industry, while others have focused on creating positive change in the world.

To mark Perimeter’s 25th Anniversary, we are proud to host the inaugural Perimeter Circle Alumni Awards event.

A shortlist of Award nominees will be providing talks and networking sessions in this 2-day event. 

Join us to meet these outstanding alumni and hear their stories beyond Perimeter.

2025 Perimeter Circle Alumni Award Shortlisted Nominees:

Academic Leadership Excellence:

• Jonathan Barrett
• Claudia de Rham 
• Astrid Eichhorn
• Flaminia Giacomini
• Stefania Gori
• Andrei Olegovich Starinets
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• Robert Raussendorf
• Rowan Thomson
• Will Witzak-Krempa

Industry Trailblazer:

• Natacha Altamirano
• Ciaran Gilligan-Lee
• David Louapre
• Brigette Oakes
• Henry Reich

Pathfinder

• Sarah Croke
• Anna Knörr
• Sonali Mohapatra
• Prince Osei
• Jessica Weitbrecht

This event is open to Perimeter Residents, Associates and Alumni. All talks will be broadcast online. Onsite participation registration deadline is September 22.

Separate registration was required for Commnitech Breakfast on Thursday. The breakfast is now fully booked! If you did not register in advance there are no more seats available for this event.

PARKING NOTICE for September 25. Perimeter Parking lot will be closed. Please park at the MUSEUM LOT entrance is on Father David Bauer Drive off of Erb Street.

Note: The Career Trajectories and Advancement departments at Perimeter Institute will provide the meals for Thursday’s event for all approved participants. If you are unable to attend after being approved, you must notify the organizers in advance. No-shows on the day of the event will be subject to a $20 cancellation fee.

Charting the Future Symposium: Big questions in particle physics, strong gravity, and cosmology over the next 25 years

Join us for a special symposium celebrating Perimeter’s 25th anniversary. This event offers a unique opportunity to unite Perimeter alumni and friends in the fields of cosmology, particle physics, and strong gravity with our extended community, reflect on a quarter-century of discovery, and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that will shape the next 25 years of fundamental physics.

Over the past quarter-century, we have witnessed transformative advances across our fields. In particle physics, the discovery of the Higgs boson crowned decades of effort, while precision experiments continue to probe the Standard Model and search for new physics. In strong gravity, the direct detection of gravitational waves has opened a new observational window onto black holes, neutron stars, and the very fabric of spacetime. In cosmology, precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure have revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s origins and evolution, even as dark matter and dark energy remain profound mysteries.

As we look to the future, a new generation of experiments, observations, and theoretical ideas promises to drive further revolutions. From uncovering physics beyond the Standard Model to probing the nature of spacetime and the earliest moments of the cosmos, the next 25 years are poised to be as transformative as the last.

This symposium will bring together leading researchers, young scientists, alumni, and friends to celebrate past achievements, and imagine the discoveries yet to come. We invite you to be part of this landmark event at Perimeter Institute, as we honor the spirit of curiosity, ambition, and collaboration that has defined our journey so far — and will carry us forward.

Invited Speakers

• Haipeng An (Tsinghua University)
• Masha Baryakhtar (University of Washington)
• Brian Batell (University of Pittsburgh)
• Laura Bernard (Observatoire de Paris)
• Richard Bond (CITA)
• Pablo Bosch Gomez (Utrecht University)
• Latham Boyle (University of Edinburgh)
• Patrick Brady (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
• Joe Bramante (Queen's University)
• Savas Dimopoulos (Perimeter Institute)
• Adrienne Erickcek (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Stefania Gori (UC Santa Cruz)
• Chad Hanna (Pennsylvania State)
• Renée Hložek (University of Toronto)
• Yoni Kahn (University of Toronto)
• Vicky Kaspi (McGill University)
• Gordan Krnjaic (Fermilab)
• Ian Low (Northwestern University)
• Mathew Madhavacheril (University of Pennsylvania)
• David Morissey (TRIUMF)
• Moritz Münchmeyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Ue-Li Pen (CITA, Perimeter Institute)
• Will Percival (Perimeter Institute)
• Maxim Pospelov (University of Minnesota)
• Josef Pradler (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
• Daniel Siegel (University of Greifswald)
• Nils Siemonsen (Princeton University)
• Carlos Wagner (University of Chicago)
• Huan Yang (Tsinghua University)
• Matias Zaldarriaga (IAS)

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Organizing Committee
Asimina Arvanitaki
Luis Lehner
Sergey Sibiryakov
Kendrick Smith

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