May 5th
13:30-14:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Constantin Vică (University of Bucharest)
- Lucian Ion (University of Bucharest)
- Andrei Mărășoiu (University of Bucharest)
- Virgil Băran (University of Bucharest)
- Sorin Costreie (University of Bucharest)
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session
15:00-15:30 Ioan Muntean (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) Quantum metaphysical indeterminacy with decoherence: a relational, hybrid, and epistemicist approach.
15:30-16:00 Ştefan Ataman (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Teaching quantum mechanics: what I learned from my students.
16:00-16:30 Break
Workshops for pupils, held in Romanian – in parallel with the Plenary Session
14:30-15:30 Mădălina Boca (University of Bucharest) Fizica imposibilului: Cum trec particulele prin pereți, Amfiteatrul A2
14:30-15:30 Leonard Gebac (University of Bucharest) Selfie cu atomii, Laboratorul de fizică atomică
15:30-16:30 Iulia Ghiu (University of Bucharest) Introducere in criptografia cuantică, Amfiteatrul A2
16:30- 17:50 Roundtable
18:00-19:00 Keynote Address
Mircea Flonta (University of Bucharest) Ce fel de filosofie este filosofia Şcolii de la Copenhaga? (*Romanian)
May 6th
Plenary Sessions (10.00 – 13.00)
10:00-10:30 Aurelian Isar (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering; University of Bucharest) Marvels of the Micro-Universe – Quantum Leap Through Time
10:30-11:00 Daniel Ursescu (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering; University of Bucharest) Reflection on objects and concepts in Physics after one century of Quantum Mechanics
11:00:11:30 Ana-Nicoleta Bondar (University of Bucharest) Cell signalling in the brain: how we use quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, and graph theory to understand opioid receptors.
11:30-12:00 Andrei Mărăşoiu (University of Bucharest)Seeing it with your own eyes: visualisation and understanding.
12:00-12:30 Radu Ionicioiu (Department of Theoretical Physics Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH) Einstein, Wheeler, Bohr – from classical to quantum delayed-choice.
12:30 -13:00 Maria Țițeica (University of Bucharest) After 100 years: quantum mechanics viewed by physics and philosophy
13:00-14:00 Break
Contributed Talks
14:00 -14:30 Miller Ryan (University of Geneva) No Metaphysical Advantage for Bohmians.
14:30 -15:00 Cayuss Andrei Mihăițoaia (University of Bucharest; Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) How is thermal equilibrium extended to quantum mechanics? Intuition and paradoxes.
15:00 – 15:30 Andreea Silvia Goia (University of Bucharest; Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Quantum cheshire cat: can particles be separated from their properties?
15:30 – 16:00 Break
Workshops for pupils, held in Romanian – in parallel with Contributed Talks
14:00-14:45 Andrei Mărăşoiu (University of Bucharest) Ce este o cauză?, Amfiteatrul A2
15:00-15:45 Sandra Brânzaru (University of Bucharest) Ce este o explicaţie?, Amfiteatrul A2
16:00-17:00 Andreea Croitoru (University of Bucharest) Ce au în comun o pisică, o damă de pică și un calculator cuantic?, Amfiteatrul A1
16:00-17:00 Mădălina Boca (University of Bucharest) Fizica imposibilului: Cum trec particulele prin pereți, Amfiteatrul A2.
16:00-17:00 Keynote Address: Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen) Non-causal explanations in Quantum Mechanics.
May 7th
10:00 – 13.00 Contributed Talks
10:00-10:30 Daniel-Grigore Chelaru (University of Bucharest) An observer-centric approach to the measurement and time problems of quantum mechanics.
10:30-11:00 Marina Cuzminschi (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Nonlocal correlations and quantum communication.
11:00-11:30 Lena Roşu (University of Bucharest) Unravelling Temporal Knots.
11:30-12:00 Andrew-Julian Tatu (University of Bucharest) şi Robert Antonio Ivănescu (University of Bucharest) Revisiting the Double-Slit Experiment: Observation, Reality, and a New Perspective.
12:00-12:30 Fernández Cuesta José Alejandro (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Quantum Logics and Metaphysics.
12:30-13:00 Andreea Cruglic-Popescu (Ghinescu) (University of Bucharest) Title: TBA
13:00-14:00 Break
14:00-14:30 Ristea Victor (University of Bucharest) Quantum mechanics did not save free will and quantum computing will not save the simulation theory either.
14:30-15:00 Peter Hertogh (Chongqing University and VUB Brussels) Thought Experimental Analyses of Albert Einstein’s Chasing a Beam of Light.
15:00: – 15:30 Alexandru Chirvasă (University of Bucharest; Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Dynamics of Quantum Correlations based on Rényi-2 Entropy.
15:30 -16:00 Alina-Alexandra Stoica (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering; University of Bucharest) Environment-assisted generation of quantum correlations in open quantum systems.
16:00-16:30 Juan Vila (University of Buenos Aires) What is real is relational: a metaphysical assessment of Relational Quantum Mechanics.
16:30-17:00 Tatiana Mihăescu (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Entanglement and Steering in Continuous Variable States.
17:00 – 17:30 Concluding Remarks