Schedule & Programm Overview
Here you will find the schedule tables and an overview of all submissions, including presenting authors but excluding abstracts. In case of program changes, a notification will be added to the respective entry (original version dated 06.07.2025). All changes are highlighted in red within each file.
Note on talk duration: For presentations with a total length of 15 or 20 minutes, 3 minutes are allocated for discussion. For longer talks, 5 minutes are reserved for discussion.
Plenary Sessions
The plenary talks will be addressing latest advancements in different research fields.
- Serge Haroche, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2012): The laser in quantum science
- Caslav Brukner, University of Vienna: The Next 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics
- Roberto Cerbino, University of Vienna: Using cellular phase transitions to understand cancer
- Yiwen Chu, ETH Zurich: A mechanical qubit
- Francesca Ferlaino, Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW): When Crystals Flow: The Emergence of Supersolid Quantum States
- Andreas Heinrich, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea: Towards Quantum Computing with Spins on Surfaces
- Martin Hoferichter, University of Bern: Status of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
- Daniel Loss, University of Basel: Spin Qubits in Semiconductors for Scalable Quantum Computers
- Clemens Rössler, Infineon Technologies Austria AG: Trapped-ion quantum computing at Infineon
Topical Sessions
The following parallel sessions are planned:
- Accelerator Science and Technology
- Applied Physics
- Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics
- Biophysics and Soft Matter
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Gravitational Waves
- History and Philosophy of Physics
- Nuclear, Particle- & Astrophysics
- Physics and School
- Physics at Neutron and Sychrotron Sources
- Progress in Material Sciences – from Lab to Industry
- Quantum Information and Quantum Computing
- Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
Poster Session
The poster session will take place on 20 August in the frame of an apéro. All posters are to be mounted on Wednesday morning.
The three most outstanding posters will be awarded with a "Best Poster Prize". It is required that at least the first author of the poster is personally present at the conference in order to be eligible for the award.
A fourth poster prize will be sponsored by the SFB BeyondC for posters submitted to their own session.
The maximum poster size is A0 (portrait).
Public Lectures
Two public evening lectures are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
- Thomas Feurer, Universität Bern und European XFEL GmbH
- Claus Beisbart, Universität Bern
Additional Information for Selected Sessions
Condensed Matter (KOND)
The condensed matter program welcomes contributions from all topics within Condensed Matter Physics, including magnetism, superconductivity, semiconductors and more. Investigations by advanced experimental techniques, e.g. by using synchrotron radiation, are highly welcome.
The session is this year organised in collaboration with the Central European Initiative – comprising Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland – under the theme Condensed Matter in Central Europe. This initiative aims to highlight Central Europe's immense potential as a dynamic, competitive, and attractive hub for scientists and high-tech industries while fostering stronger connections among Central European physical societies. Find out more about CMinCE...
Contact
Daniel Mazzone (daniel.mazzone@psi.ch), Ilaria Zardo (ilaria.zardo@unibas.ch), Andrii Chumak (andrii.chumak@univie.ac.at), Neven Barisic (barisic@ifp.tuwien.ac.at), Wolfgang Lang, wolfgang.lang@univie.ac.at
Applied Physics: Briding Theory and Innovation
Applied physics plays a crucial role in transforming fundamental scientific knowledge into practical applications that drive technological and industrial progress. From the development of highly sensitive sensors and imaging systems for medical diagnostics to advancements in plasma physics for energy generation and materials processing, applied physics bridges the gap between theory and real-world solutions. Advances in micro- and nanoelectronics continue to push the boundaries of computing and communication, while breakthroughs in fluid dynamics enhance industrial processes and biomedical applications. Meanwhile, cutting-edge research in acoustics is revolutionizing fields from ultrasonic imaging to noise control.
This session of the joint annual meeting will showcase research across a wide range of fields, including but not limited to plasma physics, medical technologies, molecular science, sensors, fluid dynamics, microtechnologies, microelectronics, and acoustics. By bringing together experts from diverse disciplines, we aim to foster collaboration, share the latest discoveries, and explore emerging trends that will shape the future of science and technology.
Contact
Fabio Avino (fabio.avino@epfl.ch), Mike Seidl (mike.seidel@psi.ch)
Accelerator Science and Technology
Particle accelerators play an important role in high energy physics, materials and life sciences. They are used to create a very special state of matter — beams of particles (protons, electrons, photons, neutrons, muons, neutrinos etc.). Contributions are encouraged on all aspects of accelerator development for future high energy frontier electron, proton and muon colliders, high brightness synchrotron light sources as well as high intensity neutron sources.
Contact
Mike Seidel (mike.seidel@psi.ch)
Gravitational Waves
For this special session contributions covering all aspects of gravitational wave physics are welcome, in particular those connected with the Einstein Telescope (ET), the LISA mission, and the ongoing LIGO-Virgo detectors.
Relevant topics include data analysis, theoretical aspects, and experimental challenges of ET and / or LISA.
We particularly encourage PhD students and postdocs to submit abstracts and to join the meeting. Depending on the number of proposed contributions, the session will take place on one or two afternoons. Poster contributions are also welcome.
Contact
Steven Schram (steven.schramm@cern.ch), Philippe Jetzer (jetzer@physik.uzh.ch), Gianluca Inguglia (gianluca.inguglia@oeaw.ac.at)
Progress in Material Sciences – from Lab to Industry
In this year`s session of “Physics in Industry“, we will bring together presentations from a wide range of companies, applying methods of material physics to develop new materials or to improve their properties for industrial application.
If you are interested in presenting a talk in this session please contact the section heads.
Contact
Valeria Bragaglia (vbr@zurich.ibm.com), Gian Salis (gsa@zurich.ibm.com), Peter Korczak (peter.korczak@aon.at), Christian Teissl (christian.teissl@fablab.tirol)
Quantum Information and Quantum Computing
BeyondC is a special research programme (SFB) consisting of 13 research groups in Austria applying theoretical and experimental expertise to develop and exploit new methods and tools to describe, characterize, validate, and manipulate quantum systems in order to achieve the experimental regime of quantum systems for quantum superiority.
Oral and poster contributions fitting the scope of this session are also welcome from groups which are not organised within SFB BeyondC.
Contact
BeyondC Office (beyondC@univie.ac.at)
Theoretical Physics
As in the previous years, theoretical contributions are highly encouraged and will be included directly in a corresponding topical session. This way, the sessions will profit from a broad range of experimental, phenomenological, and theoretical advancements that are relevant in the specific topical field and thus can engage in broader and deeper discussions.
Please submit your abstract to the session which best matches your topic. You can optionally mark your contribution as "theoretical" in the submission interface.
Contact
Julian Sonner (julian.sonner@unige.ch)
Award Ceremony
Poster Awards at This Year’s Conference
The three best posters presented at this year’s conference will each be honored with an award. These prizes are sponsored by EPJ and are endowed with EUR 200 each.
An additional fourth prize is sponsored by the Special Research Programme BeyondC. It will be awarded for an outstanding poster presented in the “Quantum Information and Quantum Computing” session organized by BeyondC, and is likewise endowed with EUR 300.
Please note: Only posters that are presented during the entire poster session on August 20, 2025, and whose authors are personally present, will be considered for the awards.
The award ceremony will take place on Friday, August 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM.