QuAMP2017 is a biennial international conference on Quantum, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics. The abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to 24th July 2017. The meeting will cover quantum information and technology, quantum optics, ultra-cold matter, the interaction of light with molecules and plasmas. QuAMP 2017 will be held in Glasgow from 4-7 September 2017. The conference organising committee is chaired by Sonja Franke-Arnold (UGLAS), and involves other colleagues from Strathclyde, and Glasgow.

Many of our ColOpt colleagues are attending CLEO®/Europe-EQEC in Munich this week. Highlights include Tilman Esslinger’s (ETHZ) keynote on quantum simulations with quantum gases, and the invited talk from Wilhelm Kaenders (TOPTICA) titled “Time for Quantum Technologies?” Additionally Thorsten Ackemann (Strathclyde) will co-chair a plenary session and present the EPS 2017 Prizes for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics.

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