TexQ Winter School on Open Quantum Systems & Quantum Information, is a week-long intensive program for PhD students and Postdocs in theoretical and applied chemical physics. Taking place in Winter 2026 in Wimberley, Texas, the program builds foundational intuition for open-system dynamics with an emphasis on molecular and chemical contexts. As quantum information science converges with chemistry, we’ll examine coherence and entanglement as resources for emerging technologies. The school addresses key training gaps through lectures, tutorials, and hands-on sessions on quantum light–matter interactions, open-system dynamics, and quantum coherence in chemical systems.

Co-chair: Eric Bittner, Doran Raccah

Advisory Board: Ajay Kandada, Ignacio Franco

Date: Aug 3-8, 2025

Location: Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

The Quantum Control of Light and Matter GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The 2025 conference will explore the increasingly connected areas of quantum control and quantum technology, both rapidly evolving. The principles of quantum control are pivotal for advancing quantum technologies. Quantum control traditionally involves manipulating the interaction of laser light with matter to alter states or dynamical processes relevant in physics, chemistry, and even biology. This involves using control light fields, which must be precisely controllable in frequency, phase, and intensity. Quantum technologies leverage quantum control to drive groundbreaking applications in quantum computing, simulation, sensing, measurements, and communication. Theoretical and experimental advancements will continue to challenge one another, and lead to the discovery of novel quantum phenomena and their impact on society.

Chairs: Ben Sussman and Ignacio Franco

Vice Chairs: Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez and Patrick Nuernberger

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Date: June 23-28, 2025

Location: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

The Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS) (Formerly Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics (CQO)) has been held every six years since the inception in 1960, essentially coincident with the first observation of lasing. Topics of interest include all aspects of experimental and theoretical coherence, quantum optics, quantum information and quantum measurement.

Local Organizing Committee: Machiel Blok, Nick Bigelow, Joe Eberly, Ignacio Franco, Gabriel Landi, John Nichol, Nick Vamivakas

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Date: 29 July – 2 Aug, 2024

Location: Institute of Nuclear Sciences (ICN) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Organizing committee: Joel Yuen-Zhou, Ignacio Franco, Daniel Finkelstein-Shapiro and José Eduardo Barrios Vargas

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