Hannah Price (University of Birmingham, UK) “Topology in time-varying photonics”
Helena Knowles (University of Cambridge, UK) "Quantum Control and Nanoscale Imaging" (title TBC)
Mehul Malik (Heriot-Watt University, UK) "High-dimensional quantum photonics"
Lucia Caspani (University of Insubria, Italy) “Bright and quantum: macroscopic quantum states of light for nonlinear sensing and imaging”
Barbara Pietka (University of Warsaw, Poland) "Hardware platforms for photonic neural networks"
Angela Demetriadou (University of Birmingham, UK) "Quantizing nanoplasmonics"
Eva Schöll (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) "Engineering optical properties of quantum dots"
Dimitra Georgiadou (University of Southampton, UK) "Photonic materials and nanodevices for neuromorphic computing applications"
Michael Strain (University of Strathclyde, UK) "Photonic Integrated Circuit Technologies for Systems-on-a-Chip"
Dario Fioretto (C2N/CNRS Université Paris-Saclay, France) talk title TBC
Phil Dolan (Nu Quantum, UK) talk title TBC
Jonathan Matthews (PsiQuantum, UK) talk title TBC
Shengqi Yin (CORNERSTONE, Southampton, UK) talk title TBC
Joe Smith (CHIMES, Sheffield, UK) talk title TBC
and more to be confirmed soon!
This 3-day Winter School is organised by the Semiconductor Photonics and Quantum Technologies (SPQT) research cluster at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Sheffield Quantum Centre (SQC) at the University of Sheffield.
The Winter School will focus on generation, control and detection of quantum light; novel materials for (quantum) nanophotonics; strong light-matter interaction; spins and spin-photon interface in semiconductor quantum dots and solid state defects and other related topics.
The school will consist of lectures by leading researchers, industry talks and poster sessions by the school attendees - see details in the Programme.
The school is suitable for all researchers from a PhD student level.
Early Bird registration - until 14th of December 2026
Standard registration - from 15th of December 2026
Poster abstract submission deadline - 15th of December 2026
Registration deadline - 15th of January 2027
Winter School - 20 - 22 January 2027