Programme
The workshop will take place at the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University on 15-17 June 2026.
| Monday, 15 June | ||
| 9:00-9:25 | Registration | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Sebastian Deffner (University of Maryland UMBC) |
Quantum stochastic thermodynamics of relativistic systems |
| 10:30-11:00 | Tingzhang Shi (Peking University) |
Covariant quantum fluctuation theorems and quasiprobability |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Gerard Milburn (National Quantum Computing Centre) |
Lorentz invariant quantum stochastic uncertainty relations |
| 12:30-13:00 | Tara Kalsi (University of Maryland UMBC) |
Classical–Quantum Correspondence in Chaotic Yang–Mills Dynamics |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30-15:30 | Lucas Chibebe Céleri (Federal University of Goiás) |
The observer dependent nature of irreversibility |
| 15:30-16:00 | Nikos Kollas (University of Patras) |
Quantum-Otto work enhancement with relativistic motion |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | |
16:30-17:30 |
Poster Session | |
| Tuesday, 16 June | ||
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| 9:00-10:00 | Kasia Rejzner (University of York) |
TBA |
| 10:00-10:30 | Bernard Kay (University of York) |
The matter-gravity entanglement hypothesis |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Dennis Rätzel (University College London) |
Tests of gravitational theory based on quantum optomechanical sensors |
| 12:00-12:30 | Samuel Fedida (University of Cambridge) |
Thermodynamics of readout devices and semiclassical gravity |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Luis A. Correa (University of La Laguna) |
Quantum thermometry for quantum technologies and fundamental physics |
| 15:00-15:30 | Maciej T. Jarema (University of Nottingham) |
Measuring and manipulating information in QFT simulators |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Germain Tobar (Stockholm University) |
Quantum metasurfaces as probes of vacuum particle content |
| 16:30-17:00 | Ilaria Dimina (University of Nottingham) |
The Analogue Unruh Effect in Thin-Film Superfluid Helium-4 |
| Wednesday, 17 June | ||
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| 9:00-10:00 | Katie Robertson (University of Stirling) |
The Reach of the Second Law: Universality, Observer-Dependence, and the Foundations of Thermodynamics |
| 10:00-10:30 | Aaron Beyen (KU Leuven) |
Dynamical de Sitter black holes in a quasi-stationary expansion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Robert Mann (University of Waterloo) |
Critical, Multicritical, and Supercritical Black Hole Thermodynamics |
| 12:00-12:30 | Iason Sofos (University of Leeds) |
Entanglement and apparent thermality in simulated black holes |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Jana Menšíková (Charles University) |
Quantum Black Holes in Non-Linear Electrodynamics |
| 14:30-15:00 | Ayan Patra (Durham University) |
Quantum solitons |
| 15:00-15:15 | Closing Remarks | |