The Quantum Landscape

Quantum theory is a mathematically coherent and beautiful theory that lies at the heart of our current understanding of nature. However, whether it is *the* fundamentally correct description of nature remains uncertain. We have no conceptually well-defined and empirically tested theory that unifies quantum theory and gravity and rigorously explains cosmological data. Nor is there even a consensus that the appearance of the quasiclassical world can be explained from within standard quantum theory. Alternatives to quantum theory have been increasingly explored in recent decades, partly in the hope of resolving these problems, and partly with the aim of better understanding quantum theory itself and identifying the strongest experimental tests. In parallel with these developments, advances in matter interferometry and other areas have also made new tests possible. We aim at this meeting to explore the most attractive current theoretical ideas, to make progress towards a systematic understanding of the landscape of possible theories to which quantum theory belongs, and to review and advance the prospects for experimental tests of quantum theory in new regimes.

Speakers:

David Albert, Columbia University
Markus Arndt, University of Vienna
Angelo Bassi, University of Trieste
Daniel Bedingham, Imperial College, London
Joseph Emerson, Perimeter Institute & IQC
Richard Healey, University of Arizona
Joe Henson, Imperial College, London
Adrian Kent, Perimeter Institute & University of Cambridge
Wayne Myrvold, Perimeter Institute & University of Western Ontario
Philip Pearle, Hamilton College
Renato Renner, ETH Zurich
Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
Bill Unruh, University of British Columbia
Petros Wallden, TEI Chalkida, Greece & National Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alex Wilce, Susquehanna University

Participants:

Howard Barnum, University of New Mexico
Oscar Berra-Montiel, Universidad Autnoma de San Luis Potos
Hector Bombin, Perimeter Institute
Oleg Boulanov, University of Calgary
Aharon Brodutch, Institute for Quantum Computing
Adan Cabello, Universidad de Sevilla
Renan Cabrera, Princeton University
Doreen Fraser, University of Waterloo
Lovneesh Garg, University of Guelph
Sona Ghosh, University of Western Ontario
James Graber, Library of Congress
Matthew Graydon, Perimeter Institute
S. Shajidul Haque, University of the Witwatersran
Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute
Michael Heaney, Huladyne Research
Philipp Hoehn, Perimeter Institute
John Klauder, University of Florida
Keith Lee, Perimeter Institute
Flavio Mercati, Perimeter Institute
John Moffat, Perimeter Institute
Alberto Molgado, Universidad de San Luis Potosi Mexico
Markus Mueller, Perimeter Institute
Y. Jack Ng, University of North Carolina
Armin Nikkhah Shirazi, University of Michigan
Katja Reid, Perimeter Institute
Raffaele Romano, Iowa State University
Terence Rudolph, Imperial College, London
Adamantia Sampeli, University of Lethbridge
David Schroeren, Balliol College Oxford
Philip Schuster, Perimeter Institute
Rafael Sorkin, Perimeter Institute
Rob Spekkens, Perimeter Institute
Daniel Sudarsky, UNAM
Roman Sverdlov, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Gelo Noel Tabia, Perimeter Institute
Natalia Toro, Perimeter Institute
Elie Wolfe, University of Connecticut
Nicole Yunger Halpern, Perimeter Institute
Adamantia Zampeli, University of Lethbridge
Huangjun Zhu, Perimeter Institute
Claire Zukowski, University of California, Berkeley
Nosiphiwo Zwane, Perimeter Institute

Organizers: 

Joseph Emerson
Adrian Kent
Wayne Myrvold
Rafael Sorkin