The meeting of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Quantum Materials will take place on 3–4 November 2026 at Gustavelund conference centre in Tuusula near Helsinki (the hotel will surely be slightly less leafy than in the header image).

Please note this is an internal event for the QMAT members by invitation only; photos and impressions from the meeting will be published on this site afterwards.

Programme

Tuesday 3.11.2026

 9:00 – 10:00 Arrival & registration, coffee available
10:00 – 12:35 SAB meeting – Tuusulajärvi auditorium
     - 10:00 – 10:30 Tero Heikkilä: introduction to QMAT
     - 10:30 – 11:00 Jose Lado: overview of QMAT work packages
     - 11:00 – 11:20 QMAT groups: Hakonen, Sun, Kezilebieke, Ronzani
     - 11:20 – 11:30 Short break
     - 11:30 – 11:55 QMAT groups: Liljeroth, Törmä, Ojanen, Lado, Heikkilä
     - 11:55 – 12:00 Discussion
     - 12:00 – 12:30 Organisational issues (Anniina Runtuvuori), communications (Jari Mäkinen) + discussion
12:35 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel sessions with 3 × 6 contributed (12+3 min) talks (WP-based) & separate SAB/observer discussions – small rooms
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00 Scientific talks from SAB members – auditorium
     - Jie Shan: Moiré materials: A new platform for correlations and topology
     - Felix von Oppen: How quantum is quantum geometry
     - José Ignacio Pascual: A charge-tunable Cooper-pair Diode
17:15 – 19:00 Poster session – auditorium
19:00 Dinner
21:00 – ?? Sauna with refreshments and snacks

Wednesday 4.11.2026

08:30 – 10:10 Four longer talks (4 x 20+5 min) – auditorium
10:10 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45 3 longer talks (20+5 min)
11:45 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:40 Four longer talks (4 x 20+5 min)
14:40 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 AI agents in science – auditorium
16:00 – 17:00 Outreach (auditorium), SAB preparing (30 min) and feedback to the PIs (30 min).
17:00 Meeting ends, departure