Honoring 100 Years of Quantum Advancements — a global and African perspectives

Wednesday 9 July 2025 - 09:00
Académie Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Jul 2025
AM
09:00 Welcome address  
09:15 Keynote address — From Bohr to Qubits: The Evolution of Quantum Thought - Prof. Lalla Btissam Drissi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)  
09:30
Development of a compact research infrastructure in Morocco based on a Compact Light Source (until 11:00)
09:30 Compact cost-effective electron accelerators for multi-disciplinary applications - Prof. Andrea Mostacci (Sapienza University of Rome e INFN-Roma I (IT))  
10:00 Particle accelerators physics in Africa, present and future: what opportunity for Morocco? - Dr Sanae Samsam (INFN Milano)  
10:30 Status of European Compact Light Sources: perspective for a CLS in Morocco Bridging to South-Europe - Prof. Luca Serafini (INFN-Milan)  
11:00 --- Discussion ---
11:15 --- Break ---
11:30
African Physics on the Global Stage (until 12:30)
11:30 The ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade - Dr Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
12:00 The 4th African Conference of Physics and the African Strategy Symposium - Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
PM
12:30 --- Discussion ---
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Quantum Physics in Modern Technology (until 15:30)
14:00 The invisble engine: How Quantum physics powers technology - Prof. Mohammed Khanfouch (Applied Sciences Fac, Ait Melloul, Agadir, Morocco)  
14:30 TDB - Prof. Hala Ouarrad (Fac of Sciences in Rabat, Morocco)  
15:00 Quantum transport in nanostructures: From tunneling to transistors - Mohammed El Yadri (ENSAM, Rabat, Morocco)  
15:30 --- Discussion ---
15:45
Frontiers in Quantum Information (until 17:00)
15:45 TBA: Quantum Neural Networks - Prof. Mohammed Bannai (MohFac of Sciences Ben M’Sick, Casablanca, Morocco)  
16:10 Quantum correlations - Mostafa Mansour (MosFac of Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco)  
16:35 TBA: Quantum image cryptography - Prof. Saad Rfifi (Fac Polydisciplinary, Larache, Morocco)  
17:00 --- Discussion ---
17:15 Roundtable and closing ceremony