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

Wednesday 9 Jul 2025, 09:00 → 18:00 Africa/Casablanca

Académie Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

Lalla Btissam Drissi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)

 

This international conference marks 100 years since the birth of quantum mechanics; it brings together leading scientists and emerging researchers to reflect on the evolution of quantum physics—from the early breakthroughs of Planck, Einstein and Schodringer to the modern frontier of quantum technologies, accelerators and quantum information science. The conference will cover 4 major themes: 

1. Compact particle accelerators and light sources
2. African physics on the global stage
3. Quantum physics in modern technology
4. Frontiers in quantum information

The gathering will also highlights Africa's growing role in global scientific development and its strategic position in shaping the next century of quantum innovation.

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome address

09:15 → 09:30 Keynote address — From Bohr to Qubits: The Evolution of Quantum Thought

Speaker: Prof. Lalla Btissam Drissi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)

09:30 → 11:00 Development of a compact research infrastructure in Morocco based on a Compact Light Source

09:30 Compact cost-effective electron accelerators for multi-disciplinary applications

Speaker: 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?

Speaker: Dr Sanae Samsam (INFN Milano)

10:30 Status of European Compact Light Sources: perspective for a CLS in Morocco Bridging to South-Europe

Speaker: Prof. Luca Serafini (INFN-Milan)

11:00 → 11:15 Discussion

11:15 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 12:30 African Physics on the Global Stage

11:30 The ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade

Speaker: Dr Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

12:00 The 4th African Conference of Physics and the African Strategy Symposium

Speaker: Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

12:30 → 12:45 Discussion

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Quantum Physics in Modern Technology

14:00 The invisble engine: How Quantum physics powers technology

Speaker: Prof. Mohammed Khanfouch (Applied Sciences Fac, Ait Melloul, Agadir, Morocco)

14:30 TDB

Speaker: Prof. Hala Ouarrad (Fac of Sciences in Rabat, Morocco)

15:00 Quantum transport in nanostructures: From tunneling to transistors

Speaker: Mohammed El Yadri (ENSAM, Rabat, Morocco)

15:30 → 15:45 Discussion

15:45 → 17:00 Frontiers in Quantum Information

15:45 TBA: Quantum Neural Networks

Speaker: Prof. Mohammed Bannai (MohFac of Sciences Ben M’Sick, Casablanca, Morocco)

16:10 Quantum correlations

Speaker: Mostafa Mansour (MosFac of Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco)

16:35 TBA: Quantum image cryptography

Speaker: Prof. Saad Rfifi (Fac Polydisciplinary, Larache, Morocco)

17:00 → 17:15 Discussion

17:15 → 18:00 Roundtable and closing ceremony