Alessandro Volta Prize Award Ceremony and Symposium in honor of Prof. Jean Dalibard

Friday 2 Oct 2026, 00:15 → 21:00 Europe/Zurich

TEATRO SOCIALE

09:30 → 10:00 ARRIVAL AND ON SITE REGISTRATION

10:00 → 10:30 WELCOME adresses: Local authorities, Acinque, Fondazione Volta, SIF

10:30 → 10:45 WELCOME and introduction to the Prize from EPS President

Convener: Prof. José Maria de Teresa

10:45 → 11:10 LAUDATION/ Award citation from Nobel's laureates

11:10 → 11:25 AWARDS CEREMONY: A. VOLTA Prize presented by the Acinque President and EPS President

11:30 → 12:10 Prize' winner' s speech: Prof. Jean Dalibard

12:40 → 13:55 LUNCH BREAK

14:30 → 15:05 Nobel Prize 1997: William D. Phillips's talk

Speaker: Prof. William D. PHILLIPS (UMD Physics Dept)

15:05 → 15:40 Nobel Prize 2022: Alain Aspect's talk

Speaker: Prof. Alain Aspect (ENS Paris-Saclay)

15:40 → 16:15 Sandro Stringari's talk

Speaker: Prof. Sandro Stringari (Emeritus, University of Trento, Italy)

16:15 → 16:50 Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

Speaker: Prof. Immanuel Bloch (LMU, Munich, Germany)

16:50 → 17:25 Francesca Ferlaino's talk

Speaker: Prof. Francesca FERLAINO (IQOQI, Innsbruck, Austria)

17:25 → 18:00 Lauriane Chomaz's talk

Speaker: Prof. Lauriane CHOMAZ (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)

18:05 → 18:35 CONCERT: SOLO, TRIO, Quartet

18:35 → 20:00 COCKTAIL