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

Friday, 2 October 2026 - 00:15
TEATRO SOCIALE

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
2 Oct 2026
AM
09:30
ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE (until 10:00)
10:00
WELCOME adresses: Local authorities, Acinque, Fondazione Volta, SIF -Prof. Angela Bracco (Presidente Società Italiana di Fisica) Prof. Paola Dubini (Presidente Fondazione Volta) Alessio Butti (Sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio. Delega Innovazione Tecnologica e Transizione Digitale.) Alessandro Rapinese (Sindaco di Como) Alessandro Fermi (Assessore Università, Ricerca e Innovazione presso regione Lombardia) Prof. Umberto Piarulli (Il Prorettore vicario dell'Università Insubria) (until 10:30)
10:30
Science, Innovation and Local Communities: Acinque's vision - Matteo Barbera (President Acinque) (until 10:40)
10:40
The Alessandro Volta Prize: origins, objectives and scientific significance -Prof. José Maria De Teresa (President European Physical Society) Prof. Giulio Casati (Scientific Coordinator, Fondazione Alessandro Volta, University of Insubria) (until 11:00)
11:00
Laudationes for the Award Recipient -Prof. William D. Phillips (Nobel Laureate in Physics 1997, NIST and University of Maryland) Prof. Alain Aspect (Nobel Laureate in Physics 2022, Institut d'Optique - Université Paris-saclay and Ecole Polytechnique) (until 11:30)
11:30
AWARDS CEREMONY -Prof. José Maria De Teresa (President European Physical Society) Matteo Barbera (President Acinque) (until 11:40)
11:40
Ultracold Gases: Where Matter Becomes Quantum -Prof. Jean Dalibard (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel and Collège de France) (until 12:20)
PM
12:20
Closing remarks - Stefano Cetti (Amministratore Delegato Acinque) (until 12:30)
12:30 --- LUNCH BREAK OFFERED TO MORNING PARTICIPANTS AT THE TEATRO SOCIALE ---
13:30
Transfer by feet to CHIOSTRO DI SANT ABBONDIO (until 13:50)
13:50
AFTERNOON REGISTRATION (until 14:00)
14:00
OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM -Prof. Michela Prest (Director of the Disat department) Prof. Umberto Piarulli (Prorector University Insubria) (until 14:15)
14:30 Laser Cooling and the Birth of Ultracold Atomic Physics - Prof. William D. PHILLIPS (UMD Physics Dept)   (Aula Magna)
15:05 Quantum Entanglement : From Foundational Tests to Modern Quantum Technologies - Prof. Alain ASPECT (ENS Paris-Saclay)   (Aula Magna)
15:40 Bose-Einstein Condensation and Superfluidity in Ultracold Atomic Gases - Prof. Sandro STRINGARI (Emeritus, University of Trento, Italy)   (Aula Magna)
16:15 Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices - Prof. Immanuel BLOCH (LMU, Munich, Germany)   (Aula Magna)
16:50 Dipolar Quantum Gases: Exploring Novel Phases of Ultracold Matter - Prof. Francesca FERLAINO (IQOQI, Innsbruck, Austria)   (Aula Magna)
17:25 Collective Phenomena and Phase Transitions in Dipolar Quantum Gases - Prof. Lauriane CHOMAZ (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)   (Aula Magna)
18:00 Closing remarks - Prof. Massimo Inguscio (Università di Firenze & INRIM) Prof. José Maria De Teresa (President European Physical Society)  
18:15
CONCERT - Two-violin sonata by Ysaÿe; a selection from Bartók’s Duos -Mr Samuele Piccolo (violinist) Mrs Francesca Conte (violinist) (until 18:45)
18:45 --- COCKTAIL ---