Cape Tribulation – ICAP Student workshop 2010

Lecture notes now online

Thursday 22 July – Saturday 24 July 2010

ACQAO acknowledges support from the following international partners:

Registrations are now closed. Those wishing to be on the reserve list please email Damien Hughes, damien.hughesanu.edu.au

This workshop offers an opportunity for PhD students to explore the latest of atomic physics and ultracold atoms. The foundations, latest developments and future ideas will be presented through a series of tutorials by world leading experts, through discussion sessions and student presentations, posters and talks.

The workshop complements the ICAP conference which covers the most recent advances in the broad field of atomic physics, such as atomic tests of fundamental physics and basic symmetries; precision measurements (including atomic clocks, atom interferometers and fundamental constants); ultracold gases and Bose Einstein Condensates; ultracold Fermi gases; ultracold molecules; quantum simulators with atoms and ions; few-body systems; quantum information with atoms and ions; quantum optics and cavity QED with atoms; hybrid and optomechanical systems; and ultrafast phenomena and free electron lasers.

The venue will be a tropical resort that can accommodate all participants.   The location is Cape Tribulation (map) in far north Queensland, a world heritage listed area north of Cairns amongst tropical rainforest and access to the tropical beach.

We have a limited number of places for PhD students left to fill (there will be 80 attending students in total). If you are interested, please read below how to register your interest.

Proposed program

The program will take full advantage of the local conditions: we will start early, have a long lunchbreak with opportunities for discussions and to enjoy the jungle and the beach, a short walk away. There will be further science sessions in the afternoon and early evening.  Together we have control of the venue, science program and entertainment.

Registration

Registration cost AU$400 + 10% GST, = AU$ 440   includes the following:

• Coach transfer to and from Cape Tribulation on Wednesday and Sunday
• Accommodation (shared) 
• Breakfast from Thursday to Sunday
• Morning & Afternoon tea and Lunch
• Group dinner on Friday night

Students from the participating research Centers (ACQAO, IFRAF, QUEST, MIT and JQI) should contact their own institutions and register through them. Other students should fill out the registration form (doc, pdf) and send it to:   

Damien Hughes: damien.hughesanu.edu.au
ACQAO BLD 38 The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA

• Registration fees are waived for ACQAO, IFRAF & QUEST students as they are covered by ACQAO partner agreement.
• Cost of flights / travel to Cairns is the responsibility of the attendees and their home institution).
• Flights from Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane to Cairns, return approx. AU$600 -  $700