Updates! Schedule Deadlines Talks Accommodations Subsidies Registration Outing Advert (pdf)

The University of Calgary Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America is hosting the 2009 Alberta Quantum and Nano-Optics (QuNO 09) Annual Meeting at the University of Calgary Campus, from Wednesday, June 24th to Saturday, June 27th, 2009. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature a two-day schedule of student talks and guest speakers, with a social outing on the third day.

The event will be in a workshop format, with the focus of the talks on imparting practical skills and discussing capabilities, not necessarily highlighting the most recent research results. The aim will be on teaching both theoretical and experimental technical tools by graduate students to graduate students, skills that could be directly applied to day-to-day research. We will also have tours of our state-of-the-art Institute for Quantum Information Science (IQIS) research laboratories that will aim to highlight our institutional capabilities and opportunities for collaboration.

UPDATES!

May 21 The QuNO 09 organizers are proud to announce Dr. Rainer Irashko
as a guest lecturer from TRLabs! He will be giving a talk on entrepreneurship and business start-up. This is an excellent opportunity to attend a talk focused on the skill set required for a successful career in the industry sector of not only optics but any scientific field!

Conference Schedule




Deadlines:

Wed. April 22 - Last day to book guaranteed room
Wed. June 3 - Last day to register for presentation and/or outing
(Outing fee for non-presenters - $20 - please contact organizers)
Fri. June 19 - Last day to register/submit talk outline

QuNO 2009 Submitted Talks/Seminars .
     
Name Talk/Seminar Title
Connor Kupchak Characterizing quantum optical processes
Chris Healey Ultra-fast and number discriminating photon detection
Andrew Macrae How to stabilize a laser in an unstable world
Terence Stuart A budget source of photon entanglement
Embard Bimbard Homodyne Detectors for measuring quantum light states
Josh Slater Universal Time-Bin Qubit Measurements
Nitin Jain Quantum Unicorns
Neil Sinclair Tm:LiNbO3 waveguides: a novel material candidate for quantum memories
Ben Lavoie Guided waves in dielectrics and metamaterials
Alexander Hentschel Enhancing the Precision of Quantum Measurements using Machine Learning

Sample Talk Outline

Accommodations:

Inexpensive accommodations for the conference are being provided by University of Calgary Hotel and Conference Services. They have studio rooms (double occupancy) available for $25/night. The UofC OSA Student Chapter has a number of rooms blocked off for the event, please mention that you are staying with us when making reservations. Their toll-free reservation number is 1-877-498-3203.

Subsidies:

A limited number of travel and accommodation subsidies are available. Please indicate on your registration form if you are applying for a subsidy.

If you are a University of Alberta student, you are eligible for one of ten travel and accommodation grants provided to the UofA SPIE Student Chapter from the UofC OSA Student Chapter. The grants provide for gas money and complete accommodation subsidy for your trip to the meeting, but you must be a member of the UofA SPIE Student Chapter to apply, (If you are not already, it is easy to become a member! Visit their website at the link above). Please contact us or them for more information. .

Registration:

In order to facilitate simple and efficient registration, we ask that you please copy the following text
into an email, and send it to Connor at ckupchak@phas.ucalgary.ca:

Basics
Name:
Institution (if any):
Department/Affiliation:
Position (Grad, Undergrad Student etc):
Do you currently hold a SPIE membership?
Do you currently hold an OSA membership?

Contact Info
Email:
Office Phone:
Residential Phone:
Work Address:

Presentation Info:
Do you intend on giving a workshop, seminar, or presentation?
If yes, please provide a short (approx. 3 sentence description) of what information, skill, or tool do you want to present/teach during your workshop**?

Other Info:
Will you require accommodations in University of Calgary dormitories on the nights of June 24th-June 26th (please specify which nights):
Are you interested in applying for a travel subsidy to attend our workshop?:
Do you want to participate in the rafting trip on Saturday June 27th?:
Do you have any specific food requirements?:
Do you have any health concerns that the conference coordinators should be aware of?:

Outing:

An fun, easy whitewater rafting trip down the fantastic Kananaskis River is planned for the third day of the conference. The trip has been done several times before by members of IQIS, and is a really great time! More information on the trip will be posted as it becomes available.