Castello Pasquini/Castiglioncello (Tuscany), 5-9 October 2026
Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics
"The Schrödinger equation at 100 - from atoms through stars to quantum biology"
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Advisory Board
S. Adler (IAS, Princeton) J. Barbour (Oxford) G. Casati (Como) C. Grebogi (Edinburgh) S. Haroche (Paris) B.-L. Hu (Maryland) C. Isham (London) C. Kiefer (Cologne) N. Mavromatos (London) C. Rovelli (Marseille) C. Tsallis (Rio de Janeiro) G. Veneziano (CERN & Collčge de France)
C. Wetterich (Heidelberg) W. Zurek (Los Alamos)
With Us in Spirit
T. Arecchi (Firenze) [1933-2021] G.C. Ghirardi (Trieste) [1935-2018] J. Hartle (Santa Barbara) [1939-2023]
Founding and Supporting Members
O. Bertolami (Lisboa) I. Bialynicki-Birula (Warsaw) L. Davidovich (Rio de Janeiro)
L. Fronzoni (Pisa) J. Rafelski (Arizona) D. Stein (New York) M. Tegmark (MIT, Cambridge)
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Organizers
Massimo Blasone (Salerno) Lajos Diósi (Budapest)
Hans-Thomas Elze (Pisa, chair)
Lorenzo Fratino (Paris)
Jonathan Halliwell (London) Claus Kiefer (Cologne) Enrico Prati (Milano)
Giuseppe Vitiello (Salerno)
Conference secretaries:
Lorenzo Brevi (Milano) Sebastiano Corli (Milano) Luciano Petruzziello (Ulm)
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Objectives
Following DICE2002 - DICE2024, this biannual workshop addresses researchers in the fields of fundamental interactions, cosmology, general relativity, and quantum mechanics:
- The pillars of modern physics, quantum mechanics and general relativity, coexist very successfully, having in their respective domains impressive observational support. However, questionable unification of the known forces, cosmological constant problems, black hole entropy puzzle, and conceptual difficulties of quantum mechanics and its application to the Universe are stumbling blocks on the way to deeper understanding.-
Attempts to quantize gravity continue to stimulate studies of classical and quantum dynamics and of properties of "timeless" reparametrization-invariant systems. A central problem is to determine observables consistent with constraints. New ideas attract attention that consider spacetime or gravity as emergent phenomena, much like hydrodynamics is seen to arise from atomic physics. Even quantum mechanics might reflect deterministic dynamics beneath, which is hidden by coarse-graining to scales where quantum theory has been tested, nineteen orders of magnitude away from the Planck scale.-
Classical behavior in complex quantum systems, attributed to decoherence, has recently been studied from atomic to mesoscopic systems, the motivation being largely the quest for quantum information processing. However, decohering degrees of freedom in subatomic and general relativistic systems are little understood. The control of quantum systems by classical means and the study of quantum-classical hybrid dynamics present new challenges of practical as well as of fundamental character. The related measurement problem, wave function collapse or objective reduction persist as unresolved issues. These problems become particularly acute at the interface of quantum mechanics with gravity.-
The study of these topics may include an analysis of the kind of information that exists in systems with many degrees of freedom and typically long-range interactions and of the basic conditions under which it can be extracted. Corresponding measures of complexity have been elaborated and could play a role here.-
Topics for DICE2026 are defined but not constrained by overlapping interests in:
- emergent spacetime, matter, and symmetries
- searches for physics beyond the Standard Model
- tabletop challenges for quantum / gravity interface
- quantum phase transitions and quantum matter
- QM in biology, complex systems, and AI
- foundations of quantum theory
- key experiments
Invited Lectures
M. Aspelmeyer (IQOQI & Univ. Wien)
TBAG. Bianconi (Queen Mary Univ., London)
Gravity from entropy
M. Blasone (Univ. di Salerno)
Perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of flavor and chiral oscillations
L. Boi (EHESS, Paris)
Topological structures in macroscopic physics: Some examples
from condensed matter and complex living systemsG. Cella (Univ. & INFN, Pisa) [VIRGO collab.]
Gravitational waves from Nanohertz to Terahertz:
Current observations, future detectors, and unexplored windows
F. Del Santo (Univ. of Geneva)
Which features of quantum physics are fundamentally non-classical?L. Diósi (Wigner Res. Center, Budapest)
A vision: gravity is caused by spontaneous wave function collapseG. Dvali (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. & Max Planck Inst. Phys., München)
The memory burden effect
F. Finster (Univ. Regensburg)
Causal fermion systems as a dynamical collapse theory
I. Fuentes (Univ. of Southampton)
Bose-Einstein condensates at the interface of quantum theory and general relativityM. Genovese (INRIM, Torino)
The quantum Zeno effect: From an element of studies on quantum foundations
to a tool for noise reduction for quantum technologiesN. Gisin (Univ. of Geneva)
Indeterminism, relativity and non-locality
P. Grangier (Institut d'Optique / CNRS, Palaiseau)
An operator algebraic reconstruction of quantum mechanics
J. Halliwell (Imperial College, London)
Testing for non-classicality of a harmonic oscillator
using the Tsirelson inequalities in a Leggett-Garg frameworkB.-L. Hu (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
Vacuum viscosity -- what went wrong with a nonrelativistic description?
A. Kempf (Univ. of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute)
Adiabatic quantum computing: how solving computational problems
is equivalent to passing through quantum phase transitions
A. Khrennikov (Linnaeus Univ., Vaxjo)
The Double Covariance Model: A stochastic reconstruction of
quantum entangled states via interplay of micro-macro time scalesC. Kiefer (Univ. zu Kőln)
Decoherence and the arrow of timeK. Konishi (Univ. di Pisa)
Dynamics of strongly coupled chiral gauge theories: Recent developments
C. Marletto (Clarendon Lab., Oxford)
TBA
N. Mavromatos (Nat. Tech. Univ., Athens & King's College, London)
How much can gravitons be squeezed?J. McFadden (Univ. of Surrey)
Ripples in time: The brain's electromagnetic field as the substrate of subjective time
<KEYNOTE LECTURE> supp. by QUANTUM REPORTS & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di MilanoV. Mitsou (IFIC-CSIC / Univ. de Valencia)
Quantum entanglement in collider experiments
K. Mřlmer (Niels Bohr Inst., Copenhagen)
Getting used to quantum mechanicsM. Paternostro (Univ. di Palermo & Queen's Univ. Belfast)
TBA
F. Petruccione (NITheCS & Univ. of Stellenbosch)
TBA
M. Plenio (Univ. Ulm)
TBA
E. Prati (Univ. di Milano)
Quantum computers for emulation of the physical reality:
From quantum gravity to quantum biologyS. Sachdev (Harvard Univ.)
TBA
S. Saunders (Univ. of Oxford & Merton College)
Einstein locality and measurement independence
imply remote indefiniteness
G. Scholes (Univ. of Princeton)
Measurements on the separated subsystems of an entangled state
and insight into state collapse
G. Tino (Univ. di Firenze, LENS & INO)
Testing gravity with atomic quantum sensors
C. Trugenberger (SwissSci. Techn., Geneva & NY Univ. Abu Dhabi)
Networks as the fundamental constituents of the universe
A. Valentini (Abdus Salam Centre, Imperial College, London)
Flavour mixing anomalies and the Born rule
V. Vedral (Clarendon Lab., Oxford)
TBA
G. Veneziano (CERN & Collčge de France)
TBA
L. Vervoort (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
The measurement problem is a pseudo-problem
G. Vitiello (Univ. di Salerno)
Ferrofluids and multi-particle entanglementC. Wetterich (Univ. Heidelberg)
Quantum mechanics from classical probabilities
<KEYNOTE LECTURE> supported by ENTROPY & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano
Contributed Papers by registered participants
P: poster presentation C: oral communication T: talk
(all presented papers will have equal status when submitted for Proceedings)
R. Adhikari (ICTQT, Univ. of Gdansk)
P: Optimal universal higher-order quantum networks
for multi-copy unitary complex conjugation
A. Ashton (Institute of Physics Publ., Bristol)
Books and journals exhibition
S. Aziz (Univ. of Gdansk)
P: Approximate quantum switch based on weak measurements and recycling
F. Barrows (Los Alamos Nat. Lab.)
T: Operator-weighted quantum graphs from decoherence dynamics
A. Beckwith (Chongquing Univ.)
P: Examining toroidal geometry in terms of a 3-dimensional "Tokamak"
and the use of a toroidal UniverseM. Bonilla-Licea (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City)
T: Study of the dephasing in a dissipative single qubit
from a linear system theory framework
L. Brevi (Univ. di Milano)
P: Realistic modelling of entanglement in noisy quantum networks
C. Budroni (Univ. di Pisa)
T: Bounding nonlocal correlations via single-copy information causality
J. Bulling (Univ. Ulm)
C: Stability thresholds for gravitationally induced entanglement
in shielded setups
L. Buoninfante (Santiago de Compostela Univ.)
T: Multi-particle masking of ghost states in quantum field theory
A. Capolupo (Univ. Degli Studi di Salerno)
P: Quantum interferometric probe of neutron-hidden neutron oscillationsF. Caravelli (Planckian & Univ. di Pisa & Los Alamos Nat. Lab.)
T: In which sense entropy production depends on the observer?
A relational fluctuation theoremM. Chiofalo (Univ. di Pisa)
T: Quantum time and the time-dilation induced interaction transfer mechanism
S. Corli (Politecnico di Milano, CNR-IFN)
P: Quantum physics-informed neural networks for extreme physics
and the discorvery of physical law
J. Dickau (Indep. Res., Poughkeepsie NY)
P: What is the (geometric) point?
G. Doyen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., München)
P: From Einstein-Hilbert at 110 via Schrödinger at 100 to
elementary particle masses
D. Drakova (Sofia State Univ., Sofia)
P: Solution of the Hubble crisis within the EHHD theory
L. Fratino (Univ. de Cergy, Paris)
T: Voltage-controlled magnetism via electrically triggered
metal-insulator transitions
J. Gillot (Univ. Marie et Louis Pasteur, Besançon)
P: Quantum modified inertia: application to galactic dynamics
W. Gruber (Univ. Vienna)
P: Feynman's toolkit vs. Penrose's conundrum:
Quantum algorithms for cognitive control without new physics
V. Härkönen (Tampere Univ. & Helsinki Inst. of Phys.)
T: From symmetry and reduction to physically meaningful
relational observables in many-body quantum theory
T. Hirotani (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka)
P: Testing classical-quantum gravity with geodesic deviation
T. Ikeda (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka)
C: Analysis of photon-graviton conversion incorporating quantum effects
A. Iorio (Charles Univ., Prague & INFN, Bologna)
T: Are we testing the right theories with analogues?
A. Isar (Nat. Inst. Phys. & Nucl. Engin., Bucharest-Magurele)
C: Quantum entanglement of two bosonic modes in de Sitter space
J. Jones (Dublin Inst. Advanced Studies)
P: The spectral structure of the causal propagator
T. Kamalov (State Univ. Education, Russ. Federation, Moscow)
C: Non-inertial correction to gravity at galactic scales
I. Kanatchikov (Natl. Quantum Info. Centre in Gdansk)
C: Already observable covariant quantum gravity
without loops, strings, and asymptotic safety
B. Kappen (Radboud Univ., Nijmegen)
C: Hybrid Lindblad dynamics and Bayesian inference from stochastic processes
S. Kauffmann (APS Div. of Gravity & Miltonia Res., Singapore)
P: How gravity's puzzles enticed some of the greatest physicists
into mistakes
A. Keppens (Space Pole, Brussels)
C: Can quantum mechanics emerge from the dynamics of
spacetime degrees of freedom?
A. Kryukov (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
T: Born probabilities and classical motion from random matrix Schrődinger dynamics
O. Kwon (Univ. of Chicago & Cardiff Univ.)
T: Probing the groundstate of gravitational entanglement:
Incompleteness of quantum foundations from background space-time holography
J. Lässig (Fraunhofer IOSB-AST, Görlitz)
--H. Landman (Indep. Res., Fort Collins)
C: Time dilation as a key to unified theories
S. Di Lorenzo (Univ. of Aarhus)
C: Measurement-induced dynamics and emergent symmetries of particles
moving in a one-dimensional lattice
F. De Martini (Acad. Naz. del Lincei, Roma)
C: A detector for dark energy
C. McGruder (Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green)
P: Distinguishing between FLRW and Taub-NUT cosmologies
T. Mikeladze-Dvali (Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., München)
--E. Minguzzi (Univ. di Pisa)
T: Causal structure and spacetime quantization:
an algebraic perspective via monotone approximation
S. Monda (Univ. di Salerno)
P: Vacuum fermion condensates as cosmological sources
in torsionful gravity
J. Mureika (Loyola Marymount U., Los Angeles), B. Carr (Queen Mary U., London)
T: Combining the generalized and extended uncertainty principles
P. Nandi (Stellenbosch Univ.)
C: Decoherence signatures of quantum vs classical gravitational waves
C. Ntounis (Univ. of Patras)
P: Singular solutions of the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation
with a cosmological constant: classification and properties
D. Oaknin (Rafael Ltd., Haifa)
P: Geometric considerations in the interpretation of Bell's and
the double-slit experiments' results
A. Pachol (Univ. of South-Eastern Norway)
T: Thermodynamic signatures of crystalline materials in
noncommutative backgrounds
H. Paes (Techn. Univ. Dortmund)
T: Neutrinos as a probe for quantum gravity
P. Pais (Univ. Austral de Chile & Charles Univ., Prague)
P: Generalized uncertainty principle in three-dimensional black holes
and its thermodynamics
M. Paranjape (Univ. de Montreal)
C: Exotic differential structure and the 2-qubit moduli space
T. Parvez (Indian Inst. Technology, Bombay)
C: DBI sourced regular black holes as primordial dark matter
A. Pesci (Univ. Bologna)
C: Low-energy effects of quantum horizon geometry
L. Petruzziello (Univ. Ulm)
T: Decay of uniformly rotating particles
R. Pietsch (Univ. Ulm)
C: A post-Newtonian gravitational collapse model from linearized gravity
G. Pisacane (Univ. di Salerno)
P: Probing scalar dark matter-photon interactions
with single-arm quantum interferometry
I. Prlina (Univ. of Belgrade)
T: Detecting novel dynamics using time averaged weak measurements
P. Pylkkanen (Univ. of Helsinki & Skövde)
T: Bohm's pilot waves versus Penrose's objective reduction
on the physics of mind
M. Reginatto (Physikal.-Techn. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig)
P: Consistency of hybrid Van Hove theory
P. Rocchi (LUISS Univ., Roma)
C: Quantum foundation problems are mathematical and not physical
F. Romeo (Univ. di Salerno)
T: The extreme quantum cognition machines for deliberative decision making
O. Rousselle (Fondation Louis de Broglie, Paris)
P: On the Zitterbewegung motion and the mass of the electronL. Scalone (Springer Verlag Italia, Milano)
Books and journals exhibition
F. Scardigli (Politecnico di Milano)
T: Bekenstein bound and generalized entropies
D. Schuch (Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt)
T: Open quantum systems -- From Bateman to LindbladK. Simonov (Univ. of Vienna)
C: Information-theoretic time-travel with freedom of choice
= Unambiguous nonlocality without entanglement
T. Singh (Tata Inst. Fundam. Res., Mumbai)
T: Can extra timelike dimensions make quantum collapse causally connected?
B. Šoda (Univ. of Zagreb)
T: Dynamical Wick rotation
C. Stoica (Dept. Theor. Phys., NIPNE--HH, Bucharest)
T: Quantum time, positive energy, and emergent curvature
F. Strubbe (Ghent Univ.)
P: Five-dimensional classical models for EPR tests,
double-slit interference, and gravity
P. Tadros (Charles Univ., Prague)
C: Canonical quantization of all minisuperspaces
with consistent symmetry reductions
D. Terno (Macquarie Univ.)
T: Horizons, wormholes, and semiclassical self-consistencyR. Gallego Torromé (Indep. Res., Valencia)
P: On the nature of time according to Hamilton-Randers theoryM. Tyagi (Univ. College Groningen)
T: Can quantum field theory be recovered from
time-symmetric stochastic mechanics?
S. Ulbricht (Physikal.-Techn. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig)
T: On classically mediated quantum entanglement in hybrid van Hove theory
D. Vasak (FIAS, Frankfurt)
T: On enforcing non-degeneracy of Lagrangians in relativistic field theories
R. Wagner (Univ. Ulm)
P: Zeno-assisted quantum heat engines
M. Wright (The Archive Trust, Bristol)
--
Y. Yazdi (Dublin Inst. Advanced Studies)
C: Dark energy from causal set theory
V. Zatloukal (Czech Techn. Univ. in Prague)
C: Higgs model induced by quantum fluctuations of fermionic matter fields
PCT:
Program
Access to lectures for registered participants only.
Accesso al convegno solo per iscritti.
Serata dedicata al pubblico giovedi, 8 ottobre.
(questions at speaker's discretion!)
SUNDAY, 4 October
Arrival in Castiglioncello16:30 - 19:00 Registration at Castello Pasquini (conference site)
18:30 - 20:00 Reception at Castello Pasquini
MONDAY, 5 October
A bouquet of quantum & classical aspects of gravity
-- WORKSHOP OPENING --
8:45 - 9:00
-- Welcome --
Chair: H.-T. Elze 9:00 - 9:25 L. Diósi -- A vision: gravity is caused by spontaneous wave function collapse
9:25 - 9:50 G. Bianconi -- Gravity from entropy 9:50 - 10:15 C. Trugenberger -- Networks as the fundamental constituents of the universe 10:15 - 10:55
-- Coffee Break -- Coffee Breaks supported in part by journal MATHEMATICS Chair: C. Trugenberger
10:55 - 11:15 V. Härkönen -- From symmetry and reduction to physically meaningful
relational observables in many-body quantum theory
11:15 - 11:35 F. Caravelli -- In which sense entropy production depends on the observer?
A relational fluctuation theorem11:35 - 11:55 F. Scardigli -- Bekenstein bound and generalized entropies 11:55 - 12:15 D. Terno -- Horizons, wormholes, and semiclassical self-consistency
12:15 - 12:30 A. Pesci -- Low-energy effects of quantum horizon geometry 12:30 - 12:55 I. Fuentes -- Bose-Einstein condensates at the interface of
quantum theory and general relativity
13:00 - 15:00
-- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --
Chair: L. Diósi
15:00 - 15:20 T. Singh -- Can extra timelike dimensions make quantum collapse causally connected? 15:20 - 15:40 F. Barrows -- Operator-weighted quantum graphs from decoherence dynamics 15:40 - 16:05 F. Finster -- Causal fermion systems as a dynamical collapse theory 16:05 - 16:45
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: F. Scardigli
16:45 - 17:00 V. Zatloukal -- Higgs model induced by quantum fluctuations of fermionic matter fields
17:00 - 17:15 A. Keppens -- Can quantum mechanics emerge from the dynamics of
spacetime degrees of freedom?17:30 - 18:30
-- POSTER EXHIBITION adjacent to auditorium --
TUESDAY, 6 October
Quantum physics reaching out further
Chair: N. Mavromatos 9:00 - 9:25
K. Konishi -- Dynamics of strongly coupled chiral gauge theories: Recent developments
9:25 - 9:50 M. Blasone -- Perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of flavor and chiral oscillations 9:50 - 10:15 A. Valentini -- Flavour mixing anomalies and the Born rule 10:15 - 10:55
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: M. Blasone
10:55 - 11:20 V. Mitsou -- Quantum entanglement in collider experiments 11:20 - 11:40 H. Paes -- Neutrinos as a probe for quantum gravity 11:40 - 12:05 N. Mavromatos -- How much can gravitons be squeezed?
12:05 - 12:30 A. Iorio -- Are we testing the right theories with analogues?
12:30 - 12:55 G. Cella -- Gravitational waves from Nanohertz to Terahertz:
Current observations, future detectors, and unexplored windows13:00 - 15:00 -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --
Chair: A. Iorio
15:00 - 15:15 P. Nandi -- Decoherence signatures of quantum vs classical gravitational waves 15:15 - 15:30 T. Ikeda -- Analysis of photon-graviton conversion
incorporating quantum effects15:30 - 15:50 J. Mureika -- Combining the generalized and extended uncertainty principles 15:50 - 16:10 L. Petruzziello -- Decay of uniformly rotating particles
16:10 - 16:40
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: D. Terno
16:40 - 16:55 K. Simonov -- Information-theoretic time-travel with freedom of choice
= Unambiguous nonlocality without entanglement16:55 - 17:15 C. Budroni -- Bounding nonlocal correlations via single-copy information causality 17:15 - 17:35 C. Stoica -- Quantum time, positive energy, and emergent curvature 17:35 - 17:55 M. Chiofalo -- Quantum time and the time-dilation induced
interaction transfer mechanism17:55 - 18:10 H. Landman -- Time dilation as a key to unified theories
WEDNESDAY, 7 October
New developments around the foundations of QM
Chair: P. Grangier
9:00 - 9:25
S. Saunders -- Einstein locality and measurement independence
imply remote indefiniteness
9:25 - 9:50 L. Vervoort -- The measurement problem is a pseudo-problem
9:50 - 10:15 F. Del Santo -- Which features of quantum physics are fundamentally non-classical?
10:15 - 10:55 -- Coffee Break --
Chair: S. Saunders
10:55 - 11:20 J. Halliwell -- Testing for non-classicality of a harmonic oscillator
using the Tsirelson inequalities in a Leggett-Garg framework11:20 - 11:45 G. Scholes -- Measurements on the separated subsystems of an entangled state
and insight into state collapse
11:45 - 12:10 N. Gisin -- Indeterminism, relativity and non-locality 12:10 - 12:50 C. Wetterich -- Quantum mechanics from classical probabilities
<KEYNOTE LECTURE>
supported by ENTROPY & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano13:00 - 14:45 -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --
Chair: F. Del Santo
14:45 - 15:05 S. Ulbricht -- On classically mediated quantum entanglement
in hybrid van Hove theory15:05 - 15:25 A. Kryukov -- Born probabilities and classical motion from
random matrix Schrődinger dynamics15:25 - 15:45 M. Tyagi -- Can quantum field theory be recovered from
time-symmetric stochastic mechanics?15:45 - 16:00 B. Kappen -- Hybrid Lindblad dynamics and Bayesian inference
from stochastic processes16:00 - 16:20
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: V. Mitsou
16:20 - 16:35 S. Di Lorenzo -- Measurement-induced dynamics and emergent symmetries
of particles moving in a one-dimensional lattice
16:35 - 17:00 G. Tino -- Testing gravity with atomic quantum sensors 17:00 - 17:20 O. Kwon -- Probing the groundstate of gravitational entanglement:
Incompleteness of quantum foundations from
background space-time holography18:45
-- Reception / Aperitivo at Villa Parisi --
19:45
-- Conference Dinner at Villa Parisi --
THURSDAY, 8 October
On micro- and macro-facets of the quantum world
Chair: G. Scholes 9:00 - 9:25 K. Mřlmer -- Getting used to quantum mechanics
9:25 - 9:50 M. Genovese -- The quantum Zeno effect:
From an element of studies on quantum foundations
to a tool for noise reduction for quantum technologies
9:50 - 10:15 P. Grangier -- An operator algebraic reconstruction of quantum mechanics 10:15 - 10:55
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: M. Genovese
10:55 - 11:20 G. Dvali -- The memory burden effect 11:20 - 11:45 L. Boi -- Topological structures in macroscopic physics: Some examples
from condensed matter and complex living systems
11:45 - 12:25 J. McFadden -- Ripples in time:
The brain's electromagnetic field as the substrate of subjective time
<KEYNOTE LECTURE>
supp. by QUANTUM REPORTS & Dip. di Fisica, Univ. Degli Studi di Milano12:25 - 12:45 P. Pylkkanen -- Bohm's pilot waves versus Penrose's objective reduction
on the physics of mind13:00 - 15:00 -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --
Chair: E. Minguzzi 15:00 - 15:20 L. Buoninfante -- Multi-particle masking of ghost states in quantum field theory 15:20 - 15:40 D. Vasak -- On enforcing non-degeneracy of Lagrangians in relativistic field theories 15:40 - 15:55 P. Tadros -- Canonical quantization of all minisuperspaces
with consistent symmetry reductions15:55 - 16:10 R. Pietsch -- A post-Newtonian gravitational collapse model
from linearized gravity16:10 - 16:40
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: A. Kempf
16:40 - 17:00 A. Pachol -- Thermodynamic signatures of crystalline materials in
noncommutative backgrounds
17:00 - 17:20 E. Minguzzi -- Causal structure and spacetime quantization:
an algebraic perspective via monotone approximation17:20 - 17:35 M. Paranjape -- Exotic differential structure and the 2-qubit moduli space 17:35 - 17:50 P. Rocchi -- Quantum foundation problems are mathematical and not physical 21:00
2nd floor
SERATA DEDICATA AL PUBBLICO (public evening, in Italian)
"100 anni dopo Heisenberg e Schrödinger -
dagli atomi alle stelle fino alla biologia quantistica"
G. Bianconi (Londra), L. Boi (Parigi) e G. Vitiello (Salerno)
FRIDAY, 9. October
From real via dark matters to quantum computing
Chair: B.-L. Hu 9:00 - 9:20 L. Fratino -- Voltage-controlled magnetism via electrically triggered
metal-insulator transitions
9:20 - 9:45 G. Vitiello -- Ferrofluids and multi-particle entanglement 9:45 - 10:10 A. Khrennikov -- The Double Covariance Model:
A stochastic reconstruction of quantum entangled states
via interplay of micro-macro time scales
10:10 - 10:50
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: A. Khrennikov
10:50 - 11:05 J. Bulling -- Stability thresholds for gravitationally induced entanglement
in shielded setups11:05 - 11:20 T. Parvez -- DBI sourced regular black holes as primordial dark matter 11:20 - 11:35 A. Isar -- Quantum entanglement of two bosonic modes in de Sitter space 11:35 - 11:50 T. Kamalov -- Non-inertial correction to gravity at galactic scales 11:50 - 12:05 Y. Yazdi -- Dark energy from causal set theory 12:15 - 14:00 -- Lunch at Hotel Atlantico --
Chair: E. Prati
14:00 - 14:20 D. Schuch -- Open quantum systems -- From Bateman to Lindblad
14:20 - 14:40 I. Prlina -- Detecting novel dynamics using time averaged weak measurements 14:40 - 15:00 M. Bonilla-Licea -- Study of the dephasing in a dissipative single qubit
from a linear system theory framework15:00 - 15:20 F. Romeo -- The extreme quantum cognition machines for
deliberative decision making15:20 - 16:00
-- Coffee Break --
Chair: G. Dvali
16:00 - 16:25 E. Prati -- Quantum computers for emulation of the physical reality:
From quantum gravity to quantum biology
16:25 - 16:50 A. Kempf -- Adiabatic quantum computing: how solving computational problems
is equivalent to passing through quantum phase transitions16:50 - 17:15 B.-L. Hu -- Vacuum viscosity -- what went wrong with a nonrelativistic description?
-- WORKSHOP CLOSING --
Proceedings
Proceedings of DICE2026 will be published in
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (open access)
==> details will be announced after the meeting!
Proceedings of DICE2024:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3017 (2025)
H.-T. Elze, M. Blasone, L. Diosi, L. Fratino, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/2533/1
Proceedings of DICE2022:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2533 (2023)
H.-T. Elze, M. Blasone, L. Diosi, L. Fratino, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/2533/1
Proceedings of DICE2018:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1275 (2019)
H.-T. Elze, M. Blasone, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/1275/1
Proceedings of DICE2016:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 880 (2017)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/880/1
Proceedings of DICE2014:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 626 (2015)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, C. Kiefer, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/626/1
Proceedings of DICE2012:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 442 (2013)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, E. Prati, G. Vitiello and J. Yearsley (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/442/1
Proceedings of DICE2010:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 306 (2011)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell, J. Yearsley, E. Prati and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/306/1
Proceedings of DICE2008:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 174 (2009)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi, L. Fronzoni, J.J. Halliwell and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/174/1
Proceedings of DICE2006:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 67 (2007)
H.-T. Elze, L. Diosi and G. Vitiello (eds.)
- free access at http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/67/1
Proceedings of DICE2004:
Brazilian Journal of Physics, 35, no. 2A+2B, 205-529 (2005)
H.-T. Elze (ed.)
- free access at http://www.sbfisica.org.br/bjp
Proceedings of DICE2002:
Decoherence and Entropy in Complex Systems
Springer Lecture Notes in Physics, LNP 633
H.-T. Elze (ed.) (Springer, Berlin, 2004)
Registration now open
Procedure:
A. Please, send e-mail to elze@df.unipi.it with this format:
NAME / AFFILIATION / E-MAIL ________________________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS __________________________________________________________________________
STUDENT yes / no _____________________________________________________________________________
TITLE / ABSTRACT of contributed paper __________________________________________ (at least preliminary)
ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE DATES + ACCOMPANYING PERSONS ____________________________________=> talks etc. will be selected by organizers based on abstracts received by July 31st.
Registration will be acknowledged and should become visible in the list of Contributed Papers.
B. Registration Fee: full 390 EUR, student 350 EUR, accompanying person 190 EUR --
to be paid in cash at the registration desk -- covering coffee breaks, receptions, lunches,
conference dinner, conference material, and open access publication of proceedings.
Conference Site
The conference will take place at Castello Pasquini in Castiglioncello (Tuscany),
which is described, for example, on WIKIPEDIA! A browser search for Castello Pasquini
or Castiglioncello is also fruitfull. - A Tourist Information office is located at Castiglioncello
train station, a few steps from Castello Pasquini (e-mail: apt7castiglioncello@costadeglietruschi.it),
with website: http://www.costadeglietruschi.it
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Accommodation (Travel advice below)Participants -- except invited speakers -- are kindly requested to reserve accommodation
by direct contact with a chosen hotel (all within walking distance to conference site)
==> as soon as the favourable conference rates are listed in the following.
Please, be aware of widespread phishing attempts trying to obtain
booking or payment information from participants of conferences!!
Please, mention in all correspondence with your hotel to participate at
Convegno DICE2026 at Castello Pasquini and refer to indicated room rate!
(Local tax "tassa di soggiorno" of 0.50 EUR per person x no. of days x no. of hotel *s is added by hotel.)
Conference room rates for Single / Double (single use) / Double rooms per night, incl. breakfast:
Hotel Baia del Sorriso *** EUR - / 85 / 99
http://www.castiglioncelloturismo.com
info@baiadelsorriso.com
Hotel Tirreno *** EUR 100 / 110 / 120
http://www.hotel-tirreno.com
info@hoteltirreno.info
Hotel Corallo *** EUR 90 / 105 / 110
http://www.initalia.it/hotel/hotelcorallocastiglioncello.htm
hotelcoralloc.cello@gmail.com
Hotel Atlantico *** EUR 90 / 130 / 140
http://www.hotelatlantico.it
hotelatlantico@baldini1956.it
Hotel Martini **** EUR - / 120 / 180
http://www.villamartini.it
info@villamartini.it
Hotel Costa Verde ** EUR 65 / 85 / 95
http://www.hotelcostaverdecastiglioncello.com
costaverde@gvhotels.it
Hotel Guerrini ** EUR 65 / 85 / 95
http://www.hotelguerrinicastiglioncello.com
guerrini@gvhotels.it
Albergo Bartoli EUR 70 / 80 / 90
https://www.albergobartoli.com
albergobartoli@interfree.it, albergo.bartoli@hotmail.it
Castiglioncello Suite EUR 54 / 63 / 72
https://www.castiglioncellosuite.it/
info@castiglioncellosuite.it
Further hotels may also be found through the tourist information / link above under
"Conference Site".
Travelling:
Nearest and most convenient is PISA international airport.
From there you go by shuttle or taxi to the main train station Pisa Centrale,
which takes about 5-10 min.
Regional trains from Pisa Centrale to Castiglioncello, your destination, take about 30-40 min.
From Roma Termini train station to Castiglioncello may take about 3 h by regional train.
With long-distance fast trains, you have to reach Pisa or Livorno (from North) and
Campiglia Marittima or Cecina (from South) and change for regional trains to Castiglioncello.
Trenitalia Timetables are available here:
http://www.trenitalia.it
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Sponsors
Dipartimento di Fisica "Enrico Fermi"
Universita di Pisa
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Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello"
Universita di Salerno
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Universita di Milano
iisf - Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici
diploma d'onore del parlamento europeo -- presidente onorario pierluigi celli
Via Monte di Dio 14 - Palazzo Serra di Cassano - 80132 Napoli - tel.: 081.7642652 \B7 fax: 081.7642654 \B7 mail: info@iisf.it
ARMUNIA
Castiglioncello
Institute Of Physics Publishing http://journals.iop.org
Dirac House, Bristol
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Springer http://www.springer.com
Heidelberg
MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/
Basel
Solvay Italia SA http://www.solvay.com
Rosignano
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