Title: Future Trends for Exploring Dynamics and Complexity in Physical Sciences
Date: 11 April 2025
Location: Aula Sironi, Building U4, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
The symposium Future Trends for Exploring Dynamics and Complexity in Physical Sciences marked the final event of the SMART-electron project. Organised by the Department of Materials Science at the University of Milano-Bicocca in collaboration with the Bicocca Quantum Technology (BiQuTe) Center, the one-day event brought together an international group of researchers working at the intersection of electron microscopy, ultrafast photonics, quantum technologies, and advanced materials science.
The scientific programme featured invited talks by leading experts from across Europe and the United States, including G. M. Vanacore (University of Milano-Bicocca), Dirk Van Der Marel (University of Geneva), Caterina Vozzi (CNR-IFN, Milan), Lorenzo Maccone (University of Pavia), F. Javier Garcia de Abajo (ICFO, Madrid), and Anthony Fitzpatrick (Columbia University). Topics ranged from light-matter interaction and condensed matter systems to programmable electron wavefronts and emerging applications in bioscience.
The event was conducted in person and also broadcast live via Zoom, enabling broad participation from the international scientific community. The symposium provided a platform to present the main scientific results of the SMART-electron project and to discuss future directions in the study of dynamic and complex phenomena in the physical sciences.