Conference Co-Chair Prof Elena Ostrovskaya – Australian National University
In January 2020 FLEET brought the 10th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic Systems (ICSCE10) to Australia for the first time.
Continuing this 15-year tradition from the global scientific community interested in various quantum phenomena, ICSCE10 was hosted at the Arts Centre Melbourne amidst smoke storms resulting from what was one of the worst bushfire seasons in Australia’s history.
ICSCE10 brought together more than 100 researchers interested in the study of spontaneous coherence in various physical systems including excitons, exciton-polaritons, cold atomic and other quantum systems. These are topics closely related to FLEET research theme 2, exciton superfluids and research theme 3, light-transformed materials.
With almost 65% of conference attendees coming from overseas, ICSCE10 has enabled FLEET to strengthen our partnership with existing international partners and develop links with new collaborators.
Co-chaired by FLEET theme 2 leader, Elena Ostrovskaya and Timothy Liew, FLEET collaborator from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, ICSCE10 four-day program included 18 invited seminars, 50 contributed oral and 15 poster presentations.
International delegates were impressed with the iconic venue in Melbourne and the Indigenous-inspired conference dinner menu that showcased Australian native ingredients. Conference delegates also had fun with FLEET’s periodic table Top Trump card game with quite a few requesting additional packs to bring back home to their friends and families.
—written by Dt Tich-Lam Nguyen, FLEET