Events

For the 9th edition of the Annual Meeting was held in Erlangen, Germany. The meeting was expanded to three days, and the uOttawa delegation totaled 30 researchers. In addition, researchers were invited to extend their stay beyond the three days to implement research collaborations. A more relaxed schedule with extended breaks allowed for more informal interactions between our researchers. In total, 56 posters were presented and 23 research talks were delivered. An additional 81 person-days of research collaborations were carried out beyond the meeting dates. This model was very well received by our meeting attendees.

This 8th edition of our Annual Meeting was held in-person on the University of Ottawa’s campus. All participants were very excited to meet and interact in-person after two years. Our focus for this meeting was on identifying new opportunities for collaborative research. Each group was given a short 20-minutes slot to for this purpose, where 10 minutes were used to present and 10 minutes for questions and discussions. Extended lunch and poster sessions were held to promote informal interactions between attendees. In total, 100 researchers participated to this meeting.

The 7th annual meeting was held exclusively online due to the ongoing travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 Pandemic. This years iteration included virtual lab tours, scientific talks panel discussions and poster sessions. The first day opened with lab tours at the University of Ottawa. This was followed by research talk from selected junior groups. After a short break, we had a scientific panel discussion on optics for quantum technologies. The second day opened with lab tours at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. This was followed by a general town hall meeting where all researchers that are involved in the research activities of the MPC-EQP share their ideas on how the Centre is doing and how we can improve it. We then held a scientific panel discussion on Optics and Complex Media. Lastly, we closed with another poster session.

The Schawlow-Townes Symposium is the major academic event of the Photonics Community at the University of Ottawa. It was established in 2012 to honour photonics pioneers Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes. Prof. Townes attended the inaugural event in this series and gave an inspiring lecture. The Schawlow-Townes Symposium is cosponsored by NRC, the National Research Council of Canada.

The 6th edition of this meeting was held exclusively online due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. This was the first meeting of the second term of the MPC-EQP. German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser opened the event with talk on scientific cooperation between Germany and Canada. This was followed up by introductory talks from Dr. Damascelli (UBC) and Dr. Bernhard Keimer (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research) on the activities of the Max Planck-UBC-Tokyo Center for Quantum Materials. Our researchers then held a panel discussion aimed at exploring collaborative opportunities between each Max Planck Centres. On the second day, a Town Hall session and a Poster session was held online.

The fifth annual meeting of the MPC took place at MPL’s beautiful new building in Erlangen, Germany. The University of Ottawa sent 27 MPC members to attend this meeting. Over three days, about 30 oral presentations were given by MPC researchers, reporting on new ideas, potential collaborative projects as well as recent breakthroughs, initiating fruitful scientific discussions. We also took this opportunity to discuss the renewal of the Centre, and what we want to achieve over the next five years, which will be the second and final term of the MPC.

This international workshop covered emerging applications of machine learning to quantum devices, including advanced methods like reinforcement learning.

The fourth annual meeting of the MPC took place Ottawa, with 20 researchers from outside of Canada plus the MPC groups from Ottawa. During the one and a half day event, about 17 oral presentations were given by MPC researchers, reporting on new ideas, potential collaborative projects as well as recent breakthroughs, initiating fruitful scientific discussions. In total, over 77 researchers attended the meeting.

The MPC organized and hosted a summer school designed as an in-depth introduction to a wide variety of subjects in Photonics including twisted light, metamaterials, entanglement with photons, and ultrafast laser pulses. Lecturers included internationally recognized Canadian and International leaders in the fundamental and applied aspect of this field. The talks were specifically designed for senior undergraduates and master’s students.

The third annual meeting of the MPC took place at Tabaret Hall in Ottawa. Sixteen MPC researchers from MPL and MPQ met with the involved groups from Ottawa. During the two-day event, about 25 oral presentations were given by MPC researchers and PIs, reporting on new ideas, potential collaborative projects as well as recent breakthroughs, initiating fruitful scientific discussions. In total, over 70 researchers attended the meeting.

The second annual meeting of the MPC took place at Ringberg Castle near Tegernsee in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. A delegation of fourteen researchers from Canada met with the involved groups from MPL and MPQ. Over five days, about forty presentations were given by MPC researchers and PIs as well as other invited guests, reporting on progress of joint work and initiating scientific discussions and new collaborative research projects. In total, over sixty researchers attended the meeting.

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) hosted the IMPRS symposium for the Science of Light. The event was jointly organised by International Max Planck Research Schools for the Physics of Light (IMPRS-PL at MPL) and for Advanced Photon Science (IMPRS-APS at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics) and the Max Planck – University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics. More than 90 master

The 606th WEH-Seminar on Nanophotonics and Complex Spatial Modes of Light was held at the Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany. The event was organised by Peter Banzer and Gerd Leuchs, both members of the MPC. Young researchers and students were brought together with leading international experts from different optics communities, such as nano-optics, plasmonics, nanophotonics and structured light. The event featured oral presentations by 22 renowned speakers, poster sessions, poster awards and

The first official annual meeting of the Max Planck Centre was held at the University of Ottawa's main campus in downtown Ottawa. Fifteen researchers from Germany met with the Canadian groups of the MPC. Over three days, thirty presentations were given with the purpose of demonstrating the multiple research topics being explored by the researchers of the MPC, and to initiate scientific discussions and collaborative research projects.