Foundations of Probability and Physics-5

Arranged by ICMM - International Centre for Mathematical Modelling in physics, engineering and cognitive sciences - at Växjö University, Sweden.

This is the 5th conference arranged by ICMM which is devoted to quantum foundations, in particular probabilistic foundations. The first four conferences took place in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Some closely related conferences are Bohmian Mechanics 2000 and Quantum Theory: Reconsiderations of Foundations 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007,
see  http://www.vxu.se/msi/aktuellt/konferens/index.xml

During previous conferences we were lucky to collect fruitful mixtures of physicists
(including experimenters), mathematicians and even philosophers interested in foundations. Fundamental questions of quantum mechanics, especially information theory, quantum computing, cryptography, and teleportation are important topics at the conference.

Quantum fluctuations (in the form of SED or other approaches to stochastic quantum mechanics) always play a fundamental role (especially in debates).
Even adherents of Bohmian mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation are warmly welcome. We also hope to have talks on completeness and incompleteness of quantum mechanics, macroscopic quantum systems, experiments on quantum nonlocality and locality, Bell's inequality, quantum probability, entanglement, quantum computing and cryptography technologies, philosophic problems, and mathematical formalism.

We will also encourage a discussion of the significance and meaning of
Kochen-Specker type theorems and the issue of contextuality in quantum
mechanics, as there has been a recent resurgence of interest in these
issues in quantum information and quantum foundations communities. To this
end, there will be a special session on the topic organized by C. A.
Fuchs. Speakers will include J. Emerson, C. A. Fuchs, I. Bengtsson,
J-Å. Larsson, J. Smolin, and others.

L. Accardi, University of Rome-2, Italy
G. Jaeger, Boston University, USA
A. Khrennikov, Växjö University , Sweden
J-Å. Larsson, University of Linköping, Sweden
S. Stenholm, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

G. Adenier, Växjö University, Sweden
V. Marenich, Kalmar University, Sweden.

L. Accardi, University of fome-2, Italy
G. Adenier, Växjö University, Sweden
M. Appleby, University of London, UK
G. Bacciagaluppi, University of Sydney, Australia
E. Beltrametti, University of Genova, Italy*
I. Bengtsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
D. Branning, Trinity College, USA
A. Cabello, University of Seville, Spain
F. De Martini,  Universitā di Roma, Italy
J. Emerson, University of Waterloo, Canada
C. A. Fuchs, Perimeter Institute, Canada
C. Garola, University of Salento, Italy
M. Genovese, University of Turin, Italy
R. Gill, Leiden University, The Netherlands
K. Gustafsson, University of Boulder Colorado, USA
E. Haven, University of Leicester, UK
G. Jaeger, Boston University, USA
A. Khrennikov, Växjö University, Sweden
S. Kulik, Moscow State University, Russia
J-Å. Larsson, University of Linköping, Sweden
S. Mancini, Universita' di Camerino, Italy
O. V. Man'ko, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia
V. Marenich, Kalmar University, Sweden
O. Nanasiova, Bratislava Technical University, Slovak Republic
M. Navara, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
T. M. Nieuwenhuizen, Amsterdam University, The Netherlands
A. Nikulov, Inst. of Microelectronics Techn. and High Purity Materials Chernogolovka, Russia
M. Ohya, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Y. Ozhigov, Moscow State University, Russia
A. Plotnitsky, Purdue University, USA
J. Pykacz, University of Gdansk, Poland
H. Rauch, Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, Austria
C. Roychoudhuri, University of Connecticut, USA
R. Schack, University of London, UK
J. Smolin, IBM, USA
D. Sofge, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA.
S. Stenholm, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
I. Volovich, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia
N. Watanabe, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
G. Weihs, University of Waterloo, Canada.
M. Zukowski, University of Gdansk, Poland.

* To be confirmed

The conference starts on Sunday, August 24rd (arrival day August 23rd)  and the lectures will finish on Wednesday, August 27th.

Please note that contrary to the previous years, the last day of the conference is a full day of lectures, so that the standard departure date would rather be the next day, that is Thursday August 28th.

Invited Talks: 30 min + 10 min guestions.
Contributed talks: 20 min (including questions)
Posters: Since the conference is shorter and the number of invited
speakers is larger than usual, the majority of contributed talks are
planned inside the poster session.

Please use this Registration form

If you experience problems with the registration form, please contact Guillaume Adenier, e-mail:guillaume.adenier@vxu.se

The proceedings will be published as AIP proceedings (American Institute of Physics). The format is 8.5 x 11 inch, single-column.

The deadline for submission is 1st of November 2008.

The AIP conference proceedings page for this format can be found here: AIP Conference Proceedings 8x11s

Please read our own instructions for FPP-5 proceedings.

The conference fee includes one set of abstracts, 4 lunches, 4 morning/afternoon tea, one set of conference documentation (distributed at the conference) and a conference dinner. It does not include accomodation costs.

                                                        Not later than                    After
                                                           July 24th                     July 24th

Conference fee                                     3 000 SEK                  3 500 SEK

PhD student conference fee                    1 500 SEK                  2 000 SEK

Payments are to be made in Swedish Crowns (SEK) by bank transfer to the following account:

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
Box 232
SE-351 05
Växjö
Sweden

Account Holder:   Växjö University, SE-351 95, Växjö, Sweden
Iban nr:              SE71 5000 0000 0543 9103 1507
Swift address:     ESSESESS

Ref.                    FPP5, 2877 2851 3310

Please indicate as well your: 
Name
Affiliation
Conference fee amount

Unfortunately, we could not consider new applications for financial support (the main idea was to provide financial support to the good team of invited speakers varying from year to year).

Observe that each participant has to book hotel accomodation by him/herself.

Special rates have been negotiated with hotels for participants of the conference. Please, quote the booking code FPP5 when booking a room.

Elite Park Hotel Konserthuset (formerly known as Quality Hotel Konserthuset)  
Västra Esplanaden 10-14
Box 434
SE-351 06 Växjö
Phone: +46 (0)470-70 22 00
Fax: +46 (0)470-47 577
email: info.parkvaxjo@elite.se
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Elite Stadshotellet Växjö            
Kungsgatan 6
Box 198
351 04 Växjö, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)470 134 00
Fax: +46 (0)470 448 37
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SE-351 96 Växjö
Phone: +46 470 77 86 60
Fax: +46 470 77 89 62
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How to get to Växjö University

For connection to international flights, a taxi is recommended:
Växjö taxi (+46) (0)470 135 00 or Värends taxi (+46) (0)470 169 00.
The taxi stand is situated at the railway station.

To and from central Växjö and the University
From Resecentrum in central Växjö, bus no 7 departs three-four times per hour for the university and then returns to Resecentrum. Another alternative is to take bus no 1 or 5 to/from Teleborg Centrum, which is located at 8–10 minutes walking distance from the university.

Timetable Bus 7 - Centrum - Universitetet
Timetable Bus 7 - Universitetet - Centrum

Timetable Bus 5 - Centrum - Lugnadal - Teleborg
Timetable Bus 5 - Teleborg - Lugnadal - Centrum

Timetable buses (Länstrafiken) (open in new window, in swedish only)

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