The Winter School 2025 (Annual Retreat) took place at the Jouvence Resort, Orford (QC) (November 19 – 21, 2025). 50 participants took part in the event in a beautiful winter setting.
PROGRAM
| Time | Wednesday, Nov 19 | Time | Thursday , Nov 20 | Time | Friday, Nov 21 |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast catered | 8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast catered | ||
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Research Professional Chloé-Aminata Gauvin-Ndiaye, Département de physique, Université de Sherbrooke Mott transition with neural quantum states | 9:00 – 10:15 | Prof. Cris Adriano, Département de physique, Université de Sherbrooke ARPES as a tool to study quantum materials | ||
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Prof. Jennifer Ogilvie, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa What can we learn about Quantum Materials using Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy? | 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee | ||
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee | 10:45 – 12:00 | Prof. Valentin Crépel, Department of Physics, University of Toronto Mimicking strong magnetic fields with materials: fractional Chern insulators in moiré materials | ||
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Prof. Stéphane Kena-Cohen, Génie Physique, Polytechnique Montréal Nonlocal effects in epsilon-near-zero materials | 12:00 – 12:15 | Closing Remarks | ||
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Lunch Catered with Co-PI Mentorship (Bring your own CV) | 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch catered with Co-PI Mentorship (Bring your own CV) | ||
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch Boxes catered | 13:00 – 14:15 | Prof. Fabio Boschini, Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Québec Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Materials’ Dynamics Time- and Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (TR-ARPES) at the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) national facility | ||
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Welcome remarks | 14:15 – 14:30 | Coffee | ||
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Prof. Ion Garate, Département de physique, Université de Sherbrooke Directeur du Regroupement Québécois sur les Matériaux de Pointe Raman spectroscopy in 2D Dirac materials | 14:30 – 17:00 | Team Building Activity (Fort Jouvence) | ||
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Prof. Stefanie Czischek, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa Smarter Quantum Experiments: Boosting Quantum Research with Artificial Intelligence | 17:00 – 19:00 | Ad hoc Meetings (Research Collaborations, Entrepreneurship, Mentorship) Posters Time for Garden Conversations | ||
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee | 19:00 – 21:00 | Dinner catered | ||
| 15:15 – 16:30 | Sarah Jenna, Managing Director, QVStudio Entrepreneurship: How to build a successful quantum company? | ||||
| 16:30 – 19:00 | Flash Talks and Poster Sessions | ||||
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Dinner catered | ||||
Training in Materials for Quantum Technologies 