SIT HOSTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE INSIGHTS IN TECHNOLOGY
SIT Insights in Technology
Programme
16 December 2019, Monday
Nano Conference
8:30 - 13:00
08:30-9:00
RSVP: registration
09:00-10:00
Science Breakfast
10:00-10:10
Welcome
Juergen Bruecker, Executive Vice President of Schaffhausen Institute of Technology
Christoph Schaerrer, Head of Economic Promotion Canton Schaffhausen
10:10-11:00
Plenary session
Personal Perspective on Interplay between Fundamental and Applied Research
Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2001
Future of Computing
Serguei "SB" Beloussov, SIT Founder and Сhairman of the Board, CEO of Acronis
Chaired by Bertrand Meyer,
SIT Professor and Provost
11:10-11:20
Coffee break
11:20-12:20 Parallel Session #1:
Future of Banking
11:30-11:50
Fynn Kreuz,
Numbrs Personal Finance AG
11:50-12:10
Mauro Pezzé,
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology, Professor of the faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
12:10-12:30
Dmitri Baliev,
ActiveBusinessConsult
Chaired by Christian Wipf,
SIT Member of the Board
11:20-12:20 Parallel Session #2:
Future of Computing
11:30-11:50
Heike Riel, IBM
11:50-12:10
Bertrand Meyer, SIT-ETH
12:10-12:30
TBC
Chaired by Benjamin Stamm, Professor at Dept. of Mathematics and Center for Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen University
12:30-13:00
Plenary session
Dalith Steiger, SwissCognitive – Global AI Hub
David Saunders, Queen's University Kingston, CAN
Chaired by Christoph Schaerrer, Economic Promotion of Canton Schaffhausen
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Public Pop-Science Talk
14:30 - 16:15
14:30-15:00
RSVP: Registration
15:00-15:10
Welcome
Juergen Bruecker, Executive Vice President of Schaffhausen Institute of Technology
15:05-15:25
Magician show by Kevin Quantum
15:25-16:25
Public talk by Wolfgang Ketterle (in German)
New Forms of Matter Near Absolute Zero Temperature
EN: Why do physicists freeze matter to extremely low temperatures? Why is it worthwhile to cool to temperatures which are a billion times lower than that of interstellar space? In this talk, I will discuss new forms of matter, which only exist at extremely low temperatures. With the help of laser beams, gases of ultracold atoms can be transformed into crystals, insulators and magnetic materials, and recently into a super solid which is gaseous, liquid and solid at the same time.
DE: Weshalb frieren Physiker Materie auf extrem niedrige Temperaturen ein ― Temperaturen, die mehr als eine Milliarde mal kälter sind als die des interstellaren Raums? In meinem Vortrag werde ich auf neue Formen der Materie eingehen, die nur bei extrem tiefen Temperaturen existieren. Mit Hilfe von Laserstrahlen können Gase ultrakalter Atome in Kristalle, Isolatoren und magnetische Materialien und neuerdings in einen Superfestkörper umgewandelt werden, der gleichzeitig gasförmig, flüssig und fest ist.
Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2001
16:25-16:40
Q&A Session
Moderated by Bertrand Meyer,
SIT Professor and Provost
Science Evening
17:30 - 21:30
17:30-18:00
RSVP: registration, welcome cocktails
18:00-18:10
Welcome
Christian Amsler, State Councillor of Department of Education
18:10-19:05
Plenary session
Future of Computing
Serguei "SB" Beloussov,
SIT Founder and Сhairman of the Board, CEO of Acronis
What happened to the kilogram
Wolfgang Ketterle,
Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2001
19:05-19:30
Panel discussion
Serguei "SB" Beloussov,
SIT Founder and Сhairman of the Board, CEO of Acronis
Bertrand Meyer,
SIT Professor and Provost
Dalith Steiger,
SwissCognitive – Global AI Hub
David Saunders,
Professor, Smith School of Business
Martina Fuchs - ex. CNN anchor and panel moderator
19:30-21:30
Social programme
Music Concert by
Luca Stricagnoli