Registration for Psi-k 2020 is now open!!!

SwissTech Convention Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
Monday 14 – Thursday 17 September 2020

IMPORTANT NOTICE

With the current COVID-19 situation causing the cancellation of major events and conferences around the world, there is now significant uncertainty regarding Psi-k 2020 as well. Although we are still hoping that the conference can take place as planned, we are following the evolution of the situation closely and expect to have a clearer idea in the next few weeks regarding whether to maintain the event, or whether to postpone it to next year.

In order to avoid incurring any potential cancellation costs, we recommend that you refrain from making any travel plans for the time being.

The registration system has been suspended until a final decision is made — if the conference is maintained this year, all registration deadlines will be extended. Participants who had already registered will be contacted once a final decision is made.

Thank you for your patience in these exceptional time, and stay safe!

This is the largest event worldwide in first-principles simulations; it is held every 5 years (the last two editions, in Berlin in 2010 and in San Sebastian in 2015, had more than 1000 participants each), and with 7 plenary talks, 140 invited talks, and 170 contributed talks it promises to be the most exciting, defining event in the field.

Early-bird deadline is May 1, 2020 – one can register right away, and submit an abstract later (by May 1, 2020, to be considered for a contributed talk, or by Aug. 1, 2020, for a poster). All information – including registration, program, accommodation, and childcare – is available at https://www.psik2020.net.

The conference

3.5 days (from 2pm Sept. 14, 2020, to the evening of Sept. 17)
7 plenary talks
39 symposia
6 parallel sessions
~140 invited talks
~170 contributed talks
1 MAD evening to shake it all off!

Important deadlines

May 1, 2020 — Early-bird registration deadline REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
May 1, 2020 — Abstract submission deadline to be considered for contributed oral presentations
May 1, 2020 — Deadline for “Volker Heine Award” applications (to be advertised soon)
Aug. 1, 2020 — Regular registration deadline
Aug. 1, 2020 — Abstract submission deadline, posters only
Sept. 6, 2020 — Late registration deadline
Sept. 14–17, 2020 — Psi-k 2020 Conference

Plenary speakers

Gábor Csányi, University of Cambridge, UK
Feliciano Giustino, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University, USA
Francesco Mauri, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
Angelos Michaelides, University College London, UK
Lucia Reining, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Nicola Spaldin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Symposia

A | Physical Formalisms

Density and density-matrix functional theories
Novel theoretical and computational developments in diagrammatic many body theory
Strong correlations beyond local approximations
Open quantum systems and non-adiabatic dynamics
Emerging aspects of electron-phonon interactions
Strongly correlated materials
Exciting core electrons
New developments in quantum Monte Carlo simulation
Frontiers of DFT and beyond
Extreme non-linear optics
Excitons in complex materials
Non-equilibrium physics
New developments in first principles calculations of charge and heat transport

B | Algorithms, Software and Data

Recent progress in reduced scaling methods: from quantum chemistry and DFT to second-principles
Statistics and configuration sampling
Electrified solid-liquid interfaces
Software engineering: libraries for electronic structure applications
Machine-learned surrogate models: the quest for ab initio accuracy at a fraction of the cost
Machine learning for many-body quantum physics
Structure searching and crystal structure prediction
Materials discovery by high-throughput screening and artificial intelligence
Emerging and future computing
Current and future challenges associated with data infrastructure and reproducibility

C | Applications to Real Materials and Materials Design

Ab initio guided design of structural materials
Functional materials and devices
Magnetism and spintronics
Surfaces and interfaces at realistic conditions
New physics in 2D materials and van der Waals multilayers
Molecules, macromolecules and biomolecules: challenges and new opportunities for electronic structure methods
Twisted bilayer materials
Topological properties in real and momentum space
Strong spin-orbit and magnetic systems
Materials for energy
Polaron and excitons: fundamentals of charge trapping and its impact in applications
Electronic structure calculations and molecular modeling in industry
Interfacial water: structures and dynamics