Schedule
(Updated as of August 3, 2026)
Important notes:
| 1. | This Workshop will be held in face-to-face mode. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2026qgc@ust.hk. | |
Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
August 17, 2026 (Mon)
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Event
| 08:45 - 09:15 |
Registration |
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| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Opening Remarks |
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Session #01 Session Chair: Zhenyu ZHANG (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk#081701 - ARPES Evidence for Unconventional Topological Superconductivity in the Fermi Arc States of t-PtBi2 [Abstract] Sergey BORISENKO (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Talk#081702 - Extended Strange Metal and Superconductivity in Partially Filled Moiré Hubbard Bands Kin Fai MAK (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Talk#081703 - Quantum Geometry Adaptiveness and Fractional Chern Insulators in Non-Chern Flat Bands [Abstract] Wang YAO (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk#081704 - Theory of Chiral Topological Superconductivity and Pair Density Wave in Twisted Bilayer WSe2 [Abstract] Hong YAO (Tsinghua University) |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session #02 Session Chair: Yong P. CHEN (Aarhus University; Tohoku University) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Talk#081705 - A Unified Understanding of Altermagnets Based on C-paired Spin-momentum Locking [Abstract] Junwei LIU (HKUST) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Talk#081706 - Multiple Wave Mixing in a Room Temperature Altermagnet [Abstract] Berthold JAECK (HKUST) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Talk#081707 - Detecting Topological Superconductivity via Quantum Geometric Effects [Abstract] Yi-Ting HSU (University of Notre Dame) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Talk#081708 - Minimal Loop Currents and Strong Pairing in Doped Mott Insulators [Abstract] Zhengyu WENG (Tsinghua University) |
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August 18, 2026 (Tue)
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Event
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Session #03 Session Chair: LI Junjie (American Physical Society) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Talk#081801 - Magnetism and Field Re-entrant Superconductivity in Doped Infinite-layer Samarium Nickelates [Abstract] Danfeng LI (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk#081802 - Thin-film Nickelate Superconductivity and Electronic Structures [Abstract] Zhouyu CHEN (Southern University of Science and Technology; American Physical Society) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Talk#081803 - Wave Trajectories, Quantum Potential, Superoscillations: Madelung, de Broglie, Newton [Abstract] Michael BERRY (University of Bristol) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Talk#081804 - Quantum Geometry in Nonlinear Transport and Magnetization [Abstract] Haizhou LU (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk#081805 - Hyperdeterminants: A Flexible Wavefunction for Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter [Abstract] Di XIAO (University of Washington) |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session #04 Session Chair: Haruki WATANABE (HKUST) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Talk#081806 - Engineering Topological Flat Bands in Moiré Quantum Materials: From Symmetry-Enforced Topology to Ideal Quantum Geometry [Abstract] Chaoxing LIU (The Pennsylvania State University) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Talk#081807 - Correlated Quantum Nonlinearities [Abstract] Justin Chien Wen SONG (Nanyang Technological University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Talk#081808 - Large Transverse Thermoelectric Effect Induced by Topological Flat Bands [Abstract] Akito SAKAI (The University of Tokyo) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Talk#081809 - Fractional Topological Phases and Unconventional Superconductivity in Twisted MoTe2 [Abstract] Tingxin LI (Shanghai Jiaotong University) |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Short Break |
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| 17:30 - 20:30 |
Workshop Dinner (For Organizers/ Invited Speakers/ Session Chairs Only) |
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August 19, 2026 (Wed)
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Event
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Session #05 Session Chair: Yiming XU (American Physical Society) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Talk#081901 – Quantum Geometry in Nonlinear Responses [Abstract] Qian NIU (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk#081902 - Discovery of Higher Charge Superconductivity Beyond Charge-2e Cooper Pairs [Abstract] Jian WANG (Peking University) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Talk#081903 - Quantum Geometric Tensor and Luttinger Liquids: A Framework for Fractionalized Topological Phases [Abstract] Yuval OREG (Weizmann Institute of Science) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Talk#081904 - Symmetry Theory of Magnetism [Abstract] Qihang LIU (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk#081905 - Quantum Theory of Electric Polarization in Inhomogeneous Crystals [Abstract] Shuichi MURAKAMI (RIKEN; The University of Tokyo) |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session #06 Session Chair: Qian NIU (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Talk#081906 – Public Lecture: What We Learn(ed) from Rainbows [Abstract] Michael BERRY (University of Bristol) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Poster Session |
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August 20, 2026 (Thu)
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Event
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Session #07 Session Chair: Kin Fai MAK (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Talk#082001 - Quantum Metric Lengths as Fundamental Length Scales in Superconductivity, Disordered Systems and Beyond Kam Tuen LAW (HKUST) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk#082002 - Flat Band Physics [Abstract] Sergej FLACH (Institute for Basic Science) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Talk#082003 - Fractionalization of High-Chern Insulators [Abstract] Xiaobo LU (Peking University) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Talk#082004 - Emergent Electromagnetic Phenomena in Spin Chiral Matter [Abstract] Yoshinori TOKURA (RIKEN; The University of Tokyo) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk#082005 - Unconventional Fractional Topological States [Abstract] Xiong-Jun LIU (Peking University) |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session #08 Session Chair: Xueyang SONG (HKUST) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Talk#082006 - To be confirmed Leon BALENTS (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Talk#082007 - Topological-topological Flat Bands [Abstract] Chen FANG (Institute of Physics, CAS) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Talk#082008 - Wavefunctions for Anyon Superconductors [Abstract] Gil Young CHO (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Talk#082009 - Abelian and Non-Abelian Fractionalized States in Twisted MoTe2 [Abstract] Fengcheng WU (Wuhan University) |
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August 21, 2026 (Fri)
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Session #09 Session Chair: Zhenhua QIAO (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Talk#082101 - Quantum-mechanical Formulation of Current-generating Local Orbital Magnetization [Abstract] Akito DAIDO (Kyoto University) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk#082102 - Chiral Magnons in Altermagnets [Abstract] Stefan BLÜGEL (Forschungszentrum Jüich) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Talk#082103 - To be confirmed Jie SHAN (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Talk#082104 - Chiral Superconductivity: Systems and Mechanisms [Abstract] Zhenyu ZHANG (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk#082105 - To be confirmed Zhida SONG (Peking University) |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session #10 Session Chair: Adrian Hoi Chun PO (HKUST) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Talk#082106 - Anyons Everywhere [Abstract] Jonah HERZOG-ARBEITMAN (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Talk#082107 - Quantum Geometric Effect in Landau’s Fermi-Liquid Theory [Abstract] Shuai CHEN (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Closing Remarks | |