Aotearoa New Zealand’s first event to commemorate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology will be a lecture and panel hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute and supported by Te Whai Ao – Dodd-Walls Centre.

Join us to hear the famous American theoretical physicist Gordon Baym talk about his part in the history of the world’s most successful and mysterious description of reality. Professor Baym is an expert in everything from condensed matter to the physics of elementary particles, and the formation of neutron stars in supernova explosions.

Next, Professor Smitha Vishveshwara will describe how advances in quantum physics have required imaginative leaps, and in turn have inspired creative works.

Finally, our expert panel will debate the development and future of quantum mechanics. Jessa Barder will lead a discussion between Professor Laura Greene, Dr Ratu Mataira, Dr Jacob Ngaha, and others.