Conjecture Institute Conference
Advances in Physics
An online conference hosted by Conjecture Institute, bringing together physicists and philosophers of physics working at the foundations of the field.
Date
June 17, 2026
Format
Online
Zoom livestream
Talks
13
Confirmed speakers
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About
What does it mean to take our best theories in physics seriously? What do they tell us about what the world is really like? This conference gathers researchers pursuing these questions in quantum gravity, foundations of quantum mechanics, and constructor theory.
Schedule
All times ET
Speakers
Simon Saunders
Speaking on: Probability and Everett
Professor of Philosophy of Physics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, noted for his work on quantum mechanics, identity and indiscernibility, and structural realism.
Chiara Marletto
Speaking on: Constructor theory
Physicist at the University of Oxford and Senior Scientist at Conjecture Institute, author of The Science of Can and Can't.
Vlatko Vedral
Speaking on: Foundations of physics
Physicist at the University of Oxford, author of Portals to a New Reality, Decoding Reality, Introduction to Quantum Information Science, and several other books.
Marco Genovese
Speaking on: Bell inequalities
Research Director at INRIM (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica) in Turin, where he leads the Quantum Optics group that he co-founded.
Alexander R. H. Smith
Speaking on: Quantum time dilation
Associate Professor of Physics at Saint Anselm College and Adjunct at Dartmouth College, working at the intersection of quantum information, relativity, and quantum gravity.
Charles Bédard
Speaking on: Bell inequalities
Quantum physicist and theoretical computer scientist working on foundational problems.
Maria Violaris
Speaking on: Quantum multiverse
Quantum physicist and science communicator at Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a University of Oxford spin-out.
Yasunori Nomura
Speaking on: Quantum gravity
Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics, working on particle physics, quantum gravity, and cosmology.
Kicheon Kang
Speaking on: Locality in quantum mechanics
Professor of Physics at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea.
Fabrizio Piacentini
Speaking on: Constructor-based irreversibility
Experimental quantum physicist at INRIM in Turin, in the Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division.
Aditya Iyer
Speaking on: To be announced
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford, and CEO and co-founder of Allos AI, an Oxford-based company applying causal AI to reformulate complex generic medicines.
Lodovico Scarpa
Speaking on: To be announced
DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford in Vlatko Vedral's group, part of the Frontiers of Quantum Physics research group in the Atomic and Laser Physics subdepartment.
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