Concept

The workshop “Kefalonia Foundations 2024” aims to bring together, for its third edition, 17 young scholars from physics, mathematics, and philosophy of science for a full week on the beautiful island of Kefalonia (Greece). The purpose of the workshop is to thoroughly analyze selected papers on the foundations of quantum physics (including quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, quantum gravity, quantum field theory, etc.), hold unstructured and thorough scientific discussions, and try to lay the groundwork for original research carried out through the collaborations that will be established there.

Participants will all along be co-living together (in shared bedrooms and shared common areas) and, also through non-scientific activities, cultivate community values.

After acceptance, participants will be paired to lead a small team of researchers in scrutinizing a paper of their choice, as well as to brainstorm ideas on how to originally contribute to the discussed topics (first 4 days). Then, each pair will present the content of their respective paper and the possible findings and further ideas at the end of the workshop (last day).

Organisers

The workshop is organised by Eleftherios-Ermis Tselentis (University of Vienna and IQOQI-Vienna, Austria), Flavio Del Santo (University of Geneva, Switzerland), and Guiherme Franzmann (NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden). This event is being endorsed and supported by the BRCP  (Basic Research Community for Physics)