Quantum Africa 5

Programme Committee and Local Organising Committee

Programme Committee

• Chris Monroe (University of Maryland & Joint Quantum Institute) – Chair
• Janet Anders (University of Exeter, UK)
• Erika Andersson (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
• David Awschalom (University of Chicago, USA)
• Michael Biercuk (University of Sydney, Australia)
• Tilman Esslinger (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• Andrew Forbes (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
• Fedor Jelezko (Ulm University, Germany)
• Alicia Kollar (Princeton University, USA)
• Benjamin Lev (Stanford University, USA)
• Michael Raymer (University of Oregon, USA)
• Lieven Vandersypen (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

Organising Committee

• Hermann Uys (Stellenbosch University) – Chair
• Yaseera Ismail (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• Nancy Payne (Stellenbosch University)
• Francesco Petruccione (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
• Mark Tame (Stellenbosch University)

Speakers

Plenary Speakers

• Gerald Gabrielse (Northwestern University, USA)
• Heike Riel (IBM Research – Zurich, Switzerland)

Keynote Speakers

• Sonja Franke-Arnold (University of Glasgow, UK)
• Michael Kastner (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
• Tracy Northup (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
• Jason Petta (Princeton University, USA)
• Mourad Telmini (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)
• James Thompson (JILA / University of Colorado Boulder, USA)