Conceptual foundations of QFT

Interdisciplinary workshop on the foundations of QFT uniting philosophical, historical, and mathematical perspectives of relativistic quantum physics.

The workshop will address conceptual issues that are underlying the ongoing interest of the quantum foundations and (relativistic) quantum information community in quantum field theory. Leading experts will deliver talks centered around relativistic causality, local measurements, interface with the semi-classical or classical regime, interpretations, as well as historical developments. The workshop format will consist of invited talks followed by discussion sessions.

Invited speakers:

• Emily Adlam (Chapman University)
• Charis Anastopoulos (University of Patras)
• Guido Bacciagaluppi (Utrecht University)
• Alex Blum (California Institute of Technology)
• Jeremy Butterfield (University of Cambridge)
• Lajos Diòsi (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest)
• Chris Fewster (University of York)
• James Fraser (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
• Adrian Kent (University of Cambridge)
• Eduardo Martin-Martinez (University of Waterloo / Perimeter Institute)
• Miklos Redei (London School of Economics)
• Kasia Rejzner (University of York)
• Noel Swanson (University of Delaware)
• Rainer Verch (Leipzig University)
• David Wallace (University of Pittsburgh)
• Robert Wald (University of Chicago)

Funding:

The workshop acknowledges substantial funding by the RQI COST action and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna.

 

Location:

Campus Akademie (ÖAW), 1st District
(Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Wien)

Time:

01.-03.06.2026

Organizing Team:

Doreen Fraser (University of Waterloo)
Jan Mandrysch (IQOQI Vienna)
Maria Papageorgiou (IQOQI Vienna)

Registration:

to be announced soon!