This workshop concerns the field of quantum electrodynamics and light-matter interaction, in particular the topics: open quantum systems, fluctuation induced Casimir-Lifshitz forces in and out of thermal equilibrium, radiative heat transfer, and quantum thermodynamics. It will focus on the cut-edge theoretical and experimental findings in the field, with the aim of boosting these emerging research fields toward a deeper fundamental and applicative development. It will tackle, among others, new emerging themes related to quantum thermalization mechanisms, new emergent materials for energy management, quantum thermal machines, entanglement, metamaterials, light harvesting complexes, thermophotovoltaic cells, critical phenomena and active matter.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

1. Franco Nori (RIKEN, Japan)(Keynote)
2. Gang Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
3. Ho Bun Chan (HKUST, Hong Kong)
4. Johannes Feist (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
5. Carsten Henkel (University of Potsdam, Germany)
6. Stefan Buhmann (University of Kassel, Germany)
7. Igor Bondarev (North Carolina Central University, USA)
8. Mathias Bostrom (Centre of Excellence ENSEMBLE3, Poland)
9. Cheng-Long Zhou (HIT, China)
10. Atsushi Sakurai (Niigata University, Japan)
11. Sunmi Shin (NUS, Singapore)
12. Kanu Sinha (University of Arizona, USA)
13. Samy Merabia (Institut Lumière Matière – CNRS, France)
14. Mark Fromhold (University of Nottingham, UK)
15. Richard Zihao Zhang (University of North Texas, USA)
16. Miguel Rubi (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
17. Alejandro Rodriguez (Princeton University, USA)
18. Alejandro Manjavacas (Instituto de Química Física "Blas Cabrera", Spain)
19. Kim Milton (University of Oklahoma, USA)
20. Boxiang Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
21. Thorsten Emig (University of Paris-Saclay-CNRS, France)
22. Sebastian Volz (LIMMS - CNRS, France/Japan)
23. Francesco Banfi (University of Lyon, France)
24. Matthias Krüger (University of Göttingen, Germany)
25. Stefan Scheel (Universität Rostock, Germany)
26. Jeremy Munday (University of California - Davis, USA)
27. Yong Zhang (HIT, China)
28. Inigo Liberal (University of Navarra, Spain)
29. Philippe Ben-Abdallah (Institute d’Optique-CNRS, France)
30. Carlo Forestiere (University of Naples « Federico II », Italy)
31. Alberto Imparato (University of Trieste, Italy)
32. Brahim Guizal (University of Montpellier, France)
33. Viktor Dodonov (Universidade de Brasilia, Brasil)
34. Svend-Age Biehs (University of Oldenburg, Germany)
35. Hideo Iizuka (Toyota Lab, Japan)
36. Shirong Lin (Great Bay University, Dongguan, China)
37. Jen-Tsung Hsiang (NTUST, Taiwan)
38. Youssef Jeyar (University of Montpellier, France)
39. Yannick De Wilde (ESPCI, France)
40. Xiaohu Wu (Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, China)
41. Yungui Ma (Zhejian University, China)
42. Ricardo Decca (IUPUI, USA)