“Quantum Materials in and out of Equilibrium”
Condensed Matter Physics in the City is organised annually by the Hubbard Theory Consortium (formed by Imperial College London, University College London, the University of Kent and Royal Holloway University of London).
This Summer's CMPCity 2026 is scheduled to take place in London from July 15-24, 2026, under the heading “Quantum Materials in and out of Equilibrium“. The meeting will offer ample space for scientific exchanges, bringing together three important directions of research into quantum materials in and out of equilibrium:
Nonlinear Responses and Controlled Dynamic in Synthetic and Engineered Quantum Materials
Novel Metals and Superconductors
Non-Equilibrium Quantum Systems
Covering topics such as measurement-induced phase transitions, transient optically driven states, symmetry and topology of open quantum systems, or the origin of bulk quantum oscillations in topological insulators, Berry curvature effects and interaction-driven dynamics in quantum materials, the meeting will seek to bring new topics at the cross-roads of quantum simulation, correlated materials and quantum dynamics.
Dates:
Wednesday 15 July – Friday 24 July 2026.
Invited Speakers:
Ehud Altman (UC Berkeley)
Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins University)
Andea Cavalleri (Oxford / MPI Hamburg)
Premi Chandra (Rutgers)
Natlia Chepiga (Oxford)
Aashish Clerk (U. Chicago)
Nigel Cooper (Cambridge)
Seamus Davis (Oxford)
Fabian Essler (Oxford)
Elena Hassinger (Karlsruhe Institute für Technology)
Nigel Hussey (Bristol)
Gregoire Ithier (Royal Holloway, London)
Nicola Marzari (EPFL/Cambridge U)
Gerard Milburn^1 (National Quantum Computing Centre, UK)
Sylvain Ravets (CNRS, Paris Saclay)
Paola Ruggiero (King’s College London)
Jim Sauls (LSU)
Marzena Szymanska (UCL)
Zhida Song (Peking)
1 Outreach Speaker.
Registration:
Registration for the meeting is now OPEN. To register, and for all relevant deadlines, please see the registration page.
Conference schedule:
Find the conference schedule available here. Talks by junior participants will be announced in due course.
Venue:
The meeting will likely take place on premises of University College London – see the venue & accommodation page for details and nearby accommodation and advice on food options nearby.
The 2026 organising committee:
Ryan Barnett, HC, Imperial College London
Sam Carr, HC, University of Kent (Student co-ordinator)
Claudio Castelnovo, Cambridge University
Piers Coleman, HC and Rutgers University, New Jersey
Sven Friedemann, U. Bristol
Andrew Green, HC, University College London
Andrew Ho, HC, Royal Holloway, University of London
Frank Kruger, HC, University College London
Gunnar Möller, HC, University of Kent
Jorge Quintanilla, HC, University of Kent
John Saunders, HC, Royal Holloway, University of London
Frank Schindler, HC, Imperial College, London
Jan Tomczak, Kings College, London
History of the meeting:
Condensed Matter Physics in the City is run by the Hubbard Theory Consortium, as one of its flagship activities since its foundation in 2010.
The Hubbard Theory Consortium brings together condensed matter groups throughout southeast England, including the groups at Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Harwell (including the ISIS Facilities and the Diamond Light Source), the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at University College London, the University of Kent, and Imperial College London.
Please see the HTC website for more information.
Related conference:
As in previous years, we are holding CMPCity in temporal proximity to TEMM 2026 (to be held 13-14 July 2026), the UK’s annual meeting for Magnetic Materials. See the TEMM website for further information and (separate) registration once available.
Contact:
Please direct queries to cmpinthecity2020@gmail.com (apologies for the generic year number, we will keep the address ending in 2020).
Social Media:
Announcements will be made via the twitter account of the Hubbard Theory Consortium @HTCPhysics and the conference hashtag is #cmpc26 or #cmpcity26.
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