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2025 Zhang Conference & Retreat Schedule

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Sept 8Activity/SpeakerTitle
5:00 pmArrival & Reception 
6:00 pmDinner 
8:30 pmWine tasting at the hotel - A Taste of Monterey 
Sept 9  
8:00 amBreakfast 
9:30 amActivity- Adventures by the Sea - Kayak/Paddle Board 
12:00 pmLunch 
1:00 pmJoonhee ChoiQuantum sensing using spin defects in van der Waals materials
1:30 pmCharlotte BoettcherFrom quantum phase transitions to qubits
2:00 pmJordan DocterPseudorandom Unitaries from Random Matrix Sums
2:30 pmYating YaoMonolithic Stacked Complementary E-Skin in the Dimensions of Mechanoreceptor
3:00 pmCoffee Break 
3:30 pmTrithep Devakul 
4:00 pmRoundTable Discussion 
(David Schuster, Grant Rotskoff, Jon Simon, Srinivas Raghu, Xiaoliang Qi)
Near-term application of quantum hardware and how to leverage AI for quantum research
5:00 pmDinner 
7:00 pmPoster & Receptions 
8:00 pmIndoor ping pong & pool tables 
Sept 10  
8:00 amBreakfast 
9:00 amAlfred ZongBuilding a moiré superstructure out of incommensurate charge density waves
9:30 amZelong YinStrong coupling and quantum sensing with low-frequency microwave photons
10:00 amYujia YuanStretchable circuits for robotic tactiles
10:30 amE-Bike Rental (90mins-2hrs) 
12/12:30 pmLunch