Mini-Symposium on Topological Quantum Computation National University of Ireland at Maynooth January 6-7, 2007
Organizers: Jiannis Pachos Jiri Vala	Speakers: Miguel Aguado (MPI Quantum Optics Garching) Hector Bombin (University of Madrid) Gavin Brennen (University of Innsbruck) Thomas Busch (University College Cork) Ville Lahtinen (University of Leeds) Marianne Leitner (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) Jiannis Pachos (University of Leeds) Joost Slingerland (Caltech and UC Riverside) James Wootton (University of Leeds)

Location Program	Physics & Chemistry Theatre	Science Building (1^st floor), North Campus, NUI Maynooth *** click here for Location & Transport Information ***
	Saturday January 6
9:30- 9:45	Registration
9:45-10:45	Jiannis Pachos (University of Leeds)	Zero energy modes for various graphene geometries
10:45-11:45	Marianne Leitner (DIAS)	Graphene electronics and quantum field theory in 2+1 dimensions
11:45-12:00	Tea & Coffee
12:00-13:00	Joost Slingerland (Caltech/UC Riverside)	Anyon models – Theory, Interferometry, Bose condensation
13:00-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:30	Gavin Brennen (University of Innsbruck)	Implementations of Topological Order with Atomic, Molecular and Optical Systems
15:30-16:00	Tea & Coffee
16:00-17:00	Miguel Aguado (MPI Garching)	Topology in quantum states: Many-body ansätze
17:00-18:00	Hector Bombin (University of Madrid)	Topological Color Codes
18:00-18:15	Tea & Coffee
18:15-18:45	Ville Lahtinen (University of Leeds)	The Toric Code and the Quantum Double
18:45-19:15	James Wootton (University of Leeds)	Topological protocols for quantum anonymous broadcast
	Sunday January 7
9:30-13:00	Open discussion