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Scientific Program

Monday, June 22, 2009 (Day 1)

08:30 - 09:00    Registration
09:00 - 09:20    Welcome Speech, by Fuchun Zhang / Paul Wiegmann

Morning session 1: Topology in Condensed Matter Physics

Chaired by Fuchun Zhang (The University of Hong Kong)

09:20 - 09:50 Yong-Shi Wu (University of Utah)
Invasion of Topology into Quantum Many-body Theory
09:50 - 10:20

Shou-cheng Zhang (Stanford University)
Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors

10:20 - 10:50 Andreas Ludwig (UC Santa Barbara)
Classification of Topological Insulators and Superconductors
   
10:50 - 11:10 Tea Break

Morning session 2: Quantum Spin Hall Effect

Chaired by Charles Kane (University of Pennsylvania)

11:10 - 11:40 Laurens W. Molenkamp (Universität Würzburg)
Spin Hall Effects in HgTe Quantum Well Structures
11:40 - 12:10 Shuichi Murakami (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Universal Phase Diagrams for Quantum Spin Hall Phases
    
12:15 - 14:15 Lunch

Afternoon session 1: Spintronics and Spin Hall Effect

Chaired by Yshai Avishai (Ben Gurion and HKU)

14:30 - 15:00 Naoto Nagaosa (University of Tokyo)
Spintronics Functions of Topological Insulators
15:00 - 15:30 Guang-Yu Guo (National Taiwan University)
Ab Initio Studies of Spin Hall Effect in Metals
   
15:30 - 15:50 Tea Break

Afternoon session 2: Edge States

Chaired by Jiangping Hu (Purdue University)

15:50 - 16:20 Qian Niu (University of Texas at Austin)
Edge States in Graphene: from Gapped Flat-Band to Gapless Chiral Modes
16:20 - 16:50 Jian Zi (Fudan University)
Edge States in Two-dimensional Honeycomb Photonic Crystals
16:50 - 17:20 Xincheng Xie (Oklahoma State University / IOP, Beijing)
Dephasing and Disorder Effects in Quantum Spin Hall Systems

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 (Day 2)

Morning session 3: Topological Insulators I

Chaired by Paul Wiegmann (Univ. of Chicago)

09:00 - 09:30 Charles Kane (University of Pennsylvania)
Topological Insulators and Majorana Fermions
09:30 - 10:00 Zhong Fang (IOP, Beijing)
Topological Insulators in Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3, and Sb2Te3
   
10:00 - 10:20 Tea Break

Morning session 4: Topological Insulators II

Chaired by Naoto Nagaosa (University of Tokyo)

10:20 - 10:50 Shun-Qing Shen (The University of Hong Kong)
Topological Anderson Insulator
10:50 - 11:20 Kam Tuen Law (HKUST / MIT)
Quantum Dot in 2D Topological Insulator: The Two-channel Kondo Fixed Point
   
11:20 - 11:50 Poster Session
   
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Afternoon session 3: Experiments on Topological Surface States I

Chaired by Laurens W. Molenkamp (Universität Würzburg)

14:30 - 15:00 M. Zahid Hasan (Princeton University)
Spin-Resolved ARPES : The Method to Detect Topological Order in Topological Insulators
15:00 - 15:30 Qi-kun Xue (Tsinghua University)
ARPES and STS Study of Topological Insulators on Si prepared by MBE
   
15:30 - 15:50 Tea Break

Afternoon session 4: Experiments on Topological Surface States II

Chaired by Rui-Rui Du (Rice University)

15:50 - 16:20 Yoichi Ando (Osaka University)
Transport and Magnetic Studies of the Topological Insulator Bi-Sb
16:20 - 16:50 Jing Shi (UC Riverside)
Transport and Optical Properties of Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3
    
18:00 - 22:00 Banquet

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 (Day 3)

Morning session 5: Topological Non-linear Waves

Chaired by Shou-cheng Zhang (Stanford University)

09:00 - 09:30 Paul Wiegmann (University of Chicago)
Topological Non-linear Waves on the Edge
09:30 - 10:00 Alexander Abanov (Stony Brook University)
Hydrodynamics of Calogero-Sutherland Model: Solitons and Dispersive Shock Waves
     
10:00 - 10:20 Tea Break

Morning session 6: Topological Excitations

Chaired by Hong Chen (Tongji University)

10:20 - 10:50 Yshai Avishai (Ben Gurion / The University of Hong Kong)
Electron in the Field of Dirac Monopole: Realization of the Spectrum in an Electric System
10:50 - 11:20 Masaki Oshikawa (Univeristy of Tokyo)
How to Construct a Skyrmion in Spinor Condensates
11:20 - 11:50 Joel Moore (UC Berkeley)
Magnetoelectric Effects and Exciton Condensation in Spin-orbit-coupled Insulators
    
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Afternoon session 5: Topological States in Quantum Hall Systems I

Chaired by Jin Xiaofeng (Fudan University)

14:30 - 15:00 Rui-Rui Du (Rice University)
Topological States With or Without a Magnetic Field
15:00 - 15:30 Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft Station Q)
Pattern of Zeros: Classification of FQH States
     
15:30 - 15:50 Tea Break

Afternoon session 6: Topological States in Quantum Hall Systems II

Chaired by Andreas Ludwig (UC Santa Barbara)

15:50 - 16:20 Woowon Kang (University of Chicago)
Interferometry and Statistics in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
16:20 - 16:50 Xin Wan (APCTP / Zhejiang University)
Quasiparticle Interference in the Moore-Read Quantum Hall State

16:50 - 17:00        Concluding Remarks