Are there Quantum Jumps?   On the Present Status of Quantum Mechanics

5–9 September 2005   Trieste & Mali Losinj

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Are there Quantum Jumps?

– Monday 5th September, ICTP, Main Lecture Hall –

09:10 Opening: Detlef Dürr and Tullio Weber

   Authorities: Katepalli R. Sreenivasan  ICTP, Trieste, Italy

                     Domenico Romeo  Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

10:00 Presentation to Giancarlo Ghirardi in recognition of his achievements,
          of the "Minerva" by M. Mascherini
          on behalf of the Directory Council of the Consorzio.

10:30 Coffee Break

Morning session. Chairman: Franco Bassani  Società Italiana di Fisica, Bologna, Italy

11:00 Stephen L. Adler  Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

   "Effective Theories, Fundmental Theories, and State Vector Reduction"

12:00 Alberto Rimini  Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

   "Genesis of the Spontaneous Localization Approach to Quantum Measurement"

13:00 Lunch

First afternoon session. Chairman: Stefano Fantoni  SISSA, Trieste, Italy

14:30 David Albert  Columbia University, New York, USA

   "Quantum Mechanics and Metaphysics"

15:30 Giovanni Jona-Lasinio  Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

   "Recent Progress in Understanding Irreversible Processes"

16:30 Coffee Break

Second afternoon session. Chairman: Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

16:45 Roger Penrose  Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

   "Relativistic Quantum Realism and Minimalistic Quantum State Reduction"

18:00 Concert in the main Lecture Hall