The symposium brings together leading international experts in the foundations and current frontiers of quantum information science, and calls for the participation of promising PhD students and young PostDocs working in this field. We wish to cover the entire spectrum of this truly interdisciplinary new area of physics, reaching from mathematics over theoretical physics to experiments, such as to identify open and challenging problems, as well as realistic strategies for their solution. Entanglement measures and their dynamical evolution under the influence of the environment will define the specific focus of the meeting, and in particular the consequences thereof for realistic scenarios of quantum information processing. Besides oral contributions, ample time and space will be given to poster presentations and informal discussions.

I. Bengtsson (Stockholm), J. Bergou* (New York), T. Beth* (Karlsruhe), R. Blatt (Innsbruck), H. J. Briegel* (Innsbruck), L. Davidovich (Rio de Janeiro), B.-G. Englert (Singapore), M. Fannes* (Leuven), N. Gisin* (Geneve), I. Guarneri (Como), P. Hänggi (Augsburg), T. F. Havel* (Cambridge, MA), A. Holevo (Moscow), P. Horodecki (Gdansk), V. Kendon (London), S. Kilin (Minsk), A. Kossakowski (Torun), M. Kus (Warszawa), R. Laflamme* (Waterloo), G. Leuchs (Erlangen), G. Lindblad* (Stockholm), D. Loss (Basel), A. Lozinski (Krakow), M. A. Martin-Delgado (Madrid), F. Mintert (Dresden), L. W. Molenkamp* (Würzburg), K. Mølmer* (Aarhus), R. Mosseri* (Paris), M. Orszag* (Santiago), D. Petz (Budapest), R. Rebolledo (Santiago), M. B. Ruskai (Medford), R. Schack (London), W. Strunz (Freiburg), A. Uhlmann (Leipzig), F. Verstraete (Garching), R. F. Werner* (Braunschweig), P. Zanardi* (Torino)

 
The symposium takes place in the Conference Centre of Krzyzowa (Lower Silesia), Poland. More information about Krzyzowa can be found through http://www.krzyzowa.org.pl/
Application forms can be filled in online on the symposium's webpage. The deadline for applications is February 29, 2004. The registration fee is 350 Euro covering all local expenses including accommodation and meals. In exceptional cases, limited funding is available to contribute to travel expenses.

For further information please contact:
Katrin Lantsch
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme,
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden
Tel.: +49-351-871-2107 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
ein04@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~ein04/