The Second International Conference on Quantum Technologies will take place in Moscow on July 20-24, 2013. It is organized by the Russian Quantum Center. We expect this interdisciplinary meeting to bring together over 100 experts from various fields of physics exploring frontiers of quantum technologies and include sessions on

• mesoscopic physics
• quantum optics
• ultra-cold atoms and molecules
• quantum information
• quantum communication

More than 150 of the world’s top physicists will be in attendance, including Seth Lloyd, MIT professor and director of the Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory. The programming for the conference includes presentations by world-class scientists in the field of quantum technologies, critical panel discussions, including “Commercialization of Scientific Applications: What are the gadgets of the 2020s,” and a public lecture by the Nobel laureate in Physics, Wolfgang Ketterle on “The Century of Quantum Mechanics.”

Quantum Physics will have an enormous influence on humanity’s future development. The world is on the threshold of a quantum revolution, in which the fundamental discoveries of physics will be actively used to create materials with entirely novel, unprecedented characteristics as well as ultrafast quantum computers. Quantum technologies promise fundamental changes in many aspects of society, from Information Technology and Energy to Medicine and Transportation. Discoveries in these fields will have the same influence on civilization, as, for instance, the invention of computers in the middle of the last century.