Trends and Friends in Complex Quantum Matter: Celebrating László Forró at 70

Budapest, June 22-25, 2026.

Confirmed speakers (so far):

• Henri Alloul (U. Paris-Saclay)
• Neven Barišić (TU-Wien)
• Andrew Briggs (U. Oxford)
• Larry Carr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
• Szabolcs Csonka (BME)
• Jaroslav Fabian (U. Regensburg)
• Károly Holczer (UCLA)
• Katalin Kamarás (Wigner)
• Chris Kendziora (Naval Research Lab)
• András Kis (EPFL)
• Peter Littlewood (U. Chicago)
• Kin Fai Mak (Max Planck Institute - Hamburg)
• David Mandrus (U. Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Mike Martin (ALS Berkeley)
• Davor Pavuna (EPFL)
• Henrik Rønnow (EPFL)
• László Rosta (Wigner)
• Peter Stephens (Stony Brook University)
• Eduard Tutiš (IFS Zagreb)

Confirmed attendees (so far):

• György Grüner (UCLA)
• András Jánossy (BME)
• György Mihály (BME)

Organizers:

Program committee:

• Gergely Zimányi (UC Davis)
• Boldizsár Jankó (University of Notre Dame)
• László Mihály (Stony Brook University)

Local organizer:

• Ferenc Simon (BME)

Website: Bence G Márkus (University of Notre Dame)

Contact: simon.ferenc@ttk.bme.hu; gtzimanyi@ucdavis.edu; bjanko@nd.edu; laszlo.mihaly@stonybrook.edu; bmarkus@nd.edu