Note the date:
Condensed Matter Physics in the City 2026 (CMPCity 2026) is scheduled to take place in London during the week of July 15-24, 2026, under the heading “Quantum Materials in and out of Equilibrium“. The meeting will offer ample space for scientific exchanges, bringing together three important directions of research into quantum materials in and out of equilibrium:
- Nonlinear Responses and Controlled Dynamic in Synthetic and Engineered Quantum Materials
- Novel Metals and Superconductors
- Non-Equilibrium Quantum Systems
Covering topics such as measurement-induced phase transitions, transient optically driven states, symmetry and topology of open quantum systems, or the origin of bulk quantum oscillations in topological insulators, Berry curvature effects and interaction-driven dynamics in quantum materials, the meeting will seek to bring new topics at the cross-roads of quantum simulation, correlated materials and quantum dynamics.
A detailed schedule for the meeting will be published in due course. Junior participants are invited to submit abstracts, where the remit for the meeting will be interpreted broadly.
The CMPCity series is organised annually by the Hubbard Theory Consortium (formed by Imperial College London, University College London, the University of Kent and Royal Holloway University of London).
Join the discussion on twitter under our conference hashtag #cmpc26.
Dates:
Wednesday 15 July – Friday 24 July 2025.
Invited Speakers:
confirmed speakers include:
Ehud Altman* (UC Berkeley)
Andrea Cavalleri* (Oxford / MPI Hamburg)
Premi Chandra* (Rutgers)
Aashish Clerk* (U. Chicago)
Seamus Davis* (Oxford)
Elena Hassinger* (Karlsruhe Institute für Technology)
Nigel Hussey* (Bristol)
Gerard Milburn*1 (National Quantum Computing Centre, UK) Romain Sebille (PSI)
Zhida Song* (Peking)
* Confirmed speaker.
1 Outreach Speaker.
Conference schedule:
The conference schedule will be prepared closer to the meeting..
Call for Abstracts for Contributed Talks:
We expect a call for submission of abstracts from junior participants with anticipated deadline of May 1st, TBD (eligibility for contributed talks: PhD +5y, as per ICAM definition). See registration page for details.
Venue:
The meeting will likely take place on premises of University College London – see our venue & accommodation page for details and nearby accommodation and advice on food options nearby.
Registration:
To register, and for all relevant deadlines, please see the registration page.
The 2025 organising committee:
Ryan Barnett, HC, Imperial College London
Sam Carr, HC, University of Kent (Student co-ordinator)
Claudio Castelnovo, Cambridge University
Piers Coleman, HC and Rutgers University, New Jersey
Sven Friedemann, U. Bristol
Andrew Green, HC, University College London
Andrew Ho, HC, Royal Holloway, University of London
Frank Kruger, HC, University College London
Gunnar Möller, HC, University of Kent
Jorge Quintanilla, HC, University of Kent
John Saunders, HC, Royal Holloway, University of London
Frank Schindler, HC, Imperial College, London
Jan Tomczak, Kings College, London
History of the meeting:
Condensed Matter Physics in the City is run by the Hubbard Theory Consortium, as one of its flagship activities since its foundation in 2010.
The Hubbard Theory Consortium brings together condensed matter groups throughout southeast England, including the groups at Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Harwell (including the ISIS Facilities and the Diamond Light Source), the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at University College London, the University of Kent, and Imperial College London.
Please see the HTC website for more information.
Related conference:
As in previous years, we are holding CMPCity in temporal proximity to TEMM 2026 (to be held 13-14 July 2026), the UK’s annual meeting for Magnetic Materials. See the TEMM website for further information and (separate) registration once available.
Contact:
Please direct queries to cmpinthecity2020@gmail.com (apologies for the generic year number, we will keep the address ending in 2020).
Social Media:
Announcements will be made via the twitter account of the Hubbard Theory Consortium @HTCPhysics and the conference hashtag is #cmpc26.