• School & SALMON Hands On: 9-10, March, 2026
  • Workshop: 11-13, March, 2026
  • Venue: Todai-ji temple, Nara, Japan (map)
  • Access:
    • Via Osaka Itami airport (ITM): via domestic flights from Tokyo Haneda airport (HND). Flights from Tokyo Narita is also available but is not so frequent.
      • [Best way] Direct limousine bus is available from Osaka Itami airport to JR Nara sta. (details), approx. 75 min.
      • Limousine bus from Osaka Itami airport to Osaka Namba sta. (details), use Kintetsu railway from Namba to Kintetsu Nara sta. (time table), approx. 90min.
      • Limousine bus from Osaka Itami airport to Abenobashi (Tennoji) sta. (details), use Japan railway (JR) from Tennoji to JR Nara sta. (time table), approx. 80min.
    • Via Osaka Kansai airport (KIX): Direct international flights are available.
      • Direct limousine bus is available from Osaka Kansai airport to JR Nara sta. (details), approx. 100 min. Only 5 buses per day.
      • Japan railway (JR) from Osaka Kansai airport to Tennoji sta. (time table), change train to JR Nara sta. (time table), approx. 120 min.
      • Nankai railway from Osaka Kansai airport to Namba sta. (time table), change to Kintetsu railway (time table), approx. 80 min.
    • Via Tokyo Haneda airport (HND): Many direct international flights are available.
      • Keikyu line to Shinagawa sta. (details), Shinkansen (bullet train) from Shinagawa sta. to Kyoto sta. (time table)
        • Japan railway (JR) from Kyoto sta. to Nara sta. (time table), 180 min. in total.
        • Kintetsu railway from Kyoto sta. to Kintetsu Nara sta. (time table), 210min. in total.

Hosted by: Kansai Institute for Photon Science (KPSI), Quantum Science and Technologies (QST), Japan

Co-Hosted by: Q-LEAP ALICe, 学際領域展開ハブ形成プログラム, SALMON Development Committee

Co-Chairs:

  • Dr. Tomohito Otobe (QST, Japan)
  • Dr. Kenichi Ishikawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Dr. Kazuhiro Yabana (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

School Lecturers:

  • Dr. Carsten Ullrich (The University of Missouri, United States)
  • Dr. Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
  • Dr. Yosuke Kanai (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)

Hands On Lecturer: Dr. Kazuhiro Yabana (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Invited Speakers
  • Angel Rubio (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
  • Beata Ziaja-Motyka (DESY, Germany)
  • Carsten Ullrich (The University of Missouri, United States)
  • Dongbin Shin (GIST, Korea)
  • Gopal Dixit (IIT Mumbai, India)
  • Jeng-Da Chai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
  • Junhyeok Bang (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
  • Kosuke Nakano (NIMS, Japan)
  • Mitsuharu Uemoto (Kobe University, Japan)
  • Naoto Tsuji (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Neepa Maitra (Rutgers University at Newark, United States)
  • Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
  • Noejung Park (UNIST, Korea)
  • Rajarshi Sinha-Roy (Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France)
  • Ryosuke Akashi (QST, Japan)
  • Sangeeta Sharma (Max Born Institute, Germany)
  • Shunsuke Yamada (QST, Japan)
  • Stefan Vuckovic (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
  • Takeru Yokota (RIKEN, Japan)
  • Takeshi Iwasa (Hokkaido University, Japan)
  • Yosuke Kanai (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
QLEAP ALICe Sessions
  • Eiyu Gushiken (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Erik Loetstedt (RIKEN, Japan)
  • Shunsuke Sato (Tohoku University, Japan)
  • Takeshi Sato (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Tomohito Otobe (QST, Japan)
  • Tentative Important Dates
    • Participant Registration Office: November 2025 – January 2026 (tentative)
    • Abstract Submission Office: September – October 2025 (tentative)
    • VISA Support: November 2025 – March 2026 (tentative)
    • For participants requiring a VISA: Registration must be completed by mid-December 2025 (tentative).
  • Tentative Schedules
    • Poster Session: March 12–13, 2026 (tentative)
    • Banquet (Conference Dinner): Evening of March 12, 2026 (tentative)
  • Travel
  • Note for School Participants
    • You will connect to our supercomputer to run SALMON via a terminal app. Please bring your own laptop.
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  • Scopes:
    • Ab-Initio Simulations of Light–Matter Interactions
    • Development of Computational Methods and High-Performance Computing
    • Many-Body Effects and Beyond-DFT Approaches
    • Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling in Electron Dynamics
    • Semiclassical and Hybrid Quantum-Classical Methods Applications in Photonics, Energy Materials, and Quantum Technologies
    • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
    • Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Molecules, Solids, and Nanostructures
    • Visualization and Analysis of Ultrafast Phenomena