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30th European Frequency and Time Forum

General conference schedule

Sunday 3rd April
17:00 - 19:00 Registration - James College Reception
Monday 4th April
08:00 - 18:00 Registration - Exhibition Centre
08:30 - 18:00 Tutorials in P/L001 and P/L005
18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception - Exhibition Centre
Tuesday 5th April
08:00 - 18:00 Registration
08:40 - 10:40 Invited Plenary Speakers, P/X001
Andrew Lyne
'The formation, life and uses of pulsars - nature's finest cosmic clocks'
David Rooney
'Selling time: Stories from the Greenwich Observatory'
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee / tea break
11:10 - 12:30 Lecture Sessions A1
A1L-A: Timescales and SI Second, Room P/X001
A1L-B: Cold Atoms for Sensors and Clocks, Room P/L001
A1L-C: Piezoelectric Resonators I, Room P/L002
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:40 Poster Sessions A2
A2P-D: Student Paper Competition, P/L005
A2P-E: Frequency References and Measurements, Poster Area
A2P-F: Piezoelectric Resonators II, Poster Area
A2P-G: Microwave Frequency Standards & Applications I, Poster Area
A2P-H: Timekeeping, Time & Freq Transfer, GNSS Apps I, Poster Area
A2P-J: Optical Frequency Standards & Applications I, Poster Area
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee / tea break
16:00 - 17:40 Lecture Sessions A3
A3L-A: Lattice Clocks I, Room P/X001
A3L-B: Space Applications, Room P/L001
A3L-C: Sensors, Room P/L002
Wednesday 6th April
08:00 - 18:00 Registration
08:40 - 10:00 Lecture Sessions B1
B1L-A: Quantum Measurement, Room P/X001
B1L-B: GNSS and Applications, Room P/L001
B1L-C:Cross Correlation, Room P/L002
10:00 - 10:40 Exhibitors' Presentation (P/X001)
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee / tea break
11:10 - 12:30 Lecture Sessions B2
B2L-A: Applications of Optical Frequency Standards, P/X001
B2L-B: Atomic Magnetometers and Their Applications, P/L001
B2L-C: Advances in TWSTFT, P/L002
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:40 Poster Sessions B3
B3P-E: Oscillators and Synthesizers, Poster Area
B3P-F: Sensors & Transducers, Poster Area
B3P-G: Microwave Freq Standards & Applications II, Poster Area
B3P-H: Timekeeping, Time & Freq Transfer, GNSS Apps II, Poster Area
B3P-J: Optical Frequency Standards & Applications II, Poster Area
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee / tea break
16:00 - 17:40 Lecture Sessions B4
B4L-A: Ion Clocks, Room P/X001
B4L-B: Timing Networks and Applications, Room P/L001
B4L-C: Atom Interferometers, Room P/L002
19:00 - 23.00 Conference Dinner
Thursday 7th April
08:00 - 18:00 Registration
08:40 - 10:20 Lecture Sessions C1
C1L-A: Frequency Combs, Room P/X001
C1L-B: Caesium Frequency Standards, Room P/L001
C1L-C: Low Noise Synthesis, Room P/L002
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee / tea break
10:50 - 12:30 Lecture Sessions C2
C2L-A: Lattice Clocks II, Room P/X001
C2L-B: CPT Cell Standards, Room P/L001
C2L-C: Opto-electronics and Microwave Oscillators, Room P/L002
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:40 Lecture Sessions C3
C3L-A: Optical Oscillators and Spectroscopy, Room P/X001
C3L-B: Optical Fibre Frequency Transfer, Room P/L001
C3L-C: Microwave Frequency Standards, Room P/L002
15.40 Coffee / tea
15:40 - Lab Tours
Friday 8th April
08:30 - Satellite Workshop:
16:00 Optical clocks: quantum engineering and international timekeeping

The Conference Laboratory will run in P/L006, Tuesday to Thursday from 09:00 - 17:00.