This workshop concerns the field of quantum electrodynamics and light-matter interaction, in particular the topics: open quantum systems, fluctuation induced Casimir-Lifshitz forces in and out of thermal equilibrium, radiative heat transfer, and quantum thermodynamics. It will focus on the cut-edge theoretical and experimental findings in the field, with the aim of boosting these emerging research fields toward a deeper fundamental and applicative development. It will tackle, among others, new emerging themes related to quantum thermalization mechanisms, quantum thermal machines, entanglement, metamaterials, light harvesting complexes, thermophotovoltaic cells, and active or soft matter.

List (partial) of invited speakers who already accepted the invitation:

1. H.B. Chan (HKUST, Hong Kong)
2. R. Decca (IUPUI - USA)
3. C. Henkel (University of Potsdam, Germany)
4. J. Munday (University of California - Davis, USA)
5. M. Silveirinha (Istituto Superior Técnico– Portugal)
6. P. Ben-Abdallah (Institute d’Optique – CNRS, France)
7. M. Rubi (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
8. L. Woods (University of South Florida, USA)
9. F. Giazotto (SNS Pisa, Italy)
10. I. Bondarev (North Carolina Central University, USA)
11. S. Scheel (Universität Rostock, Germany)
12. K. Milton (University of Oklahoma, USA)
13. P. Maia Neto (UFRJ, Brasil)
14. S.-A. Biehs (Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Germany)
15. G. De Chiara (Queen’s University – Belfast, UK)
16. A. Manjavacas (University of New Mexico, USA)
17. P.-O. Chapuis (CETHIL – CNRS, France)
18. S. Merabia (Institut Lumière Matière – CNRS, France )
19. S. Volz (LIMMS - CNRS, France/Japan)
20. T. Emig (CNRS, France)
21. X. Wu (Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, China)
22. C.-L. Zhou (HIT, China)
23. J.-S. Wang (NUS, Singapore)
24. A. Rodriguez (Princeton University, USA)
25. S. Edalatpour (University of Maine, USA)
26. N. Khusnutdinov (UF-ABC, Brazil)
27. K. Sinha (Arizona State University, USA)
28. K. Asheichyk (Belarusian State University, Belarus)
29. P. Menguc (Ozyegin University, Turkey)
30. J. Ordonez (CNRS, France)
31. F. Banfi (University of Lyon, France)
32. P. Rodriguez (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
33. B. Zhao (University of Huston, USA)
34. W. Boxiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
35. V. Esteso (LENS, Italy)
36. R. Esquivel (National University of Mexico, Mexico)
37. P. Schall (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
38. M. He (HIT, China)
39. A. Callegari (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
40. M. Boström (Ensamble3 Center of Excellence - Warszawa, Poland)
41. R. Passante (University of Palermo, Italy)
42. E. Tervo (University of Wisconsin-Medison, USA)
43. K. Shi (Zhejiang University, China)
44. E. Nefzaoui (University Gustave Eiffel, France)
45. L. Rizzuto (University of Palermo, Italy)
46. I. Latella (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
47. S. Buhmann (University of Kassel, Germany)
48. M. Fromhold (University of Nottingham, UK)
49. I. Brevik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
50. F. Intravaia (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
51. A. Gambassi (SISSA, Italy)
52. Y. Hong-Liang (HIT, China)
53. A. Soret (University of Luxenbourg, Luxenbourg)
54. F. Lombardo (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
55. Y. Ma (Zhejiang University, China)
56. V. Esteso (LENS Florence, Italy)
57. R. St-Gelais (University of Ottawa, Canada)
58. B. Song (Peking University, China)
59. A. Imparato (Aarhus University, Denmark)

For more information contact the session organizers: M. Antezza (mauro.antezza@umontpellier.fr) and M. Krüger (matthias.kruger@uni-goettingen.de)