The next MAWI conference will take place from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026. Please find here more details on schedule and venue(s). Both staying in Vienna as in NEustadt can be an option for you, there are train connections both way up till around midnight.
Please contact Christian under christian.koller@fhwn.ac.at in case there are any questions not (yet) answered here. The content here will be constantly updated, so stay tuned!
Time Table
| Wednesday 28.10.2026 | Thursday 29.10.2026 | Friday 30.10.2026 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | |||
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Christian Koller: Welcome & Introduction Charly Beulenkamp: “Introduction to ultracold molecules” | “From Lab to Market” | Administration PhD Presentation: Nikita Titov |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Yevhenii Kuriatnikov: “Optimal Control Methods in Cold Atoms” | “From Lab to Market” | PhD Presentation Greta Firenze PhD Presentation Žan Kokalj |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Closing Remarks Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Philipp Schüttelkopf “1D Quantum Gases” Joshua New (online) “Cold Atoms in a CMOS based Atomchip” | “From Lab to Market” | Excursion Raxalpe |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | PhD – Presentation: Joel George PhD – Presentation: Abhiram Chathoth Damodaran | “From Lab to Market” | Excursion Raxalpe |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | City Tour/ Get together | Coffee Break Entrepreneur Talk Stephan Meissl – EOX | Excursion Raxalpe |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | City Tour/ Get together | Social Event | Excursion Raxalpe |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Social Event | ||
| 19.00 – 20.00 | Dinner | ||
| Venue | MBI, Postsparkasse, Vienna | City Campus, FHWN Wiener Neustadt | Payerbacherhof Payerbach |
Locations
Marietta Blau Institute, Postsparkasse, Vienna
Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8fYnMC5yZpAYkaRy8
Build from 1910-1912 by renomed architect Otto Wagner, the Postsparkasse now houses institues of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Austrain Science Fund (FWF) as well as institutes of the Austrian Acadamy of Science such as the Marietta Blau Instiute for Particle Physics, which will thankfully host us for the day in Vienna. It is within Vienna easily reachable via the Subway Lines U2 (Schwedenplatz) or U3 (Landstraße or Stubentor) follwoed by a short walk (<10min). Tickets can be bought at the ticket machines or online ( https://shop.wienmobil.at/en/products ).
City Campus FHWN, Wiener Neustadt
Schlögelgasse 22-26, 2700 Wiener Neustadt
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vQhMoKjCjsr2RFHR6
The City Campus oF the University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt will be the venue of the Entrepreneur Workshop of Day Two. It can be reached from Vienna via train from Central station (Hauptbahnhof) or Meidling Station. There are fast connections (alternating “RailJet” or “CJX9”) leaving every 30min, the trip takes around 30 min. Alternatively there are slower connections (REX1, S3) taking between 40 and 80 min. Tickets can be bought at the OEBB ticket machines or online at https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header . From Central Station in Neustadt (Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof) to campus it is either a 15 min stroll through Neustadt’s city center or a 5min bus ride (Lines 1,3,8, Stop “Landesklinikum”, or Lines 5,11 Stop “Grünangergasse”). More information can be found here: https://www.fhwn.ac.at/en/about-us/directions-opening-hours . Tickets can be bought on the bus (Cash) or online via the OEBB site linked above or at https://ticketshop.vor.at/ . Please note that there is a second FHWN location in Neustadt (Campus1) which is north of the city, so please ensure if your bus is going to “City Campus”, even if it has FH written on top.
Excursion/ PhD presentations
The PhD presentations will take place at Hotel Payerbacherhof https://payerbacherhof.at/ in Payerbach https://maps.app.goo.gl/aCSsVURLSNmnWb3f7 (5min walk from Train Station Payerbach-Reichenau) reachable within 1h from Vienna and 30 min from Neustadt. If weather permits we will later take the Rax-Seilbahn (Cable Car) to the top of Raxalpe (1800m) and have a ~2:30h hike (200m up/down). The path will not be too difficult, but bring good shoes (Sneakers are fine) and warm clothes as it can be quite chilly at this elevation.