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This webinar is organized as part of the UNESCO/International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) physics for society colloquium series.

These aim to bring together leading scientists, policymakers, and industry experts from around the world to establish an engaging and interactive multidisciplinary and cross-regional collaboration platform for science popularisation for quantum science and technology. 

This third session will feature a talk by Prof. Andrew Forbes from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He will elaborate on the concept of quantum structured light, which captures the tailoring of quantum states in multi- and high-dimensional spaces. 

Through an overview of his research in this field, the talk will also highlight South Africa’s growing engagement with quantum science, particularly through the activities of the South African Quantum Technology Initiative.

Andrew Forbes is a Distinguished Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand where he leads a laboratory that focuses on Structured Light and its applications. He is active in promoting photonics in Africa, a founding member of the Photonics Initiative of South Africa and Director of South Africa’s Quantum Roadmap.  He is a Fellow of SPIE, Optica, the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), and an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.  He has won several awards, including the national NSTF Photonics award (2015), the Alexander von Humboldt Georg Forster Prize and Fellowship (2020), the SAIP Gold Medal (2020), the Sang Soo Lee award from the Korean Optical Society and OPTICA (2022) and the Physics prize by TWAS (2024).