Mexico City · August 26–29, 2026
Alán at fifty.
A four-day gathering of friends, students, and collaborators of Alán Aspuru-Guzik — celebrating a half-century of curiosity at the edge of quantum chemistry, artificial intelligence, and the materials of tomorrow.
01 · The occasion
Fifty years of asking better questions.
From the early days of variational quantum eigensolvers to today's self-driving labs and agentic chemistry, Alán's career has refused the boundary between disciplines. This symposium brings together the people his work touched — and the people whose work touched his — for four days of talks, posters, mezcal, and unscripted conversation in Ciudad de México.
Computing for Chemistry
Algorithms, hardware, and the long road from VQE to fault tolerance.
Self-Driving Laboratories
Closing the loop between hypothesis, robot, and result.
AI for Science
Generative models, autonomous agents, and the new scientific method.