EPS Executive & Staff activity for November 2015

The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff for November 2015:

2 November 2015: John Dudley, EPS vice-president, represented EPS at an IYL 2015 event at the Louvre (France) on Augustin Fresnel and the boundary between art and science seen through his works.

ESCAMPIG

The 23rd Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionised Gases [ESCAMPIG] will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 12-16 July 2016.

FCC Week 2016

p>The second Annual Meeting of the Future Circular Collider study will take place from 11 to 15 April 2016 in Rome.
We are pleased to inform you that the registration is now open. The deadline for early registration is 29 February 2016.

Europhoton 2016

The 7th Europhoton conference organised by the EPS Quantum-Optics and Electronics Division  [EPS QEOD] will focus on “Solid State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources”. It will be held at Technische Universität in Vienna, Auqtria, right in the city centre from 21-26 August 2016.

3rd energy seminar Les Houches, 2016

The third edition of the seminar “Energy scenarios : which research in physics ?” will take place at the École de Physique des Houches, France, from 6-11 March 2016.

IPAC’16

IPAC’16, the Seventh International Particle Accelerator Conference, will be held in Busan, Korea from 8-13 May 2016. IPAC brings together accelerator scientists, engineers, students and industrial vendors from across the globe to share ideas and exchange information on the cutting edge of accelerator science and technology.

Editorial – Light to Enlighten

In our role as researchers and teachers we work to increase the knowledge, use it and transmit it to new generations of scientists.

At the same time, our global citizenship is often confronted with technical, cultural, ethical and social issues needing scientific knowledge not available to the average citizen. Direct engagement with the public helps us to understand their interest for science and their doubts and concerns.

Call for the “Lise Meitner Prize” of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division

The Nuclear Physics Division [NPD] of the EPS supports the advancement and the dissemination of knowledge in nuclear physics. In this respect the NPD regularly awards some of Europe’s most prestigious prizes. Among these is the “Lise Meitner Prize”, named after the famous Austrian physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Nominations are now open for the Lise Meitner Prize in 2016. The prize, awarded to one or several experienced scientists, recognises outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. Particular consideration will be given to scientific activities that represent the core of the nuclear science in Europe.

The Spring 2015 Emmy Noether distinction presented to Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

On 2 October 2015, the Spring 2015 Emmy Noether distinction was presented to Prof. A. Fontcuberta i Morral (Institute of Materials, EPFL, Switzerland), by the EPS Equal Opportunity Committee [EOC] Chair, on behalf of the EPS President.

Light and Innovation Ceremony at the Palazzo Edison in Milan

On the occasion of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 a special session entitled ‘Light and Innovation’ took place on 16 October 2015 at the wonderful Palazzo Edison in Milan, the headquarters of the Edison corporation. It was organized by Edison SpA and the Foundation Alessandro Volta, in collaboration with the European Physical Society and the Italian Physical Society. Edison SpA is Europe’s oldest energy company, and today is one of the industry leaders in Italy and Europe with business focusing on electric power and hydrocarbon exploration and production. The Alessandro Volta Foundation is located at Lake Como and has a school of Advanced Studies where scientific events are organized to promote excellence in training and research.

International Year of Light news

“Highlights of Physics” event in Germany

LIGHT2015 Project Updates

EPS Special Activity Fund

The European Physical Society is in the process of setting up a Special Activity Fund to support actions that are not in the mainstream of EPS tasks or that need special financing beyond the regular EPS budget. This Fund will be comprised of contributions from EPS Individual Members and other private sponsors and donors. The EPS hopes to mobilise the support of its network of over 130’000 physicist who can contribute, through their individual donations, to projects not only in Europe but also in developing countries. The Fund will be supervised by an independent group of persons, external to the EPS Executive Committee and checked regularly by an external audit