Proposed Benefits for EPS Members
The European Physical Society is developing a series of activities designed to increase its visibility, and to attract new Individual Members. The EPS is envisaging different levels of benefits – with some reserved for Individual Members, and others available to the whole community: in particular, members of Member Societies.
Among the benefits for Individual Members are…
EAS-EPS: collaboration in the sky
We could debate endlessly as to whether astronomy is physics applied to the cosmos, and the objects found therein, or whether physics is a special branch of astrophysics, one that deals with the phenomena accessible to the laboratory. What is certain is that both sciences have deep common roots.
The communities of (particle) physics and astrophysics are getting closer now, not only in their intellectual goals, but also through the development and use of common tools, like ground based or space borne telescopes, and laboratory…
EPS-HEP Conference
The High Energy and Particle Physics (HEPP) division of the European Physical Society has recently called for nominations for the 2011 EPS HEPP Prizes, which will be presented at the International Europhysics Conference EPS-HEP 2011, to be held in Grenoble on 21-27 July 2011.
With eleven parallel sessions and an extended poster display, EPS-HEP is one of the major international conferences that reviews the state of our knowledge of the fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions…
Passion for Light
Passion for Light, an international workshop being jointly organised by the European and Italian Physical Societies, is to be held on 16 September 2011 at the Villa Monastero, in Varenna, Lake Como, Italy.
The workshop will provide a framework in which to announce a new initiative of the EPS Quantum Electronics and Optics Division – which aims for a declaration of an International Year of Light, to be held…
Asia Europe Physics Summit
The Asia-Europe Physics Summit (ASEPS) will be held on 26-29 October 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland. ASEPS is a platform for the forging of Asia-Europe physics programme strategies, through discussions of the scientific priorities, and possible shared contributions to large-scale infrastructures or networks, in an Asia-Europe cooperation framework.
ASEPS promotes synergy between the different fields of physics…
Alfvèn and Plasma Physics Innovation Prizes
The winners of the 2011 EPS Alfvèn Prize and the EPS Plasma Physics Innovation Prize have been announced by the EPS Plasma Physics Division. The awards are to be formally presented at the EPS plasma physics conference in Strasbourg on 27 June.
For more information, and a list of the prize winners, please visit the Plasma Physics Division website.
New Grant Schemes
The EPS grant schemes for 2011 have been approved by the EPS Executive Committee. The schemes are designed to increase EPS visibility; promote international cooperation and scientific excellence; and support EPS conferences.
The schemes include the EPS Award for Pre-university Physics Competitions, Regional Meeting Grants, travel grants for conferences and University Student Fellowships.
More information can be found on the EPS website.
EPS Who’s Who
EPS Who’s Who is a concept for a new directory resource, put forward by M. Schlenker, the Individual Members’ delegate to Council.
While Individual Members are already listed in the online EPS directory – with basic contact details – it will soon be possible to publish additional information alongside this: such as a photo, CV, research interests, publication lists or a link to outside websites…
EPS Awards, Fellows & Honorary Members
The EPS is pleased to announce the award of the Gero Thomas Memorial Medal to Claude Sébenne, for his significant and long-term contributions to the EPS as editor of Europhysics News.
The EPS Council has recently approved the following individuals as EPS Fellows…
Executive Committee News 27-28 January
The EPS Executive Committee met in Mulhouse on 27-28 January 2011.
A summary of the deliberations is available to EPS Individual Members. Members should login to the EPS website, and then see ‘my eps’.
EPS Council Meeting 2011
The 2011 EPS Council Meeting took place on 1-2 April at the EPS Secretariat in Mulhouse. During the meeting Associate Members, Divisions, Groups, Individual Members and delegates from EPS Member Societies received reports on the activities of the EPS in 2010.
In addition, the Council was pleased to welcome the new Executive Director of the Université d’Haute Alsace, M. Alexis Rinckenbach….
