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• Free Public Lecture & Bronze Bragg Awards

  • When
    27 Feb 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
  • Location
    University of Adelaide

  The Australian Institute of Physics (SA branch) is proudly hosting the Bronze Bragg presentation and free public lecture:

  Title: Could the laws of physics explain not just the universe but also the workings of our minds?
  Presenter: Prof Truyen Tran – Head of AI, Health, and Science, Deakin University
  Date & Time: Thursday 27th of February 2024 at 6.30 to 7.45 pm
  Location: The Braggs lecture theatre, The University of Adelaide (Google Maps here),

  Bio: Prof Truyen leads a world-class research team focused on developing competent and human-compatible AI through advanced machine learning. His research explores the fundamental nature of intelligence and reasoning, as well as the application of translational AI to improve health and accelerate scientific discovery. Prof Tran and his team have made significant contributions to the field, with over 160 research papers published. Their work spans deep learning, generative AI, machine reasoning, unifying language and vision, cognitive architectures, and social AI. Under his leadership, the team is driving the transformation of science, healthcare, and engineering through AI. Their projects include efficient exploration of molecular space, acceleration of drug discovery, materials characterisation, battery design and optimization, and automation of software engineering. Professor Tran's expertise and leadership have been recognized through numerous international awards, major research grants, and global collaborations. He holds a BSc from the University of Melbourne (2001) and a PhD in Computer Science from Curtin University (2008).

  The Bronze Bragg medals, and merit certificates, will be presented at the lecture. The medals are awarded for highest achievement in Physics in 2024 in the SACE Stage 2 assessments and IB Higher Level Physics, with merit certificates being for students who achieved a merit or a grade of 7.

  The presentation and lecture will be held in the Braggs Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, at 6.30pm. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend. 

  Enquires: Email to secretary@sa.aip.org.au

  

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• 2025 Frontiers of Science

  • When
    28 Mar 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Concord Gold Club, Sydney, NSW

  REGISTRATION : The Teachers Guild of New South Wales

  Exploring major discoveries and theories in physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry at this year’s combined AIP, TGNSW, RSNSW and RACI meeting.

  Ever since the Copernicun revolution in the 15th century science has been progressing at an exponential rate. Major discoveries and theories in physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry, have shaped and continue to grow at an exponential rate. The Frontiers of Science forum will have a group of international experts to give brief talks on the latest and future developments in their fields of knowledge.

  PRESENTERS:

  Associate Professor Benjamin Pope, Macquarie University, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
  Emeritus Professor Liz Harry, University of Technology Sydney and Senior higher education consultant with Outside Opinion.
  Associate Professor Helen Georgiou, University of Wollongong, School of Education, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
  Dr Vipul Agarwal, University of New South Wales, School of Chemical Engineering.

  
  

  SCHEDULE:

  5:00pm  Refreshments and Networking
  6:00pm  Welcome – Dr Frederick Osman FAIP FTGN FRSN FACE
  6:15pm  Presentations (25-minutes each)
  8:35pm  Panel Discussion and Q/A with Ian Woolf (Diffusion Radio)
  9:30pm  Vote of Thanks and Close

  
  LOCATION: Concord Golf Club, 190 Majors Bay Road Concord

  COST: $30.00  
  
  

  R.S.V.P: By Friday 21 March 2025

  
  ENQUIRIES:    
  Dr Frederick Osman 
  0418 318 418
  president@teachersguild.nsw.edu.au

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• 2025 Research Poster Presentation Network Event

  • When
    7 Apr 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Macquarie University, Main Hall in building 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue (14SCO)

  Registration link to follow. Check out AIP NSW event listings at: NSW Branch

  EVENT DETAILS:

  The aim of the NSW Australian Institute of Physics Research Poster Presentation Network Event is to provide all NSW HDR students (Honours, Masters and PhD researchers an opportunity:

  • To present a formal, research-based presentation of their HDR work.
  • To present HDR students research to a learned audience in the friendly environment of a University setting.
  • To promote research opportunities and achievements.
  • To develop physics interaction with researchers, academics, supervisors, students, employers and visitors during the event. 
  • To award best research poster presentation prizes recognizing the scientific merit exhibited in the Poster Presentation displays.

  o $500 Honours Research Poster Prize sponsored by Diraq

  o $1000 Masters Research Poster Prize sponsored by Boson Engineering 

  o $1000 PhD Research Poster Prize sponsored by ArcherX

  The Physics Research Poster Presentation Network Event will provide opportunities for HDR (Honours, Masters and PhD) students to present their research posters during the three-hour time-frame. Presenters can outline plans for research (thesis proposal) or can use this opportunity to display their research area, topic, present a working research paper, journal publication, conference publication, seminar notes or chapters in the thesis as a poster presentation display. Posters will be judged during the event with monetary prizes presented for each best poster award category.

  
  

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• URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC) 2025

  • Start
    17 Aug 2025
  • End
    22 Aug 2025
  • Location
    ICC Sydney

  The 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC 2025) is sponsored by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), and will be held in Sydney, Australia on August 17-22, 2025. This triennial conference is one of the three URSI Flagship Conferences that include the URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS) and the URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC).

  The scientific program will have a series of open and convened sessions covering the areas of URSI Commissions A to K, comprising oral/poster sessions with invited and contributed papers and General Lectures. In addition, there will be workshops, short courses, young scientist programs including the Young Scientist Award and the Student Paper Competition, an accompanying persons’ program, and an exhibition.

  See https://ap-rasc.com for details and registration.
  

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