PHYSCON 2027 is a hybrid event proudly presented by the VicPhysics Teachers’ Network in collaboration with the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria (STAV) and with the support of Swinburne University of Technology.  It will be on Friday 19 February, 2027 along with a Saturday morning program.

It is an innovative and exciting professional development event for secondary school Physics teachers featuring:

• live-streamed keynote addresses from Prof Nicole Bell from the University of Melbourne on ‘Neutrinos: The Invisible Particles that Shape the Universe’ and from Dr Stuart Midgely, Federal AIP president, on ‘The Physics of Data Centre Cooling’.
• round table discussion on planning a curriculum for the future
• 3 sessions of workshops in person and online, with the majority of workshops livestreamed. There are 40 workshops on offer covering Pedagogy, Curriculum, AI, Assessment, Experiments, Enrichment and Commercial
• access to exhibitors
• networking opportunities over morning tea, lunch and post-conference drinks
• VCAA Update (TBC)
• review of the Nov 2026 VCE Physics exam *
• visits to Swinburne’s Virtual Universe gallery
• Saturday Morning Taster of the excursion to the Australian Synchrotron
• Saturday Morning Medical Physics In-Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

*VCAA has asked assessors not to present examination reports or ‘meet the assessor’ style sessions at subject association events. The review at this conference will be presented by an experienced person who is familiar with the exam process but is not involved with the Nov 2026 exam paper.

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