June 2017 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Editorial – EPS Young Minds in the Council Meeting

Young Minds (YM) is an excellent opportunity for physics students to develop skills and contacts that will be useful in their careers. Public engagement through the activities in the YM sections demonstrates the importance of dialog, for the public to appreciate the work done by researchers, and for researchers to share their passion for science.

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2017 EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Division prizes

The 2017 EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Division prizes have been announced. The six winners will be presented during the EPS HEP2017 conference, in Venice, from 5-12 July. The prize ceremony is scheduled on 10 July.

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Two Prestigious Prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics awarded

The European Physical Society is delighted to announce the 2017 winners of its two most prestigious prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics. These prizes, awarded only once every two years, recognise the highest level of achievements in fundamental and applied research in optical physics. The awards will be presented in a special Plenary Ceremony on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO®/Europe).

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EPS and SEENET-MTP Network strengthen their cooperation

The cooperation between EPS and the South-Eastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (SEENET-MTP) was established almost a decade ago and was further reinforced at the Kick-off Meeting of the EPS Committee of European Integration (EPS-CEI) during the Balkan Workshop BW2013 (Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, 2013).

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Scientific Advisory Committee meeting of EPJ

The European Physical Journal (EPJ) consists of a series of high-quality peer-reviewed journals (8 traditional and 8 open access) covering the whole spectrum of pure and applied physics and related interdisciplinary subjects. EPJ also includes the EPJ Web of Conferences and maintains editorial transfer coordination with EPL – Europhysics Letters.

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ELI-ALPS opening ceremony

On May 23rd 2017, the Opening Ceremony of ELI-ALPS took place in Szeged, in the presence of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

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Report on the FCC Week 2017 in Berlin

The 3rd meeting of the worldwide Future Circular Collider (FCC week 2017) brought together more than 500 leading minds in engineering and science from 147 institutes to discuss the progress of the present study and lay the foundations for the FCC design report.

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More than 2,000 visitors at the ALBA Open Day

The ALBA Open Day, organised every year by the ALBA Synchrotron, was again a full success. From 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. more than 2,000 people visited ALBA’s facilities to have a better knowledge of its characteristic and functions.

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6th EPS Young Minds Leadership Meeting

The University of Naples Federico II (UNINA) hosted the 6th Young Minds Leadership Meeting (12-13 May 2017) and the 15th Young Minds Action Committee Meeting (11 May 2017).

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Triangular Current Profile for Future High-energy Accelerators

Beam-driven, collinear wakefield acceleration is one of the most promising methods proposed for the next generation of high-energy physics accelerators.

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24-hour broadcast about space on Asteroid Day

ESA, JAXA and NASA join Prof. Brian Cox, astronauts, esteemed scientists and technologists on June 30, to create a global conversation about asteroids.

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Planning begins for the first International Day of Light in 2018

Paris, France — Following the highly successful International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015, the Executive Board of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has endorsed an annual International Day of Light.

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EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities May 2017

The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff last month:

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