More details about the ISWLA10 Conference on:

http://iswla10.inflpr.ro

The conference will consist of a series of lectures given by distinguished physicists. In addition, the students participants will be able to expose their scientific works, developments of practices, reviews of scientific publications and more, in meetings of 15 minutes or in the form of a poster, under the teachers’ attentive supervision of the different departments of the Faculty of Physics. We will give public and scientific awards. One of the guest speakers of the conference will be Kip S. Thorne, current Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech and one of the world’s leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
Other guest speakers: Álvaro Giménez, director of Astrobiology Center and Science and Investigation Center of ESA. And Francisco Sánchez, director and foundator of Institute of Astrophysics in Canary Islands.

Homepage: http://www.coeffis.es/11.html
Start: March 19th 2010
End: March 20th 2010

Venue:
University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain
Register fee: 7€
Register deadline: 26 February

Moreover, participants are encouraged to take an interest in global challenges, such as sustainable development and climate change topics, because “Open Readings ’10″ will be implemented in parallel with another SSA project “Young Scientists Thinking Ecologically”.

The official language of the conference is English so all oral presentations and posters should be in English. Furthermore, there is no fee for participants and registration for the conference is open to all students from all over the world.
To register, please email your full name, university and tentative scientific project topic to the email address: openreadings2010@gmail.com. More detailed information is available from http://www.smd.ff.vu.lt/conference/

The Hungarian Association of Physics Students is happy to announce, the 40th and for the 11th time international

Rudolf Ortvay International Problem Solving Competition in Physics

http://ortvay.mafihe.hu

Date: 22nd October – 2nd November, 2009

The competition is electronic, so you are likely to join from any country on the world if you are a university or PhD student in any field.
The goal is to solve as many from the 30-40 problems given as you can, but maximum 10. Tthese can be downloaded from the web page above in several formats from 11 am (GMT), the 22nd of October, and send your solutions back via email or fax till the deadline, that is 2nd November 2009.
You have to solve the problems by yourself (no group works are accepted) but you are welcome to use any tools you wish (including computers).
The assigned problems do not focus on school-level problem-solving routine but rather on the skills of physical way of thinking, recognition of the heart of the problem, and the appropriate choice in the mathematical armory.
The competitors are selected into categories by their years of study (PhD students also form an separate category), so dear Undergraduates, don’t be afraid to join!

The first three places in each category are rewarded by a certain amount of money and an official certificate signed by the president of the jury, a well known university professor in Hungary, and the president of the Hungarian Association of Physics Students.
Above this, the jury also rewards the best solutions to certain problems, and there are also some special prices given, so if you only have one or two problems solved, its still wise to send them.
During the past years prizes won in the Ortvay Contest became an ever more important factor in choosing the best candidates for thesis topics as well as PhD and student exchange scholarships.

Among the one-time contestants and winners of the Ortvay Contest there are several internationally acknowledged researchers.
If this made you curious, take a look at the problems, and you are welcome to participate!

All the best with Your work!

An unique IAPS visit to CERN will take place this winter! During two days you will have an opportunity to attend lectures held by CERN specialist, you will learn how to apply to CERN for an internship and of course visit some of the facilities.

Number of participants: 47

Price: 72 euros (so low thank to the sponsorship from EPS)

The participation fee covers accomodation, dinner on the first day, breakfasts, transportation during the whole stay and a souvenir T-shirt. Lunches are not included.

Price of a meal in CERN: 10-15 CHF

THERE ARE NO MORE FREE PLACES AT THE MOMENT, but you can sign up for the waiting list!

You can find the registration form here: http://dhost.info/iaps2cern/

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Agnieszka Leyko (trips at iaps.info).

Activities in CERN

1. visiting experiment facilities

2. exhibition (Microcosm or in Globe)

3. some lectures/presentations (8 hours)

- recruitment possibilities (1h)
- general presentation about CERN (1h)

Lectures on physics (still to be discussed)

- “Antimatter in the Lab” (2h)

- “Physics at Hadronic Colliders” (4h)

- “From Heavy Ion Collisions to Quark Matter” (3h)

- “From Raw Data to Physics Results” (2h)

- “Superconducting Magnets” (1h)
- Some introduction to ATLAS experiment

Other activities

- nightlife in Geneva
- sightseeing

Accommodation in Geneva
http://www.genevahostel.ch/en/index.html

The XXV ICPS will be hosted by NC Austria in Graz, Austria.  Online registration for this will be opened on February 1st, 2010.

For more information including conference details, a proposed timetable and to keep up-to-date, visit the website at: http://icps2010.tugraz.at/