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Editorial <http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/editorial-july-2011/>
*Dear Readers,*
Good news for the EPS!
This year the society has seen a sizeable increase in its membership, more
so than in the past few years; with the numbers at 291, 220 and 407 new
individual members (IMs) in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. Note also
that the 2011 additions have only been counted up to 24 June – thus, further
recruitment in 2011 is, in principle, still possible. The total number of
IMs today exceeds 3200...
<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/historic-sites/>
Nominations open for Historic Sites initiative
<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/historic-sites/>
The Historic Sites Initiative has been launched by the EPS to commemorate
important places in the development and history of physics across Europe.
Sites with a national, or broader, significance to physics and its history
may be considered for the distinction of becoming an EPS Historic Site.
Commemorated locales will be recognised with a plaque, and an unveiling
ceremony, organised between the EPS and the site nominators...
<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/eps-sif-energy-school/>
EPS and SIF launch new school on
energy<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/eps-sif-energy-school/>
The first session of a new EPS-SIF joint International School on Energy will
be held on 30 July – 4 August next year, at the Villa Monastero, Varenna,
Italy. The school, which was recently approved by the EPS Executive
Committee and the Council of Presidency of the Società Italiana di Fisica...
<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/homi-bhabha-prize/>
Cosmic honour for former EPS
president<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/homi-bhabha-prize/>
Sir Arnold Wolfendale has been awarded the first IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha
Medal and Prize, for his work in the field of cosmic ray astrophysics. The
prize will be presented at the 2011 International Cosmic Ray Conference in
Beijing, China, in August this year...
<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/angela-bracco-nupecc/>
Angela Bracco to be first female chairperson of
NuPECC<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/angela-bracco-nupecc/>
Angela Bracco has been voted in as the chairperson-elect of the Nuclear
Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC), an Expert Committee of
the European Science Foundation...
Symposium in honour of Luciano
Maiani<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/luciano-maiani-symposium/>
A symposium in honor of Luciano Maiani, on the occasion of his 70th
birthday, is being held in the physics department of Sapienza – Università
di Roma, Italy, on 21-22 September, 2011...
Consultation on Research, Innovation &
Gender<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/european-gender-consultation/>
EPS members have been invited to take part in a Public Consultation on the
Future of Gender and Innovation in Europe...
Greek-German academy celebrates 50th
anniversary<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/ellinogermaniki-agogi-anniversary/>
The Greek-German academy, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, is celebrating its 50th
anniversary this year...
EPS proposes study into physics and the
economy<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/physics-economy/>
The EPS is investigating the feasibility of launching a study into physics
and the economy, on a European scale. Research will go ahead if it is deemed
that such can be done in a timely and cost effective manner...
Horizon 2020 voted name of new EC research
programme<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/horizon-2020/>
‘Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’ will be
the name of the new European Commission Research Programme, following a
ballot on three shortlisted choices last month...
CERN Council looking forward to promising
future<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/cern-council-looks-forward/>
The excellent performance of the LHC – and the promise of five new Member
States in the near future – were celebrated during the 159th meeting of the
CERN Council at the end of last month...
ESFRI releases new report on research
infrastructures<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/esfri-roadmap-update/>
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) have
released their Strategy Report and Roadmap Update 2010...
Advance notice of call for proposals in
nanotechnology<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/nmp-2012-draft-call/>
The 7th Framework Programme for EU Research’s (FP7) Industrial Technologies
programme promotes excellence, across all industrial sectors, in both new
and existing technologies...
Week of Innovative Regions in Europe
2011<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/wire-2011-report/>
The Week of Innovative Regions in Europe 2011 (WIRE2011) conference – which
was dedicated to possible relationships between research infrastructures and
cluster policy, was held between 7-9 June 2011 in Debrecen, Hungary...
New Associate Members join European Physical
Society<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/new-ams/>
The EPS is proud to announce that the European Gravitational Observatory,
the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Museo Storico della Fisica e
Centro Studi e Ricerche ‘E. Fermi’, have joined the European Physical
Society as Associate Members...
Information on the EPS Accelerator
Group<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/ag-info/>
The EPS Accelerator Group has published information on its activities and 23
year-long history.
The article – written by Christine Petit-Jean-Genz, the Executive Secretary
of the Accelerator Group – can be downloaded here...
EPS Energy Group October
Meeting<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/eps-energy-group-october-meeting/>
The next EPS Energy Group meeting will be held on 6-7 October this year in
Oslo. The exact venue is to be confirmed...
Balkan Summer Institute 2011 <http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/bsi-2011/>
The Balkan Summer Institute (BSI) 2011 will be held between 19 August and 1
September this year, in the Đerdap National Park, Serbia...
Workshop on Biomolecules and
Nanostructure<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/bedlewo3/>
The ‘Workshop on Biomolecules and Nanostructure – Bedlewo 3’ is being
organised by the EPS Division of Physics in Life Sciences (DPL), in Bedlewo,
Poland, on 4-8 September this year...
2011 France-Asia Particle Physics
School<http://www.epsnews.eu/2011/07/fapps2011/>
The 2011 France-Asia Particle Physics School will be held at the Ecole de
physique des Houches on 9-21 October this year...
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