Physics conferences

The APS plasma-physics meeting is held jointly with the Gaseous Electronics Conference. Its programme combines invited research reviews, contributed presentations, posters and mini-conferences across magnetic fusion, high-energy-density and laser-plasma physics, astrophysical plasmas and low-temperature plasma science. Experimental measurements, theory and computation address plasma stability, transport, material response and confinement. The opening review by Riccardo Betti (University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics) examines a decade of OMEGA direct-drive implosions: pressure and fusion-yield improvements, hydrodynamic extrapolation to ignition, and the limits of that scaling. It connects improved microphysics, diagnostics, targets and statistical design with the balance between compression and three-dimensional stability, then considers broadband lasers and hybrid targets as routes toward higher gain. Troy Carter (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) chairs this session. The DPP scientific programme runs November 2–6, 2026 at Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. The opening review is November 2, 08:00–09:00 America/Chicago (CST, UTC−06:00). Registration offers in-person and virtual attendance. Invited sessions are livestreamed with Q&A; virtual-only sessions and ePosters are included, with invited/virtual session recordings available for 60 days. Contributed oral sessions and mini-conferences are neither streamed nor recorded. Registration requires an APS account and is open to members and nonmembers. Listed adult full-plan member fees range from USD 890 to 1,040 in person and USD 630 to 780 virtually; nonmember/basic-plan adult fees range from USD 1,080 to 1,230 and USD 760 to 910 respectively. Student and retired rates differ; undergraduate full-plan members register free. Check the registration portal for the applicable current rate. Optional special events cost extra. Cancellations are due October 19 with a USD 50 deduction; banquet tickets are nonrefundable.

This Faraday Discussion compares electrochemical devices on Earth and in space. Researchers examine how reduced gravity changes bubble dynamics, transport and efficiency; electrolyser designs that manage gas separation and withstand radiation and temperature extremes; battery interfaces, dendrites and durability; and fuel-cell catalysts, gas handling and closed-loop energy storage. Precirculated research papers support extended discussion among academic and industrial researchers and postgraduate students. The meeting is at Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA, on 2–4 November 2026. Times are GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0). Registration opens at 11:00 on 2 November, welcome at 12:45 and Michael Hecht’s introductory lecture at 13:00. Sessions start at 09:00 on 3 and 4 November; the meeting closes at 13:00 on 4 November. Participants include Detlef Lohse, Kerstin Eckert and closing lecturer Hitoshi Naito. The published programme may change. Public booking is open. Until 2 October, fees are GBP 445/545 for members/nonmembers and GBP 225/275 for student members/nonmembers, plus VAT. Standard fees are GBP 505/620 and GBP 275/325 respectively, plus VAT; registration closes 19 October. Abstract submission has closed.

This Biophysical Society-sponsored scientific exchange brings researchers and students together around structural biology, macromolecular dynamics, cellular mechanics, membrane biophysics, optical imaging, spectroscopy and high-throughput diagnostics. Presentations and discussions examine applications in health, biotechnology and industrial research, alongside oral and poster contributions. Participation is free. Hosted at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, the programme runs from 08:30 to 16:30 East Africa Time on 6 November. The abstract deadline was 16 October 2026.

The AVS symposium connects atomic-scale processing, characterisation, measurement and simulation with the behaviour of materials, surfaces, interfaces and devices. Its programme spans thin films, plasma processes, microelectronics, quantum technologies, two-dimensional materials, biomaterials and vacuum engineering. It links fundamental investigations with manufacturing, including semiconductor scaling, heterogeneous integration, autonomous experimentation and more resource-efficient production. Technical talks, posters, tutorials and an equipment exhibition support exchange between academic, industrial and government researchers. All programme times are America/New_York (EST, UTC−5). Sunday technical sessions run 15:00–19:00 on 8 November. The Monday plenary is 08:30–10:00; Tuesday–Thursday morning sessions start at 08:00, and Friday sessions run 08:15–12:00. Attendance is in person. Current full-week fees are USD 915 for Platinum members and USD 1,265 for non-members; student rates are USD 310 and USD 465. Day registration is also available; tutorials require an additional fee. Online registration remains available throughout the meeting, with badge collection at the venue.

This scientific discussion meeting asks which nanoscale optical sensing approaches can deliver affordable, information-rich healthcare measurements. Its focus is continuous biochemical monitoring beyond conventional physiological wearables and diagnostic sensors. The programme examines interferometric biomarker detection, surface-enhanced Raman assays, nanophotonic sensing and translation toward practical diagnostic tools, comparing modalities and their potential for use across healthcare settings. Jeremy Baumberg and Duncan Graham organize the meeting; programme participants include Selim Ünlü, Karen Faulds and Jennifer Dionne. Sessions take place on 9–10 November 2026, 09:00–17:00 GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0), at the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, with online attendance also available. The meeting is intended for researchers working in relevant fields. Advance registration is required; choose a free online or in-person ticket on the event-specific Eventbrite page. Optional lunch costs GBP 25 per day. A poster session is planned for 9 November. Poster proposals are due by 9 October and may be accepted on a rolling basis, subject to capacity. The scientific programme may change.

This research conference examines how to model physical interactions at flat interfaces in two-dimensional materials, thin films and metal surfaces. It addresses lattice mismatch and moiré systems, machine-learning interatomic potentials, and prediction of vibrational and electronic properties. Invited talks, short presentations and a panel connect scalable atomistic methods to materials discovery and composition optimization, including applications in carbon capture, alternatives to persistent chemicals and solar-energy materials. Researchers from academia and industry will discuss common accuracy and computational challenges. Friday 13 November 2026, 09:00–17:00 GMT (Europe/London); welcome at 09:40 and invited talks from 10:00. Attendance is free, with limited places and advance registration.

Researchers across the Mid-South region meet for graduate-student research presentations, invited lectures, posters and a student–principal-investigator roundtable. The scientific programme includes mechanisms of nucleic-acid unwinding by the DEAD-box helicase DDX41 and how biomolecular condensates create internal environments that promote or suppress biochemical processes. The meeting welcomes undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty. It runs 08:30–17:30 Central Standard Time; event and poster registration closes 31 October 2026.

Fourteen linked symposia connect materials synthesis, characterisation, modelling and properties with applications in energy, health, transport, housing, electronics and environmental protection. The programme spans polymers and organic composites, glasses and ceramics, porous and nanoscale materials, microstructure design, processing, and surface durability. Scientific contributions examine how modern atomistic simulations can bridge the cooling-rate gap between models and experiments in disordered solids, including the challenges of thermal transport and quantum effects. Surface studies combine electron and ion spectroscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, electrochemistry and density-functional calculations to connect atomic-scale corrosion mechanisms to macroscopic degradation and protective strategies. Other sessions investigate photocatalysis, recycling and sustainable energy materials. Times are Europe/Paris (CET, UTC+1). The opening ceremony starts at 08:30 on 16 November, followed by a plenary at 09:30. Plenaries on 17–20 November start at 08:30. Parallel sessions run across the week, with Friday's final scientific block at 10:00–12:00. The programme is provisional. Full-congress fees including VAT are EUR 385 for students/doctoral researchers, EUR 671 for academics and EUR 891 for industry through 9 October; from 10 October academic and industry rates rise to EUR 770 and EUR 1,001. Day tickets cost EUR 385 or EUR 495 and cannot be used by oral or poster presenters, who must register for the full congress. The gala dinner is extra. Purchase-order payments are not accepted after 15 October.

A one-day scientific exchange for students, early-career researchers, academics and professionals working in computational biophysics, structural biology, bioinformatics, computational chemistry and drug discovery. Presentations and interactive sessions examine computational approaches to drug design, with discussion, research-development conversations, mentorship and collaboration opportunities. The event emphasizes strengthening research connections in Ghana and the wider African scientific community. The programme runs from 08:00 to 17:00 GMT, including afternoon computational-biophysics and drug-discovery sessions.

The 79th annual meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics brings together students, postdoctoral researchers, academics, and government and industry scientists to exchange advances across fluid dynamics. Its research programme spans more than 40 subject areas, including biological flows, drops, flow instability and vortex dynamics. Contributed and invited talks, prize lectures, minisymposia, focus sessions, technical and student posters, and DFD-Interact provide complementary formats for scientific discussion. The exhibition includes measurement and instrumentation technologies. Meeting chair S. Balachandar and co-chair Jason Butler lead the local organizing committee. The in-person meeting runs 22–24 November 2026 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Programme times are EST (America/New_York, UTC−5). On 22 November, registration opens at 07:00 and DFD-Interact begins at 08:00. Scientific sessions begin at 08:00 on 23 and 24 November; the final published session ends at 15:00 on 24 November. The schedule is preliminary and may change. Registration is made through the APS event portal and requires an APS account. Standard full-meeting fees include USD 850 for regular members, USD 410 for graduate students, USD 155 for undergraduates, and USD 1,125 for nonmembers. Abstract submission has closed; attendance remains available.

This meeting examines how brain-inspired hardware could reduce AI’s growing energy requirements. Researchers connect materials and memory devices with circuits, systems and applications, including sparse computation and compute-in-memory architectures that reduce data movement. Two discussion days address fundamental advances and challenges; the final day considers translation and wider impacts. Programme participants include Steve Furber, Judith Driscoll and Tony Kenyon. The meeting takes place at The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, or online, on 23–25 November 2026. Times are GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0). Sessions run 09:00–17:00 on 23 and 24 November, with posters 17:00–18:00 on 23 November; the 25 November programme runs 09:30–15:15. Timings may change. Attendance is free for researchers in relevant fields, with advance Eventbrite registration required. Separate online and in-person tickets cover the discussion meeting and final-day event; attending every day is optional. Lunch costs an optional GBP 25 on each of the first two days and is free on the third. Poster proposals are due 23 October, subject to capacity.

The joint Korean–Japanese meeting brings together biophysics, structural biology and biomolecular science through plenary lectures, symposia, posters and exhibitions. Plenary subjects include Taekjip Ha’s biophysical analysis of genome organization and repair, Narry Kim’s work on post-transcriptional regulation, Michele Vendruscolo’s AI approaches to difficult drug targets, and Yasushi Okada’s imaging-based study of living cytoplasm. The programme includes a public lecture and reception on 23 November, scientific sessions on 24–27 November, and a Korean-participants-only society meeting on 28 November. Plenaries begin at 09:00 on 24 November and 08:40 on 25–27 November, Korea time. Attendance includes on-site registration; earlier abstract and presenter-registration deadlines have passed.

Explore how quantum technologies can advance fundamental and high-energy physics, and how methods, infrastructure and expertise developed in particle physics can contribute to quantum science. The interdisciplinary programme connects researchers from laboratories, universities and industry to assess current capabilities, technical challenges and promising research directions. Scientific themes include quantum and hybrid algorithms, simulation, sensing and quantum networks, alongside the development of shared expertise and collaborations. 23 November at 09:00 to 27 November at 20:30; Europe/Zurich (CET, UTC+01:00). In-person participation at CERN. The conference announces a 30 October registration deadline. The regular fee is CHF 300; applications for a limited number of student fee waivers are available. Abstract submission and early-bird registration have closed.

Under the theme Aspiration, Action, Anticipation: AI for Science Looking to 2030, this summit asks how AI is already changing scientific practice and how research may develop over the next few years. Researchers will examine scientific reasoning and discovery alongside applications in cancer biology, climate and weather prediction, animal behaviour and cosmology. Talks, discussion and a poster session connect methodological advances with practical scientific problems. Confirmed contributors include Max Welling, Hana Aliee, Boris Bolliet, Cait Newport, Richard Turner, Neil Lawrence, Stephen Roberts and Sadiq Jaffer. The summit takes place on 24 November, 10:00–18:00, at Churchill College, Cambridge; times are Europe/London, GMT (UTC+00:00). The organizer’s event-specific registration form confirms that online participation is available for remote attendees. In-person places are limited and offered first come, first served, with a waiting list once full. Register using the linked Microsoft Form.

The Fall Meeting connects materials synthesis, structure and properties with applications in energy, electronics, quantum technologies and medicine. Its symposia combine in situ electron microscopy, ultrafast measurements, diffraction, spectroscopy and computational modelling to study dynamic processes, defects and interfaces. Research tracks examine batteries and sustainable chemical conversion, semiconductor and photonic devices, quantum matter, nanoscale assembly, soft bioelectronics, regenerative biomaterials, and structural materials for extreme environments. AI-assisted design and autonomous experiments are addressed alongside experimental characterization and manufacturing. The plenary examines recovery of critical elements from urban waste streams and decarbonization of metal production. The meeting takes place on 29 November–4 December 2026 in Eastern Time (America/New_York, UTC−05:00). Sunday tutorials run 08:30–17:00; Monday's plenary is 08:15–09:30. Symposia run through the week, ending Friday at 13:00. All sessions and presentations are in person. Registration requires an MRS account. Until 29 October at 23:59 ET, general registration is US$1,240, or US$1,085 with the member discount; student rates are US$380 or US$335. Higher rates begin on 30 October. Breaking News abstract submissions closed on 16 September.

The eighteenth Latin American Regional IAU Meeting convenes astronomy researchers for a broad scientific programme in Cancún. UNAM’s Instituto de Astronomía and Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica organize the meeting with INAOE. Abstract submissions and IAU travel-grant requests have closed. Registration without a scientific contribution and late payment remain available until 20 October 2026; the fee increases after 21 September.

AGU26 brings the Earth and space science community to San Francisco on 7–11 December 2026 for research presentations, scientific exchange, workshops and professional development. The programme spans Earth, planetary and space sciences, with opportunities for collaboration across disciplines. The organizer lists 29 September as the late-breaking abstract deadline; the standard abstract round has already closed. The official event site provides registration, travel and programme updates for the meeting at the Moscone Center.

The congress brings together physics researchers, educators and industry practitioners for keynote presentations, focus sessions, workshops and scientific exchange. It is co-located with the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics, with the Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices included as a dedicated topical track. The scientific programme spans optics, astrophysics, quantum science, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter, theoretical particle physics and physics education. Paid attendance includes full-congress and selected-day categories, with student, retiree and school-teacher rates. Members of eligible partner societies can obtain membership-based discounts. Abstract and focus-session submissions closed on 3 July; early-bird registration ended on 28 August, and registration closes on 20 November.

Investigate hot and dense quantum chromodynamic matter through heavy-ion and high-energy particle collisions. The programme connects jets, heavy flavour, quarkonia and electromagnetic probes with collective behaviour across collision-system sizes. It examines the QCD phase diagram, lattice calculations, neutron stars and nonequilibrium dynamics, alongside machine learning, artificial intelligence and detector instrumentation. Researchers and students will discuss how these experimental and theoretical approaches support emerging electron–proton and electron–ion physics opportunities. 13 December 2026 at 08:00 through 15 December at 18:30, Asia/Kolkata (IST, UTC+5:30). Current registration deadline: 15 November 2026. Fees are INR 6,000 for faculty, INR 4,000 for postdoctoral fellows and INR 3,000 for students, including breakfasts, lunches, refreshments and one dinner. Payment precedes registration and a transaction identifier is required. Accompanying adults pay INR 3,000.

The 249th AAS meeting convenes the astronomy and astrophysics community in Salt Lake City from 10–14 January 2027, with the Historical Astronomy Division. The programme offers research presentations and community exchange across astronomical subfields. Registration is made through the official meeting site.