Calendar of FIP Sessions and Events at APS Spring Meetings

March Meeting 2012
February 27 - March 2, Boston Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts

Monday, Feb 27 - 11:15AM. B2 Science Diplomacy: Africa and the Middle East
Sponsor: FIP
Chair: William Barletta
Invited Speakers: Christine Darve, Sekazi Mtingwa, Herman Winick, Omer Yavas, Mulugeta Bekele

Tuesday, Feb 28 - 11:15AM. J27 International Energy Perspectives
Sponsors: FIP, GERA
Chair: William Barletta
Invited Speakers: Mark Levine, Carmine Difiglio, Richard Lester, Alexis Malozemoff, Ellen Stechel

Tuesday, Feb 28 - 2:30PM. L2 Andrei Sakharov Prize Session
Sponsors: DPB, FIP
Chair: W. Barletta
Invited Speakers: Bruno Coppi, Robert Cahn, Tatiana Yankelevich, Richard Wilson, Yousef Makdisi

Tuesday, Feb 28 - FIP Reception, begins at 6 to 8 pm in the Hancock Room, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel

Co-Sponsors:

APS Office of International Affairs
Overseas Chinese Physics Association (OCPA)
Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)
American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association (ACIPA)
Iranian-American Physicists Group Network (IrAP)

Please join us as we honor the FIP APS Fellows! Co-sponsors will also be giving out awards.

The FIP reception is a wonderful opportunity to interact with speakers,officers of the American Physical Society, members of the co-sponsoring organizations, and your fellow FIP members!

Wednesday, Feb 29 - 2:30PM. T2 PIRE in Condensed Matter
Sponsor: FIP
Chair: Joan Frye
Invited Speakers: Junichiro Kono, Thomas Pruschke, Chang Yeol Ryu, Arthur Smith, Yasutomo Uemura.

Thurs, Mar 1 - 11:15AM. W20 Nuclear Power, One Year After Fukushima
Sponsors: FPS, FIP, DCMP
Chair: David Wright
Invited Speakers: Akira Omoto, Stephen Kuczynski, Edwin Lyman, Yun Zhou, M.V. Ramana

April Meeting 2012
March 31 - April 3, Atlanta, GA 100 Years of Cosmic Ray Physics
Held Jointly with the Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference

Apr 1 -10:45AM. H4 Science Diplomacy: Accelerator Based Science in Korea
Sponsors: DPB, FIP
Chair: Kwang-Je Kim
Invited Speakers: Won Namkung, Dong-Pil Min, M.H. Cho

Apr 1 - 10:45AM. H6 Energy Services for the Developing World I
Sponsors: GERA, FIP
Chair: Alvin Compaan
Invited Speakers: Ashok Gadgil, Kurt Kornbluth, Jeffrey Nelson

Apr 1 - 1:30PM, J12 Invited Session: Energy Services for the Developing World II
Sponsors: FIP GERA
Chair: Ellen Stechel
Invited Speakers: Alexie Kolpak, Chris Lyons, Trudy Forsyth

Apr 3 - 10:45AM, W6 Panel Discussion: Challenges for Early Career Researchers in International Collaborations and Exchanges
Sponsors: FIP FGSA
Chair: Renee Horton
Invited Speaker: Lindley Winslow

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