Welcome to my monthly newsletter to people around the country with an interest in Physics. It has news and events for June 2010 and beyond.
This month the AIP is manipulating neurons in Canberra; discovering the real CERN in Sydney; exploring the physics behind the GPS at UQ; unlocking soccer-ball aerodynamics in Adelaide and investigating how diamonds can improve photonic devices in Melbourne.
Please note that the email address service the Institute of Physics in the UK has offered the AIP for some years will be changing. Details of that change, and of the steps you should take if you currently use the service, are below.
Until 30 July you can have input into the national curriculum in physics for senior secondary students, with the release of the draft curriculum for years 11 and 12. And I am pleased to report that the Australian Government is continuing to fund Australian students participating in the Physics Olympiad, which will be held next in Zagreb, Croatia.
The next AIP executive meeting will be on 17 June at Melbourne University. Please contact your branch representative if you would like to raise any issues. You are also welcome to contact me regarding AIP or other physics matters, just email aip_president@aip.org.au.
If you have news or other information for the bulletin, email Niall by the 23rd of each month.
Kind regards,
Brian James,
AIP President
In this bulletin:
1. AIP events across the country
2. Other activities: for the general public, students and teachers
3. AIP 2010 Congress – sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available
7. Videos online from the APS March meeting in Portland, Oregon
8. ‘Geothermal energy from uranium deposits’ and other physics podcasts from University of Melbourne
9. Laser material available for download Physics World
10. Draft national senior curricula available for download and feedback
13. Submission deadlines for the bulletin and journal
1. AIP events across the country
Australian Capital Territory
23 Jun 2010, 6:00 PM, refreshments available from 5:30 PM
AIP ACT branch meeting
TITLE: Dynamic microscopy: From optical micro-manipulation to neuronstimulation
SPEAKER: Vincent Daria, Research School of Physics and Engineering and the John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University
VENUE: TBA
Upcoming branch meetings:
| Date | Speaker/s | Title |
| 27 Aug | Ben Eggleton, University of Sydney | TBA |
For more info click here.
New South Wales
29 June 2010, 6:00 PM
AIP NSW Branch meeting
TITLE: Angels and demons: The real CERN
SPEAKER: Susanna Guatelli, University of Wollongong
VENUE: Slade Lecture Theatre, School of Physics, University of Sydney
• 6:00-6.30 pm refreshments, Slade Lecture Theatre.
• 6.35-7.30 pm lecture by Susanna Guatelli.
• 8.00 pm dinner with the speaker at Buon Gusto (Italian), 368 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale.
E-mail Dr Fred Osman (fred_osman@exemail.com.au) for more info, and if you will be able to join us for dinner.
For more info go to the AIP NSW branch website.
Upcoming branch meetings:
| Date | Speaker/s | Title |
| 27 Jul | Chris Garvey, ANSTO | Beyond the gingerbread house – engineering with sugar |
| 03 Aug | Elizabeth Winstanley, University of Sheffield, UK | Mini black holes at the Large Hadron Collider |
| 17 Aug | Brian James, University of Sydney | Declassification of fusion research in 1958: the politics, the physics and the Australian |
| 21 Sep | 5:30pm: Felix Lawrence, University of Sydney | Photonic crystals: light’s playground |
| 7pm: David Coutts, Macquarie University | Exploiting the colour variable in scientific imaging | |
| 26 Oct | Richard Newbury, University of New South Wales | Every thing you wanted to know about quantum transport but were afraid to ask |
| 23 Nov | Annual General Meeting, Postgraduate Day & Annual Dinner | |
Queensland
08 Jun 2010, 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM
Tools of Science Series, Qld AIP and the School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland
TITLE: The global positioning system
SPEAKER: Simon Manley, Professor of Physiology at UQ
VENUE: Rm 222, Parnell Building, University of Queensland (St Lucia campus)
How relativity, quantum mechanics and an invention of a Hollywood starlet enable us to navigate unfamiliar city streets, align buildings with millimetre accuracy, plot atmospheric water distribution, and measure continental drift.
The lecture, illustrated where possible with items from the Physics Museum collection, will be followed by a discussion period where participants will be encouraged to show items they have brought along. Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of the School of Mathematics and Physics. The Physics Museum will be open from 5.30pm.
You can subscribe to receive email reminders about Tools of Science. Simply send an email message to majordomo@physics.uq.edu.au containing “subscribe tools-of-science” in the body of the email.
For more info go to the Tools of Science website.
Contact: Norman Heckenberg on heckenberg@physics.uq.edu.au or (07) 3365 3369
South Australia
09 Jun 2010, 6:30 PM
AIP SA free public lecture
TITLE: Turbulent times – the science of world cup soccer balls
SPEAKER: Derek Leinweber, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide
VENUE: Chapman Lecture Theatre N158, Nth Engineering Building, University of Adelaide
Have you seen the new soccer ball approved for this year’s World Cup soccer event? It’s called the “Jabulani” meaning “to celebrate”. It’s covered in small “aero grooves” and represents a radical departure from the ultra-smooth “Teamgeist” unveiled for the last World Cup event.
Science has unlocked the physics secrets surrounding soccer-ball aerodynamics, and this talk will share those secrets. The findings are changing both soccer ball design and team tactics. In presenting the physics of sports-ball aerodynamics, we’ll explore questions like:
• how does a soccer ball suddenly dip beneath the goal’s cross bar?
• what are the secrets to bending a soccer free-kick?
• what makes a cricket ball swing?
• how does reverse swing work? what’s contrast swing?
• do golf balls really experience lift as they cut through the air?
Finally, to get a feel for the challenges this year’s goal keepers are facing, we’ll explore the aerodynamics of the Teamgeist and Jabulani through numerical simulations and animations.
More info here: http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/aip-sa/
Contact: aip-sa@physics.adelaide.edu.au
Tasmania
06 Jul 2010, 8:00 PM
TITLE: Harley Wood public lecture
SPEAKER: Elaine Sadler, Chair of the National Committee of Astronomy
VENUE: Physics lecture Theatre 1,Sandy Bay campus, University of Tasmania
The annual Harley Wood public lecture (co-sponsored by the AIP Tas Branch) is part of the Astronomical Society of Australia conference being held at the University of Tasmania from 5-8 July.
Victoria
17 Jun 2010, 6:30 PM, refreshments from 6:00PM
AIP Vic branch meeting
TITLE: Diamond-based photonic devices and their applications
SPEAKER: Andrew Greentree, University of Melbourne
VENUE: The University of Melbourne, Old Geology Theatre 2
Contact: Scott Wade on swade@swin.edu.au or (03) 9214 4339
2. Other activities: for the general public, students and teachers
Queensland
Inter-Continental Advanced Materials and Photonics (I-CAMP) Summer School
20 Jun – 10 Jul 2010
VENUE: University of Queensland, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia
Applications close 7 June.
The I-CAMP Summer School will provide education for young scientists working in materials science, optics, photonics, biophysics, nanoscience, and related fields. The Summer School is primarily targeted at advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows within the first three years after defending their PhD, although those in different circumstances are considered too.
Interested young scientists, who cannot make it to the I-CAMP school, may participate via webcast.
For more info go to the I-CAMP website.
Victoria
10 Jun 2010, 7:00 PM, refreshments from 6:15 PM
TITLE: Green chemistry: it’s time to get serious
SPEAKER: Milton T. W. Heam, ARC Special Research Centre for Green Chemistry
VENUE: Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria St, Melbourne
RSVP required
More info here: http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/events.html
Contact: rsv@sciencevictoria.org.au or (03) 9663 5259
CAS AstroTours (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University)
CAS runs public AstroTours during the Easter, winter, spring and summer school holidays. Sessions will feature the 3D movies “Bigger Than Big” and “Extreme Places”, made by the highly talented Swinburne Astronomy Productions team.
TITLE: AstroTour
VENUE: Virtual Reality Theatre, room AR104, ground floor, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University (Hawthorn campus)..
RSVP required
Public AstroTours are suitable for adults and children over seven years of age.
Dates and times: 30 June 2-2:50 PM; 7 July 2–2:50 PM; 8 July 7-7:50 PM
For more info go to the Swinburne outreach website.
Contact: Elizabeth Thackray on ethackray@swin.edu.au or (03) 9214 5569
CAS public lectures (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University)
The Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing holds regular free public lectures on the Hawthorn campus (usually in room EN313) at 6.30pm.
18 June 2010, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
TITLE: The dark ages of the universe
SPEAKER: Stuart Wyithe, Melbourne University
VENUE: room EN515, Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus
RSVP required
Contact: Elizabeth Thackray on ethackray@swin.edu.au or (03) 9214 5569
Upcoming public lectures:
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 16 Jul | Sarah Maddison, Swinburne | Planet formation: what do observations and theory tell us? (room BA201) |
| 20 Aug | Christopher Fluke, Swinburne | From games to galaxies (room BA201) |
| 17 Sep | Richard Ellis, Caltech | Gravitational lensing: Einstein’s unfinished symphony |
| 15 Oct | Yuri Levin, Leiden Observatory | Black holes in astronomy |
| 5 Nov | Robert Crain, Swinburne | TBA |
| 19 Nov | Charles Lineweaver, ANU | The search for extra-terrestrials |
For more info go to the Swinburne public astronomy lecture website.
Hayabusa Asteroid Probe videolink
6 June 2010, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
TITLE: Welcome Back to Hayabusa Asteroid Probe!
SPEAKER: Junichiro Kawaguchi, Hyabusa project manager and Trevor Ireland, ANU
VENUE: Victorian Space Science Education Centre (VSSEC)@Strathmore Secondary College, 400 Pascoe Vale Rd, Strathmore
Hayabusa is the first space mission to return a sample from an asteroid. The Hyabusa capsule is scheduled to return to the Earth on 13 June at the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia. For mission details visit http://hayabusa.jaxa.jp/e/index.html
VSSEC will be participating in a video link between Questacon and Miraikan in Japan to discuss the Japanese Hayabusa mission and its landing at Woomera. During this video link the Hayabusa Project manager and the only Australian scientist to be involved in the preliminary examination of the sample returned from the Itokawa asteroid will discuss their work and answer questions.
Seats are limited. To be part of this free event at VSSEC, email bookings@vssec.vic.edu.au
Victorian Space School 2010
5 – 7 July 2010
Twenty-four Year 10 students will be selected to participate in the Victorian Space School. They will spend three days visiting Melbourne universities, meeting leading Australian space scientists and engineers, and experiencing what it would be like to be an astronaut.
The $150 (+GST) registration fee includes all site visits; bus transport; lunches; mission costs; printed materials; souvenir windcheater; group photograph; and mission patch.
Applications close Friday 4 June. For more information and an application form please visit www.vssec.vic.edu.au
Western Australia
Gingin Observatory, Gingin
Gingin Observatory runs a variety of public events, many suitable for families, as well as regular stargazing tours. More info is available at the Observatory website or by contacting Carol Redford or Donna Vanzetti on (08) 9575 7740 or stars@ginginobservatory.com. Contact Carol or Donna to book into events.
The Gravity Discovery Centre is open every day of the school holidays, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Special events include:
| Date | Time | Event |
| 29 May | 7:00 – 9:30 PM | Marvellous Moon stargazing |
| 5 Jun | 7:00 – 9:30 PM | Dark night stargazing |
| 6 Jun | 7:30 – 9:30 PM | Dark night stargazing and Virgo |
| 12 Jun | 7:00 – 9:30 PM | Dark night stargazing |
| 19 Jun | 7:00 – 9:30 PM | Marvellous Moon stargazing |
| 26 Jun | 7:00 – 9:30 PM | Lunar eclipse special event |
3. AIP 2010 Congress – sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available
The 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress (5 – 9 December 2010 in Melbourne) will be the biggest and most diverse scientific meeting of the Australian physics calendar.
There is a range of opportunities available for companies and organisations interested in sponsoring and/or exhibiting at the AIP/ACOFT 2010 Congress.
The organisers of AIP/ACOFT 2010 Congress are keenly aware of the importance and value sponsors and exhibitors bring to the overall atmosphere and success of the event. We look forward to working with you to ensure a beneficial experience for all involved.
For more information visit the Congress website or contact the conference managers at aip2010@wsm.com.au to discuss your individual needs.
4. Email service changes
For some years the AIP has offered an email address service to members, using addresses of the general form ‘MemberName@aip.org.au’. This service has been provided to the AIP by the Institute of Physics in the UK, as part of their wider PhysMail service.
Unfortunately the first months of 2010 have not been good for the PhysMail service, with major delivery problems caused by blacklisting of IoP servers following a misuse of the servers (apparently by a hacker) as well as failures of the software (loss of user address books etc.).
The IoP has concluded that it will safeguard its reputation and offer members a better service by scaling back to a ‘forwarding only’ service in future, and this is what it will be implementing over the next few weeks.
To ensure that your mail service is not interrupted at any stage I ask every user to now make sure that you have “forwarding” set on your current PhysMail service. Instructions on how to do this are on the IoP web site http://www.iop.org/Membership/page_8687.html
If you use this service, and have already received a similar message from IoP via your usual email service, you must already have a forward set up and need take no action.
The AIP regrets the loss of this member benefit, but accepts the reasons that have forced the IoP’s action. We hope that members are not unduly inconvenienced.
5. Science Prizes
Please consider if you know people who would be appropriate candidates for the following science prizes.
AIP medals, prizes and awards
The AIP awards prizes for outstanding work in physics in a number of different fields. The call for nominations for the following awards is now open:
2011 Bragg Gold Medal for excellence in physics
The Bragg Gold Medal is awarded annually to the student who is judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in physics under the auspices of an Australian university.
The thesis must have been approved between 1 June 2009 and 1 July 2010. Each university may submit one candidate. Nominations from the universities must reach the secretary of the local state AIP branch by 1 July 2010. This award will be announced in Jan 2011.
For further information see the AIP website: Bragg Gold Medal or contact Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or phone 0410 575 855.
2010 Walter Boas Medal
The Walter Boas Medal was established to promote excellence in research in physics and to perpetuate the name of Walter Boas (University of Melbourne 1938-47, CSIRO 1947-69). The award is for physics research carried out in the five years prior to the date of the award, as demonstrated by both published papers and unpublished papers prepared for publication.
Nominations should reach Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or by mail at 205 Labs, EWRD, DSTO, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh, SA 5111 by 1 July 2010.
For further information see the AIP website: Walter Boas Medal or contact Olivia Samardzic as above or phone 0410 575 855.
2010 Award for Outstanding Service to Physics in Australia
The AIP Award for Outstanding Service to Physics recognises an exceptional contribution on the part of an individual who gives great amounts of time and effort to the furtherance of physics as a discipline.
Nominations should reach Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or by mail at 205 Labs, EWRD, DSTO, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh, SA 5111 by 1 July 2010.
For further information see the AIP website: Outstanding Service or contact Olivia Samardzic as above or phone 0410 575 855.
2010 Alan Walsh Medal for Service to Industry for Physics research in Australia
The Alan Walsh Medal is awarded biennially and recognises significant contributions by a practicing physicist to industry in Australia. The Award will be given for physics research and/or development that has led to patents, processes or inventions which, in the opinion of the judging panel, have led to significant industrial and/or commercial outcomes, such as devices that are being manufactured or have influenced a major industrial process.
Nominations should reach Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or by mail at 205 Labs, EWRD, DSTO, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh, SA 5111 by 1 July 2010.
For further information see the AIP website: Alan Walsh Medal or contact Olivia Samardzic as above or phone 0410 575 855.
2010 AIP Education Medal
This prize is to recognize an outstanding contribution to physics education in Australia. The prize is awarded biennially to any member of the AIP who is judged to have made a significant contribution to physics education in Australia. In determining the recipient of the award, the quality of the work, the significance to physics education, and the creativity displayed will be taken into account.
Nominations should reach Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or by mail at 205 Labs, EWRD, DSTO, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh, SA 5111 by 1 July 2010.
For further information see the AIP website: AIP Education Medal or contact Olivia Samardzic as above or phone 0410 575 855.
2010 Harrie Massey Medal
This prize is awarded every two years for contributions made by an Australian physicist working anywhere in the world, or to a non-Australian for work they have carried out in Australia.
Nominations should reach Olivia Samardzic, Special Project Officer, at olivia.samardzic@dsto.defence.gov.au or by mail at 205 Labs, EWRD, DSTO, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh, SA 5111 by 1 July 2010.
For further information see the AIP website: Harrie Massey Medal or contact Olivia Samardzic as above or phone 0410 575 855.
6. Physics Olympiad
The Australian Government has confirmed that it will continue to financially support Australian participation in the Mathematics and Science Olympiads for an additional three year period beyond the current funding period which concludes at the end of 2010.
The Australian teams that will compete in the 2010 International Olympiads in Science and Mathematics will be announced at 10.30am on Tuesday 1 June at Parliament House, Canberra. This year the Physics Olympiad competition will be held in Zagreb, Croatia.
Preparations for participation in the 2011 Olympiads are under way. Further information can be found at http://www.asi.edu.au/olympiads/.
7. Videos online from the APS March meeting in Portland, Oregon
Did you miss the American Physical Society (APS) March meeting in Portland, Oregon?
This standing-room-only event featured Physics authors Florian Marquardt, David Awschalom, and Michael Norman giving updates on fast-moving fields of physics.
Videos of their talks and accompanying slides are now available on the Physics website.
8. ‘Geothermal energy from uranium deposits’ and other physics podcasts from University of Melbourne
Geothermal energy from uranium deposits is one of Melbourne University’s fortnightly audio talks on research, opinion and analysis. The talks, called ‘Up Close’, are available for podcast at http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/.
Geothermal energy from uranium deposits, featuring scientists Mike Sandiford and Sandra McLaren, seems well suited to Year-11 students. You can download the file, listen on line, or read the transcript at http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/203
Other physics-related podcasts include:
- Nuclear power: cure or curse (Martin Sevior, 19 min). http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/35
- 400 years of telescopes (Rachel Webster, 29 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/199
- A quantum leap in computing (David Jamieson, 23 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/7
- Moving and seeing again: The promise of neural interface technologies (Bionic Eye, 28 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/251
- 21st century cosmology (Rachel Webster, 22 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/147
- Calming nanotechnology fears (Amanda Barnard, 20 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/170
- The leap from frogs to plastic solar cells (Andrew Holmes, 20 min) http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/16
9. Laser material available for download Physics World
To celebrate the laser’s 50th birthday you can download a copy of the May 2010 issue of Physics World.
This issue looks at the laser’s huge impact on popular culture (laser-art shows) and on everyday life (for example, DVDs, laser pointers, bar-code scanners). It also relives the race to build the world’s first working laser – a story still laced with controversy.
You can read the following articles on line:
- From ray-gun to Blu-ray. Fifty years after their invention, the article examines the huge impact of lasers on science, culture and everyday life http://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1723/92939/article/indepth/42421
- Where next for the laser? Six laser experts recall how the laser has advanced their fields of interest – and speculate where it will take these areas next http://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1723/92939/article/indepth/42429
- Fusion’s bright new dawn. The world’s largest laser could transform the search for abundant, carbon-free electricity. http://physicsworld.com/cws/m/1723/92939/article/indepth/42423
Five leading physicists talk about the next 50 years, medical lasers, laser manufacturing, optical communications and space-based lasers.
Download their video interviews here. Each is about 5 minutes long.
10. Draft national senior curricula available for download and feedback
The future of physics teaching in Australia is up for comment, with the release of the draft national curriculum for senior students (years 11 and 12).
In 2008, all Australian state governments agreed that a national curriculum would play a key role in delivering quality education. They committed themselves to the development of a national K–12 curriculum, initially in the areas of English, mathematics, science and history.
The draft national senior curricula for years 11-12, including physics, have been released and can be downloaded from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Documents.
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority welcomes feedback on the draft curriculum content for each senior secondary course by 30 July. Whether you are a teacher, parent or community member, you can rate and comment each draft course online, complete an online survey for each course and provide more detailed written feedback via email. To register, go here http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Register.
The draft achievement standards for each of the senior secondary courses will be available for consultation and trialling in early 2011.
11. Seminars
New South Wales
Australian Telescope National Facility
The Australian Telescope National Facility holds regular colloquia on Wednesdays at 3.30pm (coffee at 3.15pm) in the ATNF Marsfield Lecture Theatre. More info here or contact Bjorn Emonts on Bjorn.Emonts@csiro.au or (02) 9372 4368.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 2 June | Roy Kerr, University of Canterbury, NZ | Quasars, black holes and the Kerr metric |
School of Physics, University of Sydney
The School of Physics holds regular colloquia on Mondays at 3.15pm (refreshments from 3pm) in the Slade Lecture Theatre, School of Physics A28, University of Sydney. More info here or contact Bruce Yabsley (02) 9351 5970 or colloquium_chair@physics.usyd.edu.au.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 31 May | Chris Chaston, UC Berkeley | The multi-scale physics of aurorae |
| 07 Jun | Nigel Lovell, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW | TBA |
| 14 June | TBA | TBA |
| 21 Jun | Arne Geschke, Integrated Sustainability Analysis, University of Sydney | TBA : talk shared with the 18th International Input-Output Conference |
| 28 June | TBA | TBA |
School of Physics, University of NSW
The School of Physics holds regular colloquia on Tuesdays at 3-4pm in the School of Physics Common Room, Room 64, Old Main Building, University of NSW. More info here or contact Julian Berengut on jcb@phys.unsw.edu.au or (02) 9385 7637.
There is nothing currently listed, check the website for updates.
Queensland
Physics Department, University of Queensland
The Physics Department holds regular colloquia on Fridays at 4pm (refreshments from 3.30pm) in Room 222, Parnell Building, University of Queensland. More info here or contact Chao Feng on uqcfeng1@uq.edu.au or (07) 3346 7719
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 28 May | Max Lu, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, UQ | Oxide nanomaterials for clean water and energy |
| 4 Jun | Trevor Bryce, University of Queensland | TBA |
Victoria
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University
The Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing holds regular colloquia, usually on Thursdays at 11.30am, in the Swinburne Virtual Reality Theatre (Room 104, AR Building). More info here or Jonathon Kocz on colloquium@astro.swin.edu.au.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 3 Jun | Chris Wright, UNSW@ADFA | TBA |
| 10 Jun | Joerg Fischera, Australian National University | TBA |
| 15 Jul | Bram Venemans, European Southern Observatory | TBA |
| 22 Jul | Kim-Vy Tran, ITP, University of Zurich | TBA |
Western Australia
The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
4 June 2010, 3:30 PM
TITLE: Things we think we know about black holes, but don’t!
SPEAKER: Roy Kerr, University of Canterbury
VENUE: Ross Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia
Followed by refreshments on the 2nd floor of the ICRAR, 7 Fairway building.
12. Conferences
3rd Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2010)
Chania, Crete, Greece
01 Jun – 05 Jun 2010
NEW Inter-Continental Advanced Materials and Photonics (I-CAMP) Summer School
Sydney and Brisbane, Australia
20 Jun – 10 Jul 2010
Applications close June 7.
Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan
22 Jun – 26 Jun 2010
Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s National Convention (RACI 2010) and the 12th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC 2010)
Melbourne, Victoria
04 Jul – 08 Jul 2010
Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Science Meeting
Hobart, Tasmania
05 Jul – 09 Jul 2010
Final registration 1 June
9th International Conference on Excitonic and Photonic Processes in Condensed and Nano Materials (EXCON’10)
Brisbane, Queensland
11 Jul – 17 Jul 2010
Statphys 24
Cairns, Queensland
19 Jul – 24 Jul 2010
22nd International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP2010)
Cairns, Queensland
25 Jul – 31 Jul 2010
52nd International Field Emission Symposium (IFES2010)
Crowne Plaza, Coogee Beach, Sydney, NSW
05 Aug – 09 Aug 2010
20th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2010)
Sydney, Australia
23 Aug – 28 Aug 2010
11th South Pacific Environmental Radioactvity Conference (SERA 2010)
Gold Coast, Qld
31 Aug – 04 Sep 2010
2nd UNTREF International Congress on Acoustics 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina
08 Sep – 11 Sep 2010
2010 AIP Congress
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Vic
05 Dec – 10 Dec 2010
XXV International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly: Earth on the Edge
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Vic
06 Jun – 08 Jul 2011
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13. Submission deadlines for the bulletin and journal
Our next bulletin, to be sent out at the end of June, will cover events in July 2010. We welcome contributions about activities, conferences and announcements. Our next submission deadline is Wednesday 24 June. Please send your submissions to Niall Byrne or Margie Beilharz from Science in Public on margie@scienceinpublic.com.au or call (03) 9398 1416.
The AIP’s journal, Australian Physics, welcomes your articles. The deadline for the next issue is 21 June. Email your articles and ideas to the editor, Paulo De Souza on Paulo.Desouza@csiro.au.
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For more information on physics events go to the AIP website and visit ‘physics events’ or your state branch.
If you know of anyone who would like to receive these updates, please feel free to forward this to them.
Kind regards,
Brian
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Assoc. Prof. Brian James
President of the Australian Institute of Physics
Phone: +61 (2) 9351-2471
Email: aip_president@aip.org.au