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Thursday 13 April 2023
Updated: Thursday 13 April 2023
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Author: Cyril Deicha
Dr. Kathrin Wolfinger has been the new chairperson of the Liechtenstein
Scientific Society (“Naturwissenschaftliches Forum”) since the
beginning of 2023. She was designated unanimously as
“president-elect” during the general meeting held on the International
Day of Light in Vaduz last year. She succeeds Dr. Cyril Deicha, who as
the founder of the Society, wished to pass on the job to a competent
person from the younger generation.
Kathrin Wolfinger went to
school in Liechtenstein. She studied Physics in Basel (Switzerland)
and Melbourne (Australia) where she got her PhD at Swinburne
University of Technology in 2014. Between 2010 and 2021 she was member
of the Astronomical Society of Australia and a student representative in
the Australian Telescope User’s Committee.
She worked as
research assistant and senior data analyst in Melbourne and Berne.
Since 2021 she is IAU National Astronomy Education Coordinator for
Liechtenstein, she teaches Physics and Computer Science in Vaduz, and
is well integrated locally.
No doubt that under the sympathetic
presidency of Dr. Wolfinger, our Society will continue to develop the
collaboration with the EPS and the scientists all over the world.
Cyril Deicha congratulating Dr. Wolfinger on her election in Vaduz
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Wednesday 14 September 2022
Updated: Thursday 15 September 2022
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Author: David Lee
The 11th Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU11 Congress) was held in
Belgrade, Serbia, from 28th August to 1st September 2022. Most of the
sessions were held in the beautiful building of the Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts – SASA, in downtown Belgrade.
BPU11 was
organised by the Balkan Physical Union, local co-organisers from Serbia
and the European Physical Society. The members of BPU are the National
Physical Societies of Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro,
Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
BPU11 was organised in the tradition of prior conferences, with an international participation addressing all fields of physics.
During
the meeting, there were many high level international talks. Luc Bergé,
the EPS President, gave a plenary talk on THz waves generated by
laser-plasma interactions. David Lee, the EPS Secretary General
participated as a speaker in the Round Table on Careers in Physics
organised by representatives of the EPS Young Minds Programme. Beside the 12 plenary and 20 invited lecturers, more than 100 oral talks and about 200 posters were presented, and 5 Round tables were held. The BPU11 Congress was followed by 4 satellite events, 2 workshops and 2 Schools.
BPU11 was a hybrid event that attracted almost 450 participants from around the world, with around 300 onsite and about 150 online participants. This
conference is a valuable addition to the panoply of physics conferences
in Europe as it highlights the excellent research in Balkan states. It
is a practical measure to address the issue of how to increase
participation of countries that are under-represented in EC funded
research.
Attendees at the Opening Ceremony of BPU11 - image: David Lee
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Monday 27 June 2022
Updated: Monday 27 June 2022
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Author: Luc Bergé
On June 2 and 3, the EPS held its first Forum at the International
Conference Center of Sorbonne University (SU) in Paris, France. Prepared
for more than a year with our Member Societies and our Divisions and
Groups, the EPS Forum welcomed 487 participants among whom 184 students
coming from 30 different countries.
The format of the EPS Forum (www.epsforum.org)
included a series of conferences, round tables and workshops on the
following topics: Energy and sustainability, accelerators, high-energy
particle physics, nuclear physics, quantum technologies and photonics,
machine learning and artificial intelligence, biophysics, technological
sequencing of biomolecules and human health, condensed matter physics:
from quantum materials to additive manufacturing.
The
objective of the EPS Forum was to showcase the latest developments in
the above fields of physics, both from their potential links with the
industry and current opportunities of employment for the young
physicists and from the most recent achievements in fundamental science.
The EPS Forum, therefore, dedicated two days for each of these goals.
Thursday June 2nd was devoted to “physics meeting industry”. This meeting fostered direct
exchanges between physicists - with a majority of master, PhD students,
postdocs and early-career researchers - and stakeholders and managers
of physics-based industrial companies. This first day of the Forum was
opened by a plenary conference given by Mariya Gabriel, European
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
about filling the gap between science and innovation. More than 60 young
researchers were able to present the results of their research during a
long poster session.
Friday June 3rd
hosted a scientific colloquium highlighting the latest achievements in
physics by the most outstanding physicists in Europe and beyond. The
morning session welcomed three laureates of the Physics Nobel prize,
namely, Prof. Barry Barish from Caltech, USA, who talked about
gravitational waves and the LIGO collaboration, Prof. Serge Haroche
from École Normale Supérieure & Collège de France in Paris, who
surveyed the history of quantum physics to its latest developments in
applied research, and Prof. Michael Kosterlitz from Brown University,
USA, who addressed theoretical and numerical issues on the solving of
nonlinear partial differential equations. All along this second day,
several round tables dealt with various societal topics, such as physics
training and the gap between schools and universities, strengthening
the EPS Member Societies through structures for mutual support, or the
European Research Council (ERC) and Widening Participation of Eastern
and Southern States, for which Andrzej Jajszczyk, ERC Vice-President for
physics, was invited to give a talk.
In
parallel to these two days, three hands-on sessions dedicated to
quantum computing and a masterclass on scientific writing trained our
students on these different topics, while the patio of the Conference
Center housed 25 stands that experienced fruitful exchanges with
students looking for job opportunities.
Also,
the EPS Young Minds held their annual Leadership Meeting, a very
successful event full of participants from all over the world. 25
representatives from the International Association of Physics Students
(IAPS) and 25 others from the 5 Universities of the SU 4Eu+ Alliance
were moreover invited by the EPS to enjoy the different conferences and
sessions of the Forum. Some of them helped our secretariat in the
logistics of the event and we thank very much these student helpers.
The
Forum was financially supported by several Member Societies of the EPS
and by many sponsors for which a wall of logos was especially prepared:
More than 70 research organisations, large industrial groups, medium and
small-sized companies, leading start-ups and learned societies
positively responded to our invitation to contribute to this event. In
particular, several EPS Associate Members were directly involved in its
organisation. The programme committee included 75 members from all the
EPS constitutive bodies who met monthly to prepare the Forum and the EPS
Secretariat managed the conference in highly professional manner.
In
summary this first edition of the EPS Forum clearly demonstrated the
possibility to make all the EPS components regularly work over a year in
order to achieve all together a place and a while to promote the young
generation of European physicists, to bridge the gap between academic
research and industry, and to still advertise the latest developments in
fundamental physics at the highest level.
The
Forum allowed all our community to meet and share mutual interests in a
pleasant and relaxed atmosphere. Installing this event over time is the
next challenge for the EPS.
A few photos extracted from the Forum, including Serge Haroche’s
plenary talk in the auditorium, a hands-on session,
the lunch break at
the patio of the Conference Center and the Young Minds Leadership
Meeting.
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Monday 13 June 2022
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Author: Cyril Deicha
The Liechtenstein Scientific Society has commemorated its 25th
jubilee, in the newly opened community center of Vaduz. The chosen date
was May 16th in order to give to the event an international character
related to the UNESCO Day of Light. There were two items on the agenda:
The presentation of a book, and a conference about the “Liechtenstein
exoplanet”.
The book is a very interesting chronicle of the
Scientific Society. It describes the highlights of a quarter century
devoted to the popularization of science and networking with museums and
scholar associations on local level. On a global level it stresses the
developing of relations between learned societies in Europe and all
over the world. The book is illustrated with citations of newspapers
describing events both global and local: The first exhibition of a
moon-rock and the “Spice Bees in Space” projects with the NASA, the 2005
international exhibition about Einstein's travel through Liechtenstein ,
and for the International Year of Light 2015 the philatelic emissions
of stamps which can be used for optical experiments. At the end of the
book there is a short biography of Dr.Cyril Deicha, the founder and
honorary president of the Society.
The second item was a public
discussion about “our” Exoplanet which is 700 light-years away. Let's
remember that three years ago the International Astronomical Union
organized a contest to give popular names to some “Exo-Worlds” ( i.e.
stars having planets). Every nation could make proposals in his own
language. That's how it happened that the the local Liechtenstein
dialect was choosen by the IAU to name two celestial bodies: a star was
named “Pipoltr” and his planet "Umbäässa". These are names of tiny
insects living in our forests and mountains, a very useful image to
represent the proportions in the universe. That was the central theme in
this science outreach conference.
“Let's consider an ant, a small
insect so tiny that its limbs (a few dozen micrometers thick) are
hardly visible without a magnifying glass. Now try to see the legs of
the little animal climbing on a tree. And imagine the tree is atop of
one of those mountains rising on the horizon. So difficult was the
challenge facing astronomers when discovering the exoplanet Umbäässa at
the distance of 700 light-years” That was our input statement for the
discussion. Indeed the exoplanet has the same angular diameter as the
ant's leg at a distance or over 100 kilometers!
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Friday 10 June 2022
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Author: Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė
From 14th April to the end of May, the EPS Lithuanian Young
Minds section, with the support of the Lithuanian Physical Society,
organised a series of events dedicated to World Quantum Day.
The
World Quantum Day (WQD) celebration in Lithuania is a part of the WQD
movement, which aims to promote the public understanding of Quantum
Science and Technology around the World. WQD is constituted by quantum
scientists who act as contact points and country representatives for the
World Quantum Day, and we are pleased to tell you that EPS Young Minds
Action Committee member dr. M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, together with J.
Sinkevičius, with the support of the Lithuanian Physical Society, were
the main organisers of this large-scale event. 65 countries around the
world, including Lithuania, celebrated World Quantum Day with various
events. On that occasion, a series of special events were planned in
Lithuania - like educational lectures, special television and radio
programs, visits to different Lithuanian cities, and even an exhibition
of science and art on this topic, which is held at the Center for
Physical Sciences and Technologies (FTMC).
In February we
officially announced the Quantum Art Competition to illustrate quantum
effects and the most influential scientists in the history of quantum
mechanics. The WQD art competition was opened to anyone who is not
indifferent to science. Over 200 participants were divided into three
age categories: children under 12; children aged 12-18 and adults.
We
discussed the drawings together with the President of Lithuanian
Physical Society and the Chair of the Quantum Art Contest prof. Gražina
Tautvaišienė: “The contest committee had a really difficult task.
Participants demonstrated great creativity and ingenuity, many with a
subtle understanding of physics. The drawings of many participants
deserved awards. I am glad that physics contributes to the development
of the depth of thinking and inspires the creation of masterpieces of
art. I wish everyone success and creativity in all areas of life."
FTMC
director prof. Gintaras Valušis: “We are the first country in the world
to organize such a large-scale event within the framework of World
Quantum Day. Science and art have gone hand in hand since time
immemorial. Today, guests from Palanga, Jonava, Jieznas, Kaunas,
Raseiniai, Tauragė and other cities visit here, in a special place, in
the sanctuary of science - FTMC. We received over 200 works, but we
selected the 50 most impressive works for the exhibition. Glad we
succeeded! Let it become a beautiful tradition. ” The authors of the
best works were awarded valuable prizes including popular board games,
drawing tablets, electronics training kits, etc. On May 20th, in the
FTMC, the exhibition "Quantum Physics in Art" with the most impressive
works of all Lithuania was opened.
On 14th April a national
broadcast on YouTube i.e., a lecture with quizzes from Lithuanian
physicists was shown. EPS YM created a special movie dedicated to WQD in
Lithuania. We recorded greetings from Lithuanian physicists from
different universities and centers: Lithuanian Physical Society,
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, FTMC and Vilnius University (VU) Faculty
of Physics. A special quiz questions were given to the participants for
whom prizes were awarded. An introductory lecture on quantum physics
was also given from the history of quantum information to examples of
concrete quantum-related projects, the discussions explored the past,
present and future of quantum science and technology.
The
second major event took place on April 25th in the Theater Hall of VU.
The interactive public lecture about the beginning of the big bang
theory and quantum physics was given to the audience gathered for the
event – VU students, Vilnius city gymnasium students and their teachers.
Participants answered all the questions. The youngest participant of
the festival, seven-year-old Ernestas Kavaliauskas, was the most active.
In the second part of this event, "Alice in the Quantum Wonderland" - a
fun interactive performance of the VU Drama Theater (directed by
Felicija Feiferė), during which the audience not only learned the secret
of science, but also saw the experiments and the discussion with dr.
Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė.
At the end of May EPS YM Vilnius
travelled to Jonava, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Visaginas, etc. Young researchers
presented their scientific achievements in a simple, interesting, and
comprehensible way. In addition, they showed some educational
experiments. Instead of one day, we celebrated in Lithuania for a whole
month. We started with the virtual lecture on YouTube, after that we
traveled to the VU Theater, later we visited Lithuanian schools and
finished with a magnificent art exhibition “Quantum Physics in Art”.
4.14 - the number symbolizing Planck's constant is the beginning of
everything in quantum physics, like alpha and omega, this is exactly the
alpha for which Max Planck is the father of quantum physics.
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Tuesday 12 April 2022
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The President of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
succeeds Lutz Schröter, who takes over the vice presidency in rotation /
Handover in turbulent times
Berlin, Bad Honnef, Germany,
1. April 2022 – On Friday, April 1, 2022, Joachim Ullrich will assume
the presidency of the German Physical Society (DPG). He succeeds Lutz
Schröter, who was president of the world's largest physics society with
around 55,000 members from April 2020 to March 2022 and will now become
DPG vice president by rotation. The previous vice president, Dieter
Meschede of the University of Bonn, is also leaving office by rotation.
"We
believe in the idea that science bridges cultures," says the new DPG
president, underlining a central guiding principle of the DPG. "Genuine
science only functions in the long term in freedom, in open discourse,
free of fear in pluralistic discussion."
The war in Ukraine makes
it abundantly clear how important it is for the DPG to devote all its
energies to maintaining bridges for the free exchange of scientific
knowledge and opinions across national borders and cultures. This
includes, in particular, concrete measures initiated by his predecessor.
An
important concern of the new DPG president is the promotion of young
people. "Promoting young talent also includes mitigating the negative
consequences of the Corona pandemic for young, school-age people, that
includes teachers," Ullrich emphasizes. Only recently, the DPG, together
with other mathematics and science societies, issued a position paper
on continuing education and training for teachers, calling for
participation in continuing education and training programs to be made
much easier.
Joachim Ullrich is convinced that a good education in
the natural sciences is the basis for social participation and a
discourse based on facts. "We have to support society and politics in
their decisions," says Ullrich, "and provide the scientific basis for
this." This applies not least to the challenges in the areas of climate
and energy supply.
Ullrich believes: "The DPG has to get involved,
more than ever! We have to support society and politics in finding the
right way without – and I think this is extremely important – becoming
political ourselves!"
For this involvement, he says, further
strengthening of DPG communications is necessary. This also includes
communicating how science works; there are still major
misunderstandings. In this communication, he also sees the DPG as having
a responsibility to support scientists who express themselves
scientifically on present topics, such as the pandemic or climate
change, and to protect them from hostility.
Joachim Ullrich is
convinced that the success of the DPG in all its activities is
indistinguishably linked to a lively, creative and inspiring association
culture: "Our members are the heart of our association, and
enthusiastic members are also the best ambassadors, the best source of
new members. I will therefore do everything I can to preserve, and even
increase, the attractiveness of the DPG for our members, and – above all
– to extend it to new groups."
About Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Joachim H. Ullrich
Joachim
Ullrich was born in Edenkoben, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in 1956.
He studied Geophysics and Physics at the University of Frankfurt, where,
after receiving his diploma in 1983, he also received his doctorate and
habilitated on recoil ion pulse spectroscopy in 1994. From 1989 to 1997
he worked as a scientific employee at the Gesellschaft für
Schwerionenforschung (Society for Heavy Ion Research, GSI) in Darmstadt,
where he was active in the development of recoil ion spectroscopy.
After a research stay at Kansas State University and a visiting
professorship at the University of Missouri in 1995, he received an
appointment to a chair in experimental physics at the University of
Freiburg in 1997.
There he quickly brought his department to the
international forefront. In 1999, Joachim Ullrich was awarded the
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation.
With
his appointment as director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear
Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg, he established the department of
"Experimental Multiparticle Quantum Dynamics" there from 2001. As
managing director of the MPIK from 2002 to 2006, he played a major role
in the institute's future-oriented scientific direction. In addition, he
has been actively involved in teaching at Heidelberg University as a
personal full professor since 2002.
Joachim Ullrich has made a
special contribution to the use of free-electron lasers (FEL) – sources
of X-rays of the highest intensity and quality. Since 2006, he has been
head of the Max Planck Advanced Study Group at the "Hamburg Center for
Free Electron Laser Science" (CFEL), which he helped to establish in
2008 as chairman of the CFEL Management Board. One of his
internationally significant achievements is the development of the CAMP
multifunctional measurement apparatus. This was used to perform
ground-breaking experiments at the world's first X-ray FEL at Stanford
to image increasingly complex systems ranging from molecules to
clusters, biomolecules and biological samples such as viruses.
Joachim
Ullrich has received numerous national and international awards for his
scientific work. In 2006, for example, he received the Philipp Morris
Research Prize together with Robert Moshammer, and in 2021 he received
the Stern-Gerlach Medal, the highest award of the DPG for outstanding
achievements in the field of experimental physics.
In 2012,
Joachim Ullrich was appointed President of the Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (PTB). One year later, he was elected second deputy in the
presidium of the German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches
Institut für Normung e. V.) as well as a member of the German Academy of
Science and Engineering (acatech). Within the framework of the Metre
Convention, Joachim Ullrich became a member of the International
Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), has been its vice president
since 2015 and president of the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU)
since the beginning of 2014.
The new DPG president Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Ullrich © PTB
The German Physical Society
(Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V.; DPG), which was founded way
back in 1845, is the oldest national and, with about 55,000 members,
also the largest physical society in the world. As a non-profit-making
organisation it pursues no economic interests. The DPG promotes the
transfer of knowledge within the scientific community through
conferences, events and publications, and aims to open a window to
physics for the curious. Its special focuses are on encouraging junior
scientists and promoting equal opportunities. The DPG’s head office is
at Bad Honnef am Rhein. Its representative office in the capital is the
Magnus-Haus Berlin. Website: www.dpg-physik.de
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Tuesday 15 March 2022
Updated: Friday 18 March 2022
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Upcoming events which will be organised by the Turkish Physical Society:
1. Turkish Physical Society 38th International Physics Congress (TPS-38) will be organised between 31st August – 4th September 2022 at Bodrum Municipality at the Herodot Cultural Center in Bodrum / Turkey. The Head of the Organising Committee of the Congress is Assoc. Prof. Aytül ADIGÜZEL, the Head of the Advisory Committee is Prof. Bülent AKINOĞLU and the Head of the Scientific Committee is Prof. Ömer İLDAY.
2. Turkish Physical Society 8th International Congress on Particle Accelerators and Applications (UPHUK VIII) will be organised between 5th – 7th September 2022 at Bodrum Municipality at the Herodot Cultural Center in Bodrum / Turkey. The Head of the Organising Committee of the Congress is Dr. Serdar BULUT, the Head of the Advisory Committee is Prof. Serkant Ali ÇETİN and the Head of the Scientific Committee is Prof. Gökhan ÜNEL.
3. Turkish Physical Society 14th International Summer School on Particle Accelerators and Detectors (UPHDYO XIV) will be organised between 8th – 11th September 2022 at Bodrum Municipality at the Herodot Cultural Center in Bodrum / Turkey. The Head of the Organising Committee of the Summer School is Assoc. Prof. Bora KETENOĞLU, the Head of the Advisory Committee is Prof. Ömer YAVAŞ and the Head of the Scientific Committee is Prof. Orhan ÇAKIR.
Prizes awarded by the Turkish Physical Society
The winners will be awarded at the opening ceremony of the Turkish Physical Society 38th International Physics Congress (TPS-38):
- Turkish Physical Society 2021 Özgen Berkol DOĞAN The Best Experimental Poster Presentation Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2021 Engin ABAT The Best Theoretical Poster Presentation Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Prof. Şevket ERK Young Scientist Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Prof. Engin ARIK Scientist Award Winner
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Honour Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Public Special Honour Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 International Special Honour Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Industrialist and Businessman Special Honour Award
- Turkish Physical Society 2022 Press Special Honour Award
For more info, visit the website of the Turkish Physical Society.
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Tuesday 11 January 2022
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Author: Swiss Physical Society
The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) at its last General Assembly in September 2021 elected Johan Chang (University of Zürich, johan.chang@physik.uzh.ch) as its new President and Hans Peter Beck (University of Bern, Hans.Peter.Beck@cern.ch) as its new Vice-President. The Secretary Lukas Gallmann (ETH Zürich, gallmann@phys.ethz.ch) is continuing his office.
The full board composition can be found here: https://www.sps.ch/en/sps/executive-committee.
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Tuesday 10 August 2021
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Author: Fiona Dorrington
On 25 May 2021, the IOP hosted a workshop with European Member Societies, sponsored by the European Physical Society (EPS) on creating and developing a code of conduct. The workshop was attended by 23 delegates from across 19 countries. It was chaired by Rachel Youngman, IOP Deputy Chief Executive and the outgoing President of EPS, Petra Rudolph, with closing remarks from the incoming President, Luc Bergé.
The scope of the workshop was for EPS member societies to leave with an action plan to create and implement a code of conduct that ensures the safe participation of all meetings, conference and event attendees. The aim is to work towards an inclusive and equitable culture in STEM across Europe, where all physicists can access and participate in physics, with their safety and protections ensured.
The IOP will be sharing the conference report with attendees in the near future, which will include recommendations for delegates from each of the presentations and support pack of templates and good-practice examples. The IOP will be in attendance at the 2022 EPS council meeting, as a follow-up meeting to discuss progress, share experiences and address challenges as an international community.
The case for professional conduct was made by UKRI, using the evidence base and findings through their research. Examples of code of conducts in use followed from IOP, EPS and EPS Equal Opportunities Committee, sharing learnings from the creation and revisions that have been made and included lessons learned. A panel discussion followed, prompting discussion from issues raised, exploring some challenges in greater detail, especially looking at the role of positive action vs positive discrimination.
CERN presented the later session, sharing their experience of developing a harassment investigating framework, and provided practical tips and advice for the creation of one. Delegates then divided into two streams, one focusing on the creation of a code of conduct, with the latter focusing on utilising and strengthening. Delegates then returned to the main room, where feedback and final reflections were shared.
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Monday 18 January 2021
Updated: Monday 25 January 2021
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Author: Cyril Deicha
The Annual Meetings of the Liechtenstein Scientific Society and the Astronomic Working Circle took both place on Nov 5th
2019 in Schaan near the Observatory „Cassiopeia“. By chance, all
relevant decisions could be voted then! Nobody could guess that some
months later, all meetings were going to be cancelled due to the
corona-pandemic. Among the decisions unanimously voted was the final
confirmation of Liechtenstein’s application for 2 international
contests, the „Teachers Award“ of the EPS [1], and the „Exoplanet Naming Process“ of the IAU (International Astronomical Union) [2].
The publication of the results of the Exoplanet Contest
gave rise to a festive event in the physics lecture hall in Vaduz
(19.12.2019). Dr. Daniel Miescher, the Head of the Office of education,
awarded several participants. Newspapers reported about it, an the
event was broadcast on the national Radio [3].
During the New Year’s greetings ceremony (09.01.2020) at Vaduz castle,
I had the honour to explain to reigning Prince Hans-Adam II (whom I
knew is always very interested in science), some details about the
newly named Star and Exoplanet [4].
We participated in several international meetings, lectures and surveys (this year by videoconference): „National outreach coordinators“ (04.02), EPS council (29.05), Union
des Physiciens (13.06) , „Science teaching at distance“ (19.10), „Best
practices in science communication“ (23.10).
In a gap between two
sanitary lock-downs, a workshop on the Newton-Cassegrain telescope in
Schaan could be attended (09.09.2020) but it was difficult to hold
social distancing, thus there were no more such events.
We started „real-time events“ by means of WhatsApp video: an excursion showing the petrifying
springs in the alpine forest (Apr. 2020), a glance to mountain
illuminations and celestial objects on National Day (15.08.2020) [5], a unique observation opportunity of the Great Jupiter-Saturn conjunction during a short cloudless moment (22.12.2020).
Currently
we are preparing a chronicle and new internet platforms. The
possibilities of new media we discovered this year are indeed very
interesting, so we will develop them in the future.
C. Deicha, Liechtenstein’s nominee for the EPS Teacher’s Award giving a lecture in Vaduz ( 19.12.2019)
[1] Nominated: Dr. Cyril Deicha
[2] Nominated: „Fürstenplanet“ and “Liechtenstern“
[4] The IAU had surpisingly choosen „Umbäässa“ and „Pipoltr“ (name of insects in local dialect)
[5] Photo : Saturn, illuminated mountains above Vaduz by night https://www.exclusiv.li/Portals/0/Gallery/Album/12334/_AEX_0035.jpg
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