ASFAP Recommendations—implementation plan

Wednesday 21 Oct 2026, 15:00 → 16:50 Europe/Brussels

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Summary of meeting:

Agenda

Recording

 

1. ASFAP report publication and newsletter articles and press release
   1. We are still awaiting news from UNESCO about the publication of the ASFAP report. Rob asked if it would possible to get hard copies; we will inquiry.
   2. Amal Kasry and Menattellah Elserafy (Menna) have submitted a few-page article for publication in the next issue of the APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) newsletter.
   3. Kétévi submitted a 17-page article to be published as a special issue (single-article issue) of the African Physics Newsletter (APN).
   4. Stephane Kenmoe is organizing a "cameo appearance" (of few minute) press release in major TV outlets in Africa, as well as in social media.
   5. Petra and Paul will inquire with other newsletters.
2. Implementation
   1. Kétévi: the central issues emerging from the ASFAP report are the needs for (multi-disciplinary) research infrastructures, quality physics education and community engagements. These appears in many chapters even if the physics fields are different. We need to emerge with an implementation path centered on these issues while integrating as much as possible all the research fields discussed in the report. 
   2. Luca is proposing a path based on the Compact Light Source. We need to flesh out the multi-disciplinary research aspects and see how the other disciplines can be included while serving physics education, physics education research and community engagements. 
   3. If you have another path to implementation, based on the ASFAP report, please let us know. 
3. We suggest meeting again on November 25, or earlier if the report is release

15:00 → 15:20 ASFAP report publication & press release

15:20 → 15:40 Implementation: Strategic inlcusion of research narrative of the ASFAP report

15:40 → 16:00 Implementation : Strategic inclusion of education narrative of the ASFAP report