Conveners
Societal engagements
- Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)
- Stephane Kenmoe
Societal engagements: Physics Education
- Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US))
- Julia Ann Gray (ASP)
Societal engagements
- Julia Ann Gray (ASP)
- Mirjana Povic
Societal engagements: Physics Education
- Kate Shaw (University of Sussex (GB))
Societal engagements: Physics Education
- Kate Shaw (University of Sussex (GB))
This forum explores how digital platforms can serve as powerful scientific tools for developing communities. It will highlight educational initiatives in physics, the role of particle accelerators in discovery, and effective strategies for science communication. Concrete examples of connecting science with society will be shared, followed by a discussion on best practices for promoting digital...
Abstract:"This talk explores how UNESCO, in partnership with physics research communities, empowers Africa’s youth to become innovators in science and technology. Highlighting UNESCO-led initiatives—such as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025)—the presentation showcases how physics and STEM education are transforming lives through panels, entrepreneurship, and...
First year physics courses serve an important function in many physics departments. In this presentation, I will discuss my experience teaching an introductory course at Queen's University in Canada and how I have integrated many elements from Physics Education Research and beyond. At the most basic level, students take the course to decide if they will major into physics. I have found that...
Physics Without Frontiers is the flagship international outreach programme of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), built through a network of physics ambassadors who are PhD students, researchers, and professors who work to help build the next generation of scientists in the Global South, often in their home country. Working with universities without strong research teams,...
The CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN conducts a broad particle physics research and discovery program analysing data from high-energy proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions. As part of its commitment to open science and public engagement CMS has released substantial fractions of these data to the public. This talk will describe the content of CMS Open Data and how it...
The ATLAS Collaboration has recently, for the first time, released a large volume of data for use in research publications, with its use being now extended via a new education-focused release. The 2015 and 2016 proton collision datasets, along with a large quantity of matching simulated data, in a light format, PHYSLITE, for research purposes, and in a simplified version for educational...
