The African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP)—towards the final report

from Sunday 15 December 2024 (09:00) to Tuesday 17 December 2024 (21:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
15 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024
17 Dec 2024
AM
09:00
Overview -Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG)) (until 10:30)
09:00 Introduction - Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG))  
09:15 Feedback from UNESCO - Amal Kasry (UNESCO)  
09:35 ASFAP status & plan - Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
09:55 Ethics in Physics - Chilufya Mwewa (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
10:15 Observers' feedback - Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)  
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
Societal Engagements -Prof. Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg) (until 12:40)
11:00 Physics Education - Prof. Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)  
11:35 Young Physicists Forum - Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory)  
12:10 Women in Physics - Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria)  
09:00
Particles & Related Applications -Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) (until 10:40)
09:00 Particle Physics - Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))  
09:35 Nuclear Physics - Iyabo Usman (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)  
10:10 Physics at Undergound facilities - Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw (University of Western Cape (ZA))  
10:40 --- Break ---
11:10
Particles & Related Applications - Stephen Avery (UPenn) (until 12:50)
11:10 Medical physics - Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V Univeristy, Morocco)  
11:45 Fluid and plasma physics - Daniel O. Makinde (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)  
12:20 Astrophysics - Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, Ethiopia)  
09:00
Light Sources & Applications -Dr Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano) (until 10:40)
09:00 Atomic & Molecular Physics - Stéphane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany)  
09:35 Biophysics - Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town, South Africa)  
10:10 Energy - Robinson Juma Musembi (University of Nairobi, Kenya)  
10:40 --- Break ---
11:05
Light Sources & Applications - Bjorn von der Heyden (until 12:25)
11:25 Discussion on light sources and applications - Bjorn von der Heyden ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn Zohr University, Morocco) Luca Serafini (INFN-Milan) Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town, South Africa)  
PM
12:40 --- Break ---
14:00
Societal Engagements - Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory) (until 15:30)
14:00 Community Engagements - Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria)  
14:35 Discussion on Societal Engagements - Prof. Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg) Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria)  
15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
Cross-cutting Fields - Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 18:45)
16:00 Accelerator physics - Dr Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano)  
16:35 Computing in Physics - Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
17:10 Instrumentation & Detectors - Paul Gueye (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)  
17:45 Discussion on cross-cutting fields - Paul Gueye (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams) Dr Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano) Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
12:50 --- Break ---
14:00
Particles & Related Applications - Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, Ethiopia) (until 15:35)
14:05 Complex systems - Azwinndini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University)  
14:35 Discussion on particle related fields - Azwinndini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University) Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw (University of Johannesburg (ZA)) Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V Univeristy, Morocco) Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, Ethiopia) Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG))  
15:35 --- Break ---
16:00
Light Sources & Applications - ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn Zohr University, Morocco) (until 17:40)
16:00 Light Sources - Gihan Kamel (Helwan U., Egypt and SESAME Light Source) Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))  
16:35 Earth Physics - Bjorn von der Heyden (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)  
17:10 Condensed Matter & Materials Physics - ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn Zohr University, Morocco)  
12:25 --- Break ---
13:55 --- Summaries preparation ---
14:25
Summary, Conclusions and recommendations -Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) (until 15:40)
14:25 Societal engagements - Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria) Prof. Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)  
14:45 Particles & Related Applications - Paul Gueye (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams) Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V Univeristy, Morocco) Prof. Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)) Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, Ethiopia)  
15:05 Light sources and applications - Robinson Juma Musembi (University of Nairobi, Kenya) Luca Serafini (INFN-Milan) Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town, South Africa) ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn Zohr University, Morocco)  
15:25 Cross-cutting fields - Dr Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano) Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
15:40
ASFAP towards the final report -Prof. Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)) Amal Kasry (UNESCO) Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 16:35)
15:40 Final report synthesis - Robinson Juma Musembi (University of Nairobi, Kenya) Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
16:05 Moving forward toward the final report - Amal Kasry (UNESCO) Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG)) Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
16:30 Final remarks from the IAC - Young-Kee Kim (University of Chicago (US))