Name: The Open Symposium on African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP)
Start: 2025-11-17T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-21T22:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

The Open Symposium on African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP)

from Monday 17 November 2025 (09:00) to Friday 21 November 2025 (22:00)

Monday 17 November 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 From ICTP

09:15 From UNESCO - Amal Kasry (UNESCO)

09:30 from AU

09:45 From AAS

10:00 From NASAC

10:15 from IAEA
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Latin America - Fernando Quevedo (NYUAD)

11:30 Europe - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

12:00 United Kingdom - Stephen Loader (STFC - UKRI)
12:30 Break
Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 China - Bruce Mellado Garcia (IHEP, China)

14:30 Japan

15:00 USA - NP long-range plan - latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)
15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions

16:00 The Americal Physical Society - Amy Flatten Michele Irwin (APS)
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 ASFAP Steering Committee Report - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

17:15 ASFAP Advisory Committee Report - Rob Adam
Tuesday 18 November 2025
09:00 ASFAP reports
ASFAP reports
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Community Engagements - Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

09:15 Physics Education - Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University)

09:30 Women in Physics - Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (University of Rwanda)

09:45 Young Physicists Forum - Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA))

10:00 Physics societies - Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)

10:15 Summary of recommendations - Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 discussion
discussion
11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Break
Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 ASFAP Reports
ASFAP Reports
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Light Sources - Gihan Kamel

14:15 Compact light sources - Luca Serafini

14:30 Condensed Matter & Matterials Physics - ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn-Zohr University, Morocco)

14:45 Atomic & Molecular Physics - Stéphane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

15:00 biophysics - Kristian Muller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University)

15:15 Earth Physics - Bjorn von der Heyden
15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 discussion
discussion
16:00 - 17:45
Contributions

16:00 Summary of recommendations - Gihan Kamel

16:15 Discussion
Wednesday 19 November 2025
09:00 ASFAP reports
ASFAP reports
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Particle Physics - Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA))

09:15 Nuclear Physics - Benard Mulilo

09:30 Fluid & plasma physics - Oluwole Daniel Makinde (Stellenbosch University)

09:45 Medical physics - Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)

10:00 Astrophysics - Mirjana Povic

10:15 Summary of recommendations - Mirjana Povic
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 discussion
discussion
11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Break
Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 ASFAP reports
ASFAP reports
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Accelerator physics - Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano)

14:15 Computing in Physics - Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

14:30 Quantum computing - Ouissal Moumou (Quantinum, UK)

14:45 Instrumentation & Detectors - Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

15:00 Energy - Robinson Juma Musembi

15:15 Summary of recommendations - Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 discussion
discussion
16:00 - 17:30
17:30
17:30 - 18:00
Contributions

17:30 Feedback from African Physical Society - Omololu Akin-Ojo

17:45 discussion
Thursday 20 November 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Agricultural science - Alassane traoré

09:15 Air quality research - Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University)

09:30 Waste management - Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

09:45 discussion
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 ASFAP report
ASFAP report
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Ethics in Physics - Chilufya Mwewa (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

11:15 discussion
11:30 ASFAP report
ASFAP report
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Observers feedback - Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)

11:45 discussion
12:00 Content review of the executive summary
Content review of the executive summary
12:00 - 12:30

12:30 Break
Break
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Content review of the societal engagements chapters
Content review of the societal engagements chapters
14:00 - 15:30

15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Summary talk on ASFAP

16:45 Panel discussion
Friday 21 November 2025

09:00 Content review of the light sources & applications chapters
Content review of the light sources & applications chapters
09:00 - 10:30

10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Content review of the particles & application chapters
Content review of the particles & application chapters
11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Break
Break
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Content review of the cross-cutting fields chapters
Content review of the cross-cutting fields chapters
14:00 - 15:30

15:30 Content review of nuclear physics techniques chapters
Content review of nuclear physics techniques chapters
15:30 - 16:00

16:00

16:00 - 17:00

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