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)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
17 Nov 2025
18 Nov 2025
19 Nov 2025
20 Nov 2025
21 Nov 2025
AM
09:00
Introductory Addresses - Sandro Scandolo (until 10:30)
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 ---
11:00
Regional inputs - Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria) (until 12:30)
11:00 Latin America - Prof. Fernando Quevedo (NYUAD)  
11:30 Europe - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)  
12:00 United Kingdom - Stephen Loader (STFC - UKRI)  
09:00
Societal Engagements - Diallo Boye (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda) (until 10:30)
09:00 Community Engagements - Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)  
09:15 Physics Education - Dr 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 - Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)  
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
Societal Engagements -Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda) Stéphane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany) (until 12:30)
09:00
Particles & Related Applications - Stephen Inkoom Mirjana Povic (until 10:30)
09:00 Particle Physics - Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA))  
09:15 Nuclear Physics - Mr Benard Mulilo  
09:30 Fluid & plasma physics - Oluwole Daniel Makinde (Stellenbosch University)  
09:45 Medical physics - Prof. Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)  
10:00 Astrophysics - Mirjana Povic  
10:15 Summary of recommendations - Mirjana Povic  
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
Particles & Related Applications - Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)) Mirjana Povic (until 12:30)
09:00
Nuclear Physics Techniques -Dr Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University) Prof. Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS -UGA, France and Stellenbosch University, SA) (until 10:30)
09:00 Agricultural science - Alassane traoré  
09:15 Air quality research - Dr Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University)  
09:30 Waste management - Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)  
09:45 discussion  
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
Ethics in Physics - Samira Hassani (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Dr Kenny Sayi Kale (MInistry of Education, DRC) (until 11:30)
11:00 Ethics in Physics - Chilufya Mwewa (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
11:15 discussion  
11:30
Observers - Peter Jenni (University of Freiburg (DE)) Kenny Sayi Kale (MInistry of Education, DRC) (until 12:00)
11:30 Observers feedback - Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)  
11:45 discussion  
09:00
ASFAP Report - Kristian Muller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University) Luca Serafini (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
ASFAP Report -Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG)) Oluwole Daniel Makinde (Stellenbosch University) (until 12:30)
PM
12:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Regional inputs - Malik Maaza (iThembaLABS, South Africa) (until 15:30)
14:00 China - Prof. Bruce Mellado Garcia (IHEP, China)  
14:30 Japan  
15:00 USA - NP long-range plan - latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)  
15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
Regional inputs - Omololu Akin-Ojo (until 16:30)
16:00 The Americal Physical Society - Michele Irwin (APS) Amy Flatten  
16:30
ASFAP -Prof. Petra Rudolf (until 18:00)
16:30 ASFAP Steering Committee Report - Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
17:15 ASFAP Advisory Committee Report - Rob Adam  
12:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Light Sources & Applications - Samuel Chigome (BITRI, Botswana) Gihan Kamel (until 15:30)
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 - Prof. Kristian Muller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University)  
15:15 Earth Physics - Bjorn von der Heyden  
15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
Light Sources & Applications - Gihan Kamel Lalla Btissam Drissi (Mohammed V University, Morocco) (until 17:45)
16:00 Summary of recommendations - Gihan Kamel  
16:15 Discussion  
12:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Cross-cutting Fields - Babatunde John Odetayo (University of Benin (NG)) Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 15:30)
14:00 Accelerator physics - Dr 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 ---
16:00
Cross-cutting Fields - Ann Njeri Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 17:30)
17:30
Societal Engagements - Ahmadou Wague (until 18:00)
17:30 Feedback from African Physical Society - Omololu Akin-Ojo  
17:45 discussion  
12:00
ASFAP Report - Rob Adam (until 12:30)
12:30 --- Break ---
14:00
ASFAP Report - Bjorn von der Heyden Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (University of Rwanda) (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
FIP Physics Matters - Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Dr Christine Darve (European Spallation Source) Robinson Juma Musembi Mirjana Povic Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)) Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) (until 17:30)
16:00 Summary talk on ASFAP  
16:45 Panel discussion  
12:30 --- Break ---
14:00
ASFAP Report - Robinson Juma Musembi Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 15:30)
15:30
ASFAP Report -Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA)) (until 16:00)
16:00
Closeout - Sandro Scandolo Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA)) (until 17:00)