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

17 Nov 2025, 09:00 → 21 Nov 2025, 22:00 Europe/Rome

Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS -UGA, France and Stellenbosch University, SA), Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)), Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG)), Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))

The Open symposium to present the ASFAP report to the international communities for feedback.

https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/

ASFAP-Poster-Final.pdf

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Monday 17 November

Introductory Addresses

Convener: Sandro Scandolo

1 From ICTP

2 From UNESCO

Speaker: Amal Kasry (UNESCO)

3 from AU

4 From AAS

5 From NASAC

6 from IAEA

10:30 Break

Regional inputs

Convener: Iroka Chidinma Joy (National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria)

7 Latin America

Speaker: Prof. Fernando Quevedo (NYUAD)

8 Europe

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

9 United Kingdom

Speaker: Stephen Loader (STFC - UKRI)

12:30 Break

Regional inputs

Convener: Malik Maaza (iThembaLABS, South Africa)

10 China

Speaker: Prof. Bruce Mellado Garcia (IHEP, China)

11 Japan

12 USA - NP long-range plan

Speaker: latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)

15:30 Break

Regional inputs

Convener: Omololu Akin-Ojo

13 The Americal Physical Society

Speakers: Amy Flatten, Michele Irwin (APS)

ASFAP

Convener: Prof. Petra Rudolf

14 ASFAP Steering Committee Report

Speaker: Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

15 ASFAP Advisory Committee Report

Speaker: Rob Adam

Tuesday 18 November

Societal Engagements: ASFAP reports

Conveners: Diallo Boye (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

16 Community Engagements

Speaker: Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

17 Physics Education

Speaker: Dr Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University)

18 Women in Physics

Speaker: Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (University of Rwanda)

19 Young Physicists Forum

Speaker: Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA))

20 Physics societies

Speaker: Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)

21 Summary of recommendations

Speaker: Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

10:30 Break

Societal Engagements: discussion

Conveners: Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda), Stéphane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

12:30 Break

Light Sources & Applications: ASFAP Reports

Conveners: Gihan Kamel, Samuel Chigome (BITRI, Botswana)

22 Light Sources

Speaker: Gihan Kamel

23 Compact light sources

Speaker: Luca Serafini

24 Condensed Matter & Matterials Physics

Speaker: ADRAOUI IMANE (Ibn-Zohr University, Morocco)

25 Atomic & Molecular Physics

Speaker: Stéphane Kenmoe (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

26 biophysics

Speaker: Prof. Kristian Muller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University)

27 Earth Physics

Speaker: Bjorn von der Heyden

15:30 Break

Light Sources & Applications: discussion

Conveners: Gihan Kamel, Lalla Btissam Drissi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)

28 Summary of recommendations

Speaker: Gihan Kamel

29 Discussion

Wednesday 19 November

Particles & Related Applications: ASFAP reports

Conveners: Mirjana Povic, Stephen Inkoom

30 Particle Physics

Speaker: Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA))

31 Nuclear Physics

Speaker: Mr Benard Mulilo

32 Fluid & plasma physics

Speaker: Oluwole Daniel Makinde (Stellenbosch University)

33 Medical physics

Speaker: Prof. Rajaa Sebihi (Mohammed V University, Morocco)

34 Astrophysics

Speaker: Mirjana Povic

35 Summary of recommendations

Speaker: Mirjana Povic

10:30 Break

Particles & Related Applications: discussion

Conveners: Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)), Mirjana Povic

12:30 Break

Cross-cutting Fields: ASFAP reports

Conveners: Babatunde John Odetayo (University of Benin (NG)), Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

36 Accelerator physics

Speaker: Dr Sanae SAMSAM (INFN Milano)

37 Computing in Physics

Speaker: Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

38 Quantum computing

Speaker: Ouissal Moumou (Quantinum, UK)

39 Instrumentation & Detectors

Speaker: Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

40 Energy

Speaker: Robinson Juma Musembi

41 Summary of recommendations

Speaker: Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

15:30 Break

Cross-cutting Fields: discussion

Conveners: Ann Njeri, Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

Societal Engagements

Convener: Ahmadou Wague

42 Feedback from African Physical Society

Speaker: Omololu Akin-Ojo

43 discussion

Thursday 20 November

Nuclear Physics Techniques

Conveners: Dr Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University), Prof. Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS -UGA, France and Stellenbosch University, SA)

44 Agricultural science

Speaker: Alassane traoré

45 Air quality research

Speaker: Dr Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University)

46 Waste management

Speaker: Dr Marie Clementine Uwineza Nibamureke (University of Venda)

47 discussion

10:30 Break

Ethics in Physics: ASFAP report

Conveners: Dr Kenny Sayi Kale (MInistry of Education, DRC), Samira Hassani (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

48 Ethics in Physics

Speaker: Chilufya Mwewa (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

49 discussion

Observers: ASFAP report

Conveners: Kenny Sayi Kale (MInistry of Education, DRC), Peter Jenni (University of Freiburg (DE))

50 Observers feedback

Speaker: Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University)

51 discussion

ASFAP Report: Content review of the executive summary

Convener: Rob Adam

12:30 Break

ASFAP Report: Content review of the societal engagements chapters

Conveners: Bjorn von der Heyden, Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (University of Rwanda)

15:30 Break

FIP Physics Matters

Conveners: Dr Christine Darve (European Spallation Source), Dr Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Mirjana Povic, Mounia Laassiri (Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)), Robinson Juma Musembi, Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

52 Summary talk on ASFAP

53 Panel discussion

Friday 21 November

ASFAP Report: Content review of the light sources & applications chapters

Conveners: Kristian Muller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University), Luca Serafini

10:30 Break

ASFAP Report: Content review of the particles & application chapters

Conveners: Oluwole Daniel Makinde (Stellenbosch University), Prof. Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG))

12:30 Break

ASFAP Report: Content review of the cross-cutting fields chapters

Conveners: Ghita Rahal (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Robinson Juma Musembi

ASFAP Report: Content review of nuclear physics techniques chapters

Convener: Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))

Closeout

Conveners: Sandro Scandolo, Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))