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EPS Council 2026 & Young Minds Leadership Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Ground Floor, Hall A101

Ground Floor, Hall A101

For Council: National Centre for Natural and Technological Sciences Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius For YM Leadership Meeting: Faculty of Physics (Main Building) Sauletekio av. 9, Vilnius
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EPS Council Meeting

The EPS Council Meeting is the annual assembly of the European Physical Society, bringing together representatives from all Member Societies and Individual Members.
Participation is exclusively reserved for official council delegates.

We are pleased to announce that this year the EPS Council Meeting will include parallel sessions within the EPS Young Minds Leadership Meeting, offering a unique opportunity for interaction and exchange.

The EPS Council 2026 & Young Minds Leadership Meeting will take place on 15–16 May 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. This joint format aims to foster dialogue between representatives of national physical societies and young physics students and early-career researchers, giving Council representatives the opportunity to meet Young Minds members and present the activities and initiatives organised by their societies.

 

Minutes_EPS Council 2025.pdf
Contact the EPS Secretariat - Ophélia Fornari
  • Friday 15 May
    • 08:30 → 09:00
      On site registration: Registration
    • 09:00 → 09:05
      Welcome From the EPS President 5m
      Speaker: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society)
    • 09:05 → 09:12
      Welcome from the Lithuanian Physical Society 7m
      Speaker: Prof. Grazina Tautvaisiene (Lithuanian Physical Society)
    • 09:12 → 09:15
      Approval of Agenda 3m
    • 09:15 → 09:25
      Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting 10m
      Minutes_EPS Council 2025.pdf
    • 09:25 → 10:10
      President's Report 45m
      Speaker: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society)
    • 10:10 → 10:25
      Honorary Secretary's Report 15m
      Speaker: Prof. Katherina Lorenz (EPS Executive Committee)
    • 10:25 → 11:20
      Honorary Treasurer's Report 55m
      Speaker: Prof. Alessandra Fantoni (EPS Executive Committee)
    • 11:20 → 11:25
      Acceptance of New IMs 5m
      2025 EPS Individual Members .pdf
    • 11:25 → 12:05
      Coffee Break 40m
    • 12:05 → 12:25
      Committee on European Integration 20m
      Speaker: Prof. Gertrud Zwicknagl (Chair EPS Committee Integration)
    • 12:25 → 12:45
      EPL 20m
      Speaker: Prof. Richard Blythe
    • 12:45 → 13:05
      EJP 20m

      On-Line

      Speakers: Iain Trotter, Prof. Stefano Oss
    • 13:05 → 13:25
      EPN 20m
      Speaker: Prof. Ferenc Igloi (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest)
    • 13:35 → 15:05
      Lunch in the Library 1h 30m
    • 15:05 → 15:50
      Energy Position Paper 45m
      Speaker: Prof. Alfredo Portone
    • 15:50 → 16:35
      Physics Bachelors Programmes Position Paper 45m
      Speaker: Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN)
    • 16:35 → 18:05
      Young Minds Poster Session with Coffee Break 1h 30m
    • 20:00 → 23:00
      Dinner at NERINGA RESTAURANT and Award Ceremony 3h

      Gedimino pr. 23, LT-01103, Vilnius, Lietuva
      neringavilnius.com

  • Saturday 16 May
    • 09:00 → 09:45
      EPS Distinctions and Awards 45m
      Speakers: Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society), Prof. Matteo Barbera (Acinque S.r.L.)
    • 09:45 → 10:20
      Physics and the Geopolitical Situation 35m

      Mairi Sakellariadou, Alessandra Fantoni, Ian Bearden

    • 10:20 → 10:30
      Transfer of Presidency 10m
    • 10:30 → 11:15
      Presentation of Presidential Programme 2026-2028 45m
      Speaker: Prof. José Maria DE TERESA (European Physical Society)
    • 11:20 → 12:00
      Coffee Break 40m
    • 12:00 → 13:30
      YMs and Council: Young Minds
    • 13:30 → 15:00
      Lunch boxes 1h 30m