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

from Friday, 15 May 2026 (08:30) to Saturday, 16 May 2026 (18:00)
Ground Floor, Hall A101

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
15 May 2026
16 May 2026
AM
08:30
On site registration (until 09:00)
09:00 Welcome From the EPS President - Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society)  
09:05 Welcome from the Lithuanian Physical Society - Prof. Grazina Tautvaisiene (Lithuanian Physical Society)  
09:12 Approval of Agenda  
09:15 Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting  
09:25 President's Report - Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society)  
10:10 Honorary Secretary's Report - Prof. Katherina Lorenz (EPS Executive Committee)  
10:25 Honorary Treasurer's Report - Prof. Alessandra Fantoni (EPS Executive Committee)  
11:20 Acceptance of New IMs  
11:25 --- Coffee Break ---
09:00 EPS Distinctions and Awards - Prof. Matteo Barbera (Acinque S.r.L.) Prof. Mairi Sakellariadou (European Physical Society)  
09:45 Physics and the Geopolitical Situation  
10:20 Transfer of Presidency  
10:30 Presentation of Presidential Programme 2026-2028 - Prof. José Maria DE TERESA (European Physical Society)  
11:20 --- Coffee Break ---
PM
12:05 Committee on European Integration - Prof. Gertrud Zwicknagl (Chair EPS Committee Integration)  
12:25 EPL - Prof. Richard Blythe  
12:45 EJP - Prof. Stefano Oss Iain Trotter  
13:05 EPN - Prof. Ferenc Igloi (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest)  
13:35 --- Lunch in the Library ---
15:05 Energy Position Paper - Prof. Alfredo Portone  
15:50 Physics Bachelors Programmes Position Paper - Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN)  
16:35 Young Minds Poster Session with Coffee Break  
20:00 --- Dinner at NERINGA RESTAURANT and Award Ceremony ---
12:00
YMs and Council (until 13:30)
13:30 --- Lunch boxes ---