Focus sessions are part of the Congress scientific program designed to engage the community in in-depth discussions on specific research directions, technological developments, and research policy strategies.
Call for proposals for Focus Sessions
The Focused Sessions should highlight emerging physics research topics that are gaining importance and are of high interest to the Australian physics community. Focus Sessions encompass a wide range of topics and may either involve a specific emerging field or cover several fields that are relevant to a common theme. Sessions may be organised in either a seminar format or as a workshop/panel discussion. The default allocated time for each session is 1.5 hours.
How to address your focus session submission
- Title of the Focus Session
- Suggested session chair and deputy chair
- Format of the session (seminar, panel discussion, workshop)
- Speakers (or members of the panel; key workshop participant) and titles of presentations and tentative schedule of the session)
- Eminent scientists can be nominated as invited speakers. We expect up to 5 invited Focus session speakers.
- Summary of the significance of the proposed session and the discussion topic, and its relevance to the Australian physics community
- A short description of how the session helps to promote diversity and equity (e.g. gender balance, career stage)
Focus Session Proposal Submission
If you are interested in submitting a Focused Session proposal, please prepare a single PDF file with the above information and email it to events@aip.org.au by Friday, 26 June 2026. Your proposal will be reviewed by the 2026 Congress Program Committee, and the outcome will be announced by 10 July 2026.