35th IUPAP General Assembly

Friday 30 Oct 2026, 12:30 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

The IUPAP General Assembly is an online meeting. Registered users shall participate via the Zoom room: [[to be provided later]]

Registered participants will receive the access code per email. If you do not have the code, contact secretariat@iupap.org.

This is a preliminary agenda. We might move the starting time by half an hour to 12:30PM CET if necessary once we have the final agenda. 

All the times in the agenda correspond to the Europe/Zurich time zone (CET). 

12:30 → 13:00 Buffer to be used if needed once the final agenda is ready.

We will try to "pack" all the agenda items between 13:00 and 17:00 CET. If we see the time is not enough to discuss all the planned issues we will move the starting time to 12:30PM CET. We will let everybody know in due time.

13:00 → 13:20 Welcome to the IUPAP General Assembly

• Opening words
• Presentation of the 2026 delegates

Speakers: Mr Jens Vigen (CERN), Dr Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Silvina Ponce Dawson, Sunil Gupta

13:20 → 13:25 Verification of quorum

Speakers: Gabriella Marra, Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

13:25 → 13:35 Adoption of the agenda and approval of the minutes from the 34th UPAP General Assembly (2025)

• Approval of the agenda
• Minutes of the 34th IUPAP GA
• Resolutions adopted by the 34th General Assembly

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

13:35 → 13:40 Membership adjustments and new quorum

Speakers: Igle Gledhill, Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa)

13:40 → 14:00 Reports from Secretariats and news about the status of IUPAP as a Swiss association

• Trieste
• Geneva, IUPAP Headquarter (Swiss IUPAP association)
• Renewal of tax exempt status in progress

Speakers: Stefano Fantoni, Dr Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

14:00 → 14:10 IUPAP activity report for the period 27 October 2025 through October 26 2026

You can find below the Union's activity report. If you are interested in looking at the reports submitted by IUPAP Commissions, ACs and WGs, please visit the agenda of the 2026 EC&CC meeting, here.

Speaker: Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

14:10 → 14:25 Resolution to approve decisions made by EC since the last GA + information on other decisions that do not require GA approval.

Resolution 1. Ratification of Decisions made by Council since the 34th IUPAP General Assembly

The 35th IUPAP General Assembly notes the decisions made by Council after the previous GA and approves them all (see details here). This implies approving:
It also takes note of other decisions made by Council that do not require the specific approval of the GA (see details here). They are:
The rest of the resolutions will be discussed later.

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

14:25 → 14:40 Approval of new members and other changes in membership

Speakers: Igle Gledhill, Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa)

14:40 → 14:52 Highlights of 2026 activities and related news

Speakers: Igle Gledhill, Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa), Dr Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Silvina Ponce Dawson, Sunil Gupta

14:52 → 15:04 Report on the advancement of IUPAP's rejuvenation

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

15:04 → 15:12 News about Special Projects

Speakers: Kuijuan Jin (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Silvina Ponce Dawson

15:12 → 15:27 News about the 2027 GA and ICP

Speaker: Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa)

15:27 → 15:47 Conferences approved for 2026

15:47 → 16:00 Financial matters

Speaker: Boris Sharkov

16:00 → 16:10 Presentation of candidates to be voted as designated Commission Chairs.

16:10 → 16:30 Presentation of resolutions note yet presented

16:30 → 16:40 Vote on Resolutions

16:40 → 16:55 Comments from members and observers. Any other business

16:55 → 17:05 Closing of the General Assembly by the President

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson