Name: 35th IUPAP General Assembly
Start: 2026-10-30T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-30T18:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

12:30 PM → 12:45 PM

Buffer for people to arrive and connect. 15m

12:45 PM → 1:05 PM

Welcome to the IUPAP General Assembly 20m

Opening words
Presentation of the 2026 delegates

Speakers: Jens Vigen, Michel Spiro, Silvina Ponce Dawson, Sunil Gupta

1:05 PM → 1:10 PM

Verification of quorum 5m

Speakers: Gabriella Marra, Jens Vigen

1:10 PM → 1:20 PM

Adoption of the agenda and approval of the minutes from the 34th IUPAP General Assembly (2025) 10m

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

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

1:20 PM → 1:35 PM

Membership adjustments, approval of new members and new quorum 15m

Change of adhering body for United States of America
Change of membership category for Singapore: move from category 2 to 1.

Speaker: Irvy (Igle) Gledhill

1:35 PM → 1:55 PM

Reports from Secretariats and news about the status of IUPAP as a Swiss association 20m

Trieste
Geneva, IUPAP Headquarter (Swiss IUPAP association)

Renewal of tax exempt status

Speakers: Stefano Fantoni, Michel Spiro, Jens Vigen, Marina Cobal

1:55 PM → 2:05 PM

IUPAP activity report for the period 27 October 2025 through October 26 2026 10m

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: Jens Vigen

2:05 PM → 2:20 PM

Resolution to approve decisions made by EC since the last GA (+ information on other decisions that do not require GA approval) 15m

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

Commission C17 – Leadership changes (Electronic vote, December 2025)

Accepted the resignation of Cather Simpson (New Zealand) as Chair of C17 starting on January 1 2026.
Appointed Kathy Lüdge (Germany), then Vice Chair of C17, as new Chair of C17 starting on January 1 2026.
Appointed Parinda Vasa (India), then Secretary of C17, as Vice-Chair starting on January 1 2026.

Commission C2 – New Associated Member (Electronic vote, December 2025)

Appointed Dr. Katy Klauenberg (Germany) as Associated Member of C2.

The appointment strengthened C2’s expertise in metrology, statistics, and measurement uncertainty, and supported IUPAP’s representation within the BIPM GUM Working Group.

Working Group 21 – Physics for Climate Change Action and Sustainable Development (Vote by email circulated on 29 January 2026)

Approved the appointment of Awnesh Singh as a member of WG21.

Commission C7 on Soft Matter – Election of officers (Electronic vote, March 2026)

Approved the inaugural officers of the newly established Commission C7

Michael Rubinstein (USA), former Chair of WG15, as Chair
Peter Harrowell (Australia) as Vice-Chair
Emanuela Zaccarelli (Italy) as Secretary

Standing Committee on Major Neutron Research Facilities (Electronic vote, March 2026)

Appointed Fulvia Pilat (USA), Director of the Accelerator Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as Chair of the newly established Standing Committee on Major Neutron Research Facilities.

Commission C7 on Soft Matter – Election of members (Electronic vote, May 2026)

C7 started with the composition of WG15 on Soft Matter. This required changes to abide by IUPAP’s Internal Regulations on the composition of Commissions. To this, the EC approved the following membership changes for C7:

Outgoing members: Andrea Liu (USA), David Weitz (USA), Hajime Tanaka (Japan), and Zhong-can Ou-Yang (China Beijing).
Incoming members: Marjolein Dijkstra (Netherlands), Yuriy Lvovich Raikher (Russian Federation), Ryoichi Yamamoto (Japan), and Fangfu Ye (China Beijing)

Election of New Associate Member for C11 (Electronic vote, July 2026)

Approved the appointment of Rachid Mazini (South Africa) as Associated Member of C11.

The decision was made after the former associated member, Deepak Kar from South Africa, sadly passed away in 2025.

IUPAP signed the Rome Declaration "Humanity at the Threshold: A Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons"
Various MOUs.

The rest of the resolutions will be discussed later.

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

2:20 PM → 2:35 PM

Highlights of 2026 activities and related news 15m

IYQ 2025 Closing ceremony. Participation in UNESCO led Global Quantum Initiative as a founding partner.
Participation in the Quantum Diplomacy in Action Conference on May 6, 2026 and in the 2026 Global Conference on the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024-2034.
IUPAP presence at IAEA 2nd International Conference on Accelerators for Research and Innovation
IUPAP/UNESCO series of colloquia on Physics for Society.
IUPAP Presence at the 2026 COSPAR Scientific Assembly. New MOU with COSPAR. Discussions with representatives of IAU, COSPAR and other organizations to advance with the creation of a SC on Multi-messenger Astrophysics and to draft a statement on the use of space for research and other purposes.
Participation in the Beijing Science Dialogue and ISC mid-term meeting, October 2026 where, among other things, we co-organized with IAU, COSPAR and Chinese colleagues and organizations a one-day symposium on Space Science.
Agreement with Frontiers
MOUs with various organizations

Speakers: Irvy (Igle) Gledhill, Michel Spiro, Silvina Ponce Dawson, Sunil Gupta

2:35 PM → 2:45 PM

Report on the advancement of IUPAP's rejuvenation 10m

Standing Committees
New Commission on Soft Matter
New WGs
New Commission on QT
Other activities

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

2:45 PM → 3:05 PM

News about Special Projects 20m

LAAAMP (4 minutes by Kuijuan)
Project presented by (former) WG16 on Physics and Industry and collaborators on Education and Physics outside academia. (4 minutes by Kuijuan)
Transdisciplinary Research Platform (Zenodo). Proposal developed with CERN colleagues to expand the the use of Zenodo for transdisciplinary research initiatives associated with the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development. (Jens)
Project to strengthen the relations with IAEA and the accelerator science community. (Silvina)
Contribution with Physics without Frontiers (silvina)

Speakers: Jens Vigen, Kuijuan Jin, Silvina Ponce Dawson

3:05 PM → 3:20 PM

News about the 2027 GA and ICP 15m

Speaker: Irvy (Igle) Gledhill

3:20 PM → 3:40 PM

Conferences approved for 2027 20m

Speaker: Rudzani Nemutudi

3:40 PM → 3:55 PM

Financial matters 15m

Speaker: Boris Sharkov

3:55 PM → 4:05 PM

Presentation of candidates to be voted as designated Commission Chairs. 10m

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

4:05 PM → 4:25 PM

Presentation of resolutions not yet presented 20m

Proposed resolutions

The IUPAP Commission on Particles and Fields (C11) recognizes the value of the process for the development of a Latin American Strategy for High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics conducted by the Latin American community organized through the Latin American Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (LASF4RI), which resulted in a Physics Briefing Book based on submitted white papers showcasing the landscape of activities in these areas of research, a Strategy Document containing recommendations for the future development of HECAP in Latin America, and an endorsement of the Strategy Document by a High-Level Strategy Group.

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

4:25 PM → 4:35 PM

Vote on Resolutions 10m

Resolution 1. Ratification of Decisions made by Council since the 34th IUPAP General Assembly
Resolution 2. Change of adhering body for United States of America
Resolution 3. Change of membership category for Singapore: move from category 2 to 1 (already voted for)
Resolution 4. Support of LASF4RI initiative

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

4:35 PM → 4:50 PM

Comments from members and observers. Any other business 15m

4:50 PM → 5:00 PM

Closing of the General Assembly by the President 10m

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson