35th IUPAP General Assembly

Friday 30 Oct 2026, 13:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

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

• Opening words
• Presentation of the 2025 delegates

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

13:20 → 13:25 Verification of quorum

Speakers: Prof. Florencia Canelli (University of Zurich (CH)), Gabriella Marra

13:25 → 13:35 Adoption of the agenda and approval of the minutes from the 33rd IUPAP General Assembly (2024)

• Approval of the agenda
• Minutes of the 33rd IUPAP GA
• Resolutions adopted by the 33rd 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))

14:00 → 14:10 IUPAP activity report for the period 7 October 2024 through 27 October 2025

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 EC&CC meeting, here.

14:10 → 14:25 Highlights of 2025 activities and news on ISC

• IUPAP GA and ICP in 2027
• IUPAP/UNESCO Colloquia Series on Physics for Society
• The International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024 - 2033 and the Earth-Humanity Coalition
• ISC matters
• Marcia Barbosa, first WG5 chair, elected ISC Vice President for Freedom and Responsibility in Science
• Sunil Gupta, President Designate, selected as member of the ISC Board for Membership
• Letter about visas signed by presidents of over 20 Scientific Unions

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

14:25 → 14:40 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 33rd IUPAP General Assembly

The 34th IUPAP General Assembly notes the decisions made by Council after the previous GA and approves them all (see details here). This implies approving:
• the replacement of Ajith Kumar B.P. by Ambarish Kunwar from India as a regular member of C13, Physics for Development.
• the change in the name of two positions in the Executive Council from Secretary General for Legal and Financial Affairs and Deputy Secretary for Legal and Financial Affairs to Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, respectively. It approves, at the same time, the modifications in the Articles and Internal Regulations of the Union required to accommodate these changes.
• the incorporation of SKAO, as IUPAP Corporate Associate Member with 1 unit
• the acceptance of the resignation of Chao Tang (China-Beijing) as secretary (and member) of the Commission on Statistical Physics, C3; the incorporation of Limei Xu (China-Beijing) as regular member of C3 and the appointment of Erika Eiser (UK) as the new secretary of C3
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 change of the name of the Prize and Medal awarded by the Commission on Astroparticle Physics, C4, to “IUPAP-TIFR-Locus.sh Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize”
• signing the Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War of July, 2025
• the decision to have the next in-person IUPAP GA in 2027 in South Africa together with an International Conference of Physics focused on Physics for a Regenerative Planet
• the appointments of Associated Members to Commissions, Working Group members and Chairs, and the decisions on IUPAP representatives on other bodies.

The rest of the resolutions will be discussed later. Most of them are related to the changes proposed by the Rejuvenation Task Group (see Proposed Resolutions + accompanying modifications of Articles and Internal Regulations below). There are other three resolutions (a revision of Resolution 1 approved by the 33rd GA in 2024, the resolution dissolving WG19 on QST and the resolution incorporating a new CAM, IIM) that will also be discussed later.

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

14:40 → 14:55 Approval of new Corporate Associate Members and other changes in membership

New CAMs (see MOUs attached below).

• SKAO with 1 unit (resolution approving its incorporation included among the approval of decisions made by EC since the last GA.
• IIM with 1 unit (resolution here).

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

14:55 → 15:20 Proposal from the IUPAP Rejuvenation Task Force

• Description of steps followed and presentation of the proposal
• Proposal for the consideration of the GA
• New action plan (based on the rejuvenation proposal)

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

15:20 → 15:35 Resolutions stemmed from the proposal + Articles and Internal Regulations with the necessary changes tracked.

• Proposed resolutions for the consideration of the GA. The resolution on the DEI SC was slightly changed during the EC&CC meeting. The link points to the new file where this resolution is slightly different from the one shared before October 27, 2025. You can find the latter here.
• Modifications required in the Articles of the Union to accommodate the changes suggested in the proposal + decision made by EC since last GA
• Modifications required in the Internal Regulations of the Union to accommodate the changes suggested in the proposal + decision made by EC since last GA

15:35 → 15:55 Conferences approved for 2026

15:55 → 16:13 Financial matters

Speaker: Boris Sharkov

16:13 → 16:23 Vote on Resolutions

• Resolutions approving decisions made by EC since the 33rd GA.
• Resolutions stemmed from the Rejuvenation Proposal.
• Revision of Resolution 1 approved by the 33rd IUPAP GA in 2024
• Dissolution of WG19 on QST.
• Resolution approving the incorporation of IIM as IUPAP CAM with 1 unit.

16:23 → 16:31 Henri Abraham Award

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Award winner 2025: Maitri Bobba

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16:31 → 16:41 Interdisciplinary Early Career Scientist Prize

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Prize winner 2024: Julia Wiktor

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Prize winner 2025: Mattia Serra

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Speaker: Sunil Gupta

16:41 → 16:50 IUPAP IYQ2025 Photo Contest

Presentation of the winners of the IUPAP IYQ2025 Photo Contest, a Global Event of IYQ 2025.

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

16:50 → 17:05 Comments from members and observers. Any other business

17:05 → 17:15 Closing of the General Assembly by the President

Delegates at the General Assembly photographed just before the assembly concluded.

• Next GA
• Concluding remarks

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson