32nd IUPAP General Assembly

Monday 9 Oct 2023, 13:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

The IUPAP General Assembly is an online meeting. Registered users shall participate via the video link (Zoom) available below.

13:00 → 13:30 Welcome to the IUPAP General Assembley—100 years after the first GA—by the IUPAP President

• In memory of past President Kennedy Reed, by Past President Bruce McKellar
• Minutes of the first IUPAP General Assembly
• Presentation of the 2023 delegates

Speaker: Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

kennedy_reed_in_memoriam.pdf

Kennedy Reed.png

Vale Kennedy Reed 20231002.pdf

w. In physics we trust.pdf

13:30 → 13:40 Approval of the minutes from the 31st IUPAP General Assembly (2022) and of the agenda General Assembly (2023)

• Approval of the agenda
• Minutes
• Resolutions adopted by the 2022 General Assembly

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

Minutes_GA2022.pdf

13:40 → 14:10 Reports from the secretariats (Singapore and Trieste) and the Swiss IUPAP association

• Singapore
• Trieste
• Geneva, IUPAP Headquarter (Swiss IUPAP association)
• IUPAP tax exempted for a period of five years, starting in 2021
• Entered in the "Registre du commerce du Canton de Genève"
• Appointment of accountant: Moore Stephens Refidar SA
• Proposed auditor: Moore Stephens Refidar SA (different department from the department providing accounting services)

Speakers: Bruce McKellar, Stefano Fantoni, Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

iupap-ec&CC- ga-fit 2023 (2).pdf

iupap-ec&CC- ga-fit 2023 (2).pptx

14:10 → 14:30 Matters arising—for information only

• Proposal for Designated Commission Chairs, Officers and EC VP at Large to be officially elected at the General Assembly, October 2024
• IUPAP Centenary
• Early Career Scientist Prize (ECSP) Interdisciplinary
• The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) and the following Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024 - 2033

Speaker: Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

Executive Council.pdf

interdisciplinary_prize_GA.pdf

interdisciplinary_prize_GA_stacks.pdf

IYBSSD IDSSD Ultra Short Pres 20230917.pptx

MPA_IUPAP_Centernar_GA_2023.pdf

New CC proposals.xlsx

14:30 → 14:50 Endorsement of EC resolutions (Res. 1) and some new resolutions for consideration (Res. 2–...)

• Resolution 1. Ratification of decisions made by Council
• a) IUPAP Statement on Ban on Women in Afghanistan, 2023-02-07
• b) IUPAP statement on unrest and violence against women in Iran
• Resolution 2. Proposed changes in Articles to accommodate a new category of members: Associate Territorial Member (see Resolution 2 from GA 2022)
• Resolution 3. Associated members of commissions
• C8: Ryan YK Yoo (Korea)
• C9: Masahiro Yamaguchi (Japan), Clarina Reloj Dela Cruz (USA)—both already approved at the GA in 2022
• C11: Anna Machado (Brazil) and Liangjian Wen (China)
• C13: Anisa Qamar (Pakistan)
• Resolution 4. Conference matters
  • Harassment
  • Conference fees
• Resolution 5. Changing name of C13 medal
• Resolution 6. Use of IUPAP affiliation in academic papers

Speaker: Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

Intro_of_ATM_final.pdf

IUPAP_affiliation.pdf

Resolution conference fees and ample participation.pdf

resolution_conferences anti harassment.pdf

Resolution_medal_c13.pdf

14:50 → 15:10 Approval of Corporate Associate Members, and proposal for Associate Territorial Members

• Approval of Corporate Associate Members
• Proposal for first Associate Territorial Member: Nepal
• MoU signed between Nepal Physical Society and IUPAP in September 2023

Speaker: Nithaya Chetty

Membership Matters GA Oct 2023.pdf

Membership Matters GA Oct 2023.pptx

Nepal_MoU.pdf

15:10 → 15:20 Working groups

• Resolution on the creation of WG21: Working Group on Physics for Climate Change Action and Sustainable Development (up to now referred to as "Working group on the Role of Physics in the Green Economy")
  • Support Information 1: Decision EC, September 2022
  • Support Information 2: Proposal to rename WG21
• Report from WG16: Physics and Industry
• Dissolve WG17: Centenary of IUPAP

Speakers: Christophe Rossel, Igle Gledhill, Monica Pepe-Altarelli (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))

dissolution_WG17.pdf

resolution_WG21.pdf

support_documentation_EC_WG21.pdf

support_documentation_proposal_to_rename_WG21.pdf

WG16 Summary 2023_03.pdf

15:20 → 15:30 IUPAP activity report for the period 13 July 2022 to 9 October 2023

Speaker: Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

IUPAP activity report 2022_23.docx

IUPAP activity report 2022_23.pdf

15:30 → 15:45 Revised strategic and action plan: the future of IUPAP

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

strategic_plan_new_structure_2023_10_01.pdf

15:45 → 16:05 New task force to rejuvenate the internal structure of IUPAP

• Self-evaluation report describing IUPAP's structure, components and activities.
• IUPAP restructuring
• Proposed resolution

Speaker: Silvina Ponce Dawson

iupap_restructuring_GA.pdf

iupap_restructuring_GA_stacks.pdf

Resolution on IUPAP restructuring.pdf

self_evaluation_complied_by_silvina.pdf

16:05 → 16:35 Financial matters

• Approval of the 2021 report
• Detailed expenses related to IYBSSD
• Report on 2022 final position for approval
• Detailed expenses related to IYBSSD
• Approved budget for 2023
• Detailed expenses related to IYBSSD
• Dues for 2024
• Resolution: IUPAP currency to be changed from EUR to CHF
• Resolution: Dues for 2024 are set to 2500 CHF
• Budgetary indications for 2024 and 2025

Speaker: Boris Sharkov

Accounts_IYBSSD_2021.pdf

Accounts_IYBSSD_2022.pdf

Budget_IYBSSD_2023_Provisionnal.pdf

Financial_matters_cummulated.pdf

Financial_matters_cummulated.pptx

Proposal_budget_EUR_to_CHF.pdf

16:35 → 16:50 Question from members, corporate associate members and observers

16:50 → 17:00 Any other business: ...

17:00 → 17:20 Closing of the General Assembly by the President

• Next GA in-person, to be held in China Hainan, October 6–12, 2024
• Planned celebration for the 25 years of the WG5 Women in Physics and interdisciplinary symposium on physics research for a sustainable planet
• Concluding remarks

Speaker: Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

In physics we trust.pdf

Invitation to Hainan China.pdf

Invitation to Hainan China.pptx

Main outcomes of the IUPAP General Assembly 20231009.pdf