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PHYSICS MATTERS — On-line Colloquia Series Video

Watch the latest PHYSICS MATTERS edition: "SPECIAL FORUM : “PHYSICS MATTERS to celebrate the 100 years of existence of the IUPAP”

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Date	Title	Speaker	Additional Information
November 22, 2022	“PHYSICS MATTERS to celebrate the 100 years of existence of the IUPAP” [Description_IUPAP_SPIRO_DAWSON _GREENE_PEPEALTARELLI]	Michel SPIRO IUPAP, CERN, IN2P3 & CEA Silvina Ponce Dawson University of Buenos Aires & IUPAP Laura Greene NHMFL, APS & IUPAP Monica Pepe-Altarelli CERN & IUPAP _________ FR - AR - US - CH	See slides [Slides_Michel_SPIRO] [Slides_Silvina_Ponce_Dawson] [Slides_Laura_Greene] [Slides_Monica_Pepe_Altarelli] See also International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has turned 100 years
October 27, 2022	Physics for Development and International Cooperation [Description_Kate_Shaw]	Dr. Kate Shaw Univ. Sussex, UK and ICTP, Trieste _________ UK - IT	See slides [Slides_Kate_Shaw] See also Physics Without Frontiers - ICTP
September 29, 2022	Momentum grows for the African Light Source [Description_Simon_Connell]	Prof. Simon Connell Johannesburg University, SA _________ South Africa	See slides [Simon_Connell Slides] See also African Light Source Web page
August 22, 2022	Turkey in SESAME & SESAME in Turkey: a “Physics Matters” Relationship [Description_Zehra Sayers]	Prof. Zehra Sayers Sabanci University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences _________ Turkey	See slides [Zehra Sayers]
July 28, 2022	FORUM to Celebrate ”The Origin of SESAME and beyond" with Prof. Herman Winick [Description_ForumSESAMEOrigin] [PODCAST_ForumSESAMEOrigin]	Herman Winick, Herwig Schopper, Ada Yonath, Rolf Heuer, Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Zafra Lerman, Zehra Sayers, Clarissa Formosa gauci, Tord Ekelof, Giorgio Margaritondo, Eliezer Rabinovici, Ercan Alp, Gihan Kamel, Kirsi Lorentz, Simon Connell, Sekazi Mtingwa, Maedeh Darzi	The Wall-of-Ideas content, Important Archives, Memoires, Photos and Q&A to the Guests of Honor: "the Origin of SESAME and beyond" with Herman Winick Bio of the Guests of Honor Wall-of-Ideas
June 30, 2022	Building small, fast and hot Si spin qubits [Description_DominikZumbuhl]	Prof. Dominik Zumbühl University of Basel _________ Switzerland	More information at: National Center of Competence in Research SPIN QUBITS IN SILICON: NCCR SPIN
May 19, 2022	POLARQUEST – A sailing expedition to measure cosmic rays (and not only) beyond the Arctic Circle [Description_LuisaCifarelli_Ombretta Pinazza ]	Prof. Luisa Cifarelli Bologna University Prof. Ombretta Pinazza CERN _________ IT-CH	See slides [Luisa Cifarelli] See slides [Ombretta Pinazza]
April 28, 2022	"FORUM ”Science to facilitate Human heritage" [Description_Forum_Heritage]	Kirsi Lorentz Cyprus Institute Gihan Kamel SESAME Margaux Schmeltz PSI Kate Shaw ICTP/ Sussex Uni. Björn Nilsson Bergen Uni. / LINXS Kudakwashe Jakata ESRF	See slides [Margaux_Schmeltz] See slides [Kate_Shaw] See slides [Kirsi_Lorentz_Trans-disiplinarity] Watch the “75 Years of Science with Synchrotron Light" - virtual symposium recording organized by Diamond and Lightsources.org
March 31, 2022	Physics Matters in Artificial Intelligence: Natural and Artificial Cognition [Description_Kalle_ Åström]	Prof. Kalle Åström Centre for Mathematical Sciences at Lund University _________ Sweden	See [Slides_Kalle_ Åström] See also AI Lund
February 24, 2022	Physics Matters in (Bio)archaeology: Metals, human health and beyond [Description_Kirsi_Lorentz]	Prof. Kirsi Lorentz Cyprus Institute Cyprus Government’s Delegation to the SESAME Council _________ Cyprus	See [Slides_Kirsi_Lorentz] See also SESAME Cultural Heritage Day
January 27, 2022	Dimensionality in Materials Science [Description_Antonio Castro_Neto]	Prof. Antonio Castro Neto Centre for Advanced 2D Materials Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials National University of Singapore _________ Singapore	See slides [Antonio Castro Neto] See also Prof. Sonia Haddad (University of Tunis El Manar) courses to the ASP and see more "Topological Matter School"
December 9, 2021	Higher Education in Palestine and Forum [Description_Muayad_Abusaa]	Prof. Muayad M. Abu Saa Arab American University _________ Palestine	See slides [Muayad_Abusaa_Slides] Complement to the October 28 PHYSICS MATTERS colloquium by Prof. Dr. Ghaleb Natour. See recording: https://youtu.be/scVy3nuZUKI The event was followed by a forum including: Ercan Alp (Argonne National Laboratory and SESAME senior scientist) Bernard Amadei (Engineer-Without-Frontiers founding president) Zafra Lerman (Malta Conferences Foundation president) Ghaleb Natour (Julich ZEA Institute director)
November 29, 2021	The Scientific Expedition Polarquest2021 – Save the Arctic White [Description_Paola_Mike_Kevin]	Poala Catapano, Kevin Monneron and Mike Struik CERN _________ Switzerland	See slides [Paola_Mike_Kevin_Slides] Colloquium celebrating the One Year Anniversary of PHYSICS MATTERS launching event dating back from November 23, 2020. See the first event in this table.
October 28, 2021	Building Capacity for Palestine Research and Innovation [Description_Ghaleb_Natour]	Ghaleb Natour RWTH Aachen University _________ Germany-Palestine	See slides [Ghaleb_Natour] A follow-up event will take place on December 9th, when Prof. Muayad Abu Saa, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, will describe Palestinian Academic and Science.
September 30, 2021	New Horizons in Quantum Mechanics [Description_Vahid_Karimipour]	Vahid Karimipour Sharif University of Technology, Tehran _________ Iran	See slides [Vahid_Karimipour]. This event has been co-hosted by Prof. Reza Ejtehadi, President of the Physics Society of Iran, who gives a short introduction on Physics in Iran [Reza_Ejtehadi_IntroSlide].
August 26, 2021	Sirius: The New Bright Lights to Science From the Southern Hemisphere [Description_Harry Westfahl]	Harry Westfahl Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, LNLS’s Director _________ Brazil	See slides [Harry_Westfahl]
July 15, 2021	The Music of Physics [Description_Eliam_Gross]	Eliam Gross Weizmann Institute of Science _________ Israel	See slides [Eliam_Gross] See Weizmann Nobel Laureate Prof. Ada Yonath explaining "How do intruders take over their hosts?" (SCIENTIFika event organized in collaboration with ESS, MAXIV on the basis of APS March meeting “Chat with the Experts”) Prof. Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer, received her Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
June 15, 2021	SESAME: The New Adventure of the Middle East Women Scientists [Description_Gihan_Kamel]	Gihan Kamel SESAME _________ Jordan	See slides [GihanKamel] Following the lecture, more insights are shared with a scientific expert panel composed of: • Andrea Lausi, SESAME Scientific Director • Ghaleb Natour, Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics – Engineering and Technology (ZEA-1), Jülich, Director • Bernard Amadei, UC Boulder and Engineers-without-Borders, President • Zafra Lerman, Malta Conferences Foundation, President • Joe Niemela, ICTP and FIP elected-Chair • Alan Hurd, Los Alamos Laboratory and FIP Chair • Christine Darve, ESS and FIP vice-Chair (organizer) You can also support us by filling the 5 min survey: https://tinyurl.com/f6wbkcxh
May 20, 2021	Fluid Dynamics of Wildfires [Description_Rod_Linn]	Rod Linn Los Alamos National Laboratory and UCSD _________ USA - Pakistan	Introduction to the Pakistani National Center for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad (Slides) Hafeez Hoorani
March 29, 2021	Introduction to PHYSICS MATTERS 2021 and the SESAME Project	Christine Darve APS Forum on International Physics Vice-Chair Andrea Lausi Scientific Director of SESAME _________ Jordan	See slides [AndreaLausi]
March 29, 2021	How Physics Can Measure Tempo and Mode of Human Evolution [Description_Claudio_Tuniz]	Claudio Tuniz Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste _________ Italy	See slides [ClaudioTuniz]
December 21, 2020	The Adventure of Physics in Timing and Positioning – From a Cesium Atom to the Global Navigation Satellite Systems	Patrizia Tavella Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Sèvres, France – Director of the Time Department
December 14, 2020	Governing the Digital Transformation	Sergio Bertolucci University of Bologna, Italy – Past CERN Director of Research and Scientific Computing, Geneva, Switzerland
December 7, 2020	Playing Lego With Layered Materials	Petra Rudolf University of Groningen, The Netherlands – President of the European Physical Society
November 30, 2020	Metrology and Inspiration for Science: The New International System of Units	Diederik Wiersma University of Florence, Italy – President of the Italian Metrology Institute, Turin, Italy
November 23, 2020	POLARQUEST – A Sailing Expedition to Measure Cosmic Rays (And Not Only) Beyond the Arctic Circle	Paola Catapano (CERN, Geneva Switzerland – Head of the Audiovisual Production Service for the CERN Communications Group and Project Leader of Polarquest) Luisa Cifarelli (University of Bologna, Italy – FIP Chair and past President of the Centro Fermi, Rome, Italy)