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World Year of Physics 2005 Martial Ducloy Chair, WYP Int. Steering Committee European Physical Society and Université Paris XIII - CNRS www.eps.org www.wyp2005.org

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WYP2005 HISTORICS Initiative launched by EPS in 2000: Occasion: 2005 is the 100th anniversary of the “Annus Mirabilis" of Albert Einstein: Theory of relativity, quantum theory, theory of Brownian motion Endorsed by: World Congress of Physical Societies, Berlin, Dec. 2000 EPS Council, Mulhouse, March 2001 General Assembly of IUPAP, Berlin, Oct. 2002 General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, Oct. 2003 58th General Assembly of United Nations, New York, 10 June 2004 Thus officially the “International Year of Physics” Creation of an International Steering Committee (2002) “Supported” by EU Commission (Brussels, 2004)

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European Commission Contract (Science/Society) * 25 contractants : * 2 international contractants: EPS (coordinator), IAPS * 16 European Countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Moldavia, Nederland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland) * EC grant: 2.1 M€ (total budget: 3.4 M€) * Finally signed in May 2005…

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INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS EVENTS * Kick-off meeting at UNESCO (Paris): “Physics for Tomorrow”, 13-15 January 2005 www.wyp2005.org/unesco/ * 2d IUPAP Conference on “Women in Physics”, Rio, Brasil, May 2005 * International Physics Olympiads, July 2005, Salamanca, Spain * 13th General Conference of the European Physical Society, EPS13 “Beyond Einstein – Physics for the 21st Century” 11–14 July 2005, Bern, Switzerland (www.eps13.org/) * International Conference of Physics Students (ICPS), Coimbra (Portugal), August 2005 * IUPAP World Conference on “Physics and Sustainable Development” 31 October - 2 November 2005, Durban, South Africa

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WYP Launch Conference « Physics for Tomorrow » January 13-15, UNESCO, Paris, France *Organizers: EPS, SFP, IUPAP, UNESCO *1030 participants *~500 students (aged 16-21) from over 60 countries all over the world (all continents; 1/4 female) *impact in media (TV, radio, press) …

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WYP Launch Conference: Organisation International Steering Committee Marcia Barbosa (IUPAP) Edouard Brézin (Académie des Sciences, SFP) Martial Ducloy (EPS) Walter Erdelen (UNESCO) Judy Franz (APS) Martin Huber (EPS) Chen Jia-Er (NSFC) José Luis Moran-Lopez (IUPAP) Yves Petroff (IUPAP) Katepalli Sreenivasan (ICPT) Sukekatsu Ushioda (JPS) Organizing Committee Martial Ducloy (EPS), Chair Johannes Orphal (SFP), Secretary Minella Alarcon (UNESCO) Daniel Iagolnitzer (CEA) Michèle Leduc (SFP) David Lee (EPS) Chris Rossel (EPS) Jean Vannimenus (SFP)

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WYP Launch Conference: Programme Invited Talks Zhores Alferov (Russia), Nobel Prize (Physics) 2000 “Physics and information technology” Georges Charpak (France), Nobel Prize (Physics) 1992 “Teaching and education in physics” Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (France), Nobel Prize (Physics) 1997 “Quantum physics and its impact on daily life” Gerard t’Hooft (Pays Bas), Nobel Prize (Physics) 1999 “Unified theories for elementary particles and forces” Masatoshi Koshiba (Japan), Nobel Prize (Physics) 2002 “Cosmology and astrophysics in the 21st century” Harold Kroto (UK), Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1996 “2010: A NanoScience Odyssey” Denis Le Bihan (France) “Physics and Life Sciences” C. N. R. Rao (India) “Chemistry-Physics interface over the decades” Myriam Sarachik (USA) “Nanophysics and nanotechnologies: their impact in the real world” Claus Weyrich (Siemens AG, Germany) “Innovation: a challenge for science and industry” Katepalli Sreenivasan (India and ICTP, Italy) “Physics and Development”

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WYP Launch Conference: Programme Round Tables What can bring physics to the socio-economical challenges of the 21st century? Philippe Camus (Executive President, EADS, France) Carlo Rubbia, Physics Nobel laureate (ENEA, Italy) Sylvie Joussaume (Director INSU/CNRS, France) Sergio Rezende (Director, FINEP, Brazil) Burton Richter, Physics Nobel laureate (SLAC, USA) 2. Perception of science and physics in the general public Ana Maria Cetto, Deputy Director General, IAEA (Mexico) Marvin L. Cohen, President, APS (USA) Ayse Erzan, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) Chen Jia-er, Past-President, CPS and NSFC (China) Pierre Léna, Vice-President, Association Bernard Gregory (France) José Luis Morán-López, Director, ISTR San Luis Potosi (Mexico)

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EPS 13 13th General Conference of the European Physical Society, EPS13 “Beyond Einstein – Physics for the 21st Century” 11–14 July 2005, Bern, Switzerland (www.eps13.org/) 3 parallel meetings (from Einstein’s 1905 articles): ·1. Photons, Lasers and Quantum Statistics ·2. Relativity, Matter and Cosmology ·3. Brownian Motion, Complex Systems and Physics in Biology 3 plenary talks: Thibault Damour “100 years of relativity” Ferenc Krauscz “Attosecond physics” Giorgio Parisi “Brownian Motion and later developments”

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INTERNATIONAL “GP” EVENTS * « Physics enlightens the world », 18 April 2005 coordinated by Max Lippitsch (Austria) www.wyp2005.at * « Physics talent search », Beverley Hartline (APS) * « International Poster Contest », Caitlin Watson (IOP) (final rating at EPS13 – 13 July 05) * «WORLD WIDE WEBCAST », 1 December 2005 - contact: Paola Catapano, CERN * Etc. * Plus a lot of national events across the world: www.wyp2005.org (national launch events, etc.)

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International Steering Committee ALARCON, Minella UNESCO m.alarcon@unesco.org ALLOTEY, F. K. A. SAPAM fka@ghana.com BALDWIN, Ken AIP Kenneth.Baldwin@anu.edu.au DUCLOY, Martial, Chair EPS ducloy@galilee.univ-paris13.fr FRANZ, Judy APS Franz@aps.org GINTING, Masno HFI mginting@cbn.net.id HUBER, Martin EPS mceh@bluewin.ch KALMUS, Peter IOP p.i.p.kalmus@qmul.ac.uk LEE, David EPS d.lee@uha.fr LEITE, José Roberto FeLaSoFi jrleite@macbeth.if.usp.br LIPPITSCH, Max OPG max.lippitsch@uni-graz.at NAMKUNG, Won AAPPS namkung@postech.ac.kr PETROFF, Yves IUPAP petroff@esrf.fr RASHID, Khalid PPS astrophy@comsats.net.pk ROSSEL, Christophe EPS rsl@zurich.ibm.com SCHWOERER, Markus DPG markus.schwoerer@uni-bayreuth.de USHIODA, S. JPS ushioda@ushioda.riec.tohoku.ac.jp VAHIA, M.N. IPA vahia@tifr.res.in WEST, Richard EiroForum rwest@eso.org ZINGU, Edmund SAIP zingu@julian.mantec.ac.za