The OCPA9 International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics (July 16 20 2017) Tentative Programme Main Auditorium, Tsinghua University, Beijing Legend: AC Accelerator Physics AMO AS BP Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Astronomy & Astrophysics Biophysics CHE CM CP Chemical Physics Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences Computational and Mathematical Physics NP PE PL Nuclear Physics Physics/Science Education Plasma Physics CG Cosmology & Gravitation HEP High Energy /Particle Physics SM Statistical Mechanics and Nonlinear Physics July 16 2017 (Sunday) High School Physics Program Forum Day 1: July 17 2017 (Monday) 8.15am 8.50am 8.50am 9.00am 9.00am 9.30am 9.30am 10.00am 10:00am-10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 11.00am 12.15pm 12.15pm 1.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 8pm TBA Registration Opening Ceremony Welcome Address by Qi-Kun Xue (Vice President, Tsinghua) and Albert M. Chang (President, OCPA) Opening address by: TBA Plenary I Plenary 1 Steve Chu Plenary 2 Kataaki Kajita Plenary 3 Shuji Nakamura & Photo-taking Nobel Laureate Forum on: Different Approaches to Cutting-Edge-Research Moderator: A.M. Chang Panellists: C.N. Yang, Shuji Nakamura, Takaaki Kajita, Steve Chu, Barry Barish Lunch Parallel Sessions (Part 1) - Please refer to the timetable below Parallel Sessions (Part 2) - Please refer to the timetable below Conference Reception OCPA9 Executive Council Meeting
Poster presenters can set up their posters at TBA on Day 1. Judging will commence on Day 2. Day 2: July 18 2017 (Tuesday) 8.30am 9.00am 9.00am 9.30am 9.30am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 11.00am 11.30am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.00pm 1.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 6.30pm 9.00pm 9pm Registration Plenary II Plenary 4 Barry Barish Plenary 5 Yifang Wang Plenary III Plenary 6 Shi Yi Gong Plenary 7 Shoucheng Zhang Plenary 8 Zixun Shen Lunch Parallel Sessions (Part 1) - Please refer to the timetable below Parallel Sessions (Part 2) - Please refer to the timetable below Poster Session Poster Award Committee Meeting
Day 3: July 19 2017 (Wednesday) 8.30am 9.00am 9.00am 9.30am 9.30am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.30pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3:00pm 3.30pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4.30pm 5:30pm 7.30pm 9.30pm Registration Plenary IV Plenary 9 Chris Monroe Plenary 10 Xiangdong Ji Plenary V Plenary 11 Shangr Gwo Plenary 12 Hui Cao Lunch Women in Physics Symposium (Forum) Moderator: Manling Sui Panellists: Hui Cao, Haiyan Gao, Raynien Kwo, Quan Li, Yu Wei (tentative) Plenary 13 Yu Wei Plenary VI (Science/Physics Education) Plenary 14 Yuxin Liu Panel Discussion on Science Education (Forum): International Collaboration in Physics Education Moderator: Lei Bao Panellists: Yu Lim Chen, Amy Flatten, Weiping Hu, Xingkai Luo, Yau-yuen Yeung [Note that it is likely that the Public Lecture will be moved to Sunday Jul 16 early evening.] Dinner Banquet, OCPA Awards & Poster Awards Presentation Ceremony
Day 4: 26 July 20 2017 (Thursday) 8.30am 9.00am Registration 9.00 am 11.00 am Parallel Sessions (Part 1) - Please refer to the timetable below 11.00am 11.30am 11.30am 1.00pm Parallel Sessions (Part 2) - Please refer to the timetable below 1.00pm 2.00pm Lunch Plenary VII 2.00pm 2.30pm Plenary 15 Zhong Fang 2.30pm 3.00pm Plenary 16 Yayu Wang 3.00pm 3.30pm 3:30pm 4.30pm Closing Ceremony
Day 1: Parallel Sessions (Part 1 1:00 3:00 pm) AC1 AMO1 BP1 CHE1 CM1 CM2 HEP1 NP Forum CP1 SM1 Award Session I Wu- Tsung Weng Chin-Wen Chou Dongping Zhong Wei-Tao Liu Ying Jiang Yuanbo Zhang Day 1: Parallel Sessions (Part 2 3:30 5:30 pm) AS1 AMO2 BP2 CP2 CM3 CM4 HEP2 NP1 PL1 SM2 Award Session II Dave Weiss Yiqin Gao Shuyun Zhou Peide Ye Zhe Gao Day 2: Parallel Sessions (Part 1 1:00 3:00 pm) AS2 AMO3 BP3 CP3 CM5 CM6 HEP3 NP2 PL2 SM3 AC Forum Zheng-Tian Lu Feng Gai Gang Cao Xiufeng Han Zhengmao Sheng
Day 2: Parallel Sessions (Part 2 3:30 5:30 pm) AC2 CG1 BP4 CHE2 CM7 CM8 HEP4 NP3 PE1 PL3 Qin Qing John Zhang Andong Xia Dunghai Lee Jian Shen Guangtian Zhu Zhengming Sheng Day 4: Parallel Sessions (Part 1 9:00 11:00 am) AC3 AMO4 CG2 CHE3 CM9 CM10 HEP5 PE2 PL4 SM4 NP4 Zheng- Tang Zhao Tongcang Li Hongmei Su Yulin Chen Guangyu Zhang Bao Yi Jiansen He 9.00pm 11.00am Day 4: Parallel Sessions (Part 2 11:30 am 1:00 pm) AS3 AMO5 BP5 CP4 CM11 CM12 HEP6 NP5 PE3 PL5 Yingmei Liu Jie Yan Jinfeng Jia Zhenyu Zhang Weiping Hu Yu Lin 11.30am 1.00pm
SUMMARY: Plenary: 15 speakers (includes 2 on Science Education); 30 minutes each Parallel: 60 sessions (total hours: 11 hours 30 minutes x 10 = 116 hours) Public Lecture: 1 Forums: 3 (Nobel Laureates on Different Approaches, Women in Physics, Science Education) PARALLEL SESSION BREAKDOWN: AC 3 AMO 5 AS 3 BP 5 CG 2 CHE 3 CM 12 CP 4 HEP 6 NP 5 PE 3 PL 5 SM 4