U.S.-Brazil Young Physicists Forum for Early Career Physicists

Saturday, March 12 - Sunday, March 13, 2016

Location

This event will take place at the APS March Meeting 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Registration Information

Deadline: November 20, 2015

Interested participants must apply to attend. Accepted applicants will be notified via email and will receive additional registration information at that time.

Sponsored By

SBF - FAPESP - APS

Who Will Attend?

Early career physicists from the United States and Brazil who are in permanent staff positions (physicists who have completed their Ph.D. no more than 10 years ago)

Overview

The U.S.-Brazil Young Physicists Forum is specifically dedicated to early career physicists who are working in the United States and Brazil in the scientific disciplines of the APS March Meeting, and is especially focused on helping attendees build international and interdisciplinary networks. YPF will combine scientific sessions with career development and networking opportunities to provide participants with:

• Networking, scientific presentations, and social events with leading Brazilian and American physicists working in academia and industry
• Career development sessions on publishing in peer reviewed journals
• Panel discussions on university-industry cooperation
• Scientific parallel sessions and poster sessions with international peers
• Opportunities for building international and interdisciplinary collaborations
• Name and contact information
• Physics subdiscipline
• Abstract of proposed presentation
• Curriculum Vitae

Application Information

Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2015

Early career scientists who hold permanent positions at institutions in Brazil and the United States and who are interested in attending this event should submit an online application online at one of the links below. Applicants are required to provide the following information:

Application for Physicists at Brazilian Institutions;

Application for Physicists at U.S. Institutions.

Space is limited, so apply early! The cap on attendees is 40 (20 from each country). Physicists from Brazil without any experience in the United States are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants will be informed of decisions by mid-December.

Selection Committee for Brazil applicants

The applications from the Brazil side will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the Brazilian Physics Society, composed by:

Professor Marcelo Knobel (IFGW, UNICAMP)

Professor Cleber Renato Mendonça (IFSC, USP)

Professor Armando Paduan (IF, USP)

Professora Belita Koiller (IF, UFRJ/SBF)

Travel Assistance

If you plan to attend the APS March Meeting 2016, there should be no additional travel expenses beyond two extra nights at your hotel. Some financial support is available to assist with two nights of hotel costs. For applicants from Brazilian institutions, some financial assistance will also be available for travel. Early career researchers in the state of São Paulo, Brazil who have Young Investigator Awards (Jovem Pesquisador) from FAPESP should contact the foundation at dircien@fapesp.br. Applicants outside the State of São Paulo should contact their state agencies.

Questions?

Inquiries to APS: please email international@aps.org

Inquiries to SBF: please email aps.sbf@sbfisica.org.br     

Program

Senior physicists will present plenary talks to the early career scientists, followed by parallel sessions with American and Brazilian participants presenting to each other. In addition a, a poster session/networking reception will allow participants to discuss their research with not only their international peers, but also with leading physicists working in industry and academia along with distinguished VIPs from SBF, FAPESP, and APS. Throughout the YPF, participants will discuss their work and connect with potential partners, leaders, and colleagues in a smaller, more intimate setting than the larger March Meeting will allow. All participants will be expected to participate scientifically, either through presenting their research during a parallel session, or presenting a poster during the poster session/networking event.

APS 2016 President Laura Greene will provide a session on “Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals,” a session that she has given to international audiences of young scientists around the globe. In addition to the scientific presentations and poster session, panel discussions on professional development and university-industry cooperation will be tailored to the interests of both American and Brazilian early career scientists.

Agenda
Saturday, March 12, 2016
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.	Plenary Session – I  (speakers TBA) A. Condensed Matter Physics B. Materials Physics
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.	Parallel Sessions - I A. Condensed Matter Physics (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker) B. Materials Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Other (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker) C. Materials Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Other (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Box Lunch (poster set-up as needed)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.	Panel Session on University-Industry Collaboration in Research in the U.S. and Brazil (Panelists TBA)
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Publishing in Peer Reviewed Journals Professor Laura Green, APS 2016 President
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.	BREAK until evening events (poster set-up as needed)
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.	Poster Session/Networking Reception
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Banquet & photos
Sunday, March 13, 2016
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Plenary Session - II: (Speakers: Senior scientists from the U.S. & Brazil) A. Condensed Matter Physics with Q&A B. Materials Physics with Q&A
10:00 - 11:40 a.m.	Parallel Sessions - II A. Condensed Matter Physics (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker) B. Materials Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Other (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker) C. Materials Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Other (4 attendee speakers @ 20 min/speaker)
11:40 - 12:40 p.m.	Panel Discussion “Life as a Young Physicist in Brazil and the United States” (Panelists TBA)
12:40 - 2:00 p.m.	Networking Lunch
After Lunch	APS March Meeting Registration U.S.-Brazil Young Physicists Forum participants may use this time to register and pick up their materials for the March Meeting that will begin on Monday.