Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2023
Volume 68, Number 6
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Apr 15-18)
Virtual (Apr 24-26); Time Zone: Central Time
Session C05: No Frontiers when Physics MattersInvited
|
Hide Abstracts |
Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Christine Darve, European Spallation Source Room: MG Salon E - 3rd Floor |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 1:30PM - 1:57PM |
C05.00001: Navigating the Complexity Across the Peace-Sustainability-Climate Nexus Invited Speaker: Bernard Amadei Promoting peace and sustainability in human development while accounting for the risks associated with the impact of climate change on society has become more imperative than ever when addressing humanity's challenges of the twenty-first century. There is ample evidence that peace, sustainability, and climate security and their counterparts (conflict, unsustainability, and climate vulnerability) are entangled with multiple complex interactions and cannot be dealt with in isolation (i.e., decoupled) and independently from the environment and the numerous systems with which they interact. Yet, the intersection of peace, sustainability, and climate security or their opposites is rarely articulated with a systemic mindset. |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 1:57PM - 2:24PM |
C05.00002: Physics for Development and International Cooperation (TBC) Invited Speaker: Kate Shaw Basic and applied physics can play a key role in sustainable development, a central challenge of our time. Along with technological, educational and economic benefits, the impact of scientific international cooperation between countries in experiments or building research facilities such as SESAME or CERN, is often an understated impact on the pathway towards addressing the challenges outlined in the 2030 Agenda. The international scientific community is passionate to improve inclusive participation, in particular for women, those from less wealthy countries, and other under-represented groups and minorities. Programmes such as ICTP Physics Without Frontiers aims to reach out internationally to under-represented groups in the Global South to provide opportunity and training and increase participation. Physicists naturally reach out across borders to collaborate, and we are and must further support those members of the community in need such as refugee scientists, or researchers in conflict zones. This talk will discuss how basic and applied physics can help address sustainable development goals in all countries, the importance of international cooperation, participation for all, the support for scientist in conflict, and importance of investing in national and international research facilities. |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 2:24PM - 2:51PM |
C05.00003: Science Bridging Cultures and Nations Invited Speaker: Rolf-Dieter Heuer Scientific research addresses not only key questions in science but also provides successful modes for peaceful cooperation. Large international research projects show what mankind is able to achieve when working together coherently towards a common goal. Science and the free dissemination of scientific knowledge facilitate the dialogue among cultures and are instrumental for our well-being and in fostering peaceful relations between nations. The talk will address the role of research infrastructures in science diplomacy through specific examples, in particular CERN and SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East). What can we learn from such global science endeavours in research and in areas beyond research? What can be achieved, what should be achieved? Physics and arts are closely related, what role can arts, in particular music, play in that context? The talk will address such questions and will describe the fascinating mixture of science, arts and diplomacy. |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 2:51PM - 3:18PM |
C05.00004: Wheatley Award: Sustainable Development: A contradiction in terms? Federico Rosei The United Nations define sustainable development as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. From a historical perspective, human existence on planet earth ceased to be “sustainable” from the time we adopted agriculture. The situation has become ever more critical in recent times: as the age of fossil fuels is coming to an end, now more than ever there is the need for more efficient and sustainable renewable energy technologies. In parallel, we have to address the increasing scarcity of numerous elements that are at the core of modern technologies. Here I attempt to give an overview of recent developments in solar technologies and strategies to address sustainability. Emphasis is placed on replacing rare elements where possible, recycling and developing processes that are not energy intensive [1-19]. |
Follow Us |
Engage
Become an APS Member |
My APS
Renew Membership |
Information for |
About APSThe American Physical Society (APS) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance the knowledge of physics. |
© 2024 American Physical Society
| All rights reserved | Terms of Use
| Contact Us
Headquarters
1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3844
(301) 209-3200
Editorial Office
100 Motor Pkwy, Suite 110, Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 591-4000
Office of Public Affairs
529 14th St NW, Suite 1050, Washington, D.C. 20045-2001
(202) 662-8700