You will find below the activities of the members of the EPS Executive Committee and of the EPS Staff.
January
7, 13, 20 and 27 January: Alessandra Fantoni participated in the Energy conference meeting
14 January: a meeting of the EPS Executive Committee was held online
16 January: Alessandra Fantoni participated in the EPS-EPLA meeting
23 January: Alessandra Fantoni and José María De Teresa took part in the EPS finances meeting
February
2, 9 and 16 February: Alessandra Fantoni and Gabriel Chardin participated in the meeting to organise the Energy Conference to be held in Brussels in April
18 February: an online EPS Executive Committee meeting was organised
18 February: Karin Zach and José María De Teresa participated in a videoconference between DPG representatives (president, board member for international activities) and EPS (president, president elect and secretary general) to prepare a meeting of the presidents of the EPS member societies which will be held in Berlin in November 2026.
In February, Gabriel Chardin did the liaising with the French Physical Society and proofread the report on Physics Education in Europe.
March
13 March: José María De Teresa participated in the Researchers’ Night meeting
25 March: an online EPS Executive Committee meeting was organised
In March, Anna Di Ciaccio did some organisational work for the Alessandro Volta prize symposium in Como, Italy. José María De Teresa participated in the review of EPS finances, and the organising of various trips and ceremonies related to EPS awards and EPS Historic Sites. Gabriel Chardin participated in a meetig to organise the EPS conference on Energy in Brussels. He also made the liaising with the French Physical Society and commented the report on Physics Education in Europe. Katharina Lorenz, Alessandrao Fantoni and Anna Di Ciaccio had a meeting of the EPS Central Prizes Selection Committee.
April
8 April: Karin Zach participated in the online meeting with the finance subcommittee
13-14 April: EPS Energy conference in Brussels attended by José Maria De Teresa, Mairi Sakellariadou, Alessandra Fantoni.
20 and 28 April: EPS Executive Committee meeting – online
Alessandra Fantoni had the following activities:
7 April: EPS Energy conference committee meeting – online
8 April: EPS sub-finance committee – Mulhouse+online
8-9-10 April: EPS preparation budget – Mulhouse
14-15 April: EPS preparation budget – Brussels
20 April: EPS budget meeting – online
21 April: EPJ SAC meeting – Catania
23 April: EPS Energy conference recap – online
28 April: EPS Executive Committee meeting for budget – online
Katharina Lorenz participated in the ATAP Programme selection jury.
Anna Di Ciaccio organised the A.Volta prize award ceremony and related symposium in Como.
José Maria De Teresa prepared his presentation for the EPS Council in Vilnius.
May
14 May: EPS Executive Committee, in person meeting in Vilnius
15-16 May: EPS Council in Vilnius. Gabriel Chardin met with the Young Minds leaders, did the liaising with the EPS Energy group, the EPLA association, as well as the liaising with the French Physical Society, proposing to restart the « Environment » group with a new theme : « Physics for a sustainable future ».
In May, Anna Di Ciaccio took part in several meetings to organise the celebration and symposium for the Alessandro Volta prize 2025. José Maria De Teresa had online meetings with the EPS Secretary General, an online meeting with the European Astronomy Society, and prepared various trips along 2026 as EPS President.
June
In June, Anna Di Ciaccio had the following activities:
8th June: meeting with Acinque for the organization Alessandro Volta Award Ceremony & symposium in Como
8th June: meeting with Gina Gunaratnam for the preparation of the announcement of the second edition of the A. Volta prize
11th June: meeting with the President Jose Maria de Teresa as co-chairs of the Award&Distinction Committee
16th June: meeting the Director of the Physics Department of Insubria University for the organization Alessandro Volta Award Ceremony & symposium in Como
29th June: presentation of the Exec Committee activities at the HEPP-Board meeting
July
In June, Anna Di Ciaccio had the following activities:
1st July: meeting with Acinque for the organization Alessandro Volta Award Ceremony & symposium in Como
8th July: EPS Exec. Committee meeting
27th July: meeting with Ophelia Fornari for the organization Alessandro Volta Award Ceremony & symposium in Como and several hours to finalize the organization Alessandro Volta Award Cerimony & symposium in Como (web page, discussion with several members of the scientific committee etc)
Members of the EPS Executive Committee:
José María De Teresa (EPS President), Mairi Sakellariadou (EPS Vice-Elect), Alessandra Fantoni, Anna Di Ciaccio, Brian Fulton, Christian Beck, Kristel Crombé, Eugenio Coccia, Gabriel Chardin, Karin Zach, Katharina Lorenz, Sascha Schmeling, Ulrich Husemann
Members of the EPS Staff:
Anne Pawsey (EPS Secretary General), Xavier de Araujo, Milan Milicevic, Ophélia Fornari, Chahira Boudeliou, Gina Gunaratnam, Ahmed Ouarab and Adriana Zerafa
Members of the EPL Staff:
Frédéric Burr (EPL Staff Editor), Kevin Desse and Tomy Zede.
