Wednesday Afternoon Events
The following event scheduled on Wednesday afternoon are offered as part of the scientific program. Please note that some events have an additional cost associated with them.
ANSTO Tour
ANSTO Tour
Join us for a tour of Australia’s only operating nuclear facility. This tour provides an in depth look into the world of nuclear science and the work ANSTO does in the areas of health, the environment and delivering solutions for industry. We will take a 45 minute bus to visit Australia’s multipurpose reactor OPAL, and visit the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine facility and the Centre for Accelerator Science. A bus will bring us back to Wollongong in time for the conference dinner.
Cost: $20 per head to cover the bus fees.
Where – ANSTO (bus departs from UoW)
Subject to ANSTO terms and conditions: https://www.ansto.gov.au/visitor-terms-and-conditions
Physics in Industry Day
Physics in Industry Day
The annual Physics in Industry Days has been an initiative to bring together researchers, industry, service providers, decision makers, educators and the general public to connect and learn around a chosen topic – either an industry sector or an area of science with significant industrial or national impact in the future. It is intended to be an informal gathering with interesting and informative speakers pitched at a level to engage with an informed general audience.
Our Topic in 2025 – Future Space Technologies
Wollongong has a vibrant and thriving space community from academics through to start-ups and industrial companies. Our topic has been chosen especially to align with local strengths to attract delegates from further afield (out of Sydney!) to make the journey to Wollongong to engage with regional participants.
The event will be supported by the AIP-NSW branch. More information on this event can be found here.
Where – UoW Main Campus, Room 107 of McKinnon Building (B67)
ECR Personalised Grant Writing Workshop
ECR Personalised Grant Writing Workshop
Concept
A hands-on grant writing workshop for ECRs. with advice from former ARC College of Experts members.
Key contacts
Alexander Hamilton Alex.Hamilton@unsw.edu.au
Pre-Work
One week before the workshop applicants must prepare a one page project proposal. Instructions for the proposal can be found here. This project proposal must be emailed as a PDF to ECRworkshop2025@qed.physics.unsw.edu.au one week before the workshop. No submissions after 5pm AEST Monday 24 November will be accepted.
Participants must also complete and submit this google form by the 24th November, 5pm AEST.
Where – UoW Main Campus, Room 101 of McKinnon Building (B67)
NSW AIP Branch Annual Postgraduate Awards
NSW AIP Branch Annual Postgraduate Awards
The NSW AIP Branch will hold its Annual Postgraduate Awards afternoon on Wednesday 3 December 2025. Each NSW university has invited a postgraduate physics nominee to compete for the AIP-NSW Postgraduate medal and the RSNSW Jak Kelly prize. These awards have been created to encourage excellence in physics postgraduate work, and all nominees who participate in the Postgraduate Awards Day will receive a special award recognising the nominee’s high standing. Come and listen to these excellent talks about recent physics research in NSW.
More information is available in the PDF below.
Where – UoW Main Campus, Room 104 of McKinnon Building (B67)
Student Networking Afternoon Tea
Student Networking Afternoon Tea
An afternoon tea will be convened especially for students to attend and network. Exact format to be determined – by student representatives.
Where – Unibar, Building 12
AIPNSW Annual General Meeting
AIPNSW Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Institute of Physics NSW Branch will be held by both Zoom and In-person at the University Wollongong.
More information is available in the PDF below.
Where – Building 67, Room 102
When – 5:30 pm