ServingAPSMembers,APSUnits&PhysicistsWorldwide

AmericanPhysicalSocietyLeadershipConvocationFebruary2,2018

Dr.AmyK.FlattenDirectorofInternationalAffairs

43%

33%

5%

13%

3% 1% 2%

Non-U.S.Members

Europe

Asia

MiddleEast

NorthAmerica(NonU.S.)

South&CentralAmerica

Africa

Oceana

~24%ofAPSMembersLiveOutsideofUnitedStates

q  CommitteeonInternationalScientificAffairs(CISA)

§  Internationalprogramdevelopmentandadvisorygroup§  RecommendationstoAPSGovernance(Ex.Board&Council)

q  CommitteeonInternationalFreedomofScientists(CIFS)§  Monitorhumanrightsofscientistsworldwide§  InvitationtoUnits--BringindividualcasestoCIFS

q  U.S.LiaisonCommittee(USLC)toIUPAP

§  IUPAP–InternationalUnionofPure&AppliedPhysics(59MemberCountries)§  IUPAPCommissions:Representing~20physicssubdisciplines§  InternationalConferenceswithinsubdisciplines

§  U.S.RepresentedonIUPAPthroughUSLC

§  APSDivisionChairs:MaybeaskedtosuggestU.S.candidatesforIUPAPCommissions(3-yearterms)

§  LetterfromAPSDirectorofInternationalAffairs§  Nominatingcycleevery3years

q  InternationalResearchTravelAwardProgram§  LaunchedbyForumonInternationalPhysics--SustainedbyAPSUnitContributions§  TravelAwardsforcollaborationwithdevelopingcountryphysicists§  SupportedbyAPSDivisionsandsomeotherunits

q  Beller&MarshakLectureships

§  “Honorific”LectureshipssupporttravelforMarch/AprilMeetinginvitedspeakers§  ChairsofDivisions,Forums,TopicalGroupssubmitnominations(CISAselects)

MarshakLectureshiprecipientProf.KarimatElSayed,fromAinShamsUniversity,Egypt

q  Brazil&IndiaPhysicsExchangePrograms§  Ph.D.Students&Postdocs:Visithostforlaboratoryresearch,

shortcourse,orother§  WorkingPhysicists:Lectureseriesorshortcourseinhostuniversity§  Fosterunderstandingofscientificcultures§  Promoteinternationalpartnerships

S.Srivastava&D.Lieske:ExchangebetweenStanford&IIT

q  InternationalYoungPhysicistsForums§  Canadian-American-Mexican(CAM)GraduateStudentPhysicsConferences

§  Biennialinternationalgraduatestudentmeeting§  Over100graduatestudentsfrom3countries(&Cuba!)

§  US-ChinaYoungPhysicistsForum§  60graduatestudentsfromUS&China§  PartnershipwithChinesePhysicalSociety

§  US-BrazilYoungPhysicistsForum§  50Early-CareerPhysicists§  PartnershipwithBrazilianPhysicalSociety,SãoPauloResearchFoundation

CAMParticipants–PosterSession

q  SESAME:SynchrotronLightSourceinMiddleEast(Jordan)§  Members:Israel,PalestinianAuthority,Iran,Turkey,Cyprus,Egypt,Jordan,Pakistan§  Scientificcooperationsupports“scienceforpeace”

q  Middle-East-SESAMETravelTrainingAward§  Partnershipamong11U.S.&EuropeanScientificSocieties§  TravelsupportforMiddleEasternscientists

q  CubanPhysicalSociety§  APSLeaders-SpeakersatSCFannualmeetings§  MeetingswithSCFExecutiveBoard§  FreeOnlineAPSJournals§  CubandelegationforGraduateStudentPhysicsConference(CAM2017)

q  CubanAcademyofSciences

§  MeetingwithVicePresidentFidelCastroDiaz-Balart§  SpeakeratAPSMarchMeeting(2016)§  HostedlabvisitsinHavana

SESAMEFacility

FidelCastroDiaz-Balart

q  EntrepreneurshipWorkshops§  PartnershipamongUS&Europeanscientific

organizations(APS,IOP,OSA,ICTP)§  Twoormoreheldannuallyaroundtheworld

WorkshopParticipantsatICTP

q  PhysicsinAfrica–JointSocietyProject§  InstituteofPhysics,EuropeanPhysicalSociety,

&InternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics§  CombineresourcestocatalyzeAfrican-ledprojects

q  InternationalResearchTravelAwardProgram§  TravelAwards($2K)forcollaborationamongdeveloped&developingcountryphysicists§  APSUnitsprovidefunds–AdministeredbyForumonInternationalPhysics

q  MatchingMembershipProgram&FreeAPSJournals§  FreeAPSMembershiptodevelopingcountryphysicists§  FreeAPSJournalsforSub-SaharanAfrica,Bangladesh,Afghanistan,Cuba

q  APSVisawebsite

§  Informationforvisaapplicants§  InformationforU.S.meetingorganizers§  Howtoavoiddelays§  Wheretogoforhelp§  www.aps.org(Under“UpcomingMeetings”)§  www.aps.org/programs/international/

q  Science&SecurityCoalition

§  Partnershipof~25Science&HigherEducationOrganizations

§  LedbyNationalAcademyofSciences§  JointSocietyStatements,2004,2005,2009(receivedsubstantialpress)§  Ongoingmeetings/dialogwithStateDepartmentrepresentatives

TaskForceonExpandingInternationalEngagement§  ExpandinginternationalengagementcalledforinAPSStrategicPlan§  Establishedduringthe2016/2017academicyear

q  TaskForceGoal:IdentifyandrefinestrategicobjectivesofexpandedinternationalengagementthatwillensuretheSociety’slong-termvaluetotheinternationalphysicscommunity.

q Morespecifically,theTaskForcewill:§  Recommendnewinternationalprograms,partnerships,orservices&waystoprioritize§  RecommendwaysthatcurrentAPSinitiativescanservetheSociety’sinternationalgoals

q Outreach&In-reach:§  Surveyto~10,000APSMembers&AllUnits§  Feedbackfromnationalphysicalsocietypartners§  SurveystoBoard,Council,PresidentialLine&SeniorStaff

q  TaskForceMembers:RecommendationsfromPresidentialLine,Past-Presidents,

Council,ExecutiveBoard,Members

§  JonathanBagger,ChairTRIUMF

§  WilliamColglazier,Vice-ChairCenterforScienceDiplomacy,AAAS

§  DirkJanBukmanAPSEditorialOffice

§  LuisaCifarelliUniversityofBologna

§  CarlosHenriquedeBritoCruzSãoPauloResearchFoundation

§  LauraGreeneFloridaStateUniversity

§  AlanHurdLosAlamosNationalLaboratory

§  Young-KeeKimUniversityofChicago

§  PatriciaMcBrideFermiNationalAcceleratorLaboratory

§  JohannaStachelUniversityofHeidelberg

§  EliezerRabinoviciHebrewUniversity

§  Nai-ChangYehCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology

q  We’dwelcomethechancetobeofhelp!

§  Dr.AmyFlatten,DirectorofInternationalAffairs;Flatten@aps.org

§  Ms.MicheleIrwin,InternationalProgramsAdministrator;Irwin@aps.org