Education conferences
APS supports physics departments by providing opportunities for department leaders, staff, and students to network, collaborate, and advance the physics community.
APS Thriving Departments Symposium
Come together with physics department change leaders June 11-13, 2024, at the University of Chicago for an impactful gathering focused on community-building, knowledge-sharing, and actionable insights to tackle shared challenges. This event combines the APS/American Association of Physics Teachers Department Chairs Conference and the APS Graduate Education Conference to build on the past successes of these conferences and expand their impact.
Departmental change leaders from across the physics education community will be in attendance at this pilot event, including:
- Physics department chairs
- Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) initiative members
- Physics graduate education directors
- APS Bridge Program faculty members
- Teams from APS-IDEA
Past conference reports
APS brings together educators and students in STEM at all levels and provides proceedings and reports from past conferences as a reference for physics educators.
The American Physical Society held its first Advancing Graduate Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
This report summarizes the AGEP-GRS Conference, held August 2-3, 2021.
The virtual 2021 Physics Department Chairs Conference took place on June 3-4, 2021.
The APS/AAPT Physics Department Chairs Conference took place June 18-19, 2020.
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Black Serving Institutions (HBCU/BSI) Physics Chairs Summit was held in downtown Atlanta on Sept. 28, 2017
The conference was held jointly with the American Physical Society (APS) Bridge Program Meeting from February 10-12, 2017.
Directors of National Science Foundation-funded Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates sites gathered in Houston to discuss how their sites can better serve participants and how they could ensure access to all who are interested in their programs.
2013 Graduate Education Conference Report
The Path Ahead: A Conference to Discuss the Status and Future of Graduate Education in Physics
Directors of graduate studies and department chairs from 74 physics departments convened at the American Center for Physics from January 31 to February 2, 2013, for the second conference on graduate education in physics.
A conference to discuss the status and future of graduate education in physics was held Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008.
More education events and resources
APS collaborates with other physics and STEM organizations to bring together educators at all levels and from many backgrounds to ensure a strong future for the field.
This partnership between APS, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American Astronomical Society offers four-day workshops to provide professional development for physics and astronomy faculty.
A partnership of APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers, PhysTEC hosts an annual conference and workshops to help the community of physics educators grow and learn together.
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