Meetings and Directory Issue

BULLETIN OF THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY J. A. Volume 13 news Meetings and Directory Issue Number 6 June 1982 Make European Physics Stronger EPS Publications Included in this Meetings Issue of Europhysics News are two additional documents of high importance to European physics. One comprises the latest list of European physicists leading the European community and taking responsibility for furthering the work of the European Physical Society. The second is a leaflet giving basic infor mation on the Society with an application form for new members. All physicists in Europe benefit from the work of the EPS, but at present less than 10% directly contribute to the costs of its activities, although membership of a natio n a l society may imply an indirect contribution of a few francs. It would be too much to expect that every physicist in Europe became an individual member of EPS but a target of one in three, for example, does not seem unreasonable and, if EPS is not to drift into being an institutionalized federation of societies, it is essential that the indi vidual occupy a prominent position. Why is the present number so low? There are several reasons. In the first place, EPS has a minimal secretariat and no background capital, so cannot indulge in cam paigns that are costly in investment and manpower. Second, most active members of EPS are busy people who already devote much of their spare time to the work that needs doing in their own sector for the European community, and this takes all their effort. Third, physicists are not particularly good sales-men as a rule and fourth, let us admit, there are many scientists who expect to be spoon-fed and to have everything done for them (apart from their own specific research) by bodies supported by the tax-payer. EPS is not financed through governments by the general tax-payer — fortunately. EPS is an organization of physicists for physicists — but that does mean it is also dependent on the support of physicists. Existing individual members, by consulting their membership booklet can check which of their colleagues are not members and, armed with an application form, are urged to ask them why. Why they are content to let the 10% carry all the load of individual membership, why they personally are not helping to make the European community of physicists stronger. Guide to Entries Europhysics News publishes annually three Meetings Issues: in March, June and November. In the March issue the informa tion received to date is given in full; in the two subsequent issues some entries may be abbreviated and marked by an asterisk (*) indicating that full information can be found in the preceding Meetings Issue of Europhysics News. This issue should there fore be read in conjunction with the March 1982 issue. The events listed are those for which details were received at the EPS Secretariat in Geneva by May 1982. In general, all events interesting European physicists which take place from six weeks after the date of publication are quoted. Most rea ders will already have taken their decision regarding earlier events but like to have as long an advance notice as possible of future happenings. The listings are in date order divided into two categories — Conferences and Schools. Europhysics Conferences, i.e. meetings organized by EPS, its Divisions and Sections, are printed in bold type and boxed; events sponsored by EPS are print ed in bold type; Europhysics Study Confe rences are marked by an E preceding the date. For inclusion in the November 1982 issue, organizers should send available details to the EPS Secretariat by 19 Octo ber. Organizers of conferences that are Euro pean in concept may apply for EPS spon sorship through the Secretariat. European Journal of Physics Vol. 3 EPS members Institutions Sw.Frs.65.— £35.— Europhysics Conference Abstracts Series 6, Volumes A-I Back Series and Volumes available Sw.Frs.290.— Europhysics Education News Free on request Europhysics News Free to EPS members Non-members, Annual sub. Sw.Frs. 82. — Information Booklet 1981 Prices for classified lists on request Proceedings of EPS General Conferences : 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981 Seminar on European Great Projects 1979 Sw.Frs. 60. Int. Conf. on High Energy Physics 1981 Sw.Frs. 900 Seminar on Career Outlook for Physicists in Europe 1981 Sw.Frs. 40.— Key to Abbreviations A : Application deadline Ab: Abstracts deadline inv. : attendance restricted to invited appli cants NP: no proceedings will be published P : Papers deadline (information on pro ceedings has not been received) PP : proceedings will be published. The information is given in the following order: Date Venue Title Contact for information A : ..... / Ab : ..... / PP, NP or P : Papers deadline / Number of participants / inv. / languages other than English / Sponsor ship / Conference fee. ◄ after the date indicates that there has been an important amendment to a pre viously published entry. Europhysics News is published monthly by the European Physical Society. © 1982. Reproduction rights reserved. ISSN 0531-7479 1 For Guide to Entries see Front Page Conferences 1982 21-23 July Paris, France Int. Colloquium on History of Particle Physics: Some Discoveries, Concepts, Institutions from the Thirties to Fifties Mme J. Laberrigue, LPNHE, Université P. et M. Curie, Tour 32, 4 place Jussieu, F-75230 Paris Cedex PP / 150 / IUPAP 27-30 July * 14th EGAS Conference Liège, Belgium 1-5 Aug. NewOrleans, LA, USA * 24th Annual Meeting : American Assoc. of Physicists in Medicine 2-3 Aug. Rolla, MO. USA * 6th Int. Symposium on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice (APS) 2-6 Aug. Zurich, Switzerland * Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Coro nal Effects 2-6 Aug. Göteborg, Sweden * 8th Int. Conf. on Atomic Physics 4-6 Aug. Maynooth, Ireland * Workshop onSolar/ Interplanetary Intervals 5-6 Aug. Glasgow, UK * Computational Physics on the Distributed Array Pro cessor 5-7 Aug. Antwerp, Belgium Workshop: Transport in Microelectronic Components and in Submicron Structures Mrs. R.M. Vandekerkhof, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk A: 1.5.82 / bFr. 6600.- all incl. 9-13 Aug. Besançon, France * Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies (IAU) 9-13 Aug. Hamburg, FRG * Int. Conf. on X-Ray and VUV Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation 9-13 Aug. Prague, CSSR * Physics of Active Region Development (IAU) 9-13 Aug. Haifa, Israel * Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects (IAU) 9-13 Aug. * Planetary Nebulae (IAU) London, UK E 9-13 Aug. Trieste, Italy 4th Workshop: Solar Radio Noise Storms A.O. Benz, Inst. of Astronomy, ETH, CH-8092 Zurich IAU / SFr. 450. —incl. accomm. 10-13 Aug. Catania, Italy * IAU Colloquium: Activity in Red Dwarf Stars 17-24 Aug. Hamburg, FRG * 10th Int. Congress on Electron Microscopy 17- 26 Aug. Patras, Greece * 18th General Assembly of Int. Astronomical Union 18-20 Aug. Tampere, Finland * Nordic Conf. on Surface Science 20-24 Aug. Na (...truncated)