2. YOUNG MINDS PROJECT European Physical Society (EPS)
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European Physical Society (EPS)
Founded in 1968 in Geneva:
“as a further demonstration of the determination of scientists to collaborate as close as possible in order to make their positive contribution to the strength of European cultural unity”
As federation of national societies: 42 member societies
As learned society : 3500 individual members
Representing more than 100,000 European Physicists

3. YOUNG MINDS PROJECT Objectives Recruit future researchers in physics
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…a platform for early-career scientists
Objectives
Recruit future researchers in physics
Foster leadership amongst young scientists
Connect (young) scientists in Europe
Approach
Create an infrastructure for young physicists to emerge and get involved
Support self-organized local sections
Encourage interaction between sections

4. Recruit Members and a Faculty Advisor, Define Name, Bylaw and Officers
WHAT IS A YM SECTION
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…how to create a YM Section.
Recruit Members and a Faculty Advisor,
YMs should be or become members of EPS and/or one of its national societies.
Define Name, Bylaw and Officers
(President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary)
Apply
Run Activities
Each Section can be awarded Activity Grants totaling up to 1000€ per year.

5. YOUNG MINDS ACTIVITIES
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OUTREACH
to local schools and communities can provide a stimulus for new generations of scientists and increase the awareness for the importance of scientific research amongst the widest public.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Activities with which students acquire new skills and knowledge both for professional and for career advancement. Like seminars, workshops, etc…
NETWORKING
In the era of social networks, student feel the need to start their own scientific network.
YM for SOCIAL
In the last year many section started
to organize activities about social as charity lunches.

6. YOUNG MINDS MEMBERS
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7. YOUNG MINDS PROJECT …why EPS is promoting Young Minds?
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…why EPS is promoting Young Minds?
Give young people a space and a tool to realize their ideas
Open the laboratories doors
Create in young people new skills
Improve the career
Teaching from an early age that the understanding of physics is "Res publicae", it is a need for the civil society
Look around to design their own career
Moreover
Improve English
Meet other cultures and learn to socialize with them
Learn to manage time for study, research and volunteering

8. YM SECTIONS
50 Sections
26 countries

9. FIRST DEADLINE 15 January
YM GRANTS
Each Section can be awarded Activity Grants totaling up to 1000€ per year.
To received the grant they have to apply on the YM website, filling a form: title, type. activity description, expected outcome, budget items, requested EPS funding, other sources.
FIRST DEADLINE 15 January
SECOND DEADLINE 15 July
Once the activity is carried out, the YM Section has to report it on the YM website:

10. YM ACTIVITIES: TYPES OUTREACH
to local schools and communities can provide a stimulus for new generations of scientists and increase the awareness for the importance of scientific research amongst the widest public.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Activities with which students acquire new skills and knowledge both for professional and for career advancement. Like seminars, workshops, etc…
NETWORKING
In the era of social networks, student feel the need to start their own scientific network.
YM for SOCIAL
In the last year many section started
to organize activities about social as charity lunches.

11. EX1: OUTREACH FUTURO REMOTO Science Festival Naples YM Section (Italy)
Futuro Remoto, the biggest science festival in Naples took place in Piazza del Plebiscito from October the 16th to the 19th The event, organized by Città della Scienza, was centered on the topic of “frontiers”. More than 100 students of the Naples Physics Department, tens of researchers and professors several institutions, for a total of 140 volunteers, for 4 days in the city main square, all involved in Fisici Senza Frontiere. Spreading science culture and scientific knowledge with simple and curious experiments is the aim of Fisici Senza Frontiere, with the help of everyday materials in order to explain the physical principles beneath them. The event was designed both for adults and children with an interest in science. These experiments are reproducible at home and, most of all, fully interactive. Indeed both adults and children were engaged in discussions and attempts to understand the presented phenomena. The interactive path was organized in 8 stands with several physics experiments.
FUTURO REMOTO Science Festival
Naples YM Section (Italy)
visitors in 4 days

12. EX2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The 15th Workshop and Award for young researchers in the field of statistical physics and condensed matter theory supported by EPS Young Minds project was held in Lviv at the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics on June 4–5, 2015.
Five invited lectures were given during the Workshop.
Young researchers in statistical physics and condensed matter theory had an opportunity to present their own results during the Workshop. Two of them – Khrystyna Haydukivska and Andrij Kuzmak – were awarded for the best presentations by Special Individual Awards.
Workshop for young researchers in the field of statistical physics and condensed matter theory
Lviv ICMP Section (Ukraine)
5 invited talks
30 participants
2 best talk awards

13. EX3: NETWORKING DOFFI CONFERENCE Budapest YM Section (Hungary)
The Budapest YM Section took part in organizing a Conference to Hungarian PHD students. The DOFFI Conference gave Physics PhD students from Hungary a chance to present their research and in return, gain an insight about the work being carried out by fellow students. Through a relaxed and friendly environment, it also gave attendees a chance to network with academics and students to create and strengthen professional relationships.
DOFFI CONFERENCE
Budapest YM Section (Hungary)
50-60 participants, Hungerian PhD Students

14. EX4: OUTREACH Cross-Border Night Flea Market
As a special event for the International Year of Light the Konstanz jDPG-YM Section organized an information booth on the yearly cross-border night flea market Konstanz/Kreuzlingen. The goal was to inform a broad public about the fundamental physics on which every day technology like LCD displays or fiber optical communication is based.
Cross-Border Night Flea Market
Konstanz jDPG-YM Section (Germany)
visitors

15. EX5: OUTREACH Física de los Piratas
An Outreach activity from the Valladolid YM Section. Explaining to high schools tricks of the Pirates world related to physics.
Física de los Piratas
Physics League Valladolid YM Section (Spain)
200 visitors

16. YOUNG MINDS HISTORY
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17. YOUNG MINDS PROJECT EPS Young Minds Project @EPSYM