1. IUPAP – A Brief Overview The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Willem T.H.van Oers University of Manitoba/TRIUMF

2. The Beginning 1919 International Research Council formed, largely through representatives of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, and of the Royal Society of London to coordinate efforts in the different branches of science, toward forming respective international unions

3. 1922 General Assembly of the International Research Council Brussels physicists present decided formation of a Physics Union was imperative 13 countries BelgiumCanada Denmark France Holland Japan Norway Poland Spain Switzerland United KingdomUnited States of America Union of South Africa

4. Steering Committee (1922) M. Brillouin O.M. Corbino M. Knudsen M. Leblanc R.A. Millikan H. Nagoda E. Van Aubel H. Abraham Sir William Bragg (President)

5. 1st General Assembly Paris 1923 Added Italy, Sweden, Czechoslovakia Confirmed the membership of the Executive, with one replacement expressed concern about the proliferation of scientific reports!

6. IUPAP’s Mission to assist in the worldwide development of physics to foster international cooperation in physics to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity

7. Activities sponsoring international meetings encouraging research and education fostering the free circulation of scientists promoting international agreements on symbols, units and nomenclature cooperating with other organizations on disciplinary and interdisciplinary problems fostering communications and publications

8. Members Originally, Countries were Members Now members are identified physics communities in a geographical region Membership is through a designated “Adhering body.” Adhering body sets up a Liaison Committee Delegates appointed by the Liaison Committee attend the General Assembly of the Union

9. General Assembly Governing body –Delegates from liaison committees –Officers –Chairs or secretaries of the commissions held every 3 years elects the incoming Executive Council and members of the International Commissions appoints physics representatives to other international bodies

10. IUPAP Executive Council 2005-2008 President:Alan Astbury Past President: Yves Petroff President Designate:Sukekatsu Ushioda Secretary-General:Judy Franz Associate Secretary-General: Peter Melville Vice Pres. (elected at large): Jia-Er Chen, Carmen Cisneros, Bruce McKellar Vice Pres. (Commissions): Dan Dahlberg, Pavel Exner, Pratibha Jolly, Leslie Pendrill, Annick Suzor- Weiner

11. -Commissions 1.Finance 2.SUNAMCO 3.Statistical Physics 4.Cosmic Rays 5.Low Temperature Physics 6.Biological Physics 7.--- 8.Semiconductors 9.Magnetism 10.Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter 11. Particles and Fields 1.Nuclear Physics 2.Physics for Development 3.Physics Education 4.Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 5.Plasma Physics 6.Quantum Electronics 7.Mathematical Physics 8.Astrophysics 9.Computational Physics

12. Examples of Commission Activities Hold conferences in their field Award medals Authoritative web sites for their area of expertise –brief comprehensive reviews of the current activities in their fields –links to other authoritative sites, e.g. best values of fundamental constants, atomic masses Representation on related bodies, e.g. C2 has connections to BIPM, CCU, ISO, IOML, IUPAC Red Book on standard usage of symbols and nomenclature

13. Affiliated Commissions AC1 International Commission for Optics AC2 International Commission on General Relativity and Gravitation AC3 International Commission for Acoustics

14. Working Groups WG1 ICFA - Int. Committee on Future Accelerators WG2 Communication in Physics WG3 Facilities for Condensed Matter Physics - Int. Committee on the Future of Neutron Sources (ICFNS) - Int. Committee on High Magnetic Field Facilities (HMFF) WG4 PANAGIC - Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee

15. Working Groups - continued WG5 Women in Physics WG7 International Committee on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers WG8 Nanoscience WG9 International Cooperation in Nuclear Physics (ICNP)

16. WG1 ICFA International Committee on Future Accelerators (1976) Chair: A.Wagner (DESY) www.fnal.gov/directorate/icfa/ Promote international collaboration in all phases of the construction and exploitation of very high energy accelerators organize meetings –formulate advice on future plans for regional facilities –formulate advice on joint studies and uses. organize workshops –problems of super high energy accelerator complexes and their international exploitation –foster r&d of necessary technology

17. Mandate: 1)To provide a description of the landscape of key issues in Nuclear Physics research for the next 10 to 20 years 1)To produce (maintain) a compendium of facilities existing or under development worldwide 1)To establish a mapping of these facilities onto the scientific questions identified above 4)To identify missing components that would have to be developed to provide an optimized, comprehensive network of international facilities WG.9 Working Group on International Cooperation in Nuclear Physics (ICNP)

18. 1)To explore mechanisms and opportunities for enhancing international collaboration in nuclear science 1)To identify R/D projects that could benefit from international joint effort 7)To serve as a source of expert advice for governmental or inter- governmental organizations in connection with efforts to coordinate and promote nuclear science at the international level 8)To serve as a forum for the discussion of future directions of nuclear science in the broadest sense 9)To document the cross-disciplinary impact of Nuclear Physics and of nuclear facilities and to identify mechanisms for expanding (fostering) cross- disciplinary research.

19. COMPOSITION OF THE WORKING GROUP The Executive of the Working Group consists of a Chairperson and a Secretary. Among its members will be the Chairs of various long range planning committees, i.e., the Chair of the US Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) or his/her designate, the Chair of the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) or his/her designate, the Chair of the Japanese Nuclear Physics Committee, and further representatives of nuclear physics research establishments worldwide. The Chair and Vice-Chair of C12, the IUPAP Commission on Nuclear Physics, will be ex-officio members of the Working Group.