2027 Global Physics Summit
2027 Global Physics Summit takes place on 12–17 April 2027 at Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. It is organised by American Physical Society, and B2DB lists 42 speakers and 30 sessions announced so far.
The APS Global Physics Summit is a scientific research conference organised by the American Physical Society that brings together more than 14,000 physicists from around the world to showcase their work, connect with others and discover physics research. The 2027 edition takes place in person on a campus in Atlanta, Georgia, spanning the Georgia World Congress Center, the Omni Atlanta Hotel and the Signia by Hilton, and also runs online.
Key facts
| Dates | 12–17 April 2027 (upcoming) |
|---|---|
| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, United States of America |
| Organiser | American Physical Society |
| Series | Global Physics Summit |
| Speakers | 42 |
| Sessions | 30 |
| Stages | Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials, Oceans Ballroom, Georgia Aquarium |
| Official site | summit.aps.org/attend/schedule-at-a-glance |
Speakers (42)
Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.
- Claire Lamman Physicist and ComSciCon professional trainer
- Adeeb Kabir Rutgers University
- Ali Yazdani Princeton University
- Alireza Seif IBM
- Andrew Boudreaux Western Washington University
- Arash Fereidouni Zürich Instruments
- Ariel Amir Weizmann Institute of Science
- Ben Cohen-Stead University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Beth Lindsey Penn State Greater Allegheny
- Carsten Ullrich University of Missouri
- Christian Dille Rohde and Schwarz
- Daniel Agterberg University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Ethan Levien Dartmouth College
- Gina Passante California State University Fullerton
- James Keppen KU Leuven and Riverlane
- Jane Kondev Brandeis University
- John Bechhoefer Simon Fraser University
- John Perdew Tulane University
- José Alvarado University of Texas at Austin
- Kieron Burke University of California, Irvine
- Kipton Barros Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Klaus Ensslin ETH Zürich
- Lishibanya Mohapatra Rochester University
- MacKenzie Stetzer University of Maine
- Marty Baylor Carleton College
- Michael Gullans University of Maryland, NIST, and Quera
- Mila Kryjevskaia North Dakota State University
- Neepa Maitra Rutgers University–Newark
- Nirmal Ghimire University of Notre Dame
- Patrick Huck Senior Computing Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Peter Wadley University of Nottingham
- Rafael Fernandes University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Richard Scalettar University of California, Davis
- Sohan Ghosh University of California Davis
- Steven Nyugen Rutgers University
- Suraj Shankar University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan University of Chicago
- Suzanne White Brahmia University of Washington
- Taekwan Yoon Zürich Instruments
- Thomas Maier Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Trevor Smith Rowan University
- William D. Ratcliff National Institute of Standards and Technology
Agenda (30 sessions)
Day 1 — Saturday 10 April 2027
- Polymer Physics in the Age of AI, Automation, and Physics-Guided Discovery 08:00–17:00 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
- Data Science and AI for Physics: From Physics Principles to Scientific Applications 13:00–17:00 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
Day 2 — Sunday 11 April 2027
- Data Science and AI for Physics: Generative Models and Agentic Workflows 08:00–12:00 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
- Disordered Metamaterials 08:00–17:00 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
- Advocating for Science 08:30–15:45 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Claire Lamman
- GPMFC Workshop 2027 at the APS Global Physics Summit 09:00–16:30 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
- Squishy Science Sunday 10:30–16:30 · Oceans Ballroom, Georgia Aquarium
- Integrating Data Science and AI into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum 13:00–17:00 · Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials
- Special session with Nobel Laureates 16:00–19:00
Day 3 — Monday 12 April 2027
- Scientific sessions 08:00–18:00
- APS prizes and awards ceremonial session 18:30–19:45
Day 4 — Tuesday 13 April 2027
- Scientific sessions 08:00–18:00
- Poster session I 14:00–17:00
Day 5 — Wednesday 14 April 2027
- Scientific sessions 08:00–18:00
- Poster session II 11:00–14:00
Day 6 — Thursday 15 April 2027
- Scientific sessions 08:00–18:00
- Poster session III 11:00–14:00
Day 7 — Friday 16 April 2027
- Scientific sessions 08:00–14:30
Date not listed
- T1: Hands-On AI for Magnetism: From Materials Discovery to Hamiltonian Inference Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Kipton Barros, Patrick Huck, William D. Ratcliff
- T10: Dealing with Noise in a Quantum Computer Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Alireza Seif, Michael Gullans
- T11: Thinking Big with Small Data in Cell Biology Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Ariel Amir, Ethan Levien, Jane Kondev, Lishibanya Mohapatra
- T12: Resonator Characterization and Precision Frequency Tracking: From Fundamentals to Advanced Methods Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Arash Fereidouni, Christian Dille, Taekwan Yoon
- T2: Rhombohedral Graphene: New Ground for Quantum Phases and Quantum Information Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Ali Yazdani, Klaus Ensslin
- T3: Thriving Education Day I: Practical Classroom Frameworks for Enhancing Physics Practice and Learning Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Andrew Boudreaux, Gina Passante, Marty Baylor
- T4: High-Dimensional Quantum Codes and Decoding Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Adeeb Kabir, James Keppen, Sohan Ghosh, Steven Nyugen
- T5: Control Theory In Biological Physics: Theory and Experiment Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — John Bechhoefer, José Alvarado, Suraj Shankar, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan
- T6: Understanding Density Functional Theory: From Fundamentals To Machine Learning Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Carsten Ullrich, John Perdew, Kieron Burke, Neepa Maitra
- T7: Altermagnets: From Models to Materials Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Daniel Agterberg, Nirmal Ghimire, Peter Wadley, Rafael Fernandes
- T8: Quantum Monte Carlo Methods for Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Ben Cohen-Stead, Kipton Barros, Richard Scalettar, Thomas Maier
- T9: Thriving Education Day II: Assessing & Supporting Students’ Physics Reasoning Skills Unit Short Courses, Workshops, and Tutorials — Beth Lindsey, MacKenzie Stetzer, Mila Kryjevskaia, Suzanne White Brahmia +1 more
Organisers, sponsors and partners
Organiser (1)
Exhibitors (22)
Riverlane · Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech · Infleqtion · Springer Nature · Voloridge Investment Management · Emerson · Oxford Instruments · Keycom · Jane Street · Princeton University Press · Rigetti Computing · Quobly · Magnitude · Microsoft Corporation · Maury Microwave · Q-CTRL · Alice & Bob · Quantinuum · Park Systems · Tibidabo Scientific Industries · Bruker Daltonics · Work in Finland
Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.