The Australian Institute of Physics upcoming events

Curtin Under the Stars (2 Oct 2026)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT

The WA Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics and the Curtin Physics Club invite you to an evening under the stars, on Friday the 2nd October.

Meet us at Henderson Court (Curtin University) at 7:00 pm for pizza and soft drinks, with telescope observing from 7:30 pm.

Registration is free but essential as there are a limited number of spots.

If the forecast is cloudy the event will be rescheduled with 24 hours notice.

21st Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs (9 Nov 2026)

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT

From the Standard Model of particle physics to concordance cosmology, many of the most compelling ideas about how the universe works now point toward a rich and elusive dark sector. The 21st Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, hosted by The University of Western Australia at its Crawley campus on the banks of the Swan River in Perth, will be held from 9–13 November 2026, and will gather leading experts and emerging researchers to probe this frontier.

Workshop website

Continuing a distinguished series that began at CERN in 2005, the workshop will focus on innovative theoretical developments, laboratory and astrophysical searches for dark matter and dark energy, and state-of-the-art efforts to uncover new weakly interacting particles and constrain their properties. This edition will highlight the growing Australian and Asia–Pacific contributions to dark sector physics, drawing on UWA’s strong ecosystem in precision measurement, quantum technologies and astroparticle physics.

The workshop will delve into the physics of axions, WIMPs and WISPs in all their facets: direct and indirect detection strategies, novel detector concepts and readout schemes, astrophysical and cosmological probes, and the latest theoretical frameworks that knit these approaches together. By bringing together diverse communities, from quantum sensing and precision metrology to gravitational waves, cosmology and particle theory, the Patras Workshop in Perth aims to spark new ideas, forge fresh collaborations and accelerate progress toward unveiling the dark sector.

Information on previous workshops can be found here.

AIP WA Student Conference 2026 Registration (19 Nov 2026)

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 00:30:00 GMT

Please see the conference home page for more information:

AIP WA Student Conference 2026

Abstracts should be 200–400 words, and submitted with the title <FirstName>_<LastName> in PDF format. Please follow the style guide in the attached documents: abstract_template.zip .

Presenter registration will close on the 6^th of November 23:59. Applicants will be notified of the outcome on the 9^th of November.