Abbreviation EPS Website www.eps.org | Formation 1968 President Christophe Rossel | |
Purpose promote physics and physicists in Europe | ||
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical societies of 42 countries, and some 3200 individual members. The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, the world's largest organization of physicists, is a major member.
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Conferences
One of its main activities is organizing international conferences.
The EPS sponsors conferences other than the Europhysics Conference, like the International Conference of Physics Students in 2011.
Prizes
The EPS awards a number of prizes, including the Edison Volta Prize, the EPS Europhysics Prize and the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize.
It also recognises sites which are historically important for advances to physics, such as the Blackett Laboratory (UK) in 2014, and the Residencia de Estudiantes (Spain) in 2015.
Publications
Its letters journal is EPL; its other publications include Europhysics News and the European Journal of Physics.