The 29th General Assembly (Sao Paulo, Brazil) RESOLVED
To establish a Working Group on Physics in Industry to serve until the close of the 30th General Assembly
To charge the Working Group on Physics in Industry to report to the 30th General Assembly with recommendations on how IUPAP can strengthen its connections with physicists working in industry, and with industries which make strong use of physics to develop and deliver their products.
To delegate to the Executive Council the responsibility of appointing the Chair and the members of the Working Group on Physics in Industry.
The Working Group maintains a dedicated web site for IUPAP Corporate Associate Members.
Mission/Mandate
- To explore expanding the involvement of the Physics Community outside Academia, in particular Industry towards activities of IUPAP
- Identify mechanisms for the involvement of Multinational Corporations, Small and Medium Size Companies and Startups.
- To co-organize/sponsor (in partnership with other commissions and WGs) suitable international meetings, workshops and prizes.
Additional information
Other ideas for the WG and/or meeting topics include
- Determine how professional societies can be more useful, responsive, and attractive to industrial members as most aspects of professional societies are geared towards academia. Share best practices across societies.
- Document how global physics facilities worldwide support industrial physics.
- Document how physics education can be more relevant to industrial physics (Note: APS has done this for undergraduate physics education with J-TUPP task force and the Phys21 report )
- Determine issues and roadblocks related to the international flow of human resources needed for industrial physics.
- Determine key physics issues that are the core of key international ”grand challenges” .
