Purpose Led Publishing expands APS Summit access
Purpose Led Publishing (PLP) – the coalition formed by AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), and IOP Publishing – is hosting a network of 23 satellite events across the globe to expand participation in the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit.
Taking place in March in Denver, the Summit is one of the world’s leading gatherings for the physics community. PLP’s global satellite hubs, offered both in person and online, will enable researchers to engage with summit programming, contribute to discussions, and participate in locally organised workshops and presentations.
By sponsoring these hubs, PLP aims to support participation and create meaningful, community-based spaces for researchers to come together, regardless of geography.
“These gatherings bring physicists together on a global scale, removing geographical and financial barriers” said Rachel Burley, Chief Publications Officer at APS. “By creating spaces where researchers can connect, share ideas, and engage with APS 2026 alongside peers in their own regions, these satellite events make the Global Physics Summit accessible to more scientists across the globe.”
The satellite events will host live-streamed and recorded summit content, topical debates, expert-led sessions, and opportunities for networking, ensuring that physicists can be active participants in shaping the future of the discipline.
The 23 events will take place in the following locations:
Africa
Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques – Benin
Cameroon Physical Society – Cameroon
University of Dschang – Cameroon
Centre National de Recherche pour le Développement – Chad
University of Kinshasa – DR Congo
Marien Ngouabi University – Republic of Congo
Assosa University – Ethiopia
Jimma University, Jimma Institute of Technology – Ethiopia
University of Ghana – Ghana
Physics Society of Kenya – Kenya
National Institute for Optics and Lasers – Kenya
Cheikh Anta Diop University – Senegal
University of Ibadan (on-site and online) – Nigeria
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka – Nigeria
Asia & Middle East
SESAME – Jordan
Government Higher Secondary School No. 3, Mingora Swat – Pakistan
National Centre for Physics – Pakistan
Nepal Physical Society – Nepal
University of the Philippines Diliman – Philippines
Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, NAS – Ukraine
Physical Technical Institute, Academy of Sciences – Uzbekistan
Physical Society of Hong Kong & City University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong
South America
ICTP-SAIFR – Brazil