Programme

Physics Days – Fysiikan päivät 2024
Scientific themes of the conference

Parallel and poster sessions are organized based on the themes of Physics Days 2024,

  • Computational science,
  • Education and outreach,
  • Experiments and infrastructures,
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence,
  • Models and phenomenology,
  • Observations.
Daily programme

Registration and info desk open 10.00-18.00 (Fabianinkatu 33 lobby)

Vendor exhibition open 12.00-18.00 (2nd floor lobby)

12.00-12.30

Opening of Physics Days 2024

Great Hall (Main building old side)

12.30-13.30

Plenary session 1

Jaakko Lehtinen: Physics and AI: First principles vs. data?

Chair: Kai Puolamäki

Great Hall (Main building old side)

13.30-14.30

Plenary session 2

Laura Riuttanen: How to teach climate change?

Chair: Katja Lauri

Great Hall (Main building old side)

14.30-15.15

Coffee break

Great Hall foyers (Main building old side)

15.15-16.45

Parallel sessions 1

Computational science 1, room F3017

Models and phenomenology 1, room F3005

Education and outreach, room F3010

Experiments and infrastructures 1, room F3003

16.45-18.00

Poster session 1

Lobby, 2nd floor

17.30-18.30

Meetings of divisions of the Finnish Physical Society

Fysiikan opetuksen jaosto, room U4072 (Main building old side, 4th floor)

Laskennallisen fysiikan jaosto, room 4075 (Main building old side, 4th floor)

19.00-20.30

City of Helsinki reception

Helsinki City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13

 

Registration and info desk open 08.45-18.00 (Fabianinkatu 33 lobby)

Vendor exhibition open 09.00-18.00 (2nd floor lobby)

 

09.00-10.00

Plenary session 3

Philip Moriarty: Clocking intramolecular charge transfer in the energy domain 

Chair: Hanna Vehkamäki

Auditorium (F2044)

10.00-11.00

Plenary session 4

Anna Danielsson: Gender, identity and culture in physics education

Chair: Ondřej Krejčí

Auditorium (F2044)

11.00-11.30

Coffee break

Lobby, 2nd floor

11.30-13.00

Parallel sessions 2

Computational science 2, room F3017

Models and phenomenology 2, room F3005

Experiments and infrastructures 2, room F3003

Diversity in Physics, Finland (FinDiP), room F3010

13.00-14.30

Lunch

Agora, 1st floor

14.00-15.00

Annual meeting of the Finnish Physical Society

Room U4072 (Main building old side, 4th floor)

15.00-16.30

Parallel sessions 3

Computational science 3, room F3017

Computational science 4, room F3005

Observations, room F3010

Experiments and infrastructures 3, room F3003

16.30-18.00

Poster session 2

Lobby, 2nd floor

17.30-18.30

Public lecture (in Finnish)

Johan Lindén: Fysiikan demonstraatiot – vakavaa showbisnestä?

Chair: Tuomo Nieminen

Auditorium (F2044)

19.30-24.00

Conference dinner

Restaurant Bank, Unioninkatu 20

Registration and info desk open 08.45-15.00 (Fabianinkatu 33 lobby)

Vendor exhibition open 09.00-15.00 (2nd floor lobby)

 

09.00-10.30

Parallel sessions 4

Computational science 5, room F3003

Models and phenomenology 3, room F3010

Experiments and infrastructures 4, room F3017

Experiments and infrastructures 5, room F3005

10.30-11.00

Coffee break

Lobby, 2nd floor

11.00-12.00

Plenary session 5

Rouven Essig: Direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter: A new frontier

Chair: Kimmo Tuominen

Auditorium (F2044)

12.00-13.30

Lunch

Agora, 1st floor

13.30-14.30

Plenary session 6

Ivette Fuentes: Bose-Einstein condensates for fundamental physics

Chair: Kimmo Tuominen

Auditorium (F2044)

15.00-16.30

Nobel lecture

Anne L'Huillier

Great Hall (Main building old side)

16.30-17.00

Closing of Physics Days 2024

Great Hall (Main building old side)

Social programme

The City of Helsinki reception at the City Hall on March 4 evening and the conference dinner on March 5 evening are included in the conference fee for all registered participants. Please note, that registration beforehand to both of these events was requested in order to reduce food waste.