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The 2011 SPP Physics Congress Conference Handbook is now available for download.

SPP 2011 Conference Hanbook (20.6MB)

-- SPP Publications Committee

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

Good day!

Please be reminded that the pre-registration for the 29th SPP National Physics Congress (http://paperview.nip.upd.edu.ph/spp2011) is extended until FRIDAY, 14 October 2011, 6:00 pm. You may check if your name is already listed in the online pre-registration on the same website.

Discounts for SPP local participants will apply ONLY ONCE THE PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY SPP before the deadline (on or before Friday, 14 October 2011). The payment scheme is as follows:

1. Undergraduate Students: PhP 3,000
2. SPP Non-member participants (including graduate students): PhP 4,000 (exclusive of membership fee)
3. SPP Member participants: PhP 4,000 (inclusive of membership fee)
4. Foreign

On-site conference fee will be PhP 8,500 or USD 200 if you have NOT paid the pre-registration.

Arrangements for payment can be made with the SPP Treasurer (Dr. Gemma Narisma) and her representative at the following locations:

• UP Diliman -- SPP Office at NIP F335 (faculty wing) or at NIP R401, look for Mr. John Paolo Maulion from 2.30pm-5.30pm; or
• Ateneo de Manila University -- Faura F105, look for Dr. Raphael Guerrero;
• UP Los Baños -- look for Dr. Nelio Altoveros
• Foreign Institutions -- e-mail Dr. Gemma Narisma at treasurer@spp-online.org

Please do not give your payment to anyone except them.

Should you have further inquiries, please send them to hq@spp-online.org.

Thank you.

--
Office of the Secretariat
Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
(Physics Society of the Philippines)

Please take note of the final presentation schedules on the file below.

SPP 2011 Presentation Schedules

-- SPP Publications Committee

Dear SPP presenters,

Our congress is just a little over two weeks ahead! Please read carefully the following information so you can prepare effectively your talk/poster.

Audio/visual equipment:
A standard LCD projector will be available in each parallel session room. The organizers will not provide laptops, so please bring your own or make necessary arrangements beforehand.

Time estimates of talks:
Plenary Sessions: 30 minutes (25 minutes talk + 5 min. Q&A & transition ) or 45 minutes (35 min. talk + 10 min. Q&A & transition)
Parallel Sessions: 15 minutes (13 min. talk + 2 min. Q&A & transition)
Workshops: Depends. Please contact your workshop organizer.

Speaker guidelines:
The SPP congress is an interdisciplinary conference. Participants will be coming from a wide range of disciplines, so focus at the big picture and avoid very technical details. Explain the background, core ideas, and take-home messages in a plain, easy-to-understand way in your talk. Also please make sure to leave time for questions.

Poster presenter guidelines:

The space allocated to your poster will be 3 feet wide horizontally (~0.9 meters) by 4 feet long vertically (~ 1.2 meters). Materials for attaching the posters will be provided. Posters will be up during the entire conference period, so you can put it up as soon as you arrive, and take it down when you leave.

You will be required to stand next to your poster and present your work to the audience in one of the two poster sessions. Please see the online conference program if you are not sure which session you are assigned to.

After the last plenary session speaker in the morning, right before the poster session, poster presenters are allotted a one-minute poster pitch presentation. Please create one slide that summarizes a key point of your poster, make it a PDF, and email it to the Poster Pitch coordinator (spp2011.poster@gmail.com) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BEFORE 5 PM OCTOBER 17 2011.

The SPP Best Poster Award

This recognition is awarded to the best poster presented during the annual SPP Physics Congress. It aims to motivate and encourage excellence in both research and presentation of results in theoretical or experimental physics. The award consists of a trophy and cash amount. It is awarded annually during the Physics Congress.

Eligibility and Mechanics:
All posters contributed to the Physics Congress are eligible for the award. During the Congress all participants are given the opportunity to vote for their favorite three posters in the exhibit. All votes will be tallied after the poster sessions have concluded. Three to five judges from the Publications Committee will then decide which poster among the top ten vote-getters is the best. The winner will be announced during the closing ceremonies of the Congress. The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria (Final Judging, Total: 100 %):
Quality of research output: 50 %
Poster layout and design: 20 %
Popularity: 30 %

Thank you very much again for your contribution to SPP. We hope you will have a productive and meaningful time in our conference!

Best,

Christopher Monterola
SPP 2011 Program Chair
Main Editor, SPP Conference Proceedings 2011

The following persons are pre-registered online. Kindly note that you are required to pay before the deadline: Wednesday 12 October 2011 in order to successfully pre-register and your kits be processed.

Please take note of the tentative presentation schedules on the file below.

SPP 2011 Presentation Schedules

Please check back regularly for any changes in the schedule. Thank You.

-- SPP Publications Committee

Please be reminded that the Pre-registration for the 29th SPP National Physics Congress is on-going until October 08, 2011 Saturday. Discounts for SPP member participants and undergraduate students will apply.Should you have any inquiries, please send your details via email to hq@spp-online.org.

Thank you.

-- SPP Secretariat

Celebrating New Ideas in Physics

You are cordially invited to participate in the 29th Annual National Physics Congress of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP, Physics Society of the Philippines) which will be held at the National Institute of Physics on (Mon-Wed) 24-26 October. The Congress will include plenary, invited and contributed papers and workshops. All submissions will undergo a peer-review process prior to acceptance.

Selected papers will be invited for publication in the Science Diliman, an internationally refereed semi-annual journal of pure and applied sciences.

Important Dates

Manuscript Submission: 15 July - 21 August 2011
Acceptance Notification: 15 September
Pre-registration**: 15-24 September
Start of Congress: 24 October
End of Congress: 26 October

Research Topics (among others)
Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics, Complex Systems, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Instrumentation Physics, Lasers and Their Applications, Liquid Crystals, Material Science, Optics and Photonics, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Plasma Physics, Signal and Image Processing, Theoretical Physics

Physics Education Topics (among others)
Physics Education Research, Learning Techniques, IT in Physics Education, Careers in Physics, Original Laboratory Experiments, Physics Concepts and Misconceptions

Registration fee**
Participants USD 200

**SPP member participants and undergraduate students may avail of discounts upon pre-registration.

Other details

e-mail: congress@spp-online.org
website: www.spp-online.org or paperview.nip.upd.edu.ph/spp2011