14 - 18 April, 2025

The National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad, Pakistan, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy and The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland are jointly organizing the International School on Physics & Allied Disciplines (ISPAD) in Islamabad, Pakistan from April 14 - 18, 2025.

Introduction

The ISPAD event is organized regularly at NCP since 2009. The main idea of organizing this event is to bring together the researchers to share scientific knowledge and to provide the opportunities for international collaborations. Around 200 local students, researchers, university faculty and many foreign invited speakers and participants are expected to participate in this event.

Format

Each year, the topics (technical activities) of the school are chosen keeping in view the present and future research interests of NCP, universities and national R&D institutions. The School will consist of plenary, parallel and poster sessions as well as tutorials and structured discussions. The plenary sessions provide overviews of advances while the parallel sessions cover the recent research on the specific topics.

Topics and Coordinators

• High Energy Physics (HEP): Theory & Experiment
  Phenomenology of Particles in and beyond the Standard Model, Flavor Physics, Quark Gluon Plasma, Statistical Concepts in High Energy Physics, Collider Physics, Silicon and Gaseous Detectors in High Energy Physics.
  Coordinators: Waqar Ahmad (NCP), Saleh Muhammad (NCP), Wajid Ali Khan (NCP), M. Irfan Asghar (NCP), Ishtiaq Ahmad (NCP), Shahin Iqbal (NCP)
• Applications of Accelerators in Industry (AAI)
  Radioactive Ion Beams, Ion beam and Medical Accelerators and their Applications, Synchrotron Radiation, Spallation Neutron Sources & their Applications, Defects Engineering using Ion Beam, LINAC, Particle Matter Interaction, Ion Beam Analysis.
  Coordinators: Turab Ali (NCP), Naveed Zafar Ali (NCP), Kashif Shahzad (NCP), Javed Hussain (NCP), Muhammad Shahid (PNRA)
• Plasma Physics (PP): Theory & Applications
  Space, Astrophysical and Basic Plasmas; Fusion Plasma; Laser Plasma; Quantum Plasma; Plasma Applications; Plasma Modeling and Simulation.
  Coordinators: Ali Ahmad (NCP), Shahid Ali (NCP), Shabbir Ahmed (NCP), Waqas Masood (CIIT), Shahzad Mahmood (PINSTECH), Aman-ur-Rehman (PIEAS)

Directors

Scientific Committee

International Advisory Committee

Key Speakers (Tentative)

Organizing Committee

Scientific Secretary

Dr. Muhammad Aftab Rafiq (NCP, Pakistan)
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Participation

Active graduate & postgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty and research scientists are encouraged to participate. Applicants with oral or poster presentation will be preferred. Best posters will be awarded. A limited number of travel grants may be provided to the foreign participants, especially those from the developing countries of the region.

How to Apply

The online registration form can be accessed here. The application form should be submitted by February 28, 2025 by foreign participants and March 25, 2025 by local participants. Selection will be made by the Scientific Committee of ISPAD-2025. Foreign applicants are required to attach/provide scans of the first two relevant pages of their passports valid at least six months after the ISPAD-2025 event. These documents to be submitted through email () before the registration deadline.

Registration Fee

• Students: Rs. 2,000/-, Professionals: PKR. 5,000/-
• Selected applicants will be required to pay a registration fee via online payment. There is no registration fee for the invited speakers and foreign participants.
• Accommodation for outstation participants will be provided free of cost, however meals will be provided on payment.

School Brochure

To download the brochure. Click here.

Sponsors

• The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
• The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
• Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), Islamabad
• Commissions on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Islamabad
• Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), Islamabad