Price
Free
Event date and time
Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
1.30pm to 5.30pm AEDT
Location
University of Wollongong Main Campus - McKinnon Building
Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW
In a deviation from decades of hosting this annual forum at CSIRO Lindfield, in 2025 we were invited to combine the Physics in Industry Day with the AIP's Summer Meeting – a major physics conference, held for the first time in a regional centre: Wollongong.
The Physics in Industry Forum is scheduled for the Wednesday afternoon and will be open to the general public as well as any of the 400+ delegates at the conference.
Our 2025 topic has been chosen to align with local strengths in space technologies to attract delegates from further afield.
Space and space industries are a growing industrial segment in Australia. The nation possesses increasing numbers of companies with "space heritage" (launched something!) and with globally competitive technology. Space is an industry that instantly captures the imagination, but is also provides practical, inexpensive, routine benefits that we all use (potentially unknowingly) every single day. In our forum we will firstly consider successful space endeavours in Australia and delve into the more specialised topic of how to ensure the microelectronics in space-deployed systems operates flawlessly, is fault-tolerant and is designed to withstand the effects of radiation and cosmic interference.
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Event date: Dec 2025
Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
University of Wollongong Main Campus - McKinnon Building
1.30pm to 5.30pm AEDT
Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW
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Session 1: Succeeding in Space
We'll hear from people and organisations who have succeeded in translating a great idea into space - be it a physical item or a service. What have been their challenges, celebrations and lessons learned? How can people get support in new space ventures?
Session 2: Microelectronics in Space
This session will focus on the local expertise of UoW and ANSTO on the effects of radiation in space - on materials, people and microelectronics. Several local teams are characterising the Single Event Effects of cosmic radiation and particles on microelectronics, for example.
The AIP Physics in Industry Forum is free to attend. As part of the AIP Summer Meeting program, participants are invited to register for the gala conference dinner on the same day at cost of $90 – registration and payment is via the main conference website https://aip-summer-meeting.com/ (select registration category "To attend social events only").
The forum is sponsored by iAccelerate https://www.iaccelerate.com.au/
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2025 AIP Physics in Industry Day
Agenda
1:30 - 2:00
Arrival, registration
2:02 - 2:15
Welcome and introduction by Scott Martin
2:15 - 3:30
Session 1: Succeeding in Space
Session Chair: Georgia Watson, iAccelerate, UoW
Invited Speakers:
1. Craig Ingram - CSIRO Space Optics Team
2. Prof Anna Moore - Director, ANU Institute for Space
3. Katherine Bennell-Pegg - Australian astronaut, Australian Space Agency
Q&A panel
The panel will be the invited session speakers joined by Dr Tamantha Stutchbury, Director iAccelerate
3:30 - 4:00
Afternoon tea
4:00 - 5:30
Session 2: Microelectronics for Space
Session Chair:
Invited Speakers:
1. Dr Stefania Peracchi, Irradiations Team Lead, ANSTO
2. Senior Prof Michael Lerch, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong
3. Dr Jafar Shojaii, Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre, Macquarie University
Q&A panel
The panel will be the invited session speakers joined by Dr David Skellern, Board Chair, S3B
5:30
Program concludes.