24th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics

19–23 July 2010; Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland.

The STATPHYS Conference series takes place every three years in a different continent to enhance the international relevance and visibility of the leading world event in the broad field of Statistical Physics and all its interdisciplinary developments.

According to tradition, the highest international recognition in the field of Statistical Physics, the Boltzmann Medal, will be awarded at this meeting. In addition several satellite meetings will be held along with the main event, adding to the scientific value of the meeting.

Plenary Speakers

• Rodney Baxter (Australian National University, Australia)
  The Ising and chiral Potts models
• Mike Cates (University of Edinburgh, UK)
  Does microbiology need statistical physics?
• Sergio Ciliberto (ENS Lyon, France)
  Measuring out of equilibrium fluctuations : from theory to experiments
• Bertrand Eynard (CEA Saclay, France)
  Enumerative geometry and random matrices
• Daniel Fisher (Stanford University, USA)
  Can evolution be understood quantitatively?
• Michael Freedman (Microsoft Station Q, USA)
• Wolfgang Ketterle (MIT, USA)
• Hidetoshi Nishimori (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
  Quantum annealing
• Subir Sachdev (Harvard University, USA)
  Quantum criticality, the cuprate superconductors, and the AdS/CFT correspondence
• Michelle Wang (Cornell University, USA)
• Chen-Ning Yang (Tsinghua University, China and Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  Fermions and Bosons in 1D harmonic traps

Registration and payment of the fee are mandatory for participation at the conference.

Organising Committee

• Chair: M. Gould, (University of Queensland)
• Vice-Chair: M. Batchelor, (Australian National University)
• Vice-Chair: J. de Gier, (University of Melbourne)
• Treasurer: J.R. Links, (University of Queensland)

Satellite Meetings

This event is preceded and followed by several meetings and conferences, at venues within Australia, on related topics in mathematics and physics and related fields.

• Statistical Physics of Lattice Polymers; 7–9 July, Melbourne.
• Combinatorics and Mathematical Physics; 12–14 July, Brisbane.
• Dynamics Days Asia Pacific Conference 2010; 12–14 July, UNSW, Sydney.
• Liquids out of Equilibrium; 12–16 July, UNSW, Sydney.
• Exactly Solvable Models in Statistical Physics; 14–17 July, Brisbane.
• Unwinding Complexity: Statistical Physics Perspectives on Complex Systems and Complex Materials; 24–26 July, Port Douglas.
• 22nd International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP); 25–30 July, Brisbane.
• Monte Carlo Algorithms in Statistical Physics; 26–28 July, Melbourne.

There are also several overseas meetings on related topics, in nearby countries.